[James Harvey]

in reply to: Yet another broadhead design to ponder – from 1000 years ago #12388

That is a very long one piece broadhead/adaptor/insert! Almost looks like a Roman pilum. Thanks for sharing 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: what is your favorite cover shot #10808

Dec/Jan 13

The first TBM I ever picked up from a news stand. I remember thinking ‘What’s with the weird hat and why the heck isn’t he just cracking out his jetboil?” That image will probably hold a special place for me for the rest of my time I reckon 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Bison Gear Packs #10644

Mike, that looks like a great little light. I’ve been using Petzl’s for a while and rate them highly. Simple and robust 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: A wife's perspective #10187

That was very funny mate 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Best wishes for the TBM family #10175

That’s great news! May the surgeons scalpel fly straight and true 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Yoga? #9726

Mark, I don’t do yoga, but I do run an hour long stretch session for guys at work on Friday afternoons. Stretching reduces the risk of injury, increases power and (importantly for archers) range of motion.

If you like I could send you my program. Even an hour of quiet, dedicating stretching a week makes a big difference 😉

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Bison Gear Packs #8975

Looks good Bruce. I’m quite partial to belt rigs. If I don’t have to take silly military gear in mine I can comfortably overnight out of my belt rig, which I have done on a number of occasions. That’s in ok weather though.

The soft felty material looks whisper quiet. Most of the military belt rigs now have a MOLLE section on the back of the shoulder straps so you can attach a camelback. Do you know if these guys offer anything like that?

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Bison Gear Packs #8473

Looking forward to more pics Bruce. Is it basically a belt rig with shoulder straps?

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Single Bevel, Left or Right??? #63160

This is how I tell left/right wing on regular feathers. Do your synthetics have a catch lip like this?

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Acute target panic… How to cure? #61138

I think Asbell wrote that he experiences this every now and then. If I remember correctly his solution was shooting at a hay bale from a few yards away with his eyes closed, not worrying about his target at all, just focused on form.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Backcountry College #3 – "hangin' around" #61135

That’s brilliant Clay, thanks for making and sharing the video.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Judging Distances #61123

Paleo,

All the big ones down here are a couple thousand clicks down the coast. We get them up here where I am too but haven’t had any bad ones this season. Thanks for asking though 😀

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Judging Distances #59848

Smithhammer wrote: As with a lot of things, I find that thinking about it too much can become a liability. 😉

Haha, I find the same thing. But just like with good shooting form, I reckon you have to start off thinking about it before you can do it without thinking 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Single Bevel #58302

I have recently discovered the value of a near full length ferrule. The tuffheads are absurdly… well, tough. If you’re likely to take shots with recoverable pass throughs, especially from elevated positions where you’re going to bury in the dirt and rocks, I’d happily spend the extra money on the tuffhead.

My experience with lesser ferrules has disheartened me a little, but the fella who makes the broadhead I ruined recently has put those same heads through more buffalo than I’d hope to ever see and John Tietzel has probably killed more pigs with his single bevel tusker concordes than I’ve had hot breakfasts.

Horses for courses I guess, but if you’re the kind of guy that doesn’t lose many arrows, you’d have spent your money well buying some tuffheads.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Judging Distances #58271

I really enjoy reading the different methods fellas use even when it is just point and shoot. I reckon JD’s are an artform, you can use whatever tools you like but there is no right or wrong way of doing it. Our snipers have even more sophisticated methods of JD than those I listed above, but even they have a recognised method called “the force”, which is basically just having a subconsciously informed guess. “The force” is stronger in some than in others 😉

I’ve got a little example of using different methods/aids. This arvo (sorry, that’s aussie for ‘afternoon’) I saw a couple of roos off in the scrub and straight away used the bracket aid. I said they’re definitely within 100 metres and definitely more than 50m, giving me a bracketing result of 75m.

That’s a pretty broad bracket though so followed up with with a ‘unit of measure’ method. I picked a tree that I guessed at 18m away and then kind of flipped that distance out over the terrain, a bit like unfolding evenly folded parts of a map out on a table. That gave me a range of 72m. A quick group average gave me 73.5m.

That entire process probably took about 30 seconds. I paced it out (chasing away the roos in the process), my 18m tree was more like 20m and the roos were 80m on the dot.

A good rule of thumb with JD’s is if you’re within 10% you’re doing ok, so my 18m/20m and 73m/80m were just within 10%. Obviously you’re never going to shoot at animals that far, but I still reckon it’s a fun and useful skill to develop. I’m glad the topic has so much interest 😀

Jim

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