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in reply to: Fletching painted carbon shafts #11828
Rustoleum and Loctite Super Glue Gel is all I’ve used on my hunting arrows for the last 15 years or so. You should be able to find the glue for about $3.00 at any big box store. It comes in a blue package.
in reply to: Different strings-impact on tuned arrows #11817Steve is spot on regarding string silencers and tuning. I’ve used that trick several times to tune two different bows to shoot the same arrows the same speed. Good tip.
in reply to: New Traditional Archery #8571Stumpkiller wrote: A caution on the release. Jerking your hand back is as bad as collapsing on the release. I anchor and then use back tension to expand my chest and release in that motion. My hand moves very little and remains at anchor along my jaw. Not the Hollywood flourish some guys perform a second after the arrow is gone and they realize they were supposed to move something. 😉
One of my favorite archery books is Shooting the Bow by Larry C. Whiffen (1946). May be able to find it or have a library get it for you. Don’t believe anyone that tells you target techniques do not apply to bowhunting. It’s just a little dirrerent (closed) form but the basics work for both.
Absolutely correct.
Rearward movement of the string hand upon release should be an involuntary reaction to a properly executed shot. It should never be an action in and of itself.
in reply to: New Traditional Archery #7720With respect to the particular terms about which you asked:
“Dead or semi-dead release” Something to be avoided…seriously. It’s when your release hand does not move upon release, aside from your fingers opening. It’s generally indicative of collapsing at the shot or a lack of back tension. Ideally there should be a somewhat rearward movement in your release hand at the shot.
“Point-on distance” This is the distance at which you can hold the tip of your arrow on the bullseye like a sight pin and hit it.
“Gap shooting” At distances shorter than point-on, during aiming there will be a “gap” between the tip of your arrow and the bullseye. The tip will appear below the bullseye. Gap shooting is simply incorporating this knowledge into your aiming system. If you want some excellent tutorials on gap shooting I can provide you some links to various different types of gap systems by some of the best barebow archers in the nation.
in reply to: reflex/deflex #48639The simple answer is that the deflexed riser provides greater stability while the reflexed limbs deliver more energy.
in reply to: first bear hunt #39251Congrats on your tag. Which unit did you get?
in reply to: Light Weight Hunting Bows #39249I learned a long time ago that the best way to handle conversations like that is to excuse myself from them. Folks sometimes have all sorts of odd opinions they confuse for facts and, much like politics and religion, the likelihood of changing their minds is nil. For example, this past Sunday I was at my local archery club shooting an indoor 3D round—30 targets, 30-yard max, center 12s count. There were only two of us shooting recurves, me and another guy. He missed more animals than he hit and broke two or three arrows bouncing off the metal stands. I shot 14 12s, 14 10s and 2 8s for a total of 324, but bless his heart, he sure tried to tell me the “proper” way to aim a recurve instead of “all that looking at the tip of the arrow stuff” I do. I thanked him for his suggestions and wished him well.
in reply to: Recurve tiller #39238A slightly stiffer lower limb is normal tiller. Back before compounds when recurves were what everyone shot bows were pretty much all tillered the same. The notion of special tillering for split or three under is a relatively new thing, and to be honest, how you grip the bow will have a not more effect on limb timing than 1/2″ difference in finger placement. In short, don’t worry about it.
in reply to: Signs of Spring? #37929It was -7º this morning, and there were a half dozen robbins in the red maple in my front yard.
in reply to: Light Weight Hunting Bows #37764My paternal grandfather killed Lord-knows-how-many whitetails with a recurve pulling 42# @ his 26″ draw lenght. This was with a Dacron string, swagged aluminum arrows and three blade heads. Whitetails, even large mature Midwestern ones, don’t present much in the way of resistance to penetration.
in reply to: another string question #36439hay57 wrote: I also checked the 3 Rivers catalog and it doesn’t carry the D97 string . Is it inferior material ?
I haven’t looked at their catalog in years, so I went on their web site. They still carry D97 in 1/8# spools, although their price is a bit out there. Dyna97 is a great string material, and I’ve been using it for over a decade. With the release of BCY 8190 and X, a lot of string builders have moved to those new products. I still shoot D97 on my hunting bows, but switched to 8190 on my target bow.
in reply to: Out of Place Critters #36433A few years ago my daughter and I were in our turkey blind on a cattle ranch just outside Mineral Point, Wisconsin. This is maybe 20 or 30 miles north of the WI/IL border. Right at first light a pair of small black bears ran past our blind. Bears weren’t supposed to be anywhere remotely close to that area.
in reply to: poll on release #30852I started out shooting split fingered and aiming instinctively because that’s how the people in my family shot and that’s how they taught me. I did that for several years with minimal success. At some point in my very early 20s I became more serious about competitive shooting and took notice of how the people who routinely cleaned my clock shot. That ultimately led to me using a relatively high anchor and holding the string three under while utilizing a conscious aiming method. My accuracy took a fast and dramatic turn for the better, both in target archery, and more importantly, in the hunting woods.
in reply to: gap shooting #30588Masters of the Barebow volumes 2 & 3 for gap and pick-a-point. Modern Traditional for string walking.
There is definitely no shortage of great broadheads on the market. Like Alex, I’ve found Zwickeys to be excellent. Of all the Eskimos and Deltas I’ve sent through deer over the years, nome of them took any damage. I would have no reservations about using them again.
Since 2004 I’ve shot 125-grain Ace Standards and found them superb in every way. From small game to elk and moose, they’ve worked flawlessly for me. Like Zwickeys, I have yet to ever damage one in an animal.
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