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in reply to: Every year about this time…. #10276
😆 been there many times. now i use ruberbands! works much better than shaving and i can still wear shorts without getting weird looks.
Just stretch a rubber band between your fingers with ver little tension. then slide the broadhead across the ruberband and if it cuts ever millimeter you move it with very light pressure its ready to hunt with. if it will do that to a rubber band it will shave as well.
in reply to: Practicing the "Cold Shot" #56615i like how you have a trail wore down to and from the targets. It shows you practice often. Thats what its all about. Great pics and a great reminder to all of us the practice as often as we can.
in reply to: attaching glue on broadheads #55459nope sharpening wont change the alignment at all. mount them, spin check them, sharpen them, and take them in the woods.
in reply to: Straight Fletching Clamps #55453You mention that she is going to use them for hunting. For that reason I would recommend staying with a helical fletch. Fletching may only need to “stabilize” the arrow in flight with a field tip. But with a broadhead you need the fletching to spin and take control of the arrow. if it can the broadhead will “plane” and throw her arrows off. I think making her “lord of the rings” arrows would be awesome, but if they are going to hunt I’d keep them helical or at the minimum a heavy offset.
in reply to: A first harvest… #53298Great job and congrats!
in reply to: making carbons heavy #47151Jason, I have exactly 740 grains in my new setup and 440 of that is in the head 😉 Check out the Tuffheads: http://www.tuffhead.com/broadheads/tuffhead%20main.html
Like I said earlier, I dropped from an 11.2 gpi 340 shaft to a 9.5 gpi 300 shaft to use the Tuffheads because the old ones were too heavy/weak spined. If you’re interested in Ashby stuff, have a look in the Friends of FOC forum, lots of info in there :D[/
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Thanks for that info. I new about tuff heads but did not know they make a 300 grain. Thanks again.
in reply to: making carbons heavy #46610jpcarlson wrote: You boys need to read Doc Ashby’s studies about FOC. Heavier overall shaft weight isn’t nearly as advantageous as adding that weight up front!
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Great study! read it many times. but in order to get a 740 grain carbon arrow without shaft weight (rope) you would need to find a 300 grain glue on head. not an option that I know of. currently use a goldtip 33/55 shaft, 100grain brass insert, 100 grain steel broadhead adapter, 140 grain magnus head, 150 grains of rope. gives me 740 overall. no rope gives me 600 grains, a great weight but I want heavier for my own personal reasons. if magnus or similar style glue on head becomes available in a 300 grain glue on and it doesn’t end up being too much foc I will for sure go that route. but you are most definitely correct that more FOC weight the better.
in reply to: bear hunt with great footage #44172ausjim wrote: Hey, I’ve got a question and please know I’m not having a go at you, I’m just from another world where treestands are kind of unheard of, so I don’t really know anything about them. If you’re getting footage like you did from the ground blind why do you hunt from a tree stand? Is it for the shot angle or something?
Pardon my ignorance, this video just kind of sparked that question in my head. There is some good footage in there by the way.
Excellent question! Etter pointed out great reasons.
I like to be as close as possible when hunting and on the bear hunt i was on i knew (from past hunts) that soem of the baits they establish dont have any good trees with good cover within the 18 yard range i want to be for bears. So i always bring a double bull groundblind with me incase there are not suitable trees as close as i want. That was how this bait was. no option for a good tree with good cover that would work with the current wind direction. So i set up the ground blind.
in reply to: NON-Snap on nocks for carbons #38287I cant offer much help on the nocks. But you mention a “string maker” so i thought I would extend on the comment above about reserving. researving a bow string cost only pennies, takes only 5 minutes, and you can customize the thickness with different serving thickness and how tight you wrap it. so it might be an easier solution. all you need is a serving jig (just a couple bucks) and serving of your choice. plenty of videos on youtube about how to do it. Its very easy to do and learn. you might even be able to tell your string maker you dont wnat serving on your strings and they might give you a dollar off or something as well.
in reply to: cover your fletchings? #38228The only animals that i have hunted that notice my flourecent yellow feathers and dip is turkeys and coyotes. It seems in the last couple years i have been using these arrows those 2 critters spot me more in a tree and i think its beacuse of my arrows.
for rain days go to walmart or whereever and get those little rubber bands that girls use in thier hair when they make braids (they are small like an o-ring) and wrap a peice of seran wrap around your fletching and put the little rubber band to hold it. keeps your arrows dry in the quiver. when you are ready to shoot just pull the seran wrap off and dont worry about the little rubber band it wont affect anything.
in reply to: kme sharpener #38216automotive sandpaper! before you buy a sharpener try walmart 400 grit auto sandpaper. lay the sandpaper on something flat and backstroke just like you would a stone. once you get a bur on one side flip to other side until bur is on that side. the flip back to other side to even out the edge. then strop on a peice of leather or old pair of jeans streched tight. cheap, easy, works great for knives and broadheads. only thing i have used as a sharpener for many years.
in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #38175a tried, true, used and abused esee 4 that is with me all the time in the woods.
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in reply to: Quality, yet affordable knife suggestions? #38166Esee knives are amazing and about 100 bucks give or take a few bucks. Becker knives (made by kabar) are great knives and under 100 bucks.
In my option for fixed blad knives that are going to be used as tools for everything from animal work to wilderness work nothing beats 1095 carbon steel knives. easy to sharpen, not brittle, are reliable and dependable. again esee and becker are great in this catagory as is ontario knives rat line. for folders benchmade has the best lock with its axis lock and are grat folders. actually i think benchmade folders are the best quality for the price in folders. Now keep in mind I am not knocking other knives out there. These are just my opinions. my main go to knives i use is a esee izula in my pocket everyday, at home, in the woods, and at work. A esee 4 in my pack or on my belt when in the woods. a becker bk2 for a camp knife to handle all camp chores.
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