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in reply to: maddog mutt, yeah/neh? #8936
A guy brought one in to Wilderness Dreams in Sand Lake Michigan the other day.
I’ve wanted one for awhile, and after seeing his, they aren’t quite what I expected. They are extremely slender bows. I thought my Bama’s were slender, but these are really really thin.
I’m not saying this effects performance but I actually thought I was looking at one of Mike’s famous youth bows and even asked the owner if it was for one of his kids. I felt foolish but it honestly looked that small in the riser and I don’t think he customizes the MUTTS to the owner’s specs.
It was really cool in appearance. You could see all of the seems where they were pieced together but I thought that was cool. They are each totally unique. I wish I could have shot his but he seemed like he wanted to be left alone.
in reply to: Personal Observations: Broadheads & Sharpening #60759That’s awesome Pat! I’m glad you found something that works for you.
I’m still doing it with an Accusharp-like tool that has a carbide sharpener on one side and a graphite sharpener on the other for fine tuning. However – even this doesn’t get it as sharp as I would like.
My neighbor recently introduced me to making a strop out of a hunk of leather, a chunk of wood, and some valve-grinding compound.
You just glue or tack the leather to the wood, smooth it out, rub the compound in, and you are good to go. All I have to do is touch them up now. That valve grinding compound is the key component. Gets my No Mercy 2-blades sharp as hell.
in reply to: Gotta get this "stuff" under control! #37458Duncan wrote: Try this: Drink a few swallows of water right after you first wake up. It will start your digestive tract. A past bowunting friend told me this is what works for him. I tried it and it usually works on me before I leave the house.
Amen. Make sure the water is cold. Shocks me into doing my business early. However…I always have to urinate when I hit the woods. I think its all the adrenaline.
in reply to: I"v never used a longbow #27998Honestly…your body has a way of figuring these kinds of things out.
You will adjust. Just keep shooting.
in reply to: Thinking of buying a Browning Take Down #19343Ragim actually is making a nice bow now. However – I’ve heard about the separation in the riser problems. I would never buy a bow that already had a separation in the riser.
in reply to: Wood Arrows & Removing Nocks: Lesson Learned #9495I just melt them off Pat. Heat them a bit..wait till it gets goey and pull it off with pliers.
DB…try Douglas Fir.
I haven’t had a problem with Doug Fir or Chundoo yet. In fact, Chundoo is my favorite shaft material. I’ll probably stick with that. I bought some POC shafts on clearance from Lost Nation archery and they fly great too.
I think the key is making sure they are matched as closely as possible. I don’t mix and match my shafts. I fletch them up different so I know which arrows are which and only shoot those arrows that day.
Bigbearclaw wrote: Now you can see the light ,means a lot to me to kill a critter with a wood arrow that I made myself.Next step might be a bow you made yourself.
We would get a kick out of that. We’ve got the wood, and the space, but not the tools or the knowledge.
I’ll probably stop at arrows. Love making them!
in reply to: Ultimate wood arrows #61152I’ve had quite a few people tell me that shooting/hunting with wood arrows wasn’t a good idea because they aren’t consistent or durable enough.
I shot a combination of wood arrows all weekend with little to no trouble at all, including stumping with two blunted Chundoo shafts. I was really hesitant about stumping with wood arrows and I’ve been babying all of mine because of it.
There is no need. I put those two stumping arrows through hell, including some direct shots into maples and they came out fine. I hardly had to straighten them afterwards.
I also made and shot a few hunting arrows into moss/dirt piles and probably shot 200 arrows on my neighbor’s 3D course. Aside from losing my fletching on a few shafts (didn’t use Duco, won’t make that mistake again) I came out with an entire quiver and shot better than I ever have.
I’m not worried anymore. If their straight and well made, there isn’t any reason to doubt wood arrows.
in reply to: predator bows #60551Duncan wrote: But it’s a pretty plank and no heavier than my Hoyt T/D. I like to think of it as strength training for my right arm. 😀
Show me a bow that does’nt twang or plunk with nothing in place to silence it. Home made wool silencers or home made fleece “tarantula” silencers coupled with leather string groove pads made mine super quiet. And of course a properly adjusted brace height.
Out of curiosity, how much does your bow weigh? My Predator weighs 3 lbs with a full quiver and set up to shoot.All three of the predator takedowns I’ve seen shot were silenced on the limbs and on the strings and they all made that sound. My Samick Phantom was a quieter bow. You are right though – it could be a braceheight thing.
FYI – two of them were being shot 3-finger under. Predator doesn’t tiller specially for 3-finger under shooters as an option. I have a feeling this has something to do with it.
in reply to: predator bows #60193Every predator bow I have seen was a really smooth drawing, fast shooting bow, but the takedowns are PLANKS. By that, I mean that they are really heavy. Lots of wood.
I also notice that they need quite a bit of silencing. They make a really weird THUD sound when you shoot them. At least the take-down models do.
in reply to: Easton Legacy Arrows #59317I like 5″ on aluminum shafts 2117 and up. They shoot fine.
in reply to: Some Labor Day Weekend Stumping! #59315Bigbearclaw wrote: Nothing like stumpin with a good friend
Son actually! I just realized that I look way older with the hat and glasses lol.
in reply to: Truth … Or Consequences? Article #54495I would probably tell them the truth:
“I don’t know. I honestly don’t know what in the hell I’m doing.”
in reply to: GOT A GROUSE!!! #54357You should be extremely proud.
I can’t shoot those things for the life of me. They only scare the hell out of me as I’m headed to my hunting spot.
Congrats!
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