[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Pounds #11866

Well, I’ll throw in my approach. A few years back I made myself a 65 lb longbow. I was shooting a 46 lb recurve at the time so I had the benefit of shooting a bow I was comfortable with while building up to the heavier weight bow. So I shot my 46 lb bow about everyday, shooting at only about 15 feet and concentrating on good form. I was not concerned about where the arrow hit, as long as it hit the backstop.

About every other day, I would string the longbow and shoot 5 arrows, again concentrating on form and not shooting more then 15 feet. After about two weeks, shooting the recurve one night, and the longbow the next, I moved up to 8 arrows thru the longbow. As the weeks went by, I increased the number of arrows from the longbow and once I was comfortably shooting 20 to 25 arrows, I shot only the longbow and kept increasing the number of shots each week.

Be patient, go slow and focus on form. If you rush, trying to hit a spot on the target at greater distances, you will become disappointed. Focus on the use of your back muscles, well the ones between your shoulder blades, and pull thru the release.

After you start shooting at longer distances, if you have trouble hitting a spot, go back to a lighter bow and concentrate on form, then once your form is good go back to the heavier bow. Form is everything regardless of draw weight.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Thunderchild! #11844

That’s some nice looking bamboo right there in the floor. Makes for good contrast with that dark bacote. That is a beautiful bow. Bet it shoots a pretty quick arrow too. I too would like to see the full draw pic.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: trail cameras #61418

I like my homebrew cameras. Take a standard digital camera like a Sony, Fuji, Samsung, etc, modify it and hook it to a control board. They work great, can be made infrared for night time flash, and take great pictures. If you can solder some wires, you can build a homebrew camera. Check out http://www.hagshouse.com and you will find all the help you need.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Smithhammer Publishing, Inc.! #58510

Now I know why he so easily guided me thru the process to get Clay Hayes book downloaded to my iPad. Good luck with the venture and thanks again for the help.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Anything Positive @ This Winter? #57297

Had to run the snowblower through 6 inches of fresh snow, but at least I had something to look forward to when I came in.

I finished fletching 6 arrows for my Kodiak Magnum. I think I might put a little cresting on them at the end of the arrow wrap. Nothing complicated, maybe a single yellow stripe to match the nock color.

The plow hasn’t come by yet, so I will likely have the snowblower going again in the morning before work. We seem to have fallen into a pattern with snow every Wednesday, which makes for really tough bunny hunting on the weekend.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Clay Hayes new book! #57283

[quote=colmike]Time for some of us to move into the 21st century. This afternoon Linda downloaded the software and the book in about 5 minutes.

Please send Linda to Nova Scotia. I tried for an hour to download it to my I-pad, but did not have any luck. I ain’t giving up yet, but it seems the modern conveniences are a little complicated for this traditional guy.

I’d like to get the e-version. Our forests have been decimated for the paper industry. Oh well, two pulp mills have closed so there can’t be much left for them to get.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Well said! #51569

I think she expressed her opinion very well. Too funny. I have to get me one of those fart cams.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Bear Kodiak Magnum Question #45957

I made some yarn silencers and installed them on the string today. Shot about 20 arrows thru it and it is really quiet. I also dropped the brace height back down to 8 inches, and it remains very quiet.

I followed the method in the heterodyning article and placed the silencers 1/4 down from the top and 1/3 up from the bottom. Seems to work very well and helped get the brace height back into the proper range as recommended by Bear Archery.

Now I’ll have to look into some of those fancy fur sting silencers, although my camo yarn puff balls don’t look too bad. Thanks to all who have offered some assistance with your reaponses. Much appreciated.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Bear Kodiak Magnum Question #30429

shreffler wrote: if you’re not using string silencers and are going to add some (which I highly recommend you do if you’re having noise problems), might try heterodyning them because it could only help. Here’s the article.

https://www.tradbow.com/public/Heterodyning.cfm

Thanks for the article. Interesting!!! I think I am going to try some wool silencers. I am not certain, but I think my problem may be more of an arrow slap then the bow itself. If the silencers don’t sacrifice too much speed they just might be the answer to bow noise. I’ll have to work on the arrow noise if that is what it is. Will try some mole skin on the riser to start.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: SNOW #30422

Not yet time to hang it up. Still have to get a couple bunny hunts in. There is an organized bow hunt this weekend this weekend that will get a few of us out. Temps likely to be about 20 to 25 degrees F. But there is lots of snow to lose arrows in.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Bear Kodiak Magnum Question #24730

mhay wrote: My Super Kodiak came with a Flemish string . Like you said , they are good looking strings . I spent a lot of time trying to get my bow quiet with the flemish . Padded limbs,,,several types of string silencers ,,,brace height . Went back to my home grown endless loop , with minimal twist and now she is very quiet .

Love my flemish twist strings. I will tolerate a little noise to stick with them, but again, I appreciate hearing about your experiments and what worked for you.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Bear Kodiak Magnum Question #24729

eidsvolling wrote: You might consider adding Quviut String Silencers. I have them on my 1958 Kodiak and folks often remark on how quiet the bow is. (I don’t shoot super heavy arrows, only a little over 10 grains per pound of draw weight, so it’s probably not primarily due to arrow weight.)

I think they’re available at various trad retailers as well as the link above.

I am not a big fan of string silencers, but in this case I might give them a try. It might allow me to drop the brace height back down closer to 8 inches. Thanks, good suggestion.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Bear Kodiak Magnum Question #22866

mhay wrote: The Bear Traditional Bow Owners Manual shows the Kodiak Magnum as a 52 inch bow with a brace height of 7-8 inches .

Yes, I also saw that but it is really noisy between 7 & 8 inches. I think mine has to go higher.

Thanks all of you for the info. Keep it coming if you have any more ideas.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Bear Kodiak Magnum Question #22864

mhay wrote: If you are using an endless loop string you can twist them too much , which will cause a noisy bow too.

I am using a Flemish twist string. Been making them for years and I love the looks of them. I think you can also twist them too much as well.

[Bernie Clancey]

in reply to: Bear Kodiak Magnum Question #22797

Well I am still looking for the sweet spot but it is improving. I did notice it getting harder to pull, and a bit of finger pinch, but it is getting quieter. If too high a brace height won’t hurt the bow, I will keep going till I get it quiet, then start back down to see if I can find a sweet spot.

Thanks for the info.

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