[James Harvey]

in reply to: state big game license costs chart #63724

I’m impressed that people pay it Dave. That’s ‘putting your money where your mouth is’ in a way other ‘nature lovers’ wouldn’t dream of doing.

David Petersen wrote: The psychology of how people think about hunting–justify or attack it–increasingly interests me as a hobby in itself aside from hunting. It’s all so gloriously complex and controversial. 😆

It strikes me as a Rorschach test, every one is looking at the same picture, but they’re seeing quite different things. After reading Heartsblood, do you know what I’d love to see? I’d love to see a debate, or read a debate of letters or essays between two people who are knowledgeable, reasonable and across the arguments, but find themselves on different sides of the conclusions drawn from them. Nothing whittles the fat off an idea like a good argument 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Ghost Grizzlies #63684

🙄 The kind of ghost story I was hoping not to see 😀 Anyway, I can think of worse things that might be floating around a lake that people frequent and it ain’t ivory 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: 15th Annual MO-Jam Selfbow Gathering #63679

Looks cool Ben. Hope you iced your shoulder after pulling that piece of artillery 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: The Challenge – Video #62839

David Petersen wrote: I personally prefer no kill shots … but the way they did this one, where you see the arrow leave the bow and you see the buck jump and know he’s hit

Dave, I thought it was a miss, it shot over the back of the buck’s neck. I’m going from memory, the link just failed for me for some reason, so I couldn’t check 😕 I took it as a start of a sequence of failures that we all know are a (large) part of a hunters story.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: state big game license costs chart #62659

Out of interest, for idiots like me that aren’t familiar with the system, do you get refunded if you don’t use your tag?

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Your first trad kill… #61933

Smithhammer wrote: I watched the arrow sail over the ruffed grouse’s back… My fourth arrow connected

:lol::lol::lol:

I used to think the first shot is the only one that matters 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Low Poundage FOC #61912

Etter, I did a little experiment the day I was out there shooting that whopper of an arrow. Once I had more or less figured out my ‘gap’ for that shaft, I shot the unfletched arrow using gap aiming at 20m. Then I moved a few metres to the left (so as to avoid any unconcious reference to the POA I just used) and shot an identical, fletched arrow instinctively (noting that my ‘instincts’ are not at all tuned to this bow/arrow combo).

My ‘bullseye’ in this shot is the white disc (the insert from a gatorade bottle cap) stuck on the coke bottle just left of the unfletched shaft.

Obviously instinctive shooting is going to require a lot more practice to have confidence, but if you gap, it’s just a matter of finding your point of aim at a few different distances and then an accurate judge of distance. With a bow/arrow combo like this you’d obviously need shorter intervals between your known Points of Aim. But I agree, for this little bow I’d be more comfortable with a lighter gpi setup that delivers a bit flatter trajectory 🙂

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Copperheads! #60400

Duncan, that’s great mate. I was able to save the higher res pic from your photobucket and can zoom in to see the measurements. Thank you very much 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Measuring draw length #58500

The Easton tuning guide gives some recommendations for offsets if you’re using broadheads and/or external footings as well.

http://www.eastonarchery.com/img/downloads/software/tuning_guide.pdf

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Picking a bow for 2013 hunting #58415

But which one are you going to choose? 😀 Say the longbow! I bought my first longbow this year and I am in love 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Copperheads! #58268

Duncan wrote: I have posted a drawing here before and I can post it again if you want to make yourself one.

Please do 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Found these today #57967

That’s really neat Ralph.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Copperheads! #57470

Duncan, that’s beautiful. Did you make that quiver or buy it from somewhere? It looks neat too.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Trail cam time again #56206

Duncan wrote: I don’t have any trail cams but I’ll gladly look at your pics! 😀

Me too 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Low Poundage FOC #56102

Giggle, I was super impressed with everything about my little experiment except how mind bogglingly slow it was. Troy Breeding said in another thread he’d take quiet over fast any day, and it was certainly super quiet (for obvious reasons). I have some 70# sitka spruce shafts that are showing promise with a 300 grain point for my little bow. That’d work out to similar shaft stats you’ve given above. You’ve given me a little hope for my little bow!

I’d love to attempt some real world penetration with a setup like that. Maybe it’s time for a trip to the butcher 😀

Preston, if anyone could manage to shoot themselves in the back with a bow it would be me 😉

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