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      Boy I tell you what, I’ve been practising a lot on my backyard range, but sometimes learning a new bow is really frustrating. I’ve been taking videos to critique myself. For those interested here’s a link to a 2 minute video I put together of my practice sessions:

      http://youtu.be/-oRTk8MD7jE

      Dave, it is actually a d/r bow, but it must be a very gentle d/r as you only see the flexation (I think I made that word up) when it is unstrung. As soon as it’s under tension the limbs straighten out. I’m not sure why it would be designed like that or what effect it will have on the function of the limbs. Presumably less d/r means less mechanical advantage but I’m not sure what the pay off is. Maybe I get to trick people at trad shoots and say it’s a straight limbed bow 😉

      James Harvey
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        in reply to: What ya got goin? #22213

        Smithhammer, I am constantly disgusted by the plethora of beautiful bows you trot out like a Saudi king parades his wives. Do you know there are children in Africa that don’t even own a bow? My god man, think of the children!

        Incidentally, I happen to be an African child, so if you want to make amends I’ll give you my mailing address and you can change a child’s life 😉

        Guys, if I kill a camel, it’s likely I’ll be sharing a camp with a few other fellas, so as much as possible will be used as camp meat. I’ve eaten camel in a restaurant before, cooked much the same as goat, so I guess that will be the go. It’s a big animal though, so I’d like to think I’ll separate the left overs into a few different piles so it’s not just the big dogs that get a scavenge. There are a number of endangered cat sized native predators up here abouts.

        Of course there is every chance I just saw some washed out cow tracks 🙄

        It’s great hearing what everyone is up to btw. Thanks for the thread Ralph 😀

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          Ben, I am so great with knots that I always have zip ties and a roll of black electrical tape in my field pack, because that’s the only way anything is going to stay secure around me 😉

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            in reply to: The Election Buck #21293

            Beautiful mounting mate! Also I only just read this story thanks to your bump of the thread. A great read too 😀

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              in reply to: Coaching app #20008

              Sorry mate, I just checked their website and they say its coming soon for droid 😕

              James Harvey
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                in reply to: What ya got goin? #19647

                Ralph, this is a pic I took by holding my camera up to my spotting scope while I was hunting something entirely different. I’m kicking myself now for not paying more attention to the marks they left behind 😛

                Oh and I’m a shameless coward mate, the number of times I’ve thought something is stalking me when I’m alone at night.. I think my 2 year old has less fear of the dark than me 😀

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                  in reply to: pray for us #19631

                  Be safe mate. Hope to hear you and yours are all well.

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                    in reply to: What ya got goin? #19621

                    Ralph, in my limited capacity to soldier I was left out on a lonely sentry post at a live fire range back gate while the lads were playing army. Anywho, one rainy night I heard some very unusual animal calls… and they were onto my little camp because I could hear them boxing around me. In the morning I went out and found a heap of fresh tracks, that looked to me a bit like cattle, but maybe washed out and softened by the rain. When I got back to civilization I checked online for tracks compared to some sketches I made. I also explored some animal calls and I reckon I have may have come across some feral camels. There’s heaps of them in Australia but I’ve never heard of them being this far east.

                    The most exciting part of that for me is that I’ve been angling to get permission to hunt on a pretty big cattle station that borders the army range. I’ve never even seen a wild camel and the chance to hunt camel has me pretty excited. I need to find someone who knows anything about camels. Because I don’t know a thing 😕

                    And they could have been cows 😉

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                      That’s a beauty mate, great score!

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                        I didn’t know until I read this article, but a lemonwood stave to build a long bow should cost about one dollar 😉

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                          in reply to: First Hunt #15820

                          Haha Mike, I’m Australia’s worst soldier this year. My legs are so battered from my trip last year I’m on a virtual “no army” medical restriction. I can’t even take my kids for a decent walk at the moment my knee has gotten so bad. When I’m home, looking after 2 kids under 2 traps me inside a bit and here I am, pesting you guys relentlessly 😳

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                            Alex, I got both book 2 and the dvd. They arrived yesterday and I watched the dvd. I haven’t read the whole book yet, but based on what I’ve seen so far, if I had to keep one it would be the dvd. It’s great to see guys who are good at something do it.

                            Incidentally, and I suppose unsurprisingly, a lot of his technique has a lot of parallel’s to the instinctive shooting we’re taught for close quarter battle with rifles. Squaring up of stance, deep bend in the knees, hunching over the weapon. Even the finger point, that’s how I was taught to shoot an assault rifle instinctively, to point with the hand holding the foregrip. All of a sudden this doesn’t feel like such a steep learning curve 😀

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                              in reply to: Coaching app #15806

                              Hah, and I never thought of using it for lifting! It will be making an appearance my next clean session 😉

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                                in reply to: First Hunt #15737

                                Mike, I’m glad to hear you’re out hunting in earnest again and I look forward to reading more about it. Keep it coming 🙂

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                                  in reply to: English Longbow #15096

                                  Scout,

                                  I had no idea they had mounted archers either. You’re spot on about combined arms. When men set out to kill each other one thing consistently shown is that nothing is perfect and everything has staggering weaknesses.

                                  There’s a lot to see here, but boy it’s a long and expensive flight. Make sure you come with a lot of time to travel around 😉

                                  Jim

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