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in reply to: Speed: New vs Not So New #10348
I too doubt this question can be meaningfully answered. I would say that with refined bowyer technology and bow design, and the intro of elements like carbon and cross-weave glass lams, that in general newer bows should be faster than older. But a really great older bow would still be faster than a mill-run newer bow. My only personal experience was when I injured my shoulder over-practicing one spring some years ago and was forced to drop permanently from around 64# to 55# or so, my new lighter bow, a Sleybow recurve, was 10 fps faster with the same arrows than my old heavier JimBow. But then the JimBow wasn’t exactly an antique. The main diffs I see in newer custom bows include increased forgiveness of shooting form faults, smoother pull, less hand shock, quieter, and esp. with the Shrews I currently shoot exclusively no stack in shorter bows. My personal bias is in favor of truly custom-made bows as opposed to factory bows, no matter age, price, whatever. dp
in reply to: Drawn for Moose!!! #8788A friend in AK had an angry rutting bull moose on his remote cabin porch that wouldn’t leave, basically blocking the guy in his cabin. So finally the guy opens the door and blasts the bull point-blank with bear spray. The moose then went crazy, wrecking the porch and a nearby outbuilding whirling and bucking like a bronc. Finally the guy shot the moose. So, from this we can say only that bear spray definitely gets their attention! dp
in reply to: Home made string silencers? #8781FeralHog — You’re going to get a lot of suggestions to this thread, based on previous times it’s come up. Since my bows (all Shrews), if properly tuned, are pretty quiet to start with I just clip about 3″ of leather thong, the size of a sturdy boot lace, and insert it between string bundles. Lasts forever, costs nothing, doesn’t mind getting wet and for me at least, it works. Lots of folks use felt strips but I don’t like them when wet. In a pinch I’ve used heavy rubber bands, cut in half and inserted between string bundles. They work like Catwhiskers but shoot off fairly fast. dave
in reply to: i got a Q. #87741/2t — I’m a bit slow on the uptake, but if I understand you correctly, why not just cut off an inch of the rod and weigh it? But in the bigger picture, if you’re using screw-in points why not just buy some brass washer weights made for that purpose? Seems like a lot of work for very little gain and almost no money savings involved. 😕 But perhaps I’m missing something. In any event, welcome to Tradbow.com and I hope someone here can help you. Dave
in reply to: Drawn for Moose!!! #63060Moose cows with calves have a reputation for being even more aggressive than grizzly moms. I would get in touch with the Alberta moose biologist and ask about it. If it’s a first year calf she will predictably be more aggressive in defense than if it’s older. I have been chased by moose a couple of times after walking up on them accidentally in dense forest. Once was a cow, the other a young bull. A former warden in Alaska watched a grizzly try to approach a moose calf and the mother attacked and got it down and just kept stomping until the poor bear could hardly drag itself off. Let us know what you learn. dp
in reply to: I bought a belated birthday present for myself #62334Cotton — There’s little in life more exciting than a new custom bow. And let’s never forget that our last or next birthday is never more than 6 months away, thus always a good excuse! 😆 Gonna be fun … dp
in reply to: Opinions – What would you guys do? #60844I too concur with all the above. Two points worth considering: The SJNF is my home hunting grounds and my personal basis for hating ATVs, which swarm all over the place here, esp. during hunting season. I have lost ALL of my old-favorite road-camping hunting spots over the past several years to the massive ATV invasion, including dirt bikes (motorcycles) in some areas like over around Dolores and Rico. Based on this I say forget about road camping unless you’re willing to walk in and out either a long way each day, or very steep up/down to get away from the motors and easy-access crowds they bring into the woods. In addition to roads, we are cursed with hundreds of miles of motorized ATV/motorcycle trails through the backcountry. You don’t have to go into the wilderness to get away from them. And in fact wilderness can be very crowded with horse folk. What you have to do is find out where ATVs are allowed, and don’t go there. Contact the forest office and ask for their free MVUM (motor vehicle user’s map). These are lousy maps but do show all legal motorized trails and are a big help in getting away from the mobs. The other point I’d emphasize is that I learned as a kid never to embark on a trip of any kind, much less an extended hunting camp, with anyone I don’t know really well already. If you can handle it, physically and mentally, there is no freedom like the freedom of being in the woods alone. Finally, if you can avoid coming the week of Sept 11-19 which is black powder season. For whatever reasons, those guys seem always to ride ATVs and have a bugle stuck in their mouths. Years after year they shut up the real buglers and move elk into serious backcountry. I’d come the week before or the week after that. dave
in reply to: The ugliest moccasins ever! #59682I like the primitve look of them, like the real “work” mocs likely appeared hundreds and thousands of years ago. But I admit that I was hoping for something a bit more artistic — like maybe two baby badgers with their south ends cut out for the feet, a la Cottonwood’s quiver. :D:lol:
in reply to: Doug Borland Article #59671Welcome to the site, Kyle. Indeed, Doug is the genuine article, a real hunter with real ethics. I’d like to see more of him in the magazine. dave
Thanks for the translation, Mark. A dandy drinking friendship song/toast indeed! dave
in reply to: Thomas Aquinas Daly prints… #53335Wild etc. — As usual, Robin has it right. Tom Daly has done a few prints, way back, and may still have some for sale. But mostly he does original paintings already contracted for sale to collectors. He’s bigtime! We are so lucky that he’s a sportsman and chooses to paint primarily hunting (trad bowhunting) and fishing scenes. We are even luckier that he loves to make his work accessible not only to collectors, but to fellow sportsmen like you and me to whom his art “speaks.” Which is to say, TBM can’t pay much for covers but Tom is not bothered by that, as he is one of us. Right now he has several new big game and bowhunting works I long ago suggested to T.J. would make great covers. Maybe you should write T.J. tell him you want more Daly in the magazine. I sure do! Dave p
in reply to: Bamboo arrows #53328Clemart — welcome! Perhaps you should re-post this thread in the Campfire Forum, which is the “general topics” forum and therefore most widely read. Changes are better you’ll find someone there who can help. This Ashby forum is very specific in focus. I think I’m not alone in looking forward to what you learn, and how those “straw tube” shafts work out for you. dave p
in reply to: Broadhead of choice let's hear it #53324Dennis — nope, sorry. Back in the Neandertal days when I shot Bear heads (and even then I always removed the “bleeder blades” because mostly it was I who did the bleeding, as they always came off in the animals right under the hide and I found them the hard way when field dressing) — they were bare-naked steel with no green paint. You could always paint them yourself. 😀 The few I still have are in my “turkey point” bucket. For deer and such they’re still first-rate killing machines. And still best without the insert blades. dp
Pothunter — As a regular feller who likes to think of myself as well-edjukated (mostly via reading and independent thinking, rather than school) … well you’re making me feel like an injut here lately. 😳 In this case, can ye please provide an “American English” translation of that lovely pome? Who who writ it? Maybe a feller with a taste for the peat and a linguistically convoluted obsession with such supranatural phenonemon as gravity and rainbows?
But forget all of that for now, as I feel compelled to addendumize your perceptive but incomplete recognition of Cottonwood’s clever quiver as an artful rendition of merely a “badger shot whilst trying to escape.” I would insert: “a southbound badger shot ‘multiple times by a very good archer shooting from a northerly direction’ …” Life is, can be, a whole lot of fun. Unless you’re overly serious or a badger with wood-shaft constipation! 😆 dave p
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