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in reply to: Traditional Takedowns Question #35624
To answer specifically: no. Otherwise I’m familiar with the jacknife or hinge style and Great Northern. The former gets mixed reviews and the latter great reviews. In other words, so far as I know (which admittedly ain’t very far but as the first responder to your post, I’m offering what little I can), the jacknife take-down isn’t known as the very best but is known as generally workable, while GN is slam-dunk reliable. As so many here so wisely advise us, if at all possible, shoot it before you buy it. ttf
in reply to: 10+#s off really? #25505They got bubbas in NY? Really? Gangsters, stock-breakers, celebrities, of course. But honest-to-gosh bubbas like me? I hope so! 😛
Seriously, as you suggest, it’s normal for older glass bows to lose weight over many years or decades, as we tend to leave them strung for extended periods. But to gain weight? Could be that this one started life longer and was cut down. If you trust your scale, I say go with that. Shouldn’t be too hard, even in NY (:lol:) to find another scale to double check. 40-44 with the right arrow and broadheads well sharp, and good luck on good shot placement, will kill any deer in NY since the elk were exterminated. On the other hand there’s no justification in hanging onto a bow that doesn’t give us ALL we need to shoot good and kill clean, just because we have it. Talk about “many more fish in the sea”! I’m betting you’ll sort it out in a good way. ttf
in reply to: Bearspaw/WesWallace #25502Steve — where did you get that great picture of Bigfoot for your avatar! 😯
Just kidding. We love you here! 😆
All I can say about these two bows is to expand on what Steve said — shoot them both before you decide, or buy another brand that you can shoot and know you love. For all the justifiable grumping about the high price of Black Widow bows, they do have a “loaner” policy where you can borrow a bow for postage, or order a bow and return it if you don’t like it for postage and $50 (last I heard). Since the trad world today is going increasingly to mail-order for everything, we need as many bow-makers as possible figuring ways to let us try out their ware by mail before ordering one. I’m sure we’d all attend several trad events where we can shoot the various offerings every year, if we could afford the $ and time involves. Some of us are lucky enuf to have a big show, like Klamazoo, real close. For others it’s very rare or never. That’s my best advice … except … when do we get an open season on Bigfoot? 😛 ttf
in reply to: Butchering a Deer Video #18800A nicely produced video, indeed. Although I’ve butchered all but the first two deer and the first two elk I’ve ever killed, dozens of animals in all, this is a new technique to me that I think of as “eastern” insofar as the work is done on a gutted and hanging carcass, while out here in the West we always quarter an animal on the ground to packing out, and sometimes go ahead and bone it too. That way we are boning shoulders and hams that are already separated from the body. Hanging the animals allows boning off the attached skeleton, keeps the meat off the ground and keeps it cleaner and appears neater all around. But good luck hanging an elk or even a big muley buck especially if you’re hunting alone. Next time I get a small deer I’ll toss it over my back and pack it out and give this a try. 😆
in reply to: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Chart for N. America #13929Useful info, thanks!
in reply to: Arrow shaft making #13242Mr. Sivertsen — thank you for posting here. Not that I know you personally but from your occasional articles in TBM and your posts here it is clear that you are a humble “non-hero” veteran of traditional and primitive archery with much to share and the generosity to do so. Thank you. –ttf
in reply to: Dry Fired bow #13236What Chad says. The man absolutely knows his stuff … except that you should never let anyone else shoot any bow you intend to keep and use! I equate it to “loaning out your wife” but perhaps that’s too extreme. 😉
in reply to: Tapered Shafts #61858Bounty — welcome here. Aside from Ashby’s research, single-tapered shafts have long been known to enhance accuracy when shooting broadheads. I have some GrizzlyStick tapered carbons and they definitely offer a headstart on FOC. Hard to go wrong there it seems. But I’m surprised you have only 20 percent FOC. Your insert and adapter must be light? I get around 26 percent with a similar setup using 100-grain inserts and adapters on 200-grain El Grandes. Just to kill something and take it from there. 😀 ‘flier
in reply to: Great video, great music #61853Sorry Cottonwood. To each his own. But killing a bear with it’s head in a garbage can, and a deer with it’s head in a feed station … not my kind of hunting, as it’s not hunting at all but baiting. Must be Texas. No offense but I feel sorry for the animals and disgust for the “hunter” and politely suggest you delete this post. –treetop
in reply to: Interview with Dave Peterson #43651Well I just tried to read it and it ends mid-sentence with a fair amount not posted. I’m sure Robin will get that fixed soon, now that she’s aware of it.
in reply to: Good form and Character #27771And that Fletcher makes some real purdy and straight-shooting arrows as well. 😀
in reply to: I thought this would be of use to all #60034Sorry to disagree guys but website magazines that run articles about driving all the way from Okla. to Canada to haul out bait on an ATV and kill a bear over it … I mean, huh? What a waste of money, time, energy and resources. That ain’t me. That’s why this is the only website I visit, after years of filtering out. I won’t argue with anyone who has the resources and is so bored and desperate for a kill as to go to such lengths, but I just don’t want to read about it in the magazines I subscribe to, paper or website. Not trying to start a fight but just expressing an alternate point of view. We had a bear in the yard this morning, geeze. To me it’s as silly as flying to the Bahamas to bait fish. To each his own but I can’t applaud that brand of modern hunting, or any magazine or website that glorifies it. Your opinion is as good as mine, and vice versa. Just opinions … or votes maybe, if the moderators are tuned in. ttf
in reply to: Sorry….Just a pet peeve of mine. #51219Aha! While Patrick got “misspellings” in general, Michael got Peterson’s planted mistakes precisely, at least in spelling. But I Win “the prize” because I’m the only or at least first one to note the glaring grammatical “errors” in “… supposed home of the most elitest of the elitest writers.” Should be “home of the most elite of elite writers.”
Now—what’s “the prize”? A free guided elk hunt? The Shrew recurve Dave has for sale in the classifieds here? A rubber biscuit?” (And which brothers here gets that little joke?) TTF
in reply to: HEAVIER HEADS….? #46737Shooting wood arrows accurately and lethally every time is a learning process that you can shortcut with good advice, but which still requires personal experimentation and experience. I’m think mostly here about the spine question. Assuming you have a correctly spined wood shaft, you can stack on a lot of weight up front. It will predictably make a correctly spined arrow more accurate, but also increase trajectory and cut speed. But speed don’t kill — it’s momentum, whose prime ingredient is weight. The more of that weight up front, the better. If it were me, using your current shafts that fly well at 125, I would buy a couple each of 145, 160, 190 field points and see how far you can push things without losing spine or encountering other problems. When you hit that point you can either step up the spine, or stay with the greatest weight your current shafts can handle. That said, I will wing it a bit and suggest that you try the Eclipse 145 two-blades, in either double or single bevel. They are dynamite on deer and fly great and although not “hard” by say Grizzly standards, aren’t likely to fold over on you. But play with field points first. ttf
in reply to: Hunting Arrows for 2010 #42125Gorgeous, Steve. Ain’t making wood arrows fun? So much more than just gluing on feathers, as with carbon and aluminum. We’re hearing more about Surewood lately, and it reminds me that this happened some years ago, then lots of folks had complaints with them and they all but disappeared … and now they’re back. From your experience–and that of anyone else looking in on this thread–who is/are the best supplier/s? What should we watch out for? What do these shafts weigh? Thanks, and great hunting with ’em! ttf
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