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in reply to: Banana Cut Feathers…Anyone else love em? #53018
Sapcut – Those home made banana cuts are awesome. I too really like the style, but on my carbons the 5 1/2″ers are just to much feather. I tried to cut a parabolic 5″ feather to a banana cut 4″, but the shape wasn’t quite right. Are you using full length feathers? If so, how many 4″ can you get from each? Thanks
in reply to: Technology Kills Tradition? #52094I think Limbsaver is pretty much on point. “Traditional” today really just separates compounds from recurve/longbows. You would have to shoot homemade bows, arrows, and stone tips to approach anything close to “ancient”.(Just my opinion, but I consider that more of a stunt in todays world) Even Jay Massey, who I admire in spades used glass in the bows he made and steel on the business end of his arrows, and unless I’m mistaken, Fred Bear used a fiberglass arrow lined with an aluminum arrow to shoot his elephant out of a glass backed bow. Were they traditional? Of course they were. IMO, no matter what style aiming, or what your bow and equipment is made of, if you are shooting a recurve/longbow, you are “traditional”. Technology will continue to close the gap between traditional equipment and compounds in terms of speed, but if you look back at the speeds of yesterday and today, the traditional bows have gained about 40fps, and the compounds well over 100fps.It’s just the world we live in.
Use what you want. If it’s legal, you won’t hear me tearing it down. Our sport can’t afford to be separated any more than it is already.in reply to: Steel Force Broadheads #33169All I can tell you so far, is that it killed the target I shot it at. I bought some recently for bear hunting this fall. They shoot fine and seem to be very strong. The only drawback is the way of getting the blades apart. It takes a special tool. I don’t know that I would buy any more just because of that fact, but they do seem to be a good strong head. Also, they are one of the first cut on contact broadheads (that I have bought) that truly come sharp enough hunt with right from the package.
in reply to: Taking pics after dark #13155Thanks for the replies guys.
Don – The archery season for bear in Calif. is in August. I live in northern Calif. and customarily hunt in 80-90 degree weather with a night temp of 60-70. We have to practically start dressing them before they die to prevent spoilage. (OK that’s an exageration, but leaving them over night even gutted is taking a chance.) Or, do you have any tricks to safely leaving a bear over night in those conditions?
Patrick and Don – The problem isn’t red-eye. I have a digital camera with a red-eye prevention setting. The pics came out with my eyes more wide open as if I had just been frightened or something. I’m guessing it’s just my eyes adjusting to the dark.in reply to: Bow length vs draw length #60174Thanks for the reply. The bow will be used for hunting, #50. My two choices are from Samick. One is the Stingray (58″), the other the Phantom (62″). Any thoughts on these bows?
in reply to: 2009 Utah Muledeer #36568Congrats, nice buck. I took one about the same size around Price a few years ago. Bow hunting that country is nothing but FUN!
in reply to: Backpack Hunting Questions #26393purehunter – I agree 100%! Without bragging, and without an answer, I feel more safe alone in the wilderness than I do walking down a city street. A lot of that has to do with growing up in a small town, but more has to do with the fact that now days there’s a lot less to worry about out there than on the street.
Sorry – I’ll try to keep this post on track.Bone it out, and make as many trips a you have to.:)
in reply to: Backpack Hunting Questions #24306I tried the “sled” thing. It didn’t work for me…AT ALL!
I have got my deer out several different ways. Keep in mind, I’m hunting blacktails. They seldom weigh over #100 dressed.
First, bone them out. I do it a bit different than Stick and String. I’ll leave the bone in the two rear legs, and de-bone the front legs and the rest of it. The femur bone is the only bone I pack out. (and the skull plate)
Second, if I’m only a few miles from the trail head, and the buck isn’t too heavy (most of mine aren’t, they’re young stupid ones) I’ll pack all my gear back to the truck, unload it, and hike back in with an empty pack and carry the buck out whole. (Not the prefered method, but it has worked for me in the past)
Or, lastly, one of the easiest pack outs I’ve had, was actually dragging it out with all my gear on my back. I know it sounds crazy, but I shot the buck close to the trail and it was all down hill and fairly steep. I just hiked back to camp, loaded everything up and picked him up on the way out. I made it to the truck without ever breaking a sweat.
So, it just depends on the situation. If you bone out a #120 deer (dressed weight) you will end up with about #60-#70 of meat. So, if you pack in light, you should be able to pack everything out on one trip.
Hope this helps.I would really like to try one. Thanks. I’ve sent you a PM.:D
in reply to: Endless vs Flemish Fast Flight #59427Well, I went with a flemish fast flight string. The deciding factor was that I have a bunch of carbon arrows that shoot a bit stiff out of my new bow. I’m hoping the FF string will put them in the ballpark. Then, by messing with the point weight, I can get them to shoot well.
I may be way off base here, but if the arrows are straight walled and not some of the newer type that is heavier towards the front, you could just remove the nock and cut from that end. Most carbons have pull out nocks.
in reply to: Good old string trackers #38121Yes, I agree with the short range. I shoot carbon and aluminum arrows so the string attachment is not a problem. However, although I agree about using the tracker in the rain as a good idea, I haven’t seen it rain during archery season here in northern Ca in decades. It’s much more likely to be 100 degrees!:shock:
in reply to: ignoring facts #14506I Stand corrected. I’m not sure where I got my information mixed up, but for some reason I thought the Grizzly WAS the Ashby. Thanks. I’ll be trying some of the Grizzly heads soon.
in reply to: ignoring facts #14435Hello – This is my first post on this forum, and I was happy to see a whole section on Dr. Ashby’s findings. (Dr. Ashby, thank you for your information and testing. I know you read this section)I read a few of his reports a long time ago, but at the time the Ashby broadhead was the only single bevel broadhead out there. The price alone was enough to turn me off to the subject. $30 a head is totally absurd! Now that there are other makes out there that are a bit more realistic, it will be interesting to read more on the subject. As of now, I shoot a #48lb recurve, about 10gr/per/lb of draw with about 200grs up front. I like the idea of EFOC, but no broadhead is worth $30.
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