[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: REAL primitive bowhunting! #54334

Who’d a thunk. Ain’t the world full of good stuff? Great website!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Just playing the waiting game now #53176

Beautiful!

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in reply to: Ancient crafts #53169

Very interesting! But I find it hard to believe that the shovel would last longer digging, than it took to make it.

I thought it was going to be some sort of bowl for making food.

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in reply to: REAL primitive bowhunting! #52104

Yes but… Her legs are shaved silky smooth, her hair is perfectly combed in every scene. Her cloths are never wrinkled and always spottless…

I’m not complaining, I’m just saying… it seems a little too good to be true. If it is true, she is the girl I could ruin my life for 😳

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in reply to: Washer Weights? #46557

I don’t know a thing about the washers, but…

200 grains is a fairly modest weight. What about looking at the insert in your broadhead? I am sure you can get there by using steel inserts, which come in 75, 100, and 125 grain weights.

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in reply to: Dipping fail #45420

Or….

It seems to me that each new layer of lacquer melts with the last. I wonder if you could dip them again and “erase” the problem?

You could try one arrow and see what happens…

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in reply to: Retro Longbow arrows #43083

Did you say 6 1/2 in feathers? Did you cut them yourself?

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in reply to: UEFOC Fish arrow build? #40809

jpcarlson wrote: Steve,

Thanks for sharing your ideas and experience. I don’t know what kind of carp you have to shoot where you are, but the big boys we have out here in the Dakotas have given me troubles since boyhood with penetration…

Jans

Down here in the hot and humid south, they are mushy. Maybe your carp aren’t any harder… They are just frozen 😀

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in reply to: UEFOC Fish arrow build? #39423

Fish arrows are very heavy. Therefore making an UEFOC fish arrow is probably impractical.

Bowfishing is a slimy business. I just buy the cheap fiberglass arrows setup with points and don’t worry about it.

Carp are so mushy, the problem is not limited penetration, but passthroughs that require a lot of effort to get the arrow back through the fish so the line doesn’t have to be cut.

In fact, there are some tutorials on the internet for making penetration limiting stops for the arrow to keep it from going all the way through.

I’ve shot many gar with the old cheap fiber glass arrow and had no troubles at all. Now that’s a tough fish.

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in reply to: Making flemish twist strings #39408

Aside from the string, you will need a string jig.

There are tutorials on the internet explaining how to make a string jig. From those tutorials, you will learn how to size the string.

Or… you could save yourself some time and trouble and just order the string jig that 3Rivers sells. It comes with good instructions and will have you making strings in no time.

Making strings is, imho, one of the best ways to save a little money and get a better match to what you need than buying strings. After you’ve made 3 or 4 strings, you’ve paid for your supplies.

Don’t forget to buy serving. If you are going with B50, then I would suggest nylon serving. It comes in a variety of colors and lasts about as long as the B50.

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in reply to: String Leeches Vs. Beaver Balls #39397

I’m mostly deaf, so says my wife… But almost anything soft will work as a string silencer. Even a piece of soft leather will do a good job.

I second otter as a good silencer. From what I can tell, it seems like it might be close to the best.

But if cost is a consideration, string leaches are expensive for what they do. As are most of the rest of the commercial solutions.

I use scrap yarn from my wife’s pile of knitting supplies. I have found that synthetic yarns aren’t worth a hoot. But any natural fiber from sheep, goat, alpaca, etc will work great. And it is essentially free if it is left-overs.

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in reply to: Cut carbon shafts with flat file #38164

Nice!

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in reply to: tapered wood arrows #34398

Dave,

You can strengthen the self nocks. Once you have determined the orientation of the nock, but before you have cut them in… You can cut a slot 90 deg to the orientation of the nock that runs say 1/2 in deeper than the nock. Then glue insert a piece of osage wood or plastic, or antler that is the same width as the kerf you just cut. Let it cure. then cut your nocks in as usual. Your “composite” wings will be stronger. But they won’t be self nock’s anymore.

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in reply to: cracked limb? let's patch it #30995

I’ve wrapped cracks with sinew, but hadn’t thought of using raw hide like that. At the very least, it’s a better idea since raw hide is more plentiful than sinew.

I have found that hide is way more stretchable in one direction than the other. So I always try to make sure I align the “girth” direction of the hide with the direction I need it to stretch in. Like say when I use it for a grip on a bow…

So that fixes cracks on the back/side of the limb. Dean Torges has a nice fix-a-long for fixing cracks on the belly of a bow on his website. Between the two, a self bow aught to last forever.

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in reply to: Interesting article #30981

I thought the name of the group was: Backcountry HIKERS and Anglers? Although I think “hunters” flows more easily and sensibly when put next to “anglers”…

I don’t know what Dave’s going to do with all this attention 8)

Nice Article!

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