[James Harvey]

in reply to: Difference between low and high quality bow #16560

Bandit,

I’ve noted a couple of functional differences or shortfalls of the Sage vs some pretty high end bows.

The first is speed, the functional benefit of which is a flatter trajectory and hence less challenging aiming.

The second is robustness of design. This is just a prediction, but I look at those little screws that hold the limb sockets onto the riser and think they can not last forever. It’s true they’re not really under any load as it’s the limb bolt that takes up the resistance to the limb, but still they look like a weak point to me, especially if your bow is going to be getting wet or exposed to salt water.

Beyond that the differences appear mostly aesthetic to me. I’m saving for a new ‘high end’ take down as well, for a number of reasons, none of which will include the new bow making me a better archer 😉

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Man Eaters of Kumaon #16554

I’m only half through Kumaon, but a remarkable thing I have noted is that I have to keep reminding myself that what Corbett is doing is in fact incredible. As Don points out, he writes himself in as a minor actor, an observer of all these wonderful things. Which he is in a way.

But in another more incredible way, he zig zags across a head wind because he knows the maneater he is hunting, which is also hunting him, would sneak up behind him and kill him if he just walked straight into the wind. Think about that next time you’re in a lonely bit of woods with the breeze in your face :shock::D

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Entry level takedown #15895

I don’t think so. My wife has one too and she’s never complained the grip was too big.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Bows on the Big Screen #15495

David Petersen wrote: the bum once winked at my wife. 👿

Dave, that just makes me like him more. We are a small and disparete brotherhood, us motley band of wanton winkers 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Bows on the Big Screen #15468

Seriously though my favourite on screen I have seen is Art Young in Alaska. There’s one shot from that film that always lurks in my day dreaming mind. A big horn sheep angling up some absurd piece of loose, coverless slope, Young appearing out of one of the hillside’s deep wrinkles and releasing. The sheep tumbles, dead and graceless down the hillside.

It is a scene so fantastic and exotic to me. Like something out of those old Boys Own Adventure comics. It’s a beautiful piece of cinema.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Entry level takedown #15434

Handi, I have a bear hair rest and leather strike plate on my Sage and it shoots just fine. The advice re a fastflight string is spot on. A couple of silencers on there and she’ll be sweet.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: pictures of animals #13404

Ptaylor wrote: Took a shot at a sow, 10 yards, broadside. The arrow flew well, but was a few inches high

You do that a few more times and you’ll be as experienced a pig hunter as me 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Bows on the Big Screen #13396

Smithhammer wrote: Kiera Knightley as “Guinevere” works for me…:wink:

She is a very handsome young man 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Bows on the Big Screen #13395

There’s a great montage in Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood movie when he’s got all the peasants making bows and arrows, training for battle. It’s a like a medieval Rocky Balboa ‘Getting Strong’ kind of deal. During the montage 3 peasants draw back their English longbows, aim and release. Cuts to target (a man shaped dummy stuffed with hay). Two arrows sail off to the side, the third hits, but the draw was so short and underpowered the arrow just bounces off. I laugh every time.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Man Eaters of Kumaon #12294

My reading list is getting loaded up at the moment 😀 Year long day is added!

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Pounds #12160

This may be helpful for targeted muscle development as well. I took some video this morning of me drawing a 60# bow, really just looking for signs of my core collapsing, but I pulled this still from it showing some muscle recruitment…

So if you can see the lower trapezius (long skinny muscle next to the spine, below the shoulder blade) you can see the right hand side is loaded up. Well during the actual drawing process it stands out massively as the shoulder comes around. The lower trap can be developed by a simple shoulder rotation exercise like this:

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Infraspinatus/DBLyingExternalRotation.html

You should be using a very light weight for that exercise, just a few pounds so you don’t even need weights, just something from your fridge or pantry that’s comfortable to hold would probably do. I’d add that to the list of exercises.

The only things I really do for my back are overgrasp heaves, inverted rows, cleans and shooting a bow, but I’ll be adding that rotation to the list after seeing my little video today. I daresay Howard Hill’s were bigger than mine 😉

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Pounds #12147

Fallguy wrote: IMHO I only asked what his goal was to find out which path he was taking. I have seen a great may archers suffer from heavybowitis

I didn’t take it any other way Fallguy 😉 I just didn’t want anyone to feel embarrassed if that wasn’t the case 🙂

[James Harvey]

in reply to: American Plains Indian style quiver #12134

That’s a beauty too Ralph.

R2 wrote: Tanned deer hide with non traditional carabiner 😀

Haha, it’s amazing how much it does stand out 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Book Rec for black bear hunters/lovers #12131

Etter, I’ve just added it to my reading list. I’ve borne witness to your passion for black bears reading your posts here so very much look forward to reading your recommendation on the subject.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Who manufactures kids' shafts? #11825

Ben, Kevin from Forrester wood shafts has 5/16 POC listed with a minimum spine of 30#. If anyone could help I bet he could.

Hildebrand have the same (5/16, 30#)listed but in Douglas Fir and Sitka Spruce.

Lancaster have a ‘kids arrow’ listed too, 1/4″, “suitable for bows under 20#”, 24″ long, complete with fletching and tip for $2.50 a pop.

Jim

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