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in reply to: Endless vs Flemish Fast Flight #38687

i’ve shot nothing but flemish for years in both ff and b-50…

one advantage a flemish has is that you may disassemble and reassemble it if you wish (to lengthen or shorten)

i’ve had good luck with the flemish.

they’re very easily constructed and look really good with multi-colored bundles, serving and silencers installed…plus you can color co-ordinate it your bow if you so choose.

🙂

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in reply to: Fletching Jig Preference #38672

bitzenberger

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in reply to: Sights #38668

i used a merrill heart shot sight on two of my recurves back in the late 70’s/early ’80’s

not now though

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in reply to: martin archery stopping most of trad bow #48603

i read a more recent thread on another forum that says Martin is to advertise the Martin/Howatt section on a different “flyer” and they are NOT closing the Howatt portion…

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in reply to: Fletchers #48592

IMO (i have two of them and a jo-jan) you can’t beat a bitzenberger.

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in reply to: 40# Recurve and a Buffalo #48130

i would speculate that a perfectly placed shot with the PROPER arrow/broadhead combination would be lethal on almost ANY live game.

over the years, i’ve used only two blade broadheads after seeing what devistation they perform on live game when being PROPERLY sharpened.

i recall one three-blade head that broke off a blade in the animal and some four blade that i couldn’t get to fly correctly no matter what i did. (all were replacable blade heads)

i think that, in all likleyhood, it’s confidence in yourself to make the CORRECT shot along with confidence and knowledge your equipment will do the job when applied CORRECTLY.

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in reply to: stringing bows #62471

at one time there was a device on the market for step thru stringing of a bow that attached to the archers foot/ankle. i don’t know if it’s still availble or not.

years ago i knew a local archer/bowhunter who had the misfortune of having a sting style stringer break during the stringing of his heavy draw eight recurve (a 65# bear recurve). the force of the limb tip springing upward struck him on his cheek resulting in a severe, bullet hole, like wound in his cheek barely missing his eye. he was hospitalized and required reconstructive surgery of his shattered cheekbone.

an odd accident? yes…but a bow stringer is probably still the safest way to string your recurves…

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in reply to: Waterproofing Fletching #62438

oh, i forgot…go to a fishing tackle store and get some “dry fly” it’s made to water proof fishing flies…

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in reply to: Waterproofing Fletching #62434

go to CVS pharmacy and get some hair spray…let it stand for a while to get rid of the smell though.

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in reply to: where to get a shaft shooter #62432

i cannot recall where i saw that they could be purchased but your check book best be “fat” they were listed at over $500.00.

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in reply to: Dacron vs Fast Flight #62426

all good replies given here.

now…what’s the answer?:roll::wink::D

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in reply to: Conflicting Emotions about gun hunting… #62418

i hunt with recurve, longbows, rimfire and centerfire rifles and air rifles…:):):)

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in reply to: Recurve vs. Longbow #18875

my preference happens to lie in the recurve. but, i do like longbows and currently have two of them.

when i was a kid in oklahoma, i used to borrow a friends hickory longbow and i loved it…

my intentions are to build a ‘hybrid’ soon…a recurve handle with longbow style limbs, similar to the groves thunderbird.

i am one who finds it difficult to grip a longbow correctly (adjust to gripping the bow correctly) in order to shoot it accurately. i know i could work at it and learn how to do it correctly, but my recurves serve me well and lend themselves to my style of shooting at this time.

the simplicity and grace of the straight limbed long bow, when braced is, indeed , very eye-appealing.

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in reply to: HUNTING PARTNERS #62430

i have two over the years…my eldest son and a near and dear friend from the years.

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in reply to: who was your mentor? #56667

rube powell was my main mentor.

i also have been fortunate enough to know people like bobby fromme, jim connors, lon lauber, jimmy velasquez and not to mention countless others who i learned a great deal from in years past…i was in the bear state bowhunters of escondido, cal.

i also came in on the tail of the fred bear era where i read about the adventures of fred bear, jim doughtery, doug walker, and other stick and string adventurers like them.

the years have been good to me insofar as archery and bowhunting have gone.

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