[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: TBOT and Championship Shoot at Memphis, TX #145871

R2

Sorry to hear you lost your lease , maybe you can find a new one before the fall?

Great photos – keep em coming. Looks like we will have to hunt vicariously thru photoplays for awhile I guess —

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: TBOT and Championship Shoot at Memphis, TX #145866

Yes, NM is shut down too. you can still go to the National Forest , but the facility’s are closed.  Not sure how this will affect the turkey season ( ie will this be allowable travel –)my community is handling the situation   well so far. Best of luck to all. Looks like i will be shooting my bows in the back yard for awhile —

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #145865

Hey Jim

Haha yea that’s us the 3 Rs  —-

Since the Covid19 took over the news , we Havn’t heard anymore about the fires in Australia?  You ok in your new digs?

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #145842

Hi Jim

Good to see your back. We are all looking forward to hear of your new pig hunting adventures from down under.

Glad your ok and all’s well

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #145803

Aeronut

Great bow – I have owned a few over the years, always liked them.  Perfect in the treestand/ blind.  A lot of em on eBay. 50# @ 28 just the ” huckleberry ”

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #145800

Aeronut

Yeehaa that’s a lot of honey ! Looks like you are set for awhile.

What you saw down on the border was most likely africanized bees.

It was a big deal for awhile and they swarm around like that ( which is spooky to most non bee people) but I have not heard much about them lately.  My experience with them is if you don’t aggravate them they don’t bother you —

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #145754

Hi Steve

It will be good to have your family with you this summer. Fun and helpful. Especially with the situation. Hopefully modern science will prevail. If we can get people to – “keep your head while all about you are losing theirs ” – and the others to stay calm and work thru the problems. Good luck to all.

Keep the arrows flying

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Broadhead sharpening ????? #145753

Hi David

Yes on the bench grinder – fast and razor sharp. I will use it to set up a broadhead . I am not lucky enuff to able to hunt from home, or a place that has one handy very often.  Therefore I usually have to maintain edge quality in the field as I mentioned in my other post.  I like and use tuffheads too —

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: The Journey of a Bow #145750

Outstanding story

Very pretty and unique bow. I like the choice of woods ( and the reason for using them)

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: OJAM Oklahoma Selfbow Jamboree #145715

Aeronut

Sorry to hear it, but I kinda figured that would happen.

Hopefully, ya all can set it up for later in the year. I always thought OJAM would be fun to experience .

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Building that EFOC & UEFOC arrow #145673

You bet tom anytime- let us know how it goes when you start building new arrows.

Thanks webmom – I figured you could find it pretty quick

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Building that EFOC & UEFOC arrow #145670

Hey T

The latest info available here will be on the Friends of foc forum And or scroll down to the Ashby studies / info on the bottom of the home page. I too have followed Dr Ed from the Natal study onward. He used to pop on here every once in awhile but Havn’t seen him recently. He turned over the study to a new group ( don’t recall the name)– maybe webmom will recall how to access them.

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: EFOC with wooden arrows? #145542

Hi Douglas

Welcome to the forum.  What you have, I think will work fine. Unless you want insurance ( bone strikes) on large animals ( elk size) it is a lot of work to get efoc with wood.

Easiest way is a lighter wood shaft with a heavy broadhead ( 300gr tuffhead type- like you are doing) however the shaft can break behind the head so most people end up with footed shafts. To get high efoc with wooden arrows is — involved– Fun if your really interested – tedious otherwise and probably not necessary for most hunting especially in the continental US. My hunting wooden arrows ( deer/ pigs) – cedar with 300gr tuffhead weigh 662gr and have 17.5 foc —-.

I have much higher efoc with carbons which I developed for elk as insurance against being slightly off mark ( shoulder) but Havn’t used them in that capacity yet ( Havn’t drawn in NM- building numbers in AZ).

You can also run in to shorter point blank range issues with the heavier arrow weights and 45 lb bow depending on your hunting / shooting style —

A lot of info on this in the Ashby study ( scroll down to bottom of the page) and/or search-  friends of foc.

I think Steve has played with this some – maybe he will weigh in on it and hopefully other members who shoot wooden shafts a lot —

Scout aka Ray

 

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Question for those with knowledge on FOC #145522

Stix

You bet , thanks for your response. Sometimes we don’t get one–

Good luck on your future hunts

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Question for those with knowledge on FOC #145509

Hi stix

Sounds like your set up is working great, and no real reason to change your tackle.

Most people who ( myself included) Dabble in the efoc realm ( my arrows are around 700gr+- tuffheads)trying to get a little extra penetration insurance if the arrow is slightly off mark and hits heavier bone than ribs ( shoulder blade / spine). Personal preference.

Scout aka Ray

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