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in reply to: where are the heavier bows at??? #44587

Wexbow wrote: Nice detailing on the last riser Voodoo 8)

Thanks, That one I call #1 because it’s the first Elk risered bow I built…been my test dummy for over 6 years now….

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in reply to: where are the heavier bows at??? #44078

I’m 52, and my neck has been broken 3 times now, I have to shoot 70+ to keep the docs and meds at bay, at every shoot I go to I look for the heavy stuff, and usually it just isn’t there, that’s one of the reasons I started building my own bows, I shoot an 80+ ILF elk risered recurve, an 82# ILF warfed metal risered bow with limbs that weight just 580 grains each and a 74# custom 1pc. longbow Bodork(Mike Baker) made for me a couple years back, and of course my 70# #1…..I hear talk about how the advances in materials and technology that have made the lighter bows equal to the heavy stuff of old……Well, just imagine if those same materials and technology were applied to heavier bows…..it works pretty darn well….but I just build the heavy stuff for myself.

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in reply to: Aerial Target Thrower Ideas? #44040

Here’s a pretty simple one I built out of an old clay thrower and a couple of bed rails…cost me $5 and a bit of welding….. just weld the bed rail together to form a “C” channel, take the legs off the thrower, turn it on it’s side and weld it to the “C” channel post….just make sure it’s tall enough so that someone couldn’t get their head over it when releasing……….now you can either put the post into the ground, or weld it to a car rim or put on some legs for portability, it throws about 40′ or so straight up as well as grounders and anything in between……

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in reply to: A true custom bow #54424

I wish I could help, but that’s one of the reasons I started building my own bows, I couldn’t find what I needed so I just started doing it myself…..You might consider posting a few details about what you are wanting, it may not be as difficult to find a bowyer if they had some idea…..

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in reply to: most challenging animal to hunt? #29770

Well, not to be a smart butt or anything,but to me in my 40+ years of hunting, the most difficult animal to hunt is the permission giving landowner, closely followed by the permission granting farmer, they have sure been some elusive creatures around here…

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in reply to: Where do you get your tradional supplies from #18709

Well, I use to drive up to 3rivers quite often as it’s only an hour or so away, took my family and friends ….. we always had a great time,and I always bought more than I intended to, but then a couple years back they decided to close the warehouse to the public on all but saturdays, well saturdays are family days here, and our trips to 3rivers ended, I tried to order over the phone, but the prices in the newest catalog were sometimes different than what was quoted on the phone even if I had just gotten the catalog that day.. well after a few times of that happening, I just decided to shop somewhere else…..and that was a very hard decision..I really miss going up there, my kids do too, and I really miss my conversations with Dale…..but now I have learned to make a lot of stuff myself, my own bows, quivers,gloves,arrows, armgards..etc….so in a way I owe 3 rivers a debt of thanks, if they hadn’t went to saturdays, I’d still be going up there spending money and wouldn’t have learned to make my own, and if I can’t make it, I’ll go to Kustom King or venders at the shoots, now don’t get me wrong I’m not knocking 3rivers, they had a difficult decision to make and they did it, and I had to make a couple because of it, simple as that.

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in reply to: Appropriate discussion? #17923

Doc, I understand what your saying, but we are far from natives in the jungle where they rely on their hunting skills to survive, we have chosen to survive on a different road, that road consists of different standards, as we all have jobs and/or businesses that we rely on to put food on the table, and in choosing that method of survival our skills have shifted from surviving in one jungle to surviving a completly different one where the blood that is shed is the color green, I really wish that more would or could put more time into perfecting their woodsmanship skills,but I’m afraid that the being the woodsman of old is out of most archers grasp these days, as most are pulled in many different directions as modern hunters and providers…….and to make up for that loss of skills, we have come to rely on our equipment more, and that seems to be an accepted practice from from the masses of today, all I’m saying is that in accepting this modern form of “primitive” archery, we need to hone the skills that have become our standard method……..but one thing I do not understand is… How can a person not proficient shooting an inatimate(sp) object be ok shooting a live, breathing, sometimes moving animal at the same distance?

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in reply to: Top 5 Bows #17665

oke here goes:
My personal Elk bow (my absolute favorite),
73 Kodiak Hunter( saved my life, and brought me back to trad archery),
Canyon Creek longbow( one of the best longbows I have ever shot),
Tradtech Black Onyx (a great shooting bow),
and last but not least.. my Monster bows leverbow( the baddest bow of any type I have ever had the pleasure to shoot).

