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in reply to: What ya got goin? #36706

This morning. The eclipse went full but I didn’t get pic of that, too low on the horizon it was then.

I’m gonna shoot my bow later:D

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in reply to: Outdoor Backstops #36696

My blunts went right thru the green “cow clod”.:D

Not recommended material for backstops nor clout shoots.

Clobble shoot maybe???:roll:

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in reply to: Outdoor Backstops #36102

Wonder what one of the bone busting EFOC arras do the clobbers. Clobbers a back east term I guess:?

Kinda like dirt clods:?

If one made his target shelter look like a trash dumpster would the bears come? For taking picture purposes of course.

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in reply to: The most acurate bow #35725

Have to admit it was a good shot. More ways than one. 😀

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in reply to: turbulator variation? #35723

Doc Nock wrote:

Placement was important in front of the feathers, too…

Better check with Bruce to see which side of the feathers is best for placement. 😆

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in reply to: They come, they go…. #34558

Stix, I think he’s just using good tactics. What comes his way now will be something new. :wink::D

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in reply to: They come, they go…. #34470

I thought once upon a time that recurves were the “it” thing. I have 4 hanging on the wall.

Two I’d sell in a heartbeat, the other two????

One of them is like a 71-72 era 45# Bear Grizzly that is in mint condition, the other is somewhere around a 1958 Black Widow, 55#, metal riser, take down. I still have the original case for it too. The latter is too much bow for me.

But like Bruce, I 99.99% of the time shoot my longbows. Something about, ‘they just fit’.

Glad you made the call the way you did Bruce:D:D

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #34324

Ah Grumpy, Minnie has to be careful with both a coyote and bobcat knocking on her door every now and then.

Them boys!!! Grandsons we’ve been raising forever, 19, 18, 13 now. Girls, girls, for the two older ones, track, football and wrestling for the young’n. .

When they come back to archery at least I’ll have higher poundage bows for them and lighter for me. Kind of turn things around from the old days. :D:roll:

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in reply to: Mass produced hickory longbows? #33486

Took that picture at that spot as gesture of goodwill to you snowbound folks. 🙂

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in reply to: The Bow that Surprised You #33033

Age!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:roll:

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in reply to: The Bow that Surprised You #33013

Bruce if you would have referred to it as an “H-SL” bow, Doc & I would’ve known right? 😀

Doc, I didn’t know either. These young’ns!!!!!!!:wink:

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in reply to: Mass produced hickory longbows? #32929

Steve Graf wrote: See any piggies on that ranch? Seems like that bow likes ’em 😀

Nocturnal rascals and I can’t go into the river bottom where they spend the day. Not allowed to hunt in there.

I’m going to get some hog bait and give it a try this summer.

The pigs will probably have a real party at night then. Maybe I can find one with a hangover. Not too cranky though. P’od hogs worry me.

I don’t think hiding behind my hickory stick will help me much.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #32382

grumpy wrote: What is the mouse’s name?

Minnie!

I had to look real close to see that it was a girl. 😀

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in reply to: Mass produced hickory longbows? #32374

I decided to do some serious tuning on that hickory bow this afternoon, just to see what it’d do. It’s 45-50 #, depending on me:D.

I messed with brace height, nock set, different arrows.

I settled on some 40-45# 28″ wood arrows with 125 on the front (might work a bit better if I’d put some 145 gr. on them?). It has a shelf but not much so like shooting off one’s hand it works better with more limber arrows.

It would be sacrilegious to use anything but wood on a selfbow.

My last grouping at 17 paces. I moved the nock set up a 1/16″ and moved the last two arrows spot on. Two on the right.

This is a Rudder bow and it has a different rigging for using the stringer, an extra string grove at the top of the bow;

That works like a charm.

It’s no speed demon. Surprised me though at 20 yards I was hitting quite well.

This bow’s a hunk, 72″ long and solid wood.:lol:

I can hunt with it if I keep my shots in the 15 or so yard distance.

I need to take it to the ranch and go stumping just to see what’ll happen.

It still has some hand shock, it is just a solid piece of wood, but not near as bad as it was.

The old wounded palm of my bow hand does feel it though after an hour’s shooting session with it.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #32024

I was surprised the camera picked up that mouse in the middle of the last picture.

Thanks, I’ll be snooping around there Sat. I hope.

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