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in reply to: You Favorite Broadhead and why ? #33923
Don,
Is there any chance you may have gotten into the shoulder blade of that elk? I know that in itself will act like body armor for the animal. And you said it was a 450 grain arrow? Why so light if you’re now shooting 650 grain arrows? The weight may have had something to do with it as well. Just some thoughts I had while reading your post.
MontanaFord
P.S. I also shoot a 55# recurve, though with my draw length, I add a little weight, but I shoot roughly 590 grain arrows, including the 150 grains of the screw-in Wensels.
in reply to: VANES or FEATHERS ?? #32840My uncle uses a couple different products on his feathers that help keep the water at bay when shooting in wet conditions. One is a tire treatment called Tire Wet, and the other is some sort of spray lube that he uses for fishing reels called Reel Magic. He’s had good luck with both products keeping his feathers from getting soaked from rain or other wet conditions.
MontanaFord
I have a Selway slide-on quiver on my recurve and love it. The weight is nice to have. I don’t notice that it throws my bow’s balance off, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t. There are only two problems that I’ve experienced with it. One, each piece of the quiver gradually drifts away from the riser, and I have to adjust it from time to time. Secondly, I’ve had problems with one or two of the shafts popping out of the rubber deal that the shafts clip into. I fixed that by taking a piece of inner tube about 2″ x 3/4″ with two slits cut in it at each end and putting one end between the last and second to last shaft notch and, after putting the last arrow in it’s slot, hooking the other end over the shaft holder.
MontanaFord
in reply to: grouse and squirrels #31682T.J. Nice bird. Yeah, the blues we get up here tend to be tough to kill, too. I’ve made a couple lucky shots on hens that did the job, but a big rooster is a tough customer. The elk of the bird family, in my mind.
MontanaFord
in reply to: Anyone going after spring Turkey #31245still snowin here. might be a white turkey opener.
MontanaFord
in reply to: trad vs. compound #31244it’s good to see some “young blood” taking to traditional gear. a lot of the people i see at shoots tend to be over the age of 50, which means they were probably hunting with recurves and longbows when the first compounds came out. i applaud those folks that stuck with traditional gear in the technological age. and i applaud anybody that has the patience and determination to learn how to successfully and accurately shoot any traditional gear.
MontanaFord
in reply to: Anyone going after spring Turkey #30556I’ve never hunted out of a blind for anything, but I’ve watched videos where guys have hunted from blinds like the Double Bull Blind, and they seem to have plenty of clearance for their recurves. Dunno, never gave one a try, so I don’t really know. Probably never will, either. I don’t like sitting in one place the whole time I’m hunting. If I’m not moving around, it doesn’t feel like hunting to me.
MontanaFord
in reply to: Anyone going after spring Turkey #29296whelp, went and got my turkey tag and all the other gee-gaws fish and game requires a person to have…we’re allowed any male turkey….i wonder, though, what fish and guts..i mean game…would say if i brought in a bearded lady like the story from timothy dwyer out of oklahoma…lol…
in reply to: right wing vs left wing ? #29096cool…will hafta look into it and see what i can find..thanks..montanaford
in reply to: Spot and stalk black bear? #28019You’re welcome, Peter.
in reply to: One piece or Takedown whats your favorite? #28017I like the heft of a take-down for stability, but I like the fact that a one-piece uses the entire bow to produce energy and speed. I almost went ahead and wrote a long-winded explanation of my understanding of how both types of bows work, but decided not to, as I am far from being an expert on physics or bows. I’ll leave the technical stuff to the guys that actually KNOW how the stuff works rather than giving my “theory” on it.
MontanaFord
in reply to: right wing vs left wing ? #28011JD, paradox is a good point to bring up, as well. i have a friend that shoots olympic recurve (sites, stabilizer, etc), and i’ve gotten to watch some of his high-speed videos that his trainer in california has taken of his shooting, and that is some really cool stuff to be able to watch. it gives a whole new understanding of how the physics of archery works.
MontanaFord
in reply to: Anyone going after spring Turkey #25988ours opens, i think on april 11, i don’t remember if it’s legal for hens and toms, or just toms…
I built one of those PVC bows for my 6 year old last summer, and it does a pretty good job flingin arrows. He loves it because “Dad made it for him”. I still have to paint the limbs so they aren’t PVC white, but the weather needs to warm up, first. Paint just doesn’t stick in cold weather. It was simple to make, and cheap, too. 2 zip ties, a 3 1/2 or 4 ft piece of 1/2″ PVC, some electrical tape, and some lawn mower pull cord. Oh, and 2 wire-harness clips from the parts store to act as shelves for the arrow. That way, it’s a left or right handed bow. I went off of the article that was done last year on the PVC bows. I don’t remember what issue it was in, but it was fun to make.
in reply to: right wing vs left wing ? #25915I shoot right handed, and shoot right wing feathers. My understanding is that unless you are shooting a single-bevel broadhead, it doesn’t matter what side of feather you use, as long as they all match on the arrow. With a single-bevel broadhead, the direction of the arrow rotation should match the bevel. With 3 or 4 bladed broadheads, I don’t think it matters. This is just what makes sense in my mind, please don’t regard it as gospel or scientific truth.
MontanaFord
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