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in reply to: TUFFHEAD Works–AGain #35050

Thanks guys, I recently worked an arrow combination that bare shafted great with 250 grains up front from my 40# recurve. I’ve been on the fence with what head to hunt with. I narrowed it down to tuffheads and woodsman elite. You just made my decision a bit easier

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in reply to: Small game points? #35037

The best one I’ve found is a beer bottle cap. I drill a hole in the bottle cap and screw my field tip through it into the arrow. I’ve killed several squirrels,some grouse and a couple rabbit with this homemade head. Works great and costs nothing.

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in reply to: Oldest Regular Equipment #32645

Well… lets see, I have on old Polaris double-knit sweater that I only wear for hunting and only on the really cold days. I have an old Howatt recurve(don`t know it`s age) but if i had to pick oldest, I`d say the Razorheads that were handed down to me from my father in-law. They were his fathers at one time and they are still putting blood on the ground. Again, don`t know how old but probably older than me, so I can`t use Mr Petersen`s answer !haha

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in reply to: 40# for hunting? #29336

The bear in my profile pic was taken with my 40# recurve and a 145 grain Bear Razorhead.Total arrow weight just under 500 grains. At 18 yds, it zipped through both lungs and hit the barrel on the other side of the bear. After skinning, I noticed that my arrow never touched bone but I have absolutely no doubt that,while on the low end of draw weight, 40# is definitely enough to hunt with !!

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in reply to: Hardwood shafts? #29325

David Petersen wrote: I have aluminum shafts to fit 11/32. Does anyone know what size, if any, fits snugly over 23/64?

On moving the breaking point back … yes, you are likely correct and I’ve talked to arrowsmiths who make footed shafts and they say the same thing. And here is where we could use Ed Ashby or Todd or another of our mathmeticians and engineers (Dunc?) — since the stress translated by the head, say from a glancing heavy bone strike, is spread along say 4″ of external sleeve on an aluminum-sleeved shaft, would it not be notably less at the back of the sleeve than it is right behind the head on a standard wood shaft?

Meanwhile, I went ahead and coated three expendable shafts with Smooth-On for a length of 4″ behind the head. We’ll see if we can break them, and where.

And one more idea I’d appreciate your feedback on: I have on several occasions successfully repaired cracked selfbows by wrapping the area tightly with heavy thread then coating it with glue or Smooth-On. I think it’s worth a try on arrows, but that’s a lot of wrapping to get it back 4″. Still, if it worked, it’s a heck of a lot more traditional looking than an alum sleeve.

I was going to suggest this David. I know a guy who uses fiber mesh drywall tape as a backing for home made bow limbs. He sets it with tight bond glue. I think it might be worth a try on an arrow shaft. It is basically fiber glass mesh so I can’t see why it wouldn’t work well with the right glue or epoxy resin.

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in reply to: Bowhunting whitetail's video #63401

Awesome Chris ! Great video and a great hunt ! Beauty shot on that tree rat too !!

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in reply to: Scrappy one down #55714

Great deer and a great hunt story to go with it !! Thanks for sharing !

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in reply to: Anybody Make Their Own Tabs #39806

I made a few out of an old work boot. Traced the shape on the leather upper and cut it up. Works pretty good !

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in reply to: Homemade Broadhead Targets #39800

WIcanner wrote: We have a local business that makes smokehouses. Within the walls of the smokehouses, they spray expandable foam. Prior to spraying a smoke house, they spray some of the foam into a garbage bag to test the foam mixture. Wha-la, free, cheap broadhead target. I would suppose one could do the same thing with a couple cans of that foam you use to seal cracks and such. A kitchen garbage bag would get you a barrel shape similar to a deer torso. They only last about a year or so depending upon how much you shoot broadheads. But nothing really stands up to shooting broadheads anyway, besides dirt or sand.

The spray foam idea works good, although not the can stuff. I tried filling a beach ball with it to make a big round target.

One; it doesn’t have the density of the industrial spray foam. Two; it needs to react with the air to expand properly. when sprayed into a closed container like the ball or a bag, it doesn’t expand. Or at least not very well.

I had one of the insulator guys fill a cardboard box with his test spray and it worked great !! I shot that thing for a long time before passing one through it.

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in reply to: Your Dream Hunt #34431

If there are no restrictions, I mean truly my dream hunt. I would say a Yukon moose hunt with The Rack Man, but a close second would be Elk. We have moose, deer and bear in my back yard but Getting in bow range of a screaming bull elk is definitely on my bucket list.

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in reply to: PA Buck #31173

Awesome deer !! Well done !!

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in reply to: ALWAYS bring two #31170

Ouch !! Been there, that hurts !! Just think of it this way, It will be that much sweeter when you redeem yourself the next time ! Great story !!

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in reply to: Answered Prayers… #29917

Great job !! And great story ! Congratulations !!

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in reply to: Patience furthers #29907

Well done ! And well deserved !!

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in reply to: The view from above (the corn field). #29901

George D. Stout wrote: Saturday was a nice day to be in the woods. It was about 25 degrees on the ridge, and when the sun finally hit the tree tops, the leaves started to fall and the whole woods was in motion for awhile. Nature never fails to keep me alert and energized. Don’t know why anyone would take I-pads or books into the woods with them when one only needs to pay attention to see a naturally entertaining show.

Well said sir…well said

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