[Barry Lyons]

in reply to: Abell's instinctive shooting books – a question #25466

I have read both one and two. Book two is an expansion of book one and there is a bit of redundancy in the books. But, book one is far more focused on a lot of basic fundamentals. If you skip book one you will miss focus on skills maybe mentioned but not emphasized in book two.IMHO

[Barry Lyons]

in reply to: Black Widow #51156

One thing no has yet mentioned is the company or bowyer behind the bow is almost as important as the bow itself. At BW you can always reach them and they respond back quickly.I for example snapped a limb tip. While they were making a new set of limbs they lent me a set to continue hunting with in the interim. I am sure other bow makers have great customer service to. But you need to factor this in as well.

[Barry Lyons]

in reply to: Hunting & Spirituality #48902

We as bowhunters,especially traditional, have to directly interact with so many things outside of our control ie. terrain,weather,and even the game we pursue. Then we have to try to master ourselves with such things as patience, endurance,faith,perseverance, and patience again. When it is all said and done we realize we are only a part of a larger whole. This realization is the foundation of all spirituality. Which is why I have yet to find a hunter or a farmer who did not have a sense of spirituality regardless of their “religion”.

[Barry Lyons]

in reply to: Ultra-EFOC, Heavy Bows and Long Draws #30963

I shoot a 32″ arrow @ 62 lbs. I have had to go to carbon> I currently use Grizzlystik alaskans with good results. There safaris are actually to stiff for my set up even with 315 grain head. Arrow dynamics hammer head series should also work. I am planning on testing them out this summer after turkey season is over. For EFOC when you cannot cut much of the shaft for tuning the tapered shafts give you a little more flexibility on spine.

[Barry Lyons]

in reply to: GrizzlyStik questions #13163

I currently use GrizzlyStik and have for 3 years.I have broke 2 arrows one to a concrete wall the other to a steel beam. The Alaskan which is what I use does have a very wide spine range.You will not need weight tubes. You will be able to put on about any weight broadhead you want and make it work.I cannot paper tune these shafts,but that could be just me. Tuning by shooting bareshaft to fletched groupings works well. ABS is great to work with.

[Barry Lyons]

in reply to: delaware crossbows proposals #60414

There won’t be a big argument. Everybody already values traditional concepts or they wouldn’t be here. But from what i’ve seen there isn’t much differance in performance between a modern compound setup and a crossbow. Really special seasons have been ruined by the industry. Look at muzzleloaders. It started with flintlocks and has moved to scoped inlines.When I’d run into a buckskin clad hunter in the early 90’s I thought it was really cool. Now it’s just a single shot high powered rife. Special archery seasons are on the same path.

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