[Cottonwood]

in reply to: black widow bows #59730

covert wrote: [quote=LimbLover]
There ARE a lot of bows that are easily comparable for less money but Widows are the Harley Davidson of bows.

They leak oil? 😉 😈 😆 😆

Most if not all Harley’s do after being road hard 😛

All joking aside, a buddy of mine has a take down recurve model forsale for $600, now I could own several Bama Bows for that price.

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in reply to: A few things I've learned #59725

Patrick wrote: [quote=Cottonwood]Keep a bag of Science Diet Lamb and Rice in your pack, it will work if you need to survive. Doesn’t taste good, but will keep you alive.

With all due respect, did you fall and bump your head?! I can understand eating dog food if you found some and had nothing else to eat and were in desparate need of food, but to INTENTIONALLY pack it when you could pack ANYTHING you want, is crazy!

Patrick – it is a food source of such, it is not what you would snack on during the day. But in the country I live and hunt in, one can get way back into the back country while hunting ie the Bob Marshall Wilderness is one such place I live close to.

If one falls, and gets hurt, your rescue could be days away if one does not have SPOTME that enables one to be located rather quickly by http://international.findmespot.com and many a bowhunter/hunter does not. Cell phones are of no use in this rugged country, and it sure beats eating bugs, if all you can do is drag yourself around from stump to stump, or dead fall to dead fall grubbing like the bears do.

The focus is to keep one alive until help arrives.

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in reply to: A few things I've learned #59297

Keep a bag of Science Diet Lamb and Rice in your pack, it will work if you need to survive. Doesn’t taste good, but will keep you alive.

All good advice here, I have cut what I take to the woods, and only take what I absolutely need, not what I think I need.

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in reply to: Arrow / broadhead penetration testing #58727

Brett

I really like what you made there, and think I will try that when my compressed carpet foam bale target wears out. I’ve just been retarping and tieing the bundle that I got at a local carpet store from tear outs for free.

Here is something that I came across that works for broadhead testing. These interlocking squares are available at Walmart or Kmart for about $20.00

Cut in half these fit right nice in a burlap rice bag that cost $1.99 ea

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in reply to: repairing carbon shafts #58170

I also found a traditional carbon at the range that had just a tinny bit of damage to the insert end. I shot it, and it spread like an excited tom turkey when it caught the material of the Spyderweb bale target.

Carbons, no thank you as I’m sending all that I have left out in trades. One guy is sending me 21 Easton 2117’s with a few that are less than perfect. I’m sending him 7 Carbon Express Aramid KV 250’s and about 8 or 9 Hunter Light 4560’s.

I would rather swap them out for Easton aluminums or woods.

I still have 10 Easton FMJ 340’s at 28″ that I also want to trade out.

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in reply to: Quivers #58165

I picked up a back quiver on the cheap, just to have one. I found it at a local pawn shop, but its not what I would call a good quality back quiver of lined leather to keep the rattle of arrows down.

I haven’t decided yet if I want a bow quiver, or a good back quiver yet. I had also been looking at a Catquiver that was ASAT covered, which is my camo as well. That one, I could have for $40.00 and it would still work with my pack.

But I still have time to choose.

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in reply to: How much broadhead weight on my setup? #57239

LimbLover wrote: Wow…I just gave my Dad his first grandchild and he has a new Royal coming as well. I wonder if the two compare for him? 😯 lol

One gives you love and hugs, and the other one is much better than a drug, and is much like having Lays Potatoe Chips, you just can’t have just one 🙄

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in reply to: How much broadhead weight on my setup? #56987

LimbLover, thank you for the information. This is gonna be fun, and I’m so proud to finally own a Bama Bow, which will probably become a whole new addiction 🙄

What am I saying, these are beautiful bows that I just can not help but look at a lot.

And now I have a Cocobola Bama bow arriving next week. This is almost like expecting our next grand child that is due any time. The waiting, the anticipation of a new birth, and then to hold after the arrival.

Yep, I’m stoked.

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in reply to: TBM..Subscribe or buy off the shelf? #56940

I’m going to subscribe myself. I just gave a copy that I had from last year to a buddy of mine. It is surprizing the amount of scoffing I get at the range from compound shooters, until they see a few groups.

In bowhunters education, I see more of our instructors with traditional bows, and it helps that a guy I co-teach with is an avid traditionist. Matt Riley, is an awesome traditional bowhunter. I haven’t found out how he did over in Africa yet, as he has not returned from his treck over there.

Last year, I was the out guy, with my modern compound, and this year I have joined the ranks of the traditional instructors.

Just last night I was talking with a friend that is strickly modern wheeled and die hard about it, as he scoffed about my recent 100% turn around, he added that he would never pick up a traditional bow. I added, that I was sorry for him not to experience what I have, but that he was welcome anytime to shoot one of my bows.

My son finally shot my Bear Kodiak, and loved it.

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in reply to: How much broadhead weight on my setup? #56932

I have several that I am trying on the BH Target.

Two differant Zwickey’s in 170 gr and 160 gr and two differant brand 125 gr broadheads by Magnus and Simmons.

I’m currently shooting a 145 gr FP, so I may be looking for some 145 gr or 150 gr broadheads myself. That would leave either Magnus, Woodsman or STOS Broadheads depending on a 2 blade or 3 blade broadhead that I choose.

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in reply to: Most Admired Predators #56238

I would have to agree with Nick on the Mountain Lion, as we have them here in NW Montana, and they take game just as much as the wolf does. Coyotes and wolves are lothed here, to the extent that people just want to wipe them out altogether again. But now the wolf is amoung our hunted with being in the hunting season, where now we are going to get 2 weeks Archery Only on them prior to the rifle season beginning. The quota is going up on how many can be taken state wide.

But the Mountain Lion is my favored of all predators, next to the bear being black or grizzly.

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in reply to: A QUITE BOW #54418

I recently added string silencers of fox fir and then twisted the string a bit, as well as redid my shelf. It quieted down the arrow, and hitting the riser. But I still get some hum, and I’m thinking about adding some fir under the string serving at the top and bottom where the serving is hitting the limbs. I figure it can’t hurt, and if it works, its a win win.

But I do have some heavier arrows coming both in the Easton 2020’s and some 2117’s to use which are heavier than the 2016’s that I have been using.

My goal is to eventually use POC’s.

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in reply to: HOW SHARP IS SHARP ENOUGH? #53770

I wish his pictures were still up, so we could see them.

I still have my stone from when I used the G5 Montec’s with the other un-named bow. The one thing we did when using it, is to take a black felt pen to mark your blade edge on both sides (3 blade BH) then use your stone, and then a leather belt over the edge, just like you used to see the barbers use on a straight edge razor.

But a 6″ x 6″ piece of wood with a hole cut in it, with rubber bands stretched across is a what we teach in Bowhunters Education, and much safer than the shave test or using your finger nail, as most of our students are 12 to 18 yr olds with few adults. But even a juice can, soup can with both ends cut out will work as well, then stretch you the rubber bands in a crisscross pattern.

I guess there are several ways to do this, but this is one I use.

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in reply to: hunting hawaii #52806

The next time my wife and I go over to the islands, Molokai is one of my islands of interest, and yes my bow is going with me.

Eventually, my wife and I will relocate to Hawaii, but will more than likely settle on the Big Island around Ocean View aka South Point.

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in reply to: help with antelope hunt #52777

This will be my first year using this:

http://www.bethedecoy.com

I have mine and will be using it for, antelope hunting this year.

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