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in reply to: Fletching Glue Quandry #123945

Again, I like the tape.

The LockTite gel works good too. Be careful using cheap superglue for both fleching and flies. Most are NOT waterproof.Don’t want things coming apart when it gets damp out.

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in reply to: A hog hunting tale #123944

Nice story Preston, no hogs here, but I saw turkey tracks the other day, and we have heard Geese flying over…

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in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #123943

Is it dead yet??

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in reply to: Hickory? #123548

Thanks for responding. Good to know about smooth bark vs shaggy.

Looking for someone local that can show me.

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in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #123547

Even Yankees love you Ralph.

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in reply to: Fine Tuning #123445

Wiggles, hell!!! The problem is the jiggles. Working in a office for 3 years, and find I have to actually exercise for the first time in my life. There is 10# hanging over my belt (they are calling it a muffin top) that I have to get rid of.

Think you can get thru the day without hurting yourself?

Grumpy

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in reply to: Wood arrows #123444

I’m shooting a center cut recurve, so spine isn’t so critical.

After I make a dozen arrows, I go out and shoot at a target.
Each time I hit the bulls eye, I make a dot with a sharpie on one of the fletches.
Pretty soon I find about 3 arrows that have no dots, and 3 with half a dozen dots. The other six are someplace between. I’ve made a lot of arrows, and I can’t find any flaws in the three without dots. I think it is somewhere in the shafts, not all trees are perfect. Maybe it bends one way fine, but not the other way??? Some slight variation in the point? Some fletches are stiffer than others? Or maybe it is just God letting you know how smart you aren’t.

Tried to pawn the three without dots on my Lady, but she is too smart for me.

Think you can get thru the day without hurting yourself?

Grumpy

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in reply to: Rhinehart and glue on points. #123442

Gorilla glue, clean the arrow and the point with acetone.
Heat it up to change points (I use my propane camp stove) and pull off with vice grips. Remove old glue with acetone and scotch brite before gluing on new point.
Think you can get thru the day without hurting yourself?
Try not to break any tools.

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in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #123440

Nice bass…

Snow is slowing down we got something over a foot (depending on where you measure) hard to tell we get the wind off the lake here (Gusting over 50 mph).

Thus far I have broken 3 bows from those Ash staves. I cut them out of big trunks (15″ in diameter) by setting my circular saw at 45*, dropping the blade down, and 2 rip cuts 4″ apart. That gives you a long triangle. Made them 6′ long, and dried them in a tube that I hooked up to our forced hot air heat. 🙂 Not cheap, frugal. I’m making them as per THE BENT STICK. Works as long as you don’t bend them before they are ready. Unlike THE BENT STAVE I am backing them with fiberglass. Tendons and raw hide are kinda rare around here. I have one that I just fiberglass which I suspect will be about 55#. If I don’t break it.

Working with ash has problems getting the bark off without damaging the sap wood. I have two sources for hickory which should work out better. The ash is good practice.

Pete

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in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #118639

Still suffering from a cold I got about 4 weeks ago. On the second round of germ killers. Thinking about eating moldy bread on a daily basis…
Got bow staves from the ash trees the town cut down in the cemetery next door. Drying down cellar now. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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in reply to: twisting strings #114124

Call Chubby Checker…

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in reply to: Good, Bad, and Ugly #111909

It is really unfortunate that you never know just why you didn’t see, or get a shot at critters. The worst heart breaker is when you see a deer just out of range, or in the brush, and a left turn will bring him into range, and the @#$%^&*() turns right. Did he see you? Did he smell you? Hear your stomach growling? Hear your heart beating? Feel your steely stare? You never know. Maybe a different camo pattern, a different deodorant. Did you brush your teeth? GOD this is worse than your first date, not A first date. THE first date. Or any date where she never returned your calls. OK, if your are still married to your first date you don’t know what I’m talking about, but most of have been dumped, and redumped, and redumped.

The Lost Rub Line. Last spring, I found a rub line. Lots of big rubs. I’m talking about a hemlock thicket with a rub on every tree, Even the mature trees had scars from rubs 5, 10, or 20 years ago. Rubs on multable sides of the tree, trees that died from rubicide. A week later I went back to scout it out a bit more. and guess what. I couldn’t find it. Did I mark it on my Garman? NO! I didn’t have one. I returned a few weeks later, returned several times, with the Garman. I have yet to find it. I’m thinking they moved it.

Patterns. We have all have read/heard about patterning deer. Sorry to say, I’ve done the research (with trail cams), and there are no patterns. If you (or your trail cam) sees a deer in a specific place, they may, or may not show up again. If they do, it is unlikely that you will be there, if you are, it may be just a random event. That means you are just as likely to see a deer anyplace else in the woods.

Cold. The best way to keep warm is the keep moving, the best way to spook deer is to keep moving. How do you keep warm, while not moving (shooting from your truck is illegal, and rather awkward with a bow longer than 2 feet). Years ago I realized that if I sit/stand on insulation, I squeeze the air out. Without an air space there is no insulation. The ice fishermen I watch out on the lake stand on a piece of plywood to stay off the ice. When you are standing on your fleece socks, they are squished flat, and offer no insulation. When you sit on your camo snow pants, that too is flat. I have done much better by using closed cell foam inserts in my boots, and I made a but cover with 3/4″ closed cell foam, covered with coated (water proof) nylon with a belt to hold it. Water proof is essential because wet is cold, and New England is wet.

COVER SCENT. An apple in your pocket may help, but there are better options. I tie a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet to my left boot and keep it damp with doe pee. Does it work? I have seen does cross my trail within and hour without hesitation. I have sat hunkered down between two trees, and had the feeling I was back in a cow barn.

Preemptive strike. Not against the deer, but against the stiff joints. I hav found that if I take the Imodium when I sit down at a stand, I can stand up a lot faster 4 hours later. This may mean nothing to you, but if you are lucky, you will live to appreciate it.

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in reply to: Stuff #110878

Your wife should be grateful. You should see my “middle room” where I tie flies. I have been buying fly fishing stuff I don’t need for 50 years, someday I might find the stuff I do need.
We moved last March, so I have a basement now… I have tried to organise it, but it isn’t big enough. Starting to build bows down there (remember couple years ago I was making bows in the kitchen) Now I don’t have to sweep the floor as much. 🙂
I bought a 3 1/2″ planer, and boy does it make sawdust. I have enough to cover the floor of several bars.

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in reply to: My first deer of the year #110208

Kinda nice when it all comes together. 🙂

Congratulations.

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in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #92635

OMG MY PIC ISN’T THERE!!!!

HOW WILL ANYONE KNOW ME??

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