[James Harvey]

in reply to: Side quivers with arrow grippers #13734

Smithhammer wrote:

Btw, Jim – did you get that new moosehide quiver yet?

Hah, I thought I replied to this (I definitely typed out a reply.. I must have closed the explorer without submitting it first 😳 ).

I emailed the folks at shrewbows but never heard back from them. In the mean time my wife bought me an Eagle Flight Archery bow quiver which is very nice. I still like the idea of the side quiver for some things. I might have a go at jerry rigging some webbing onto an old compound bow quiver or something. There are some very good ideas on this thread.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: New (to me) Super mag 48 #13292

Steve Graf wrote: I’m surprised you say it’s slow though… Is it slower than you thought it should be?

I expected it to be slow, but it was notably slower than my 64″ longbow or 62″ recurve shooting a 10gpp arrow. That being said I was shooting pretty wildly out of tune arrows that I just happened to have laying about, so maybe having some shafts that fly true will go a bit quicker.

It’s not so slow I’m concerned about hunting with it, just slow enough to be noteworthy 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Thunderchild T/D #13284

So, to be clear, you have a thunder child that’s just a normal one piece, now you have a WHOOOOLE other thunder child that comes apart? How did you ever sell that idea to your lovely wife? Or do you just never have them both in the same room with her at the same time??

[James Harvey]

in reply to: "The Good Hunt" film update #12594

Dave, that’s great news.

I hate sentences that start with “As a…” and finish with “I feel…” but:

As a small and humble contributor, I feel like I’d be happy and proud to have helped out with something that you’re happy to put your name to Dave. As long as you’re happy with it, it’s all good 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: New (to me) Super mag 48 #11612

sinawalli wrote: Does it stack?

To be honest, I’ve never drawn a bow that stacks at my draw length so I’m not 100% sure what I’m feeling for, but I haven’t noticed anything out to just short of 29″. (edited this sentence)Jeff Cavanagh said on his youtube vid that he didn’t notice any at his draw of 29.5″.

I do suspect finger pinch would become a problem though. If I don’t get good deep hooks and keep my hand strong and flat I get finger pinch at my draw length. So basically the string wants to pinch my fingers together but my hand is strong enough to resist that force and keep my fingers apart. I’m not sure how much that would change going up in weight of bow.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: New (to me) Super mag 48 #10459

The other side of the bow this morning..

Off to the shop this morning for some shafts and bits and tuning will begin 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: New (to me) Super mag 48 #10356

David,

I don’t know exactly. It’s a Gainsville bow. I’ve shown it to a couple of guys that might know and they reckoned only a couple years old. It’s actual the dymondwood riser like the last series, just a very dark one. I thought it was a very old one when I first saw photos as well 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #10347

Glad to see you’re back Ben 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Lower Bow Weights, The Ashby Report and Whitetail Hunting. #9935

Burgess and Mo,

I’m surprised you guys tuned 500 spine shafts to those weight bows. I just got myself a 45# recurve and just running off the charts, I was thinking 400 would be my best bet for efoc/uefoc set up.

I tuned some 340 spined shafts to a 40# bow a while back, just because I felt like messing around. They tuned perfectly but ended up way too heavy for the bow. I really thought 500’s would be too soft with anything around 200+ grains on the front for a bow in the 40’s.

I was all prepared to go buy a dozen 400’s tomorrow and now you’ve filled my tiny little head with doubts 😥

Dang it.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: New (to me) Super mag 48 #9647

Ben M. wrote: I like the limb protectors.

Haha, I thought they looked kinda cool too, but I just peeled them off! I figure it was a lot of wool hanging out on the end of the limbs and the bow needs every bit of help it can get to go fast 😉 And along the same lines I figure it’s not in much danger of slapping the string terribly hard against itself 😆

[James Harvey]

in reply to: New (to me) Super mag 48 #9643

sinawalli wrote: Nice bow Jim! Ever since your thread on short recurves came up, I’ve been looking around. Damn you, I thought guns and tattoos were the only thing I couldn’t have one of!

Well, you’re in the right place to buy them, they’re rare as hens teeth down here!

I asked a fella named George Stout for his recommendations, as I’ve seen a couple of youtube videos of him shooting some short bows quite accurately. He said there were lots of good bows in the 52″ realm: Cascade Golden Hawk, Kodiak Mag, Wing Thunderbird, Ben Pearson BPH 52

He also recommended these in 54″: The Brownings…Nomad I and Safari I, The Shakespeare Super Necedah 54″.

From the moment I first saw one years ago, I’ve thought the Bear Kodiak Magnum was about the most beautiful bow I’d ever seen. Just a bit too long to fit in the kayak 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: New (to me) Super mag 48 #9317

Cheers guys, my main aim with this little bloke is to facilitate a blending of kayaking and bowhunting, so I’m looking forward to getting it out on the water.

In the meantime here’s a still I got this morning… Such a tiny bow (it’s about 46″ nock-nock when strung) and look at how much work those limbs are doing!

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Update on Larry Fischer vs The Bastard #8713

Webmother wrote: Here is the latest update from Larry: Fighting and Living!

That is properly inspiring stuff.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Short recurves…suggestions? #8463

Well, the super mag arrived yesterday, finally got a half hour to myself to shoot it. First impressions, in no particular order:

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Beautiful little bow.. much prettier in person I think

I suspect, pound for pound, it is the slowest bow I have ever shot

I noticed that if I didn’t get strong, deep hooks with my string hand I would feel finger pinch. If I consciously got those good hooks, there was none. Fatigue was a factor in this and I wonder if the pinch wouldn’t be harder to resist with a heavier bow?

From awkward positions, like kneeling, sitting cross legged, sitting shooting sideways, or sitting shooting square on, this was the nicest bow I have ever shot, just on account of it being so short.

I didn’t notice any stacking.

It’s whisper quiet, but if you look at the photos on page one, you can see why. Big heavy wool puff silencers, wool limb protectors and wool strikeplate/shelf. I think when I buy some shafts to tune to it, I’ll get rid of all of that and see if I can reduce some drag without making it noisy.

It is absurdly light.

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I will take some photos over the weekend and try and get to the archery shop for some shafts to make up. I’m shooting the last 3 2018 Al arrows I own out of it today as they’re the closest I have to a spine match.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Iowa has a wolf! Oops, had a wolf. #63641

If this guy hadn’t shot this wolf, no one would have known wolves were back in the state yeah? Even if this was just a transitory loner from an adjoining state, at least now there is proof that ‘they are there’.

If you read this much more detailed report, that is linked in the huff post article, I think the hunter comes off in a little better light:

http://thegazette.com/subject/news/wolf-found-in-iowa-20140507

It points out that he took it to the DNR office and raised the alarm that a wolf had been shot in Iowa.

I imagine the reason he was not charged with an offence was because it would have been reasonable to assume the animal he was aiming at was a coyote, as no wolves had been seen there in almost a century. Now every hunter in the state ought to carry the burden of knowledge and responsibility that wolves are there, because this accidental wolf killer was honest and forthright enough to volunteer his misdeed.

That’s a rare enough virtue amongst men to be commended I think.

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