[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #131800

What a thing to meet today… :-))

 

Glad things were working for me….just in case…………..

Actually the little guy was only about 4″ long..Tail and all.

Made me think though, lizard out….snake out????

[Ralph]

in reply to: I'm back on the wagon (or is it off the wagon…) #131734

No habaneros ???

Those’ll get the fire started….

[Ralph]

in reply to: I'm back on the wagon (or is it off the wagon…) #131716

Hey Grumpy… Hurry and get well.

Glad your bow making working for ya……

An inch of snow eh?  That would be so welcome here.

The weather gurus are all excited about some t-storms tomorrow maybe. Man that would be so great.  We’ve only have had .25″ of moisture here since Oct 13th of last year.

We’re so dry, wildfires a common place.

I haven’t chased turkeys this year for fear of fires. T’aint no birds worth chancing gettin’ caught in a range fire.

Prayin’ for your health………………get well soon……….

 

[Ralph]

in reply to: I'm back on the wagon (or is it off the wagon…) #131696

Hey Preston……………..Glad you’re back on the ‘woody wagon’………A quiver full of ‘soul food’……………A longbow…….. a day of stumping… Not a bad deal at all……………Then comes the fall of the year and the hunt…………

 

 

 

[Ralph]

in reply to: Stump Shooting #131636

6’x6′ right?

:-))… some of us need a little help!

Cheap tennis balls and blunts are fun too……………….

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #131201

David,

We be worlds apart now eh?

One of four fires going the other day.  This one burned to the parking lots of the medical center west of town.

These range fire don’t leave much to stump shoot at.

Fortunately we’ve had no harm to humans yet this year.

We pray that it stays that way.. We have another bad day for fires forecast for tomorrow.

My wife and I were using our snow shovel yesterday to scoop up the dead grass we raked up out of the yard and load it in the wheelbarrow.

By the way, a snow shovel works good to scoop up dead leaf piles also.  :-))

 

[Ralph]

in reply to: carbon arrows #131198

Lots of choices and lots of fun.

Just go down the straight and arrow path.

I love wood shafts, I’ve been shooting them for nearly always. They’re simple to me, I get shafts five pounds heavier than the draw weight of the bow at my draw length, put 125 gr, sometimes 145 gr points on them, straighten and re-straighten and if necessary, straighten some more, build them and go on.

Works for me, simple to me but I worked out my formula years ago. It has been a good formula for folks for a long time.

People know that I hate to complicate simplicity……….

My carbons? I’ve kinda got them figured out, they shoot well, but there’s always that factor Steve mentioned, when there’s a jungle or a pile of rocks behind my goal to hit, the “what if I miss and lose or destroy” syndrome takes over sometimes.

I figure that most of the time if I have arrow problems it’s that thing that’s drawing the bow back and not the arrow that’s the problem.

Of course, being an archer in the Texas Panhandle, there’s always the wind to blame problems on.  Not me!!!!!

Your question, how to start.

There’s good info available but my experience with getting carbon arrows to work for me took a lot of diddling around and a bit of expense in buying different weight inserts and points.

They be not too forgiving of bad shooting habits, danged wind again…  ;-))

Good luck….

 

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #131071

Just a reminder folks that when hooking a generator into your home power system without going through a transfer switch or disconnecting in some means from the main power grid (be very careful!!!!!, probably best to get some knowledgeable help), back feed can be very deadly to those who are trying to restore the system.

When we were on storm breaks and heard a generator running we’d shut down and find the thing and make sure it was safe for us.

Generators don’t like it much either when back feeding the grid when we slapped a ground set on the lines for our protection from such.

I know most permanent generators are properly installed through a transfer switch but the portable type?????.

Back feed is for example: the transformer on the pole out back of your house that is possibly converting (example)12,000 volts on the high side from the lines to 240 volts on the low side to your house will also work the opposite way, put 240 volts into it on the low side and it will have 12,000 volts on the high side going down the lines..

I lost one of my journeymen electricians to back feed years ago and it still hurts. Back feed still scares the hell outta me.  Be safe and well,

Ralph

 

 

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #131061

Sad to hear about all the rough weather you guys having back east. Lots of folks suffering.

David, glad you were set up to cope with the problems.

Our weather rough here too, only in the opposite I guess.  We have, at the weather bureau, .01″ of moisture since Oct. 13th. Here at the house, nada.

It’s so dry….there’s been a few fires but nothing catastrophic like in years past…yet, pray not………..The worst fire season is yet to come….

We’ve delayed trad shoots at the archery range until we get some rain and that helps to alleviate  some of the fire danger.  It’s a big time fire hazard to drive vehicles on the tall, dead grass. We’re really leery even of running the tractor and mower on it right now for fear of a spark.

Be blessed and be well. Be careful also. I think a lot of people need to be staying close to high ground..

Ralph

[Ralph]

in reply to: Stump Shooting #130446

Does moss only grow on the north side of rocks? Just wonderin’ :-))

[Ralph]

in reply to: What are these Native American implements? #130379

That’s cool Critch.

I really enjoy looking for artifacts.

The craftsmanship of some is fantastic and the ingenuity of some of the tools they made is quite amazing. people don’t recognize tools quite often.

I found something awhile back that I haven’t figured out yet.  A talisman of some kind from a fossilized paw print turned to stone?

Not only has the stone been rounded the edges have been smoothed discus like.

 

[Ralph]

in reply to: Stump Shooting #130298

Sometimes we should look closer before we loose the arrow………..

[Ralph]

in reply to: Stump Shooting #130240

My 1st rule is “not here”…

I’m an “instinct shooter” so knowing a specific distance means naught to me.

That’s why stumping is such a valuable tool for my spot and stalk or just snoopin’ and oozin’ through the canyons and draws that I love to do. It let’s my hidden noggin do the thinkin’ instead of the one  that’s more wrong than right.  Subconscious :-))

Conscious :-((

I see it and I try to hit it.  Different angles, different shooting positions, etc.

The way the wind blows in this country, my brain just computes on it’s own what to do. I’ve figured out trying to consciously allow for windage, or distance for that matter, doesn’t work for me.

Arrows? My R2 dozens (woods mostly) that turn in to considerably less than 12 often turn into blunts.

I do have a few judo points but I don’t use them much. Blunts are much cheaper to destroy on rocks. I can shoot through the biggest, baddest yucca and there will be the tiniest baddest pebble behind it that massacres an arrow..

I’ve also shot into yuccas when there’s a strong crosswind using a judo, the judo hangs up and the crosswind has snapped my shaft.

I figure if I only lose or shorten a couple of arrows after a stumping journey at my lease I’m happy.

Our archery range is much friendlier to stumping arrows. Usually I just lose and not break there.

Have fun with it and hopefully you’ll bring all your arrow back but don’t bet the farm on it.

R2

[Ralph]

in reply to: How Much Straightness Is Needed For Wood Shafts? #130189

I use a “Shaft Tamer”, I think it’s called. I’ve had it so long I don’t remember for sure. Shhhh Steve>>>>>>>>>>>>

Works really well.

I’ve used a round bladed screwdriver and even the needle nose on my Leatherman before in a pinch.

Beer bottle works still? Been nearly 29 years since I handled a new one.

 

[Ralph]

in reply to: More deer killed with crossbow in Wisconsin than with vertical bows… #130134

Sorry mom… You slicked your email in whilst I was typing my response but fortunately I was attempting to get things back on track.

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