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in reply to: Totally new here… #161020

Welcome to the fire!  I look at some of the targets others shoot and ask myself “how do they do that?” Then I dig out my Traditional Bowhunter’s Handbook (available here: https://tradbow.com/product-category/books/) and realize I’m still doing the same stuff I was many years ago. But it’s all fun….

~Kees~

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in reply to: We Hear #161019

Well, that explains why I couldn’t find any posts about Zaaz!

Anyway, welcome Tony!  Hope you’re not shy.  Lots of good folks here although some don’t post as often as they could. I don’t consider myself in the “good folks” category, but I am certainly guilty of not being on here as much as I should be.

~Kees~

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in reply to: Hello! #161018

Hello Pat, and greeting from SE Ohio.  I haven’t been on here for a while and am trying to read all the posts I’ve missed so you may have answered this question elsewhere, but what bow did you end up going with?

~Kees~

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in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #161017

My little Ford Ranger has had rust issues since I bought it 12+ years ago.  Most of those on the body I have repaired, but the frame has had rust-through behind the cab.  I took the bed off and brought it to a welding shop where  they patched it up.  I spent the most of last week chipping, scraping and sanding rust.  Then a couple of coats of Rustoleum rusty metal primer followed by another couple of top coats of black and it looks pretty good.  If it lasts another 20 years I’ll be happy, since by then I probably won’t be driving anymore.  Since the bed is off I’ve prepped it and the back of the cab to put another coat of paint on.  It’s about time; the last time I painted the truck was 10 years ago.  I need to repair the rust under the bottoms of the doors  and sand the whole thing down again, then roll another layer or two of fresh paint on.

Hope all of you folks with physical problems (Raymond and  Aeronut come to mind) are doing better.  I wish you well!

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in reply to: Roving and stumping #160100

I’ve enjoyed stump shooting for many years, and continued doing it when we came to Ohio in 2006.  The rules here are that you can’t target shoot on public land except for at designated ranges and I assumed that was for firearms.  I found out a while back that it covers ANY shooting, guns, bows, slingshots….

~Kees~

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in reply to: Target “Shed” #159990

There is a part of the plywood sheet I made everything from, screwed on for a back.  Then there is an old sheet of plywood set up behind that to protect the siding on the house. I used to shoot away from the house, but there is an alley behind us and if/when I missed, the arrows ended up in the neighbors’ yard.  I haven’t had any words with them but decided it was better for peaceful relations to not possibly provoke them.

The side of the bales does better (for me, at least) at stopping arrows compared to shooting the edge.  I started doing this when i took an archery course while going to Portland Community College in Oregon.  The targets there were paper plates tucked under the wires of three hay bales set on edge.  I have yet to cut the string, and the arrows just slide over baling wire.  I use hay bales rather than straw as they are denser and stop arrows better.

~Kees~

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in reply to: Small game hunting, Ace Hex Head or The Hammer..? #159951

It sure did!  Boy, those guys were good.  I had to turn off the audio though; it was just too corny anymore.

~Kees~

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in reply to: Browning Backpacker I #159909

Yes sir, that was what i was asking about.  Glad it worked out so well.  You really should post a photo of it here, since the ones on TradRag are gone, as is the whole site….

Happy 4th of July, everyone!  Be safe out there.

~Kees~

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in reply to: Small game hunting, Ace Hex Head or The Hammer..? #159728

Whoa, that Nubbie Pate was one fascinating guy!  Thanks for adding some more to my knowledge.

~Kees~

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in reply to: Browning Backpacker I #159524

Looking good!  Check out Epifanes varnish (https://www.epifanes.com/page/clear-finishes).  It’s spendy, but supposed to be light years better than Helmsman.  I say that, while I also use the Helmsman….

Can’t wait to see what the final result is going to be.

Oh, and how has your small trailer worked out?  That was a slick looking little rig, for sure.

~Kees~

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in reply to: Browning Backpacker I #159198

What Scout said.  I also remember high praise for the Browning bows, “back in the day.”

~Kees~

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in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159197

Flung some arrows at the hay bale targets in the back yard.  I’m getting ready to build a shelter for them to keep the rain off.  Walked the dog & went to the doctor this morning; my iron level is back to where it’s supposed to be.  It had crashed after I gave my 5th pint of blood for 2021.

So what are the rest of you doing?

~Kees~

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in reply to: New bow ……………………… #159051

Here’s a link I found with some information on the Sabo:

https://leatherwall.bowsite.com/TF/lw/thread2.cfm?threadid=327381&CATEGORY=3

Super secret vibration dampers?  I make mine from my wife’s left over yarn, placed at the 1/4 from the top and 1/3 from the bottom points of the string.  It seems to work rather well.

~Kees~

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in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159050

I’ve been working, slowly, at getting the veggie garden ready for planting.  12 – 13 years ago I made 8, 3′ x 12′ raised beds, and year before last the wood was so rotten it was time to replace it.  I had made the original beds too close together to get the lawn mower between them so I decided to move the beds over on wider spacing.  I got 5 done year before last but ran out of oomph to do the other three.  The problem is that I have to remove the old wood, shovel the soil over so there is room to put the new frame, then once the frame is in place the soil has to be shoveled back into it.  And being on a wider spacing means that I have to shovel the soil further away to make room for each new frame.

Last year I only planted the 5 beds I had completed.  I finally made the 6th one day before yesterday.  Had to mow the lawn and do some other stuff today.  I wanted to get another bed made tomorrow but the weather is calling for 90% chance of rain starting at 2:00 tonight, running through Saturday and it doesn’t look good until Sunday.  The old time gardeners here have told me that it’s best to wait with planting until May 15 because of the chance of frost, so I have a little leeway with completing the new beds, if the weather holds off.  I will plant peas tonight yet as they can withstand a light frost.

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in reply to: Consistent arrow material to hunt with? #158763

I’m missing what the reason is for the shoe polish.  Does it go on as a beauty treatment, or to differentiate  it from the rest of the arrows in the quiver?  Inquiring minds need to know!

~Kees~

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