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in reply to: Short Bows #32794

This was my first trip out there, and it was a big adventure for me. I will be looking mighty hard at it again next year. We really lucked out with the weather, and I had only a slight delay coming back. I shot every bow I could get my hands on, bought three, and this one is the best, hands down.

I am seriously thinking that it is time to thin the herd, and the Scout stays!

Killdeer

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in reply to: Short Bows #32648

I am a big fan of short recurves, and own a few K-Mags. They are my favorite production recurve.

I went to Kalamazoo and ended up buying a Shrew Little Favorite. That bow has it all. It is as close to perfect as I can imagine a bow being, and I will never sell it. Smooth, powerful, fast, quiet.

Wanna buy a K-Mag?:D

Killdeer

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in reply to: Ron Fox Bows #46754

Nice Maverick there in the middle. Wanna sell it?

Killdeer:wink:

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in reply to: Some Field Time… #36292

From your pictures, I can see how well you love the land you walk. Makes me feel good just knowing that the land has one like you to walk it.

I wish I had land, but it is almost as good knowing that there is a place that is loved as honestly as you love yours.

Killdeer

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in reply to: OJAM VI Video #34947

Splendid video. I can’t say enough good about the gathering and the people. That last scene… yup. Says it all and got a tear out of my eye. Oh, it’s a good tear.

Killdeer

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in reply to: Recurve – new or used? #31768

Nice bow you have there!
I don’t think a longbow is any easier, nor harder to shoot than a recurve. They are different, and you learn to shoot them as individuals. I can say with complete honesty that I have achieved the same level of incompetence with both styles of bow.

Try a lot of bows, and you will find whether you prefer a high or low wrist on the grip, the feel of a light or heavy riser, all that stuff. All these different bows are like nibblies at a buffet. Have a great summer!

Killdeer

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in reply to: 3D deer recommendations #30659

Bender said it, I second it.

Killdeer:D

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in reply to: Whole deer vs. boning #28356

Steve, I didn’t catch any of that “tone”, maybe because you sweet-talked me. I understand your anger at the “boned” deer, I felt a little indignation when somebody told me that they only “breasted” their geese and turkeys.

Whatever system is in place, there will be those who will abuse it, and the game. It is rare that I ever admit to being a human being.

Killdeer~ Larks’ tongues, anybody?:twisted:

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in reply to: Browning Cobra I #26310

I started using that moniker twenty-some years ago, for the radios we used on Neighborhood Watch. I finally got around to the Cooper novels about ten years ago, and was tickled by that coincidence.

Being a birdwatcher, and a hunter, the name seemed to have that click factor. Thank you for blessing my arrows. Oh, BTW, Killdeer’s lead round balls have missed for three years running.:oops:

Killdeer

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in reply to: Browning Cobra I #26245

Three of my friends have owned this one same Browning Cobra 1, and I have its favored brace height written down somewhere, as I am the designated string and arrow maker for said bow. Unfortunately, I live in a very cluttered apartment where nothing gets thrown away. Therefore, whatever I need is in here, but it takes days to find it. For the sake of expedience, I offer the following from memory.

I would start at 7 3/4″, and work up to 8 1/2″. Bows of this era were commonly high-strung, but I think that the sweet spot for your bow will be somewhere around the starting point to 8″.

Congrats on a sweet shooter. Does yours still have the original springy Saunders Whisper Rest?

Killdeer

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in reply to: Recurve – new or used? #22416

Rereading your post, I see that you are shooting a longbow. Did you know that a lot of longbows are available in the shorter lengths? It could be that you could get a shorter longbow from the same bowyer, and thus not have to learn a new grip.

I am currently shooting a 58″ longbow, made by the same guy that made a 56″ longbow that I don’t shoot as well.

The shorter a bow gets, the more exacting it is about your release. My release sucks out loud, so I like the more forgiving, longer longbow with a different lam layup.

Now you have me curious about what bow you are shooting.
Killdeer

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in reply to: Recurve – new or used? #22411

I have bought many bows online, and have been wildly pleased to mildly disappointed.

Before you do this, though, let me remind you of two things that I observe from your post.
The first is that you are looking for a treestand bow. AHA! you will need this bow this summer, to practice for the fall hunting season.

The second is that you are looking to buy online. You are itchy to get one, but are not sure if there are many risks involved.

Yes, there are risks! I never buy unless there are very good and very detailed pics of the bow in question. But as good as the pics are, there is nothing to compare to seeing the bow in the daylight, and trying it out on the range.

I see that you are in Michigan, a state so steeped in trad archery that I don’t doubt that longbows are pushed out of the soil instead of needle ice in the winter months.

My advice to you is that you look up all the trad events that will be taking place in your travel range and go to them. Not only will you meet a lot of nice people, but you will be able to try out lots of bows without having to pay for it. You may find that what you have been hearing touted as the next Right Arm of God is actually a rather mediocre bow, or worse, a “dog”. (sorry, all dogs.)

Folks at shoots are mostly happy to let you try their wonderful bow, which for them might be the best in the world, but may leave you shaking your head at how they can shoot with that kind of a grip. Vendors, too, of both new and used bows are happy to have you shoot their bows, as that frequently leads to sales. Bring your own arrows, as you will be trying bows in your own weight range and you do not want to be ‘splaining loss or breakage to someone who did you a favor.

Nothing beats hands-on experience in deciding what is right for you (we are all different, ain’t it wunnerful?:D) and leading to a wise purchase of a hunting partner.

Killdeer

Careful! That’s Bob Morrison on the right, and the next vendor back is Ross Vickers, of Brandywine Arrows.

Shooting the courses is a laid-back, fun affair among friends both old and new.

I bought this bow online, and it was a horror story in the delivery. The bow is a peach, however. This is one of the targets on the practice range at the Baltimore Bowmen Trad Classic. They also have paper targets on big butts for the folks who need big targets… Me!

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in reply to: Vintage Bear Arrows #17284

That second arrow looks good, it FEELS like the ’60s. (And I hear that I grew up in them.) The fluorescent green on the number one arrow looks too contemporary. Or is that a color cast in the picture?
For a COPY, as opposed to going with the feeling, dyed wild turkey feathers will seal the deal. So far, I have been too lazy to do that.:oops:

That being said, I would be proud to go afield with a quiver of either of them. You have excellent skills as a fletcher.
Killdeer

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in reply to: short longbow recommendation #16260

Hop Sing moved back to China?
Never thought he’d leave the Cartwrights.
Bummer.

Killdeer

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in reply to: Don Thomas Deer carry method? #16248

I don’t doubt you!
I often wonder why the heck I go up to where there aren’t that many deer, when I see them every day at work. I have been invited to hunt a local farm, but I would have to spend my vacation down here in the flatlands instead of up in the mountains that I love.

Oh well, few deer, few hunters.
Killdeer8)

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