[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: A long look at fletching and EFOC #41345

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: Noteable Quotes! #41343

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: Noteable Quotes! #41290

“Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard for the night, she can still survive.” – W.C. Fields

“Middle age is when you still believe you’ll feel better in the morning.” – Bob Hope

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: A long look at fletching and EFOC #41261

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: A long look at fletching and EFOC #41258

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: A long look at fletching and EFOC #41217

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: A long look at fletching and EFOC #41188

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: Arrow Speed #41186

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: My New Northern Mist Whisper #41088

Patrick wrote: To me, it merely reinforces the idea of staying with the same style bow.

I’ll second that. I hunted near-exclusively with just one bow for 20+ years, until it was damaged trying to get it back out of Africa. It took over 300 animals without a single loss, and I attribute a lot of that to the relationship between the two of us – plus the arrows used. Total familiarity breeds absolute confidence. 8)

Ed

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: who carrys a backup gun #41076

Patrick wrote: Unless you’re shaking so badly that you can’t keep the laser on the individual. That would likely boost the perps confidence. 😆

Fat chance of that!

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: A long look at fletching and EFOC #41060

Small bamboo-leaf fletching from Southeast Asia. 😀

Ed

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: Arrow Speed #40804

Arrrow speed is a vastly over rated factor. Most of my setups give velocities from the 150 fps to 165 fps range, and that’s been fast enough to catch up with an awful lot of animals! 😀

Ed

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: What Have You Forgotten? #40410

I’m certian there are many things I have forgotten … now I just can’t remember what they were! 😕

Ed

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: A long look at fletching and EFOC #40404

Dave, you are correct on all fronts. While each factor in arrow design has its own individual contribution to make, independent of the other factors, everything about the arrow design is also interconnected. It’s this complimentary effect that allows such a great increase in penetration. None of the factors, taken alone, gives such enhancement of performance.

I haven’t heard from Steve Sr. either. I too hope all is well.

Ed

[Ed Ashby]

in reply to: A long look at fletching and EFOC #40107

jmack130 wrote: it think at 15 yards my bow will shoot a bare shaft as good as a fletched shaft the feather is just to stabelize it right ?

If the tuning is correct a bare shaft with field points should shoot just as accurately as a fletched shaft at all distances; particularly if the arrow has EFOC/UEFOC. When you add a broadhead to the shaft the broadhead induces windsheer, stearing the arrow from the front. What is then required is enough steerage on the shaft’s rear to overcome the windsheer effect of the broadhead. This stabalizes the broadhead-tipped arrow’s flight. For maximum performance you want to use the least amount of fletching possible to counteract the broadhead’s windsheer. Any fletching above this amount merely detracts from the arrow’s downrange performance.

Ed

[Author]

Posts