[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What Motivates You #10375

My wife and I just had a conversation about our mutual basic needs in life and she thought that my basic needs were partnership and Nature. She couldn’t have said it better! I couldn’t function alone in life as good as being with her. And I absolutely need Nature on a daily basis, wether it’s running hiking or hunting. The call of the mountains and the woods has been in me even before I can remember since my aunt tells me to this day how weird I was as a 5 year old to always want to be in the woods, sitting by a tree! 😀

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #55468

Congratulations, Cameron!

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: Elk vs. Arrow Penetration?? #36108

robbin68 wrote: Thanks you guys for the replies. I will look further into the ashby studies and foc arrows. But my new question is, how does the extra weight of foc arrows affect the trajectory of arrows? Is switching to the heavier arrow going to limit my distance back up to the 20 yard line?

You shouldn’t even worry about trajectory, shooting flat, etc… as this philosophy pertains more to shooting light arrows out of fast compounds at distances of 30 yards and beyond. Think more of the arc of the arrow in flight.

I practice with my 680gr arrows all the way to 60-100 yards all the time and it’s not a problem at all. With practice, my instinct, and yours, will dictate how much to elevate the bow arm to get the arrow where you want it. Anyway, hunting distances of 15, 20, 30 yards with any kind of arrows are not that much different, as far as arrow flight in normal shooting situations goes!

Good luck bruh!!

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: Elk vs. Arrow Penetration?? #24304

The general consensus is that one needs an arrow weighing a minimum of 650gr for Elk and similar big game. Assuming that your arrow is in the neighborhood of 500gr, according to your description, I would definitely add at least another 100gr. if I were you.

My Elk arrows are thin MFX’s and long narrow 2 blades single bevel Abowyer Brown Bear broadheads. Total weight of 680gr shot from a 55# recurve or a 57# longbow

My normal everyday arrows for 3D, deer and turkey are only 50gr lighter at around 630gr. I add 50gr weight tubes for Elk!

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: Wanting to say Hi #59971

Welcome! Alex from NY “Downstate”! 😀

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #34072

I had the most exciting hunt this morning! My buddy Marshall and I hit the woods at 4:50am heading for the spot where he heard gobblers roosting the night before. They were gobbling in the trees when we got close. He set up 2 decoys on the old logging road, walked back 30 yards, and I set up about 20 in the hill above the decoys. Marshall is so good at calling that the gobblers preferred to come to his calls rather than to the real hen calling in the other direction! Two gobblers came in like on a string! I was totally hidden in my shaggie jacket and hat, I wasn’t even blinking an eye, and the turkeys walked right past me!! When they reached the decoys, I lifted my longbow horizontally from the ground about a foot, drew slowly, aimed and released! Arrow zipped right under its belly, but pretty close, like 1 inch! They moved away about 5 yards, I sent another arrow right in the ground again! Too excited, didn’t pick a spot, etc…! The usual reasons! They ran away, and stopped less than a hundred yards away and started gobbling again. I ran in a circle out of sight trying for a stalk. I got 20 yards from them. As I was reaching for an arrow, they saw that and flew away!!

What a morning!! I thank Marshall, he’s like Pavarotti or Sam Cooke on these turkey calls!

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #26692

Welcome back from flatlands, Mike! Have fun on the grizz watch!

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: Get off your duff and go recruit a new bowhunter #22027

Whatever the perspective and angle they use, the sneaky ATA’s mission is to sell crossbows and compounds!

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #20568

I just had to dust off the old catquiver for this longbow, since I prefer to shoot it without a bow quiver! 😉

Zwickeys Eskimos! Always around!

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #61158

Steve Graf wrote: You forgot the riser 🙄

What’s the WD-40 for?

😀 I had done the riser too, but changed my mind! The WD40 is a camo paint remover

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #56910

My Michelangelo moment. Two cans of camo paint and one of WD40! I don’t care much for fancy wood veneers on bows, as you can see! neither do turkeys! 😀

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #45470

Steve, Your story is even better! 😀

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #37685

Well, this afternoon after the rain stopped, I took off to stump shoot. I saw a turkey in the distance walking and feeding along an old logging road with his back to me. I ran as fast as I could for about 5 minutes around the hill to hopefully cut him off. I was able to stalk him to within 30 yards with no camo and drew my longbow on him undetected! Now, if I could only do that again, this time before the legal time of noon, aaand with broadheads on my arrows aaand my license in my pocket, I’d be a happy bowhunter, kill or miss!! 😀

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: The Trade-Off #21410

I always shot the same arrows out of 55-57lbs bows for 3D and hunting. My arrows have always been in the neighborhood of 630gr. I just add a 70gr weight tube for Elk hunting. I don’t like switching equipment. It messes with my accuracy.

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: Just my take #11571

There are a number of reasons why I switched to carbons. They are more functional to me personally. I lose more than I break. I love stump shooting, but the very rocky terrain up here is unforgiving to arrows, to woodies especially. I have been using the same set of 18 carbon arrows for 6 years on 4 different bows. I just change the point weight for each bow and add weight tubes when I go Elk hunting. Lastly, although I love the process, I don’t have the time or the place to seal, dip and crest wood arrows anymore. I do love making arrows, and always made my own since I started in Traditional archery almost 15 years ago. Maybe I will be making wood arrows again one day. I know one thing for sure, It would be great if I could find the same type of tapered compressed cedar shafts I used to buy from a guy in Montrose, CO. I loved those, and they flew as straight and precise as my carbons, at short and long range.

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