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in reply to: The anser to all our problems! #22009

archer38 wrote: Ok, ok… I can understand all the sarcasm and negativity here but let me ask ALL of you this ! Have you actually tried it or know someone who has ? Joke all you want but I have seen this unit work “first hand” and yes,it does work !!! I was as skeptical as all of you here at first, but Not any more.

I don’t think the sarcasm is about if this thing works or not; but more along the lines that a hand-grenade would also be a great deer killer.

[RI Swamp Yankee]

in reply to: Meat grinder blues #49120

For occasional use, I still find my old hand crank grinder sufficient. And it’s “traditional” 😉

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in reply to: A whole new take on ethics #26044

Okay, if you’re reading this forum you probably know what hunting is about, and that paying $100,000 to shoot a captive animal is in no way, shape or form “hunting” in the true sense of the word. It’s simply paying money to kill captive animals with big antlers.

The real sad part in my view, is that the animal rights groups and general press in this country often don’t make the distinction and throw us into the same cesspool with some of these idiots. I worry what will happen to real conservationists (thinking people who make decisions based on science) if the entire world gets divided up into two groups: PETA and Dollars for Antlers. 🙁

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in reply to: A true custom bow #56488

“Custom” means different things to different people. Custom can mean being able to specify what wood, bow length, weight, tiller and maybe handle shape you want; in which case there are a bunch of bowyers out there who would be able to accomodate your request. If you’re talking about messing with the basic design and geometry of a bow, then finding a bowyer to work with might be a bit of a challenge. It would help if you could be a little more specific about what degree of customization you’re talking about.

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in reply to: Personal Philosophies #44655

I simply enjoy getting back to basics in the woods with a simple stick and string without all the complications of the more “modern” equipment. That I find a recurve more effective and reliable than a compound is an added bonus.

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in reply to: Spine Coded Crest #33650

Yup, standard electronics color coding:

Black = 0

Brown = 1

Red = 2

Orange = 3

Yellow = 4

Green = 5

Blue = 6

Violet = 7

Grey = 8

White = 9

For old eyes like mine, I can tell which shaft is what spine without having to find my reading glasses first. 😀

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in reply to: string silencer placement #32038

The science suggests the harmonic nodes on a bowstring would be highest (most noise) at the 1/3 and 1/4 points; thus you hear a lot of suggestions to use either/or both of those points. I’d suggest that’s a good place to start, but there is no escaping the fact that you need to invest the time and effort to fine tune from those starting point locations. Nocking points, finger placement, serving size, yarn wraps etc all contribute to changing the location of those harmonic nodes. Just like with an arrow spine calculator, the science is a great place to start, but archery is more art than science in my opinion and the user needs to get involved (do the work).

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in reply to: Mechanical Broadheads #35780

I’ve had top of the line (all things being relative) mechanical broadheads bounce off of turkeys out of a 60# compound on multiple occasions. Sold them with the compound a couple of years ago and will never use them again. They fly great but what’s the point if they fail as offen as they work?

I’ve had good luck with Muzzy three blades in the past; no penetration problems on whitetails with a reasonably heavy aluminum arrow out of a 50# bow behind it. Currently I’m using 160gr glue-on Woodsmen Elites for the extra weight and the cut on contact design. I can get them sharper than the Muzzy’s too.

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in reply to: How to deal with mosquitoes? #61990

Same problem here in New England. Lost of rain a week ago combined with mid 80’s this weekend made for tons of skeeters in the woods all week. Themocell works great for sure. I don’t know about the no smell claim; it sure has quite a bit of odor to me; but it doesn’t really matter. You’re either down wind or busted anyway.

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in reply to: Woolrich….the warm camo. #61985

I still have my Red & Black plaid Woolrich from 1974! Funny thing though, it seems to have “strunk” a LOT over the years. Fits my wife just fine though and is still going strong!

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in reply to: A SLOW DETERIORATION #31904

Docs got it right. I’m just coming out of a horrible slump caused by overthinking the shot. I rarely attend 3D shoots because, well because I get bored to tears after about 6 targets; but for some reason I attended three or four in a row this summer. I found myself looking at the arrow tip and starting to gap shoot. By the end of August I couldn’t hit the side of the proverbial barn from the inside! A few sessions of close up, eyes closed shooting helped and I’m on my way to a full recovery from my near death brush with “gapitis”. 😉

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in reply to: Arrow rest question – need advice #31899

Goof Off and Barge cement are everything you need to play with arrow rests.

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in reply to: The anser to all our problems! #31891

How appropriate that Fox “News” was a sponsor on that ad 🙄

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in reply to: SBD bowstrings? #23224

It took me a couple of strings to find the right length for my PSAV Widow, but it was worth it. Very well made string. Only problem I’ve found with “skinny” strings is you can’t adjust them much without putting a whole lot of twists in them. With that, you have to get the length just right or you may end up shooting a skinny spring string with boatload of twists!

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in reply to: woodarrows #12300

Steve,
I understand all that. But the original question was about what spine arrow to use. I think actual arrow length has more to do with figuring that out than draw length.

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