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in reply to: Bow Poundage for Pheasant Hunting #53430

I haven’t hunted ringnecks for 45 years, but when I did as a kid in Ohio, I had mixed results, with my shooting, not the kills. Every bird I actually hit, died.

I did exactly what oldbowKy mentioned, except mine were just dulled from shooting into the ground. I never owned or shot over dog, so that was not a concern, but I didn’t want pass thrus, since I also was not shooting flu flu’s. Mainly cause I had never heard of them, and only owned a few arrows anyway.

I shot a 35lb recurve, and even with dull heads, they buried to the feathers. Flu flu’s might not hit quite that hard. A trade off on the flu flu’s would be to trim the height of the feathers for a bit more speed. The six feather ones cut a little over normal height should work pretty well for that. Worth a try.

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in reply to: Removing Snake Skins? #22533

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe you could use steam from a teapot to soften the glue.

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in reply to: Meeting a archery Icon #19230

Wow, he’s still at it, amazing. Glad to hear it. About 15 years ago, I bought a Martin recurve, at 60lbs. Mistake. The salvation was that it was a 66″ bow. I sent it to Tim, and he ground down the limb width almost 1/2″ on both limbs, and brought the weight to 55lbs.

The unexpected benefit, was limb recovery speed was much faster, thus the bow actually “picked up speed” by about 10 FPS. I added a fast flight string and picked up another 5fps, so a 15 FPS gain for a 5lb loss. Not a bad deal.

Tims work was fantastic. Thee was no indication the bow didn’t leave the factory that way, except that the limbs still said 60lb.

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in reply to: Black Widow find #17830

$3,285….:shock:.Nah just kidding:lol:, I have no clue, but sure someone does. Decent of you to not rip the old guy off.

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in reply to: formula for bows #11372

twoknifes7 wrote: I have made many selfbows and had a few break but now I am trying to make a laminate bow and so far I’ve had every one break I am using actionbamboo for the back and osage veneers fir the core and curly maple for the belly I’ve had 3 break and one to come under weight. I thought that maybe there was a formula for the thickness of each lam would be for a desired weight.

I had some bows break when I was making them, and from my experience it was usually one of two causes.

The most common cause is inadequate glue coverage. Are you coating BOTH sides of EACH internal piece? Only the inside side of the outer pieces get covered.

What glue are you using? Smooth On and most others are measured by weight. The resin and hardener need to be the same weight, before mixing.

On the glue up, if the wood has any oils on it from your hands or any dirt, the glue can give way.

What temperature are you curing the bow at? Usually 160-180 deg will be the norm

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in reply to: Carbon arrow saw #11365

Here’s mine. Using a Harbor Freight cutoff saw and a 2″ fiber cutoff wheel from OSH hardware. This thing works slicks, and fast. Clean cuts. It comes with a toothed metal blade that cuts aluminum arrows real clean also, incase you do want separate wheels.

They can be had for about $25 on sale. Put the rest together from scrap pieces I had.

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in reply to: hunting tip from my little girl #61159

THAT is a memory to keep forever. She is a doll. Remember the excitement when YOU were new to bowhunting?

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in reply to: Apparent Elk Die-off in New Mexico #54299

Wonder if someone or something poisoned a water source, that they all drank from?

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in reply to: COULDN'T HELP MYSELF #53200

Glad it went well. This past Dec, I had fairly major shoulder surgery. Rotator cuff repairs, and bicep tendonesis (sp?) It’s where they had to cut the bicep tendon, because it tore out of the groove it normally rides in, in the shoulder, and put an anchor on the shoulder bone, and re-attach the bicep tendon to that.

It was the first week of Dec, and by the end of Feb, I was done with physical therapy. By April, I was told by the surgeon, that my recovery was nothing short of astounding. All I said was, “the power of prayer”. Funny, he didn’t answer. I think he want me to dump all the praise on him. No doubt he did a good job, but I know who guided his hands.

Hang in there Grumpy. Didn’t know that about the armpit, good to know though. I do know that I can tie my shoes with my right hand (am a lefty) and my left foot. Amazing how adaptable we are.

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in reply to: two good finds #53192

My problem is with chairs like that is I actually see LESS deer. I think it’s the snoring that drives them off, or maybe the nodding head catches their attention, not sure.

Of course, if my eyes stayed open long enough to actually LOOK for them I might know for sure.:?

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in reply to: A first harvest… #53181

WOW! Outstanding! Love the coaching, the excitement she felt and I know the excitement ST felt. Great job dad, and daughter. Looks like another woman hunter has arrived.

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in reply to: Apparent Elk Die-off in New Mexico #53174

Kinda like the original movie of the Mars invasion, where nothing we did could stop them but once they caught the common cold, it brought the invasion to a halt.

Natural viruses that seem so minor to some, can be killers of the worst kind.

Still very sad to see.

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in reply to: Bow quivers #52214

I need simplicity, and having two quivers will not get me there. I just have to save my pennies I guess and wait till I can afford what I want, a 4 or 5 arrow quiver that keeps the arrows in a straight row, and goes back towards the string, and attaches at the center of the riser, like my current one does.

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in reply to: Bow quivers #48520

Well I have found one that looks like it might do the trick, but it’s not cheap, at least not to me. The Tight Spot quiver at 3rivers, but at $139 it will definitely be next season before I will see it.

I will keep looking though. I first posted that I wanted one that mounted at the top and bottom of riser, but the one I have now uses a dovetail insert and is a quick release. I like that better than needing tools.

Thanks for the suggestions and feedback.

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in reply to: Bow quivers #48469

Ausijim

that sounds like what i have now, but have covered the hood. The carbons slip too easily, and I dont like the balance.

I looked at 3rivers, maybe I will look again.

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