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in reply to: which string? #41300
Endless strings are just fine. You can twist them up or down just like a Flemish. To be honest, I’ve found endless strings a lot more stable and less prone to creep, but that’s just me. It seems most everyone I know with a Flemish string is constantly messing with it to keep their brace height correct.
With respect to your bow, you’re probably going to want that brace height over 8″ with a Dacron string. Closer to 8 1/2″ is my guess. The string you got is too long, and the amount of twisting needed to get your brace height up 2″ is far more than you’d want in there. I’d get a new string an inch shorter than the one you have. It should put you in the ballpark, and you can twist it slightly from there.
in reply to: Compton Rendezvous #39637Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend this year. The only other rendezvous I’ve missed was the very first one, but my daughter and I will be in South Bend that weekend for the NFAA Great Lakes Outdoor Sectional tournament.
in reply to: Keeping the "hunt" in hunting #38501Steve,
That was a very good article. Thanks for sharing. It somewhat reminds me of one Roy Marlow wrote for TBM years ago.
in reply to: bow scale? #36602I have the same one in R2’s post. It works very well and should get you within a pound.
in reply to: P&Y changes mind #27954Clay,
I understand what you’re saying, but I believe things should be judged on their own merits, not based on hypothetical scenarios involving other things that may or may not come to fruition. Pope and Young is a private club, and apparently their membership has decided this issue for them. Since I’m not a member and have no interest in putting animals in their record book, what they do or do not allow is none of my business or concern anyway.
in reply to: P&Y changes mind #23687Joe: I think folks overestimate P&Y’s influence on legislation. While I have no doubt the rules they use for entry into their record book (which aren’t even binding on their own members aside from record book entries) are held as a legal baseline by some governmental agencies, I think that’s overwhelmingly the exception rather than the rule. Honestly, I’ve read and listened to more arguments about lighted nocks over the past few years than I can count. I still have yet to hear one good reason to ban them aside from hypothetical if-then scenarios.
On a side note, I won’t be at Compton this year. My daughter and I will be in South Bend that weekend for the NFAA outdoor sectionals.
Dave: I stand for plenty, but I refuse to wrap myself around someone else’s axle over every little thing. To me, life is too short for that.
in reply to: P&Y changes mind #23591I’m not the least bit concerned about it. Pope & Young is a private club and as such can include or exclude whatever they want from their record book. Unless I’m concerned about entering an animal into their book, it’s a moot point to me.
in reply to: Bowfishing string ?? #22524If you’re using a drum reel, just get some braided surveyors line from the hardware store. It’s tough, cheap and works very well.
in reply to: Iowa has a wolf! Oops, had a wolf. #7704I agree with Bruce. We’ve had the same thing happen here in IL with the same results. Kudos to the hunter for coming forward and the DNR for using a little common sense.
in reply to: carbon and foam core limbs #55580I’ve competed, hunted and taken game with everything from selfbows to carbon/foam limbs on metal risers. Some of them I build; most of them I bought. Here’s my take on it.
Carbon/foam limbs have been the gold standard in Olympic archery for the past few decades, long before they were ever on the radar of traditional bowyers. The average male Olympic shooter pulls over 50# and shoots arrows well over 210 fps. My personal target setup handles 5.5 gpp at my 32” draw length without so much as a hint of a problem. Most traditional bowyers will void their warranty if you shoot under 8 gpp; some 9 gpp. The carbon/foam limbs I shoot have no such restrictions. They’re durable enough to handle it.
Carbon/foam limbs are also substantially more stable than their wood/glass counterparts. As a result, it’s all but impossible to twist them—I’ve never heard of a set of Olympic carbon/foam limbs developing such a problem—and they are much for forgiving of torque. They are also impervious to changes in weather conditions. Whether it’s 90 and sunny in July, 40 and raining in April, or -20 in December, they will shoot exactly the same from shot to shot.
in reply to: When "friends" turn out to be enemies #47671Like Critch, when I read something so obviously slanted as this, I immediately consider the source.
in reply to: June July TBM #44525ausjim wrote: I just got to the back of the mag now. I thought Jason’s campfire philosopher piece shone a light on something we may not all be aware of, or perhaps don’t feel like it pertains to us as individuals. Everyone of us is an ambassador for hunting and for hunters. It’s up to us to make sure we are good ambassadors.
He made a great point about how being legally justified isn’t the same as doing the right thing, especially in regards to how our actions might be perceived by non-hunters. And how a little effort in that regard can go a long way.
Something for all of us to keep in mind eh?
Thanks, Jim. I appreciate the kind words.
in reply to: Hammer is Zappa! #40821Bruce,
I just wanted to thank you for the kind words in TBM. Much appreciated.
in reply to: Grouse Question #25383For a few years every time a friend of mine and I would hunt the back half of his acreage a ruffed grouse would find us and hang out for a while. He has photos of it on his boot, shoulder and arrow. The closest it ever got to me was a foot or two away next to me in a tree. Perhaps ot knew I was picturing it wrapped in bacon.
in reply to: Caroline & David Petersen #23180Godspeed.
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