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      People are forgetting the sheer joy of launching an arrow at something on the next hillside just to see if you can hit it.

      I’ll have to try that!  It sounds rather like trying to hit the broad side of a barn…. Hitting the hillside, that is!  :>)

      ~Kees~

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        I’ll have to try both suggestions.  I haven’t put string silencers on it, will get right on that tonight yet.

        Again, thank you both for helping!

        ~Kees~

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          in reply to: Fun Rounds #158599

          Actually, I’m just happy to hit the plate….   :>)

          ~Kees~

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              Thank you, gentlemen.  The self bow has rather heavy limbs, both wide and thick so I imagine that is the problem.  The grip is also different which may compound it.  I suspect my brain is also loose in its case….

              ~Kees~

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                in reply to: Stump Shooting #158078

                Ohio has a NO TARGET SHOOTING ON PUBLIC GROUND law.  I found out recently that this includes stumping.  I’ve been blithely ignorant of that and have shot many stumps in the woods behind our village.  I imagine that the next time I went out to do so there would be several dozen LEOs coming down on me out of the bushes….

                ~Kees~

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                  in reply to: Fun Rounds #158075

                  I suggest that, having a small aiming point on the paper plate is more “real” than just having the plate blank.  When picking a spot on an animal, we look for a s-m-a-l-l one, not a 9″ paper plate.  Training to shoot at the smaller aiming point and ignoring the rest of the plate helps keep us focused on where we want the arrow to hit; the plate just shows if we are in the kill zone.

                  ~Kees~

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                    So Dennis, how is the back healing up?  Hope the Dr. is satisfied.

                    ~Kees~

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                      I need to get some fluorescent fingernail polish to put on my self-nocks!

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                        I was in the Navy when I first saw a Herter’s catalog, and actually ordered some stuff from it.  Later I was in Minnesota and made several trips to their store in Waseca.  The descriptions were over the top but made for fun reading and dreaming!

                        ~Kees~

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                          in reply to: Passing #155367

                          I knew him on another forum.  Sad to hear, thank you for letting us know!

                          ~Kees~

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                            in reply to: Block targets #150675

                            And I buy feed sacks at the (what else?) feed store and fill them with plastic bags, bubble wrap, plastic shipping envelopes etc.  Fill them tightly, then either staple or sew the end closed, mark an aiming point (I use black Duck Tape) or two and you’re good to go.  When it is shot to pieces it goes into the plastic bag recycling at Walmart and I fill the next one with all the plastic material I have been saving in the garage.

                            ~Kees~

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                              No photos, but look at Don’s photo of how the rear leg comes through the front one.  Then, instead of holding on to the rear leg so it doesn’t slip out of the slit (in the front leg) run a short stick through the rear leg so if it does slip back the stick will keep it from coming out of the slit in the front leg.

                              Clear as mud?

                              ~Kees~

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                                Ufta, that hurts!  A friend went through the same thing a number of years ago, but they didn’t find it until the tumor was the size of an orange.  It has NOT been easy for him since it had obviously been there for a long time so removing it did some major damage to his brain.  I am glad to see that you are going to have the surgery now, before Dr. Thomas’s tumor gets any bigger.  I’ll keep you in my prayers!

                                ~Kees~

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                                  in reply to: Longbow Selection #142126

                                  I also shoot a Bear, the 50# Montana, and it does well for me.  I think it all depends on how much you are able to afford.

                                  ~Kees~

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