[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Seemed like a good idea at the time. #143101

Richard

Haha –never tried the bottles with pressurized air as tgts. After your experiments i think if i do, I will fill them with only 40 psi or less — balloons may be the way to go for most of us, to stay within safety parameters .

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Longbow vs Recurve #143011

Ronald

I own and shoot longbows, recurves and R/D (my current go to bows )- love them all. I have always thought the longbow a little more difficult to learn to shoot than the recurve, with R/D somewhere in the middle. I have found tuning to be easy or difficult dependent on the individual bow, rather than type. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I have always thought recurves to be more  exotic / artistic in their design style variations – imho.

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: More on "how to carry a deer." #142919

Nowadays i am ( like David) in the cut em up and pack out my game in parts mode myself . Especially if i am having to haul it any distance . Although this might be real handy for small deer in grizzly country —

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Slowing down #142918

David

I enjoyed the article also. Good reminder of striving to be ” in the moment”, focus, ” the concept of “empty mind” ( mushin) — especially helpful while bowhunting —

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Now …………… Thank you Dr. Ashby. #142917

Richard

Yes

A  lot of good advice on archery, bowhunting, and bushcraft in that book. An excellent one to have in the Bowhunting library.

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Don Thomas Health Issues #142855

Glad to hear the Doc is doing well ! Wish him a fast recovery and return to the hunt .

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #142678

Aeronut

Love the swinging tgts — going to make some for my own use. I think I will set them up with a back stop behind, to make the arrow recovery a little easier- haha

R2 —better “batten down the hatches” early blue norther heading your way —

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Bear shaft tuning #142662

David

Yes , I have run into the same pulling of the point problem in a number of the ” tighter ” tgt mediums. I now ( mostly on my practice wood arrows ) really lay on the  hot melt leaving a little ” blob” at the end – isn’t very pretty but if seems to keep the end of the head from being grabbed by the tgt and pulled off. I also refresh the melt ( heating the head and quenching periodically – seems to mitigate this problem substantially- so far anyway

Scout aka Ray

PS – the tgt I have had the lest amout of the ” pull the point ” problem – especially with carbon high foc heads is the field logic ” layered” ( stacked sheets ) target .

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Don Thomas Health Issues #142640

Don and Lori

Wishing Don an easy surgery and a quick recovery back to normal ! We look forward to hearing all is well.

Beuna Suerte

Scout aka Ray

 

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Arrow Build Help? #142297

Mnrabbit hunter

If you don’t already have it – pick up a copy of The Traditional Bowhunters Handbook by Tj Conrads. A lot of great info and covers the essentials of tuning.

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Bear shaft tuning #142296

If there is a tractor supply nearby they ( in the past) sell a reasonably priced, very tightly packed, smaller hay bale that is just the huckleberry for a archery target —-

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Bear shaft tuning #142278

Kent

The good old hay bale will work fine. I prefer the ” field logic” type target ie the modern foam types. Bags full of plastic / carpet parts I didn’t care for as they didn’t show the impact positions of the arrows as well.

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #142191

NM starting to get a little rain . We could use a lot more . A friend has a ranch south of junction in central Texas and it is very dry.

Scout aka Ray

 

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Hunting truck #142130

It is amazing what you can get by with – if you use some ingenuity—

In my youth I have used a 64 Chevy Biscayne station wagon and a Ford fiesta out here in the Mtn West . Those hunts were mostly successful but quite the adventure in some cases ! Life on the edge – haha.

Scout aka Ray

[Raymond Coffman]

in reply to: Longbow Selection #142129

Kees

You bet – the Bear Montana has always been a good bow. I am glad it is working well for you

Scout aka Ray

 

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