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in reply to: Bummed out – a friend is giving up Stickbows #44050
Pothunter wrote: LimbLover, it may be that your friend needs to put some distance between himself and the commercial archery world before he finds his true path.
Mark.
PS Don’t through rocks at me please.😆 Thats actually what I think is the issue too.
in reply to: Bummed out – a friend is giving up Stickbows #43906Bah…no big deal Hiram.
I don’t really get bent out of shape. We are just having discussions on here. Everyone is free to their own opinion.
The day I get upset and start flaming is the day I’ll hang up my mouse. 😉
BTW..I understand what you are saying. While many friends have introduced me to hunting, bowfishing, etc…if they back out that isn’t going to deter me from doing those things that are now very much a part of who I am.
in reply to: Bummed out – a friend is giving up Stickbows #43411I’m not stoning anyone. Never said he wasn’t my friend…just that he wasn’t shooting a stick anymore. 😆
I don’t know where that is coming from.
My point was that this is the first time since I started shooting last year that I’ve seen someone go from traditional to compound rather than from compound to traditional. I’m sure it won’t be the last but it surprised me.
in reply to: New intro video?! Tell me what ya think! #42219Chris, you make great videos bud! Great!
in reply to: Carbon vs Wood which is tougher #41608You could try the screw in Gold Tip weights too. They screw in behind the insert. The allen wrench to install them is fairly expensive. My buddy made his own out of a coat hanger and an allen wrench and it works fine.
50 shots to wear out an aluminum or wood arrow???? Is that factoring in breaking or bending? I had the same set of 2117 XX75s for 4 months and I shot every day – at least 20 arrows. What are you shooting at??
If I shot an all wood bow I would use all wood arrows too. It just seems wrong to use anything else.
I’ve decided that I’m going to give wood arrows a shake. I may have to place an order. I don’t think they will replace my carbons though. I shoot inside 3ds a lot and we have some risky shots. I can’t be breaking those every day.
in reply to: Carbon vs Wood which is tougher #40375Which carbon were you using?
The Heritage 250 or Beman MFX has just as much weight as most aluminums. 10gpi for the 250 I believe and 11gpi for the 350. The aluminums are usually at around 12.
I’m not very familiar with wood. Two friends shoot POC’s and they break them often. After one night of range shooting half their quivers are bent from impact. I’ve got another friend who shot Ash shafts that were at least the same diameter as a 2315 aluminum and he had the same problem. I’ve only broke 2 heritage shafts and both of them were due to ricochets off of concrete or the steel poles that hold 3d targets. I’ve never had a carbon that pushed in the way you described. Ripforce had an arrow or two do that but they were cheapies – Carbon Express Lite 4560. A cheap carbon will fail like that.
That is why I switched to Carbon from aluminum. I like the concept of either having a broken arrow or a straight one. I don’t like worrying about bending and what not.
Now…I’m not knocking wood arrows. I actually am debating on placing an order with http://www.allwoodarrows.com to try 1/2 a dozen. I love the nostalgia, quietness, and the beauty of them.
As far as making them tougher up front without weight tubes? Move a size up in stiffness from what you are shooting and add a brass insert instead of the stock one. It adds at least 50g to the front end and they hold up better. The Heritage 350 is my hunting arrow and one of the most durable I have seen.
in reply to: Got an awesome donation for the kids #39274Awesome! Get that contraption off the one on the left!! lol
in reply to: Bummed out – a friend is giving up Stickbows #38430Nah..Matt is a good hunter. He’s ethical and he did take a nice doe with his recurve this year. I don’t question that. Hell of a turkey hunter too.
One observation I’ve made of him is that he never really shot his bow. We went bowfishing a couple of times and that is the most I’ve seen him shoot since I started. He is either always working or teching compounds. I’ve not shot with him once in a year.
He’s been shooting a compound all of his life and has been successfully. Obviously he knows enough about that world where he’s only been in ours for two. He has never wanted to go to a 3D shoot or jamboree…I think he was either not confident enough or just not that into it.
I can see his point about work too. They sell compounds…there are 20 of us and about 300 of them at that shop. Their business is about 90% wheelie bows and Matt is the primary tech. I can see why he feels he needs to be in one world or another.
Its just weird…thats all.
in reply to: Instinctive Shooting: Practice Distances #38024I agree with Steve. A few shots should set you straight so you can remember that arrow flight path.
I spend most of my time shooting at 10 yards because thats all I have to work with. It usually takes me a few shots to get my perspective back.
Some of these new compound targets that have varying sizes of game or dots to mimic long distance shots (i.e. the Black Hole) are great for this problem IMO. I have one and pretend I’m shooting at something in the distance rather than something at 10 yards. Imagination does wonders.
in reply to: When The Compound Was Born… #38022Well I’m not old enough to remember that. All I remember was carrying my uncle’s Bear Whitetail Hunter around the backyard pretending I was Rambo.
😆in reply to: Broadhead of choice let's hear it #36733I’m going with a Snuffer unless I really like these Tusker Deltas or Concordes I am about to order.
in reply to: Target Panic #31760I only really suffered with TP when I first started shooting. Part of it was because I was overbowed and didn’t know it.
What helped me the most was shooting at balloons mounted on an old shaft rotating on a record player. It is an easy rig to build and works awesome.
The balloons rotate, you pick one, draw, hold, and loose.
This totally cured me early on. I’ve never had trouble since. I find myself slipping sometimes if I’m having a BAD shooting day.
If this happens…I go to the bale, pick one thing to work on mechanically, i.e. the feeling in my back, finger to my mouth, hook behind the jaw, bow arm, etc. Whatever I feel I could work on.
Works every time for me because ultimately the target I’m aiming at is no longer dictating how I am shooting. I’m in another place and out of my head.
in reply to: black widow bows #29468WIcanner wrote: I bought an SAB 58″ 59@27 used a few years ago for about $425. (The old all black model) It shoots great, and I use it in my turkey blind. No wood grain to admire on this bow, only how it shoots. Keep your eyes peeled, and eventually, you’ll find a Widow at a price point you may be able to accept. Not all good bows are new bows. Best of luck
I almost bought one of those all black models used. One showed up at our local shop one day for $350. It shot great but I’m not really a recurve guy though and it felt like I was holding an eight lb dumbbell in my hand.:lol:
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