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in reply to: Cool Trad turkey video #20888
Nice job, Greatree
in reply to: Any other Bear Archery enthusiasts here? #43487I’ve been a straight limbed longbow type for awhile now but went through the back and forth trials – longbow to recurve to longbow for many years. During that process I did obtain a 60″ Kodiak of the 1960’s vintage and as has been mentioned here already, seemed to like a brace height of 9″. It is 50lb @ 28 and is accurate, fast, and really quiet. Guess what! Maybe I’m no longer a longbow guy – it’s hard not to shoot the Kodiak.
in reply to: What type of broadhead for turkey #11328I like 3 or 4-blade for turkey – more opportunity to have a sharp surface contact the small vital area.
in reply to: in need of council #52582Ariel. Archery equipment is available in Canada,and USA. It can be very expensive and one can be very economical in purchases and pick up some very good used equipment. I would strongly recommend if you are coming to USA, you attend a weekend 3D shoot or rendezvous. All your dreams can be realized when you shoot 3D ranges continually and view the booths always available by vendors. You will have trading value with your knapped points more readily at these locations as well.
in reply to: in need of council #52270Hi, Ariel, welcome to this site. I have been eavesdropping and gaining a valuable insight into your archery endeavours. I’m from Canada – Ontario to be exact. Traditional and primitive archery exists here but it is considered a bit of an oddity, unfortunately. There are sign it may be picking up but, if it is, it is happening very slowly.
Hunting seasons via the bow are very liberal in my part of the world, particularly, the whitetail deer. Moose, bear, turkeys, small game, wildfowl seasons exist in most zones within this Province.
You will gain very good advice from this forum, the site and Traditional Bowhunter – the paper copy and the e-mag. My neighbours to the South in USA deserve all the credit for fighting the good battle to keep archery and bowhunting alive. If your Country can be influenced in any way to encourage bowhunting in the future, chances are it will be influenced by the efforts within USA.
After a way too many years to admit, this bowhunting is still a learning experience and always will be. You have already surpassed many individuals here with your knowledge of making points and your equipment – knapping. and as you mentioned that certainly will come in handy.
Is it difficult to send bowhunting material, magazines, books, etc. to your location?Crittergetter
Two things have happened of late in my shooting exercises. 1. Shot a 50 pound Bear recurve with 50-55 spine tapered cedar – perfect flight with field point and broadhead. Would not, however shoot 60-65 spine properly.
2. Shot 60-65 tapered cedar with 40 pound longbow -perfect flight with field point and a 190 grain broadhead. This combo will shoot the 50-55 spine field points ok but completely erratic with broadhead affixed.Seems to come down to what works in a particular combination, style of shooting, etc. doesn’t it?
in reply to: Anyone going after spring Turkey #31281Our opener is April 27 for a month and I am hoping to enjoy the sight of the almighty gobbler and his harem at some point during that season. Thanks to a dedicated group of outdoor enthusiasts, a Provincial Fish & Game organization and a cooperative Ministry, the reintroduction of the Eastern Wild turkey was initiated in the mid 1980 era in our Province and I had the pleasure of hunting the first season in May of 1987.
Turkey hunters here know full well the assistance provided to us by our USA neighbours who supplied the first transfer of our Eastern brand of turkey. The reintroduction has been extremely successful, and I look forward to my perch within a blind this Spring with bow in hand.in reply to: String trackers #26257Thanks, Spatula
in reply to: grouse and squirrels #22221Ordinarily, Eric, I would suggest judos but those arrow saving arms tend to grab the little stickers on twigs and high grass as they move toward the fleet footed targets, especially on the ground and slow up the death delivering impact. As has been mentioned here already, I would opt for the bullet casing blunt, or the newer commercially made blunts with sharp edging, or even a blunted broadhead. Grouse usually succumb to a heavy impact rather successfully – I’m not expert at squirrels, although have dispatched a couple with judos. It really helps to use the same bow you would be using for most of your hunting.
in reply to: wood types in mn #58642Eric, I’m still hoping to successfully complete my first bow and am convinced that if and when that happens it will be from a hickory log, I split and stored three years ago – should be perfect now. An oak blew up during the tiller stage, two black locust staves had the grain lift during floor tillering – one of them is still around and may make a kids’ bow – you see how it goes, and they tell me I may break many more before I get one done. However, I have eight nice chunks of hickory to play with and if one of them turns into a shootable bow before I leave this Earth, I will be a very old,happy archer.
I have always used wood arrows, cedar, pine, spruce, ramin, birch, hickory. Tuning has always been a trial and error exercise for me but due to a nedical problem of late, I have discovered that shooting for pinpoint accuracy at 15 feet in my basement has helped me straighten out the tuning problem.
This works if the chosen arrow is cut to proper length, stabilized with the feathers of your choice and use various materials, spine weight and actual weight to fire into a dime-sized target or focal point with both field points and your broadhead of choice. You will find an arrow which will seem like it is drawn to that target point as if by magnet with either field point or broadhead and you have it. When you do ” have it” your arrow nock points directly back at the position you followed through with, neither up or down, right or left.in reply to: One piece or Takedown whats your favorite? #55733Personally, and at least with longbows, I prefer the takedown for the rounder ( usually ) grip, and balance. However, I find that both shoot well and generally tune the same. I have had some noise issue with one of the takedowns.
in reply to: You Favorite Broadhead and why ? #40869I have been a Grizzly type broadhead fan for many years but am just starting to take a liking to the single bevel heads from Abowyer which have the back end sharpened and tanto tip. For me it is a broadhead which will work and shoot well with wooden arrows. For some reason I have trouble with the three and four blade heads, although I keep experimenting with them, since there are situations which definitely call for that type of head. For consistent and reliable performance, however, my choice still remains with the Grizzly on a wood shaft.
in reply to: VANES or FEATHERS ?? #34406For consistency, and my two cents worth, tradition calls for wood and feathers,or, aluminum and feathers. I don’t know anything about carbon arrows and tried plastic vanes once and found them very erratic. However, I was shooting off a shelf and more learned members than I here and on other sites seem to indicate they work well off a raised rest. I guess it is old traditional versus new traditional.
in reply to: Which bow? #34389Oh! How one would like to start traditional bowhunting with the perfect bow. Well, I’ve been trying for 45 years and it comes down to comfort when shooting, enough power to get the job done and enough cash in the pocket after all the trials and tribulations, to lead to that point. Although I think I am now close with a straight gripped, straight ended longbow and heavy wooden arrows, the proverbial “pot of gold” still seems out of reach at times. What a ride it has been and, I hope, continues to be. If I was to do it all over, I would pick a recurve built by one of the Masters (likely Bear), an old yew English selfbow, and a modern straight limbed and gripped longbow in a low hunting weight and then a high hunting weight and make my decision. You know something, I have tried them and am still not positive. My best regards to you and your journey.
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