Congrats on the goose! I’ve always wanted to get one with the bow. Your dog looks like mine when he was younger. He was a tenacious squirrel hunter.
A couple of things you could try that might improve the flavor of waterfowl are 1) soak the breast meat in a pan of water with a little salt in the fridge to draw out the blood. Change the water a couple of times as needed. 2) Waterfowl is much better if you can age the meat. When I could get weather cool enough to hang my ducks overnight or even over 2 days the flavor and tenderness was greatly improved. Leave the skin and feathers on but do remove the entrails and dry out the body cavity with a clean cloth then hang them in a cool place heads up so they can continue to drain. Put down some paper to catch the drips. Temp should be above freezing but no higher than 45 degrees and do keep a check on them. I’ve not hung any more than 2 days.
Duncan
Welcome to the site. I have a vintage Grizzly in 50# but I have not shot carbons from it. I have taken deer with Easton 2016’s and shot plenty of wood arrows in it. Since you have carbons just keep going through the Dr Ashby threads there is a ton of info, alot of it dealing carbon setups. I’m hoping some of the carbon shooters will chime in with some info for you.
Thats cool. I’ve only found 3 sheds in my entire life. 4 if I can include one side of a ten pointer I saw get hit by a car in Feb when they normally shed here. Knocked the right side antler off of him and I stopped and picked it up. Another guy went after the deer so I kept going.
My first shed found in 1975, I made into a handle for a cleaning rod for my muzzleloader. Found it while doing some fall scouting. The rodents had eaten all but the main beam and the brow tine.
I really enjoyed your article. Thought I was the only one that got them voodoo feelin’s 😀
Having lived my whole life in the south and hunted lowland hammocks and “ridges”, nourishing generations of mosquitoes and sand flies. Your writing style really spoke to me. Keep up the great work!
Deadeye,
Assuming your bow’s 55# draw is measured from the standard of 28″ and given that your draw is only 24″ then you are actually pulling 50 or less pounds. With that said you could probably try some 2016 aluminum shafts. There are some shaft charts on the Easton website that would help you decide which arrow is right for you. Remember that as arrows are trimmed to fit the shooters draw the spine or stiffness is altered and will change the way the arrow shoots. The best way to determine what you need is to go to an archery shop that understands trad shooting and ask to try some arrows out. Most shops have a variety of shafts available to try on their test range. If you don’t have a shop near you then it is really trial and error and could get expensive finding the right shaft.
Duncan
I don’t think it has much to do with weather. I think what you are seeing is a”late drop” fawn that has matured later than the rest of the crop and that has sent every availble buck into a last ditch rutting tizzy. Think about this. If the doe is successfully bred, her fawn will drop “late” too. That means it will develop late the next season and the cycle repeats itself, assuming it survives.
Recurves can make some noise with a plain string. String silencers might help. I have a Hoyt that makes a funny noise when I shoot aluminum but no sound with woodies. Arrow weight can have a role in bow noise. Messing around with the brace height might help too.
I’ll bet you are still thinking about that day remembering the fun you had. That’s what its all about. Missing is OK. You want a clean miss or a clean kill. Can’t wait to go again I bet! 😀
I doubt it will blow up with bamboo backing. If it fails at all it would likely just fold up. Not saying it will, just saying the backing would hold it all together even in failure. I’ve had cloth backing keep the peices from flying back on me.
Enough doom and gloom! That is a pretty little bow. If it has survived a couple hundred shots it should be OK. As with any homemade bow just shoot it and watch for any signs of change. I’m not familiar with persimmon but most fruit woods can make a bow. Good luck with it, and keep on making shavings. You know you can’t stop with just one! 😀
