[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Giving it a try #9848

I’ve shot Beman ICS carbons since they first came out and have never lost an insert. I first clean the inside of the shaft with a Q-tip and acetone, then glue the inserts with Ferr-L-Tite. To remove the inserts, simply apply gentle heat to the tip of a field point and, using a pair of pliers, pull the insert out by the field point. I cut my carbons with a cutoff blade and a rotary tool held in a simple jig I made from scrap wood. I’ve heard the cutoff saw from Harbor Freight is excellent as well.

Good choice on the Bemans, by the way. They’re excellent shafts at a great price.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: sloppy release…help me… #9269

Smithhammer wrote: Without seeing your release, it’s really hard to give useful advice. But I know one thing that really helps me is hitting my anchor, and then holding and slowing down for a second or two, rather than releasing too quickly. And following through with my release hand to my rear shoulder. I’m, not sure why this helps, but it does. And again, this is just what works for me. Many paths, same destination.

Absolutely spot-on!

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: let go of my insert! #9249

Unfortumately, it depends on what glue was used to install them. With hot melt (like Fer-L-Tite) you can apply gentle heat to the tip of a field point (never the shaft itself) and remove the insert. With some types of epox or CA glue you’re either stuck with them or you may be able to pound them out, but that can lead to a lot of damage.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Bare shaft tuning #8550

It keeps the arrow from sliding down the string during the shot. If that happens you, the back of the arrow will bounce off the shelf giving the appearance of being nock high

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Bare shaft tuning #8158

Steve beat me to it. Add a second nock set below the arrow and I’ll bet you can tune away that nock high problem in no time.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Traditional Bowhunting Magazine #50463

TBMADMIN wrote: I think a lot of folks would be happy with a monthly magazine…some want it weekly! We publish every other month and I can’t imagine doubling that. I think the content and quality would suffer. So we’ll stay with every other month for the foreseeable future. That’s why the back issues are great. If you are like me I forget what I read six months ago.

I totally agree. I’d also add that I appreciate the fact that TBM publishes article, not informertials dressed up as hunting stories.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Steel Force Premiums #50165

I don’t have any experience with the heavier ones, but destroyed two or three 125-grain premiums shooting into a sheet of ethafoam several years ago.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Sight picture #48970

String blur is more of a left/right head position check than a sight reference. It works well with a vertically held bow, but not so much with a lot of canting.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Changes to bow from shooting three under #35832

While I think it’s nice that custom bowyers offer the option of tillering for three-under, it’s kind of a moot point. Back when archery was archery, Bear, Pearson and the likes turned out tens (if not hundreds) or thousands of bows per year. They weren’t custom tillered, and folks shot them just fine. As for myself, I’ve never had a problem shooting three-under with any recurve regardless of whether or not it was tillered specifically for it.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: hunting feathers #26770

I buy full length feathers and chop two 4″ parabolics from each. Those are by normal fletching except for small game arrow, where I use whatever I can find.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Nugent, redux #25085

Coyote,

Where he was hunting, a wounded bear (not necessarily mortally wounded) counts toward the hunter’s bag limit. He shot one, wounded it, and then killed another. There’s really no gray area here. He broke the law and admitted to it.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/NugentPlea.pdf

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Trad-Bow arrow speed & KE #23867

Moebow gave an excellent explanation as to the difference in Ke between compounds and stickbows. In answer to your question regarding your particular numbers, they seem about right to me for a bow drawn 28″ shooting around 10 grains per pound. Hunt with confidence; it sounds like you have a nice setup.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Going bananas… #21787

To be honest, I don’t think the fletching shape makes one bit of difference in accuracy. I’ve read a few long, protracted debates about it on message boards. But decades of competitive shooting and bowhunting makes me chalk those the topic up to one of many things that matter more on the internet than in the real world. If you like the looks of banana fletch, go for it. They do make for a cool looking arrow.

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Switching to carbon help #19429

PM sent again. 😉

[Jason Wesbrock]

in reply to: Switching to carbon help #17143

PM sent.

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