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in reply to: Snaked my bow #25044
Those limbs look awesome with the rattlesnake on them. Nice job. The riser is unique, too. Very cool.
Michael.
in reply to: Other woods #25041Dave, all the yew that I’ve seen up here is in the form of the brushy stuff…doesn’t get more than about 2″ diameter, and tends to be pretty well bent. I’ve never seen any of it in the form of a tree. And I’m too cheap (frugal) to go buy wood for this kind of stuff. LOL. What IS Pacific Yew, anyway? Am I right that it’s a brushy tree, kind of like brush maple or mountain ash?
Michael.
in reply to: Bow hand index finger pinching #24576JJ,
You may consider changing your release, too. From the sound of it, I take it you’re shooting split finger. Have you tried three fingers under? I tried shooting split finger when I started, and it just didn’t work for me, so I switched to three under, and it helped my accuracy immensely. You may find that switching will help with that finger pinch, too. And definitely give a glove a shot. You can get some pretty decent gloves for pretty cheap, anymore. Good luck and keep us posted.
Michael.
in reply to: :( I can't shoot my bow #24565About 4 or 5 years ago, I broke my left hand (bow hand), and could not for the life of me, bear to shoot my Grizzly for almost a month and a half, due to hand shock. I was fortunate enough to be able to shoot my uncle’s takedown, which was nice, but I was so glad to get back to MY bow when my hand healed. I feel for you, Dan. Like one of the other guys said, go build arrows and start on your late summer scouting.
Michael.
in reply to: My First Hand-Made Wooden Arrows! #24559Nice job!! They look great. Congrats. Keep up the good work.
Michael.
in reply to: Moose scouting pics… #20942It’s illegal to hunt them here, too. But we do have liberal trapping regulations on many of our furbearers. We also managed to dodge a trapping-ban bullet this year in our upcoming elections. A group petitioned, and barely missed, getting a statewide public land trapping ban on the ballot this year. If Montana had lost its public land trapping, so could every other state in the country. They missed by some 4000 petition names, and missed qualifying in like 2 districts. Too close for comfort. And they’ll be back in 2 years to try again.
Michael.
in reply to: Moose scouting pics… #20558I need to ask, because I almost wonder if my eyes are deceiving me. Is that a beaver in your avatar picture?
Michael.
in reply to: Scent from walking through areas #20453If you’re as big as a moose, would you care about much? I almost hit a bull one year, about 3 years ago, coming down an old logging road. He took his time crossing the road while I slid to a gravel-grating stop just yards from him. Had I hit him, his belly would have cleared the hood on my Bronco, and he would have come right on through the cab to sit on my lap. Glad I got stopped. LOL.
Michael.
in reply to: Target "Boredom" #19896My uncle and I play for pennies, because pennies are easy to come up with for payoff. LOL. We just keep tally of who had how many top scores, and at the end, the person with the most wins gets the difference between the two. Tons of fun.
Michael.
in reply to: Getting into woods…What do I need? #19447I’m in the process of making my first ever self-arrow. LOL. I had some Douglas Fir that I cut last year while firewooding, and finally got around to cutting a chunk out to try and make an arrow out of. I whittled and whittled with my knife until I had it decently (?) straight from one end to the other, and I started sanding from there. While it does still have some wobbles and bobbles in it in spots where I got too carried away with my knife, I think it might just fly for me by the time I’m don. I completely wore out a 3″x4″ piece of sand paper working on it, now I need another piece. LOL. It’s not perfectly round, nor are the tapers that I have on it perfectly centered, but I’m looking forward to putting a point on it eventually and a nock, and bareshafting it, just to see what I have so far. I think the overall length right now is about 33 1/2″ from end of taper to end of taper. Not sure on the diameter, but it varies, depending where you’re at on the shaft. LOL. Gonna be fun.
Michael.
in reply to: Advantage of a longer draw…. #19442Looper wrote:
I read somewhere that Dan Quillian said an inch of draw length is equivalent to 10 pounds of draw weight. I’m not that optimistic. So what is it?I don’t know what Dan Quillian did or didn’t say. However, Fred Bear, in The Archer’s Bible, Chapter 1, page 10, states, “Not all archers of course use a 28-inch arrow, and it is obvious that a person with a 26-inch draw will be drawing less weight, while one with a 30 inch draw will be increasing the draw weight. In most makes of bows, this loss or gain in draw weight will be about 2 to 2 1/2 pounds for every inch the draw is shortened or lengthened.”
Now, take it or leave it, but that’s a direct quote. As for my comparison between powder charges for my 7mm, that was merely a comparison of two similar, but different forces propelling the same weight of object. Best comparison I could come up with off the top of my head. I don’t believe that the speed between 50@30.5 and 50@28 is going to vary all that much. It’s still the same force applied to a given (500 grains) weight.
Michael.
in reply to: Advantage of a longer draw…. #1936958# is going to throw 500 grains faster than 50#, no matter what the draw length is. It’s like powder in a rifle cartridge. My 7mm Mag with 63.4 grains of R22 is going to throw my 175 grain bullet faster than 55 grains of R22 out of the same gun.
Michael.
in reply to: Saying Hello #19363Jim,
Welcome aboard! This is a great site, and you’re right, there is a wealth of information here. I learn something new just about every time I log on. The guys here are always willing to offer a helping hand or word of encouragement. Good luck, and good hunting.
Michael.
in reply to: The Silent Arrow #19356Uh oh, looks like all seriousness just went out the window…LOL!!
Michael.
in reply to: What spine? #17808I agree with Steve. These companies saying their arrows have a weight forward built into the design are full of bull snot. The only ones that are actually built as a weight forward are the tapered shafts, such as Grizzly Stik.
Michael.
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