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in reply to: Appropriate discussion? #17634

I think a lot of the problem with talking about wounding/loss, comes from embarrassment and shame, it takes dedication and practice to become proficient with a trad bow, and some just do not put in the time it takes to become so…..Here’s a simple test to prove my point for you fellas involved with archery clubs………Take any old target, put a 6″ paper plate on it, set it up for 20 yd shots…. and ask shooters to put 5 out of 5 arrows anywhere inside the confines of the plate…. the results may suprise you……. and although I think very highly of Doc. Ashby’s studies and what they have done for bowhunters everywhere……. you can’t kill what you can’t hit..

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in reply to: Recurve or longbow your choice and why? #17607

I shoot a longbow..Er.hybrid longbow for you nitpickers…because that’s what I like, and that is what I enjoy, now I can shoot compounds and recurves too….. but the longbow is me.

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in reply to: wood arrows? #22229

Well I guess I’m a sinner, but I’m not a quitter…I just had a dozen laminated birch arrows made up, shot them at Cloverdale, it was rainy, high humidity and muddy….I started out with just 6 though as the others hadn’t arrived yet, but I quickly found they were accurate for about one shot only, then they’d bend a bit, I’d straighten them for a second shot, it was worse, so straighten again, shoot, after the third shot it was anyone’s guess as to where they would go….I ended up with 80 points out of 50 targets with 5-0 scoring..I wasn’t happy, but it sure wasn’t dull ..and this is my third dozen of these and all did the same, I guess my bow is too powerful for these arrows…. but I’ve tried others too… been trying to find some that fly well, stay straight and are reasonably durable, getting some spruce shafts soon, hope they fair better….but if they don’t, I’ll just keep the same beman mfx 340’s I’ve been using for the last 3 years……maybe if I can find a drill bit long enough I can put the Beman’s inside the woody’s,lol,lol……

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in reply to: Ever find yourself not watching the bowhunting shows? #19544

I don’t watch them here at home because we can’t get cable and our woods doesn’t lend itself to a sattelite, but I have seen some at friend’s houses, a lot of them I find pretty disgusting with the behavior exibited by these “hunters”…. but I do frequent pawn shops and flea markets and as most sell used dvd’s for 3-5 bucks,so I try and buy every used hunting DVD that I can, I’ll watch all of them, some I still have but most are used as target practice with my longbow,and sadly these are almost 99.9% compound hunts, not that I have anything against compounds, I don’t, but I do have something against trashy behavior and in my own way I feel that by destroying these dvd’s it kinda helps from spreading the trash around…

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in reply to: Footed Shafts #14001

These are some of the last batch from Rusty’s Feet, Wish I would have bought more…..Whispering Winds are great too!

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in reply to: Eclipse Broadheads #13994

I read Davids article and was very impressed with the care taken to make these heads, and this thread has impressed me with your honest comments, I shoot relatively heavy bows at a 30″ draw, and I’ve tested many heads, and there have been very few that have the qualities I’m looking for, great flight, extreme durability, decent width, and relative ease of sharpening, I settled on G-5,B52’s,although they are not as wide as I would like, but they quit making them, and I’m looking for a new replacement, and based on your great reviews, and David’s story about eclipse….I’ll be buying a couple packs at Cloverdale this weekend…..Thanks for the great info, much appreciated,Steve

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in reply to: String Placement On Fingers #13980

I only use a split two draw, and I grip the string in the first groove, and as I pull it slides a bit onto the pad like Mr. Graf’s does….I shoot bows in the 70-100lb range and I feel it gives me an extremely clean release, but I’ve shot this way for 40+ years, and always shot bows on the heavy side the same way……..David I do agree about your statement about the 70# bow weight and two finger draw, most would not be comfortable in doing it for more than a few shots at best as their joints, bones, and muscles aren’t accustomed to that kind of pressure, my only problem was finding a correct fitting glove as most tend to be sewn up along the side of the finger and that seam focuses a great deal of pressure along the nail, and that becomes very painful, very quick, I never found a glove I truly liked , so I ended up making my own from buckskin with cordovan stalls, and it works very, very well…..

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