[David Coulter]

in reply to: Looking For a Longbow #21240

It seems like this is a new Golden Age of bowyers. If you do a search you’ll find many and, it seems, many good ones. I have very little experience next to most of the guys on this site, but I’ll throw in my two cents. My bowyer is Leon Stewart, http://www.stewartsarchery.com. I can only speak for my bow, but I love it. It’s a Slammer Special, a reflex-deflex that is a joy to shoot. With not a lot to go on, Leon built a bow for me that really matched what I had in mind, aesthetically and shooting. As a person and businessman, I think you’d find Leon hard to beat.

You’ll have your new bow a long time, so enjoy the search!

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Pittsley Predator? #20413

A bow sling is an interesting concept. The only one I have seen is on the tuffhead.com site. Worth a look. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Barta Wilderness Arrows #16917

I ordered my first set of arrows from 3Rivers. They were hunters spined one up from my 45# recurve. I thought they were really well made. Being new to it all I switched to aluminum pretty quickly, as I was getting better groups with them. I now switched to carbons, Beman ICS Bowhunters, and really like them. They’re really durable and shoot quite well. Better than I can shoot, I’m sure. That said, I still pull out the wood arrows to give them the once over. One of these days, as budget allows, I’ll build up a set of wood arrows.

I do agree with what was posted in another thread (Dave, I think…), carbons are for utility, but wood is art.. and utility.

Happy hunting with those Barta arrows.

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Who's Hunting the Late Season? #16909

Well, PA rifle season ended minutes ago here on the Jersey side of the state. It’s probably still light out near Ohio. I didn’t hunt this afternoon, since it was pretty windy. We took the kids for walk in the woods to cut a small White Pine for a Christmas tree instead. Good times.

This morning I took my bow and watched a spot I thought deer would move through to avoid other hunters, but didn’t see a deer. I did get to see a bunch of crows chase a Barred Owl through the woods about 50 yards away. That was neat. I’ve also been seeing a lot of black Grey Squirrels here this season, too.

So, meatless here, so far. I’m really looking forward to the late season, which opens the day after Christmas. I’ve become very fond of that season, since I built my first flintlock probably a decade ago. Nothing like January weather to cut out the riffraff.

Good luck to all of you! To the rest of the PA hunters, enjoy two week rest before kicking it back in. Don’t forget to ask Santa for plenty of merino wool! dwcphoto

[David Coulter]

in reply to: instinctive shooting and bow/arrow tuning #12504

AND… check out Moebow’s excellent videos! dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: recurve vs longbow #58294

Hi Guys,
Thanks for all of your answers. It all makes sense. When I was shooting my Wasp and having a good day, I was nailing it. When I felt off, so went the arrows. With my Stewart Slammer, when I’m on I’m nailing em’ and when I felt out of sorts, I’m almost always well within the “minute of deer” circle.
thanks, dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Who's Hunting the Late Season? #58288

I’m looking forward to the late season here in PA. I have not taken a shot yet this year, yet alone killed a deer. I’ll be out there with the 270 or my 8mm, if it’s raining, trying to get one on the ground. Then I’ll switch back to the bow. There are a few places here that the deer run heavily during rifle season, but are too close to residential areas for a firearm. If I’m lucky enough to shoot a deer with a rifle, I’ll work on these spots with my bow the rest of the regular season. Good luck to you all.
Yep, nice photo! dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Good arrows that won't break the bank? #55694

I just switched to carbons a few months ago. I’m using Beman ICS Bowhunters and they seem to work really well. Tuning wasn’t much trouble. I used on arrow for stumping and it outlasted any aluminum I’ve used by far. It started to split on the end, but that’s after a lot of abuse. I’m building another now with a collar, which should make it much tougher. They were very reasonable, less than $60 a dozen. Also, I’m getting about 25% FOC with them.
Good luck! dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Merino wool pants #52906

A friend sent this link to me. Wool pants for cheap. http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/2-new-e-german-wool-pants-gray.aspx?a=151230

Might be what you’re looking for, but not merino. Certainly looks nice enough to wear into town after a hunt. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Deer Calls? Or Just Blowing Hot Air! #50580

I had a buck come in one morning. I had been rattling and using a grunt tube and a doe can, but trying not to overdo it. The buck was moving right along, walking with purpose and went around behind me into the thicket. When he was about 25 yards past and headed away, I gave a soft grunt. That turned him and he came back, but stayed behind me in the thicket, downwind, until he caught a sniff and took off.
I’ll never know how much the calling worked to bring him in the first place, but it did bring him back. No steaks on the table, but it sure was fun. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Upgrades on the Site #47249

Hi Robin,
I don’t know if you did anything, but the previews now drop out of sight as soon as you scroll away. Thanks! dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Merino base layer #46765

In a local store end of season sale I bought the expedition weight Minus 33 top and bottom and recently got a midweight zip top for an early Christmas present. I love the stuff. It’s very good in a wide range of temps, as is said above. I’ve been wearing versions of smart wool socks for years and will be sticking with them. It’s worth the money in my book and now that it’s getting more common there are more options and more deals. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Upgrades on the Site #46635

Hi Robin,
When the forum list is up the scroll over works to bring up the posts, but then it does not always go away. I try clicking and moving the cursor, but sometimes the text box remains. Maybe there’s something on my end. thanks, dwcphoto

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Fat Lady Ain't Sang YET!! #45092

Steve,
Nice looking wood in that bow! I’m also without a shot for the early archery season. Ended up hunting mostly mid-day on the days I could get out. Saw very few deer while in the woods, but lots of deer when I was not hunting. My buddy who hunts in the same woods tagged three. He’s fine hunter with his hickory selfbow and gets to spend a lot of time in the woods.
I’ll be carrying dad’s 270 in the opening of rifle season looking for a freezer filler, then back to the bow. Good luck to you, dwcphoto

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Ashby forum reborn — please read! #42682

A note on the convex grind. I was having some difficulty getting an edge on my new Grizzly heads. I was also having a hard time putting a new edge on a knife made by my friend Bud Nealy. He’s become a very well known knife maker over the past few decades and makes some very beautiful as well as functional pieces. http://www.budnealyknifemaker.com
Bud told me to bring in the broadheads and his knife and he would put an edge on them for me. He does all his sharpening on belt grinders with a variety of grits, down to leather. He described the cutting edge for knives and thought it should apply to broadheads, although he doesn’t have much direct expeience with them. He was very interested in reading Dr. Ashby’s reports when I told him about them.
He said that an efficient cutting edge on a knife, from swords to scalples is a sort of convex pineapple shape. That as the blade cuts and the blade gets thicker, it spreads the wound to help the edge do more cutting.
Now, remember, this is me trying to tell you what he told me. I hope that the whisper down the lane effect is not too great.
I’m going to settin up a belt grinder for my sharpening. I looked into some inexpensive grinders and they all run in the 3500 rpm range, which is too fast for blades. You run the risk of losing the temper if the blade heats up too much. Bud recommended about 1700 rpms for blade grinding.

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