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in reply to: broadheads #23125
Sapcut wrote: But Bob, with Ace, is one person selling his broadhead WITHOUT any research close to the Ashby reports.
Bob Mayo is a broadhead manufacturer making a product with over 80 years of proven history behind it. I’ve personally used them to put several dozen big game animals in my freezer. I’ll take that over three or four uncontrolled shots into dead carcass any day.
in reply to: broadheads #23110Steve McD,
If I could reach through the computer screen and shake your hand, I would. I always found it ironic that using several decades of recreational bowhunting results to explain why our traditional bows are perfectly capable in a time when much higher powered compounds are the norm is acceptable, but using that same logic when it comes to our broadheads borders on unethical, irresponsible, or just being uneducated. I’ve never understood the double standard in that line of thought. Anyone could easily substitute “compound” and “recurve” for “single bevel” and “double bevel” in this dogma to make a case against traditional bows, but I’m guessing everyone here knows full well how effective our bows are at humanely taking big game animals. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it? Indeed.
My bowhunting experience isn’t exactly bound by little whitetails, or large ones for that matter. I’ve put normal arrows and normal broadheads completely through several dozen big game animals over the years, up to an including elk and bull moose. A pass through is a pass through, and if the only way for me to quantify an increase in penetration is by measuring how far my arrows burry in the dirt after going through an animal, I see no reason to change what I’m doing.
in reply to: Sometimes things get a little too good! #10898R2,
Congrats, but believe me, it loses its novelty rather quickly. Those are the times I really miss the old XX75s with the swaged nock ends. You had to hit those absolutely dead center to tube one. Far more often than not, you’d just blow off the nock and nick the end of the shaft. A few seconds with a swag tool, some Krazy Glue, and a new nock and you were back in business. In all the years I shot XX75s I only stuck them twice. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for carbons.
in reply to: Kenosha Bowmen Memorial Day Shoot! #59327Robin,
Back 20 or so years ago, carbon arrows were pultruded (all the fibers ran front to back). Since they weren’t strong enough for actual inserts, they used what was called outserts — kind of like a long, tapered and threaded cap that went over the end of the shaft. If they weren’t glued on just right, they had a habit of getting left in 3D targets.
in reply to: Bowfishing today #56504I see you’re using a Retriever and Safety Slides (excellent choices, BTW). What tips are you using?
in reply to: Bowfishing today #56367Nice shot! And since you mentioned it, yes, I’m formally begging for more photos. 😉
in reply to: Carbons for a 40#? #51924For 40# @ 28″ you’re really looking more around .600 in spine. That would put you into something like a Gold Tip 1535. Personally, I’d contact Big Jim about picking up a dozen Gold Tip 1535 blems. They’re inexpensive, tough, and should work out just fine.
in reply to: Kenosha Bowmen Memorial Day Shoot! #51903No arrow without inserts? I’ve never heard of that before. Either way, if I’m in town I’ll try to make it up there. I haven’t shot at Kenosha since the North-South Shootout back in ’93 or ’94. It was a heck of a nice club from what I recall.
in reply to: Carbon arrow shaft choice #49500Troy,
I really don’t think you could go wrong with either shaft. The Trad Only shafts are just relabeled Beman ICS Classics, which were simply Beman ICS Camo hunters with a wood grain finish. I’ve been shooting ICS shafts for about 11 years now and have nothing but great things to say about them.
Technically speaking, Easton now owns Beman (after many years of contracting Beman to make Easton’s all carbon shafts), but I believe most Easton carbon shafts are still manufactured at the Beman facilities. That’s why so many Easton and Beman carbon shafts have the exact same specifications – they’re the same thing with different labels. I wish I could help you with a direct comparison between the ICS and MFX shafts, but I’ve never shot the MFXs. But I’ve never heard anything but good reviews on them, so I think it would come down to which you like better. Both should do the job just fine
in reply to: Accuracy Questions #48747I agree with Steve regarding aluminum or carbon straightness. You show me an archer who can shoot the difference between .006 and .003 shafts and I’ll show you a person who should have an Olympic gold metal, or in the case of a compound shooter, win Vegas. Needless to say, it’s a complete non-issue for all but the upper hundredth of a percent of archers, and probably zero traditional shooters. One of the guys with whom I occasionally shoot and hunt has five IBO world championship titles with a recurve, and I highly doubt even he could shoot the difference. With respect to arrow weight, I can sure as heck tell the difference in 50 grains of weight even as close as 20 yards, and I’m not as good as my previously mentioned acquaintance.
Regarding which is more consistent, slightly weak or stiff, that depends on the individual shooter.
in reply to: Help with removing inserts from carbon arrows #43649Depending on how they were installed, it may not be possible to remove them without damaging the shafts. This is why I always use Ferr-L-Tite. A little gentle heat on the tip of a field point and they come right out.
in reply to: It's getting CLOSE! #39331I was up at our property yesterday and today doing some work and scouting for turkey season. While I found quite a bit of fresh sign, what I saw on the way home was even more interesting. I had to stop about a quarter mile from our place for a tom in full strut in the middle of the blacktop and a hen on the shoulder. I figured natural selection would have removed such a bird from the gene pool long before he reached maturity.
in reply to: Chek-Mate strings. #36280SBD is a string making company. I think it stands for “silent but deadly.” It’s not a type of string material like D97 or 450+.
in reply to: It's getting CLOSE! #35409It’s much the same on our Wisconsin property. The ticks and mosquitoes are heavy, and the gobblers are extremely active. Hopefully they’re still going strong by the first week in May.
in reply to: Chek-Mate strings. #34503Unfortunately, I can’t be of much help with respect to a suggestion for which string makers are best. The only person’s strings I trust on my bow are mine, so I don’t have any experience with anyone else’s. If you’re interested, making your own string is a very simple thing to learn. There are excellent books, videos, and even online tutorials on the subject.
With respect to skinny strings in general, I consider them somewhat in the same category as tiny fletching on hunting arrows — things I prefer not to use. I use 12 strands of D97 on every bow of mine that is built for modern strings. It gives me what I feel is a good balance of performance, quiet shooting, and durability.
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