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in reply to: Questions about Arrow Dynamics shafts #21147
David Petersen wrote: Alex — …Has anyone here used these? Alas, they’re as black as my heart on a dark night…
I’ve used the Gold Tip Entrada shafts with a 50lb longbow and a 56lb recurve. These are the 600 spine arrows, and I am using 250 and 300 grain heads on them. Which seems crazy. But they fly well. I have not used them for hunting yet.
These shafts are about 5 grains per inch, and make a super efoc setup. I figure that’s why the low spine works on my bow weights. I expect the higher spine versions would probably be better in the end though…
in reply to: Steel Broadhead Adapters Bending #20136I didn’t start bending inserts till I started using high FOC arrows. So I can confirm that observation. And I have bent both 75 grain and 125 grain inserts. Oddly enough, the broadhead hasn’t been bent or damaged… Just the insert.
As far has oil tempering the steel goes, that would tend to soften it. The steel should be quenched rapidly to create the carbonized martensite crystalline structure. then the steel can be tempered in oil to relieve internal stresses and decrease brittleness. But all that is just crap without knowing the chemical makeup of the steel. Shooting in the dark, as they say.
I have had at least 1 arrow insert bend form simply shooting it into the ground (sorry mister squirrel 🙄 ). No rocks, no bones, no logs. Just dirt.
It is common practice to heat treat parts after machining though. So somehow, the manufacturer could be contacted to convey these problems. It should be an easy fix to get them batch treated after machining.
in reply to: Just finished new ERC longbow… #19046Very nice! There’s something about a nice long long bow. I’ve been stuck in the 68 inch range the last few years. let us know how it shoots!
in reply to: Video of my first attempt at a deer #19037I like the sound of the deer coming close. The sweetest sound ever… Of course the sound of the bow was good too!
in reply to: need some help #17946If nothing has changed with your bow setup and arrow, then the next thing to look at is form.
You might not be following through with your bow hand. As you shoot the arrow, you must maintain forward pressure on the grip. Push the arrow all the way to the target, as they say.
Another possibility is that you might be gripping the riser too tightly. Make sure you have a loose grip.
Another possibility is plucking the string when releasing. Make sure you have a good grip on the string, and a solid anchor. You may be crabbing the string with your release hand. This means your release hand is not relaxed. Try to make sure that your fingers have a deep grip on the string, and the rest of your hand/arm are relaxed.
The thing with traditional archery is that no matter how much you shoot, or how good you are, you must always be checking your form. It is human nature to get sloppy over time.
And no matter what, just have fun with it.
in reply to: My Deer Heart Recipe (or any game) #16808Not much meat in a deer heart. I would think it best to save up 3 or 4 and do a batch… Sounds like I’ve got something better to do with the hearts next year than just make mustard sandwiches! Thanks for the recipe 😀
in reply to: DVD ideas??? #16804I’ve been pretty disappointed by “adventure” video’s, save the fred bear series.
I haven’t tried some of the other oldies, but that would be my inclination.
I know you said you weren’t interested in instructional video’s, but “Hunting the Bamboo Backed Bow” is one I have watched many times. Dean Torges seems like he would be an interesting guy to get to know.
in reply to: Ancient canyon #16799What is a metate? Looks like petrified cow dung to me 😯
in reply to: First Piggy #15744skifrk wrote: Steve cool looking pig how was the weather for the hunt? When I went to Kauai in Aug. it was so hot I could not think about hunting in the jungle.
Down by the ocean it was hot. But the higher you go, the colder it got. The top of the mountain has snow on it most of the year. It didn’t get out of the 50’s at the altitude I was hunting.
in reply to: Ancient Edges #15723I would guess the Pleistocene looks a lot better from here, than it did from there. And I would continue to surmise that if a fellow from that period looked at how hard we work to use bows instead of guns, he’d have a low opinion of us pilgrims.
But where is the fun if we can’t romanticize some time and place? Who really cares what the truth is. What’s important is how it makes us feel, and how it helps us improve ourselves and place ourselves in the human story.
And as for the point. It was made by man for some purpose related to getting food. There is no further purpose built into it, and there is no further knowledge to be gained from it. Around here it takes only a few hours effort to find another like it. So I see no reason not to put it to task. It has no intrinsic value other than that which we attribute to it.
And as for the bow, well I just happen to have a piece of ERC in my shop that came from a tree no more than 100 yds from where the point was picked up. And just as Dave thought it would be appropriate to use a local bow to shoot a local point, I was thinking the same. In fact, the cane is local too, as are the turkey feathers. I guess if I was to take it all the way, I should use a squirrel skin string on the bow.
Now if only a deer would cooperate and make these fantasies anything but the dreams they are. I would surly thank that deer. My guess is that deer ain’t been born yet 😳
in reply to: Steel Broadhead Adapters Bending #14564Joe – I think you are onto something. It shouldn’t be too hard to get them hardened. I might even try that with some I have around. Shouldn’t be too hard. Unless the carbon content is just too low.
If you make some hardened ones, I’ll buy them from you. I would guess that if you targeted the same hardness as your broadheads, 52 rockwell? That will provide the strength without potential to break from brittleness.
in reply to: 3 arrow groups on the same target #14556You aren’t doing anything wrong, you are just getting started. I wouldn’t worry too much about where you hit till you get some more practice under your belt.
That said, I would suggest you move up to maybe 5 yards and practice at that distance till you are grouping well. Then move back a couple yards and start over. The left/right variation is probably just hand torque and follow through issues. Don’t grip the bow too tightly and push the bow to the target through the whole shot. The high shooting will go away with time. Just keep at it.
in reply to: First Piggy #14544Paleoman – we had a luau with relatives and friends and ate most of the thing up! Finished up with marshmallows around the campfire for the kids (and more beer for me 😀 ). We got 2 more big meals out of it after the luau. That’s enough pork for me for a while…
Duncan – yes, it’s the bear takedown I bought a couple years ago that delaminated and whacked me on the head. It is now equipped with Rose Oak Custom limbs and is behaving better. I bought a suitcase that holds the bow, my arrows, and all my gear. And so I can travel incognito…
in reply to: Steel Broadhead Adapters Bending #13546This latest was a 125 grain adapter. It was tight into the threads.
I like the one piece idea, but it won’t work for me. I have to take the broadheads off the arrow for travel. Can’t fit something that long onto my luggage.
I guess I’ll have to figure out some kind of bending test to see what’s going on. I have a feeling that the aluminum inserts are going to be stronger than the steel inserts. If that turns out to be true, maybe I can put some lead in the end of the aluminum insert to get the 125 grains I need…
in reply to: Ancient Edges #13533I found a pretty good point that is about 8000 years old, if the experts are to be believed…
I made a cane arrow with it and it hangs over my office door. I plan on one day taking it hunting.
Wouldn’t that be a big circle completed? Deep time as some put it. I wonder if the maker of that point pondered it’s possible future while he or she was chipping it out.
And if I do shoot it into a deer, will it be another 8000 years before another deer falls to it?
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