[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Kidney Stones #36537

Thankfully I cannot feel your pain.

I know people who suffer from them though. From my dad who almost died from his, to a fellow I stump with all the time who treats his repeated stones like just another headache.

I know there are geographical, food, sex, and genetic correlations. Can’t do much about the last two, but maybe changing something about the first two might help?

Good luck, and drink lots of water!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Stumpin' #36530

Stumping is by far my favorite way to spend time shooting. I never thought about taking pictures of my quarry though…

Maybe I’ll start! I remember this awesome 12 pt, I mean oz mountain-do can that almost got away,… but didn’t.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Target backstop #30647

I googled “celotex” and got a superfund cleanup site, a brownfield cleanup site, a mesothelioma lawsuit and an asbestus warning.

What the heck kind of insulation is it?

Incidentally, I tried the backstop cloth that kustom king sells and it didn’t even slow down my arrows. I sent it back.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Accuracy #24118

Not knowing what you define as the kill zone, I have to just go by what I think of as a kill zone, which is about a 3 inch circle. Keeping 9 out of 10 arrows in a 3 inch circle at 30 yds is quite a feat. Salute!

We also have to guess at how you are aiming. If you are using some sort of split vision or gap shooting method, then the 15/30 yd correlation is not surprising as for most setups, your arrow will be in the same place at those distances. At 15 yds it’s going up, at 30 yds it’s coming down…

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: English Longbow #15154

I was waiting for some more information on the difference between the straight limbed and recurved longbows. He made a big deal about having that special one built, and then we never heard just how much better it was. maybe it wasn’t.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Spalted Maple Bow #12912

Nice group too! 8 bows in a few months is a lot of bows…

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: unstringing necessary? #10694

I thought you were a rifle man. Glad to see you’re getting more serious about your bow. TR would be proud. Welcome.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Bowmaking tools – the bare minimum #9540

What? What? The story stopped just as he was getting going. He called his work a bow, but I think he was making a form. Where’s the rest of the story?

That Japanese rasp looks interesting. I’ll have to check that out.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Fastest production recurve?? #8356

What J Said. He beat me to it. If you read Blacky’s reports, you will notice that a lot of the bows that claim to be the fastest, are really quite average.

And for me, it’s not the speed number that’s so important as the efficiency number. This number tells you what percentage of the energy you put into the bow, actually comes out.

In my experience, the more efficient the bow, the quieter, more forgiving and better shooting a bow is.

Although I’ve never owned one, bob lee’s come up a lot as efficient fast bows.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Matter of Balance #63713

The balance took care of itself (as evidenced by the fact that he could walk away from it…). What was really amazing to me was the strength and firmness of grip. Any tremors would have toppled the thing.

How did they keep the air on the stage from moving with all the lights?

That dude’s handshake could probably pinch your arm off.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Armguards #47127

I forgot my custom made armguard in Hawaii this year. Not worth shipping it back, so it now rides on the arm of a local.

I too have left the house without my bow. It’s happened twice and is a recent development. And I hunted the entire week in CO this year without my knife or game bags. Not that I ended up needing them. They spent the week warm and dry in the tent.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Armguards #45954

I’m not a big fan of arm guards for all the reasons mentioned above. But I recently purchased the buffalo leather arm guard from 3Rivers.

It has 3 loops and 3 hooks to affix it to your arm. I like to have the smallest arm guard I can get away with. So I cut it down so that now I have 2 arm guards. 1 has a single loop and is only about 2 inches wide. The other has 2 loops and is 4 inches wide. I use the 4 inch one, but may switch to the 2 inch one, knowing exactly where the string from my low brace height long bow tends to bite me.

Anyway, the buffalo leather is very supple, but not flimsily. And it seems to have a good coefficient of friction to keep it where I put it. This summer we’ll see how hot it is…

Dave – put that extra knife in your backpack and forget about it man!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Ohio making a big mistake,possibly… #43549

If it’s anything like NC, you don’t stand much of a chance. The insurance companies want the deer dead. Fewer deer means fewer insurance claims, which means more profit.

They converted the last week of bow season here to black powder, which made the black powder season 2 weeks long in the prime of the rut.

They are passing rules now that anyone who owns 1 acre or more can kill deer without permit for depredation all year long.

The chairman of our Wildlife Commission said in an open meeting that he wished every elk and deer was dead.

Last year the changed the budget process so that hunting license sales go into the general fund instead of directly into the Wildlife Resource fund. Now the WRC budget can get cut every year, and the remaining funds can go to help subsidize fracking and sludge spreading over wild lands.

So don’t worry Ohio, no matter how bad you get, you will never catch up to NC!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Moose (Not Chocolate)… #40071

I’ve bear hunted and moose hunted in Quebec. I managed to get a 54″ moose with about 20 points I think, I’ll have to go check…

The area we were hunting in (south east) had a 2 for 1 rule. Meaning 2 people bought a license, only 1 got to shoot a moose. Some area’s of Quebec have a 4 to 1 rule. I don’t know if any area’s are 1 to 1. So that may be why he said there was a 50% success rate. Only 1 in 2 guys is allowed to shoot…

The rut in the Southern Part of Quebec is toward the later part of September. So if you go in the beginning of September, you will be in the pre rut time. The archery season was during the rut where we were hunting, which was nice.

I’ve also hunted in Newfoundland for Caribou. Which you can’t do anymore. But that would be my next choice for Moose. They have more moose than anywhere (smaller though) and the people are a real joy.

I flew there for my caribou trip, but I would drive for Moose. Too much meat not to drive.

If I am remembering correctly, licenses are over the counter and there is not much management going on. A lot of the moose in Quebec come from the US where there is better management. The farther north you go, the fewer moose you’ll see.

I say check out Newfoundland before making up your mind…

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What are your favorite trad pictures? #39305

Well, not really too archery related other than I was going out when the neighbors came over… This is my little sweetheart. She kissed me once and said we were married. Now she’s a few years older and won’t give me the time of day:(

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