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in reply to: Hunting Help!?!?!?!? #15399
Times like this you need a hunting partner, your wife may even enjoy the trip. A partner would also reduce some of the costs and work should you be fortunate.
Good luck, Mark.
in reply to: Looking for a Take-Down Longbow/Hybrid… #12263I bought a used Stotler 3 pc. takedown last year from Len Busby at Traditional Archery Sales he had a good selection at around the $500 price.
Service was excellent, I have no connection just a satisfied customer.
Mark.
in reply to: Cover scent! #12257Hope the dogs ok, do you job and get quarantined that’s just not fare.
I hear the shots can make you feel rough for a few days so good luck with that.
Mark.
in reply to: A hunting widow's philosophy #60996I second that, congratulations.
in reply to: Aerial Target Thrower Ideas? #34263May be worth speaking to Laporte I think they have a franchise for these so that they can be hired out at fares, competitions or just for fun, don’t know what they do with units past their sell-by.
Alternatively you could arm a teenager with a box of frisbees.
in reply to: Aerial Target Thrower Ideas? #33857Laport have been making one for a while http://www.laporte.biz/en/archery-96.html
in reply to: broadheads #26157A while ago I tried to apply some maths and geometry to this subject that lead into areas of propeller design that quite honestly left me thinking even if I had paid more attention at school I still would not understand what I was reading.
There are so many variable in this argument that frankly say ‘no one size fits all’ if you have a combination that works for you use it.
A couple of conclusions I made for arrows of same mass and profile travelling at the same velocity were:
1. With straight fletching and single bevel, on soft tissue insufficient force is exerted on the bevel to generate rotation over 300 mm. of contact with soft tissue.
2. With helical fletching and single bevel, the rotation of the arrow in flight far exceeds any ‘predicted’ rotation of the broadhead in the target.
3. With straight fletching and double bevel, performance in soft tissue should in theory be almost identical to 1.
4. With helical fletching and double bevel, again results in theory as at 2.
5. Common finding terminal velocity of arrows with straight fletching will be higher thus retaining more kinetic energy, no suprise there and agrees with Doc Ashby.
6. Only variable being the profile of the broadhead and of that variable the only significant component being profile of the tip.
My conclusion is that the profile of the tip is what gives the single bevel an advantage on dense tissue such as cartilage and bone. So the bigger, stronger and tougher the beastie you are hunting the this will give an advantage so long as you put it in the thick stuff.
If I may add, a single bevel ‘tanto’ (hope that’s the right description) leading into a double bevel would be interesting to see.
That’s all I have to add, and no I did not save any of the data I generated.
in reply to: Fletching tips #26115Also worth getting The Traditional Bowhunters Handbook, TJ Conrads.
in reply to: Bullet casing to suit 5/16 wooden shafts #11561New tyre weights are often now made from a ‘non=toxic’ alternative and cant be melted in the same way as lead or so I’ve found.
I like lead shot as its easier to weigh, however I’ve not bought any for years as I have a small stock for reloading. Any gun shop that caters form reloaders or muzzle loaders should help and if you tell them you only need a mug full of shot, any size I’ll be surprised if they wont help.
Good idea to melt it in the case I just added some glue but melting will reduce volume.
in reply to: My wife's new bow needs a name… #8293How about ‘Diana’ after Diana the huntress always pictured in mythology with a bow, deer and hounds.
Mark.
in reply to: Bullet casing to suit 5/16 wooden shafts #8230Like Duncan I’ve only ever used .357, this leaves plenty of room for some lead shot to get the weight right and still have a good length of shaft inside the case with hot melt.
A while ago in TBM there was an article that showed a nut used to add weight behind a glued on case, I have never tried this but it was a good idea.
Mark.
in reply to: Hunting in the USA (Montana in particular)… #36268Friends of mine that fly to the US ensure that arrows don’t have a point mounted and all ‘sharps’ are packed neatly, they advise the airline before arrival that they have hunting gear and that they wish to declare this for customs purposes. On arrival at your destination go down the ‘red route’ and collect your hunting gear, very often customs personnel take a cursory glance and are satisfied that you have done more than the minimum required, also worth including a copy of any permits or invites you may have.
I don’t think this is at all strictly necessary but my experience is do more than the bare minimum and they will appreciate the effort don’t do enough and you could be held up for hours or even lose equipment.
I’ve been stopped at customs in Europe a few times, if my leatherman and knives are packed with my hunting gear no problem, if they are separate in the vehicle I have to show ‘good reason’ for possessing them, just another hoop to jump through.
The irony in all of this is that all the hunting gear I travel with is legal at home and freely available in the areas I’m visiting.
Good luck with you plans.
in reply to: Show and Tell #30201Functional, beautiful and quite an achievement what’s next.
Mark.
in reply to: Thanks, Dave! #28363Dave, just this morning I listened to a radio program about time and how man has tried to manage, measure and control it only to be controlled by it and I guess the same can be said about the internet.
Enjoy your release and I look forward to reading your ruminations and hunting stories in the future.
Don’t be a stranger, Mark.
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