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in reply to: Silencer Mystery…? #50792
It’s not hard to tie them in between the string bundles. That would help keep the silencers in place.
In fact, I don’t tie my silencers in place, But I use wool from my wife’s yarn.
Normally cat whiskers break off as they wear. So look for that to indicate a problem. As well as wear to the string around the silencer.
If you have access to wool yarn, it is a much cheaper solution that is more natural (if a bit less effective) and lasts a lot longer in my opinion.
in reply to: Bear T/D parts #485863Rivers sells a kit for the latch. about $30.00 I think…
in reply to: Starting Some New Ones #46382Looking good! Must be that time of year… I’ve got a bow going too. It will have bamboo on the back, and osage through the rest of the limb. This will be my first glass bow with osage in it…
Keep the pictures coming!
in reply to: looking for suggestions/help, bowfishing #35921There are several bowfishing gear suppliers you can find on the internet.
3Rivers has fishing stuff, but you will find a better selection on other sites… Just google bowfishing and see what comes up.
I use a long bow for bowfishing and it works fine. I use an AMS retriever reel, and I just screwed it to the riser (home made bow, so I don’t care)… But if I had it to do again, which I do I guess, I might go for one of those old fashioned hand wrap deals. They weigh less, and are simpler… But nothing beats the AMS reel for easy retrieval.
in reply to: burning off hen feathers #35914It’s hard to say for sure… but I might lean towards a too stiff arrow. One sure sign of a too stiff arrow is to hear a “click” as the arrow passes the shelf and the back of it bangs against the shelf. Even if you don’t hear this, it could be just a bit too stiff, causing the hen feather to rub on the shelf.
If you use a heavier point on your arrow by say, at least 50 grains, you may see the feather wear go away… And your arrow flight improve a bit.
in reply to: Tips fpr a Beginning Bowyer #23136The problem is, the question you ask is kind of like “what is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?” Unfortunately in this case, the answer isn’t 42.
Best thing to do is get a piece of wood and start shaving. You have read a book, which is enough. Once you shave up a stave and make a bow, you will be ready to read another book.
The only general advice I can give you, is be ready for the frustration. Making a self bow can be frustrating. But the more you do it, the more you will like it.
I always recommend Dean Torgues book “hunting the osage bow” It has a lot of good info, is much more fun to read than the bowyers bibles, and is inspiring.
Good Luck!
in reply to: Recurve Limb Tip Accessories #23122Not sure of the point of this thread, but…
Instead of felt pads, I have found that wrapping yarn around the end of the string serves the same purpose and is neater / cleaner in the long run. The pads move and slip and leave sticky stuff all over the end of the limb and string.
The yarn just works, and is free if your wife knits. Use the thickest yarn you can get.
in reply to: New TBM, question for Don Thomas #23116SteveMcD wrote: One of my New Year’s resolutions is going to be to start writing these show sponsors, and let them know I will lobby hard against their products, if they keep supporting these shows.
Root of a good idea Steve… But I think it is not likely to work, as this advertising generates great revenue for the sponsor companies. But maybe it is possible to alter the content / spirit of the shows.
I think we can all agree that the spirit and content of the old Fred Bear Video’s was good. So it is possible to make a show with redeeming qualities.
Maybe contacting the sponsors and suggesting that they support shows that promote woodsmanship, sportsmanship, etc would be a positive way to get the point across.
A lot (not all…) of the people doing these shows are good people. But they are trapped by the same thing that traps us all. Money. They have deadlines, and bills that need to be paid… They want to put out a product that will be watched. So if enough people express the concerns you are expressing, maybe they will adjust the content of their shows…
I would join you in your resolution, except for 1 thing… I don’t watch these shows cause we don’t have a TV 😯
Well, actually we do, but it is hooked up to a DVD player only. Netflix rules.
in reply to: How do you get these amazing hunts #20798I have hunted most of the US and Canada, and I have to say that I get the most thrill from hunting the deer in my back yard. I am guilty of the “expensive outfitter” experience, but I have to say I liked it 😯 .
My current adventure is to harvest a deer with equipment that I have made myself off of my property (my only exception will be the broadhead as we don’t have good rock). I am collecting materials now… I have sinew from the deer I have harvested. I have fish skins and bladders from the fish in my pond ready to boil into glue, I have osage seeds from an uncle in Kansas ready to go in this spring… I have squirrel skins for strings… Not a fast adventure to be sure. I may speed it up by trying Sicamore or some other whitewood. Or Juniper…
Point is, there are many ways to have hunting adventures. If you have the bug to travel and kill critters far and wide, well not much else will suffice. But if you are looking to broaden your hunting experiences and memories, look to improving your skills and making friends. These memories will stay fresh in your mind longer.
in reply to: when is hickory nc. trad. #19721Here’s the website for Carolina Traditional Archers. Keep an eye on it, or send an email to one of the folks there…
in reply to: Bowfishing for Gar #16454The river keeper… now that has a nice sound to it. Is that a state organization, or a volunteer group?
Plymouth, you are right. The river is beautiful, and prehistoric in feel.
in reply to: Bowfishing for Gar #14160The WRC doesn’t actually do the testing. They get some other NC agency to do it (I can look back and figure it out if you want). But the bottom line is, they test carp and catfish. Carp feeding at the top, catfish at the bottom of the water column. So they “estimate” what the game fish might be from these readings… Not real comforting…
We were fishing down near the coast off highway 64. I forget the name of the town, but there was a big paper plant right on the river. There were 3 branches of the river that came together there called “three sisters”. Paper plants are a big source of water pollution. There were no notices posted on the public dock we used to launch the boat. But when I looked at the WRC website, it has the same warning for all the rivers, kids and pregnant women – no consumption, everybody else – 1 meal every 30 days. No thanks, I’ll pass.
Gar are such long lived fish that they have many many seasons to get polluted. The bigger the fish, the older they are. The ones we took were between 11 and 15 lbs and I estimated they were all over 6 years old. I understand that they commonly live up to 30 years in the wild…
in reply to: Bowfishing for Gar #13035I went gar fishing on the Roanoke river this past spring. My boy shot several as did I.
Using a tin snip to open the skin and a fillet knife to remove the “backstraps” I was able to clean about 5 fish in less than an hour.
I had heard that gar is some of the best eating, and judging by the meat I can believe it. But before cooking it I did a little research on contamination.
Being that gar are at the top of the food chain, they tend to have exceedingly high concentrations of heavy metals and pcb’s. Up to a 1000 times the concentration of other fish tested in the same polluted waters.
So with a heavy heart, I tossed the fish in the woods.
in reply to: Changing broadhead weight #11821Nothing like trying it out to see if it will work…
You can take a piece of 12 gauge copper electric wire and wrap it around the end of your field point to bring it up to 160 grains. Just a few inches will do.
Then shoot it and see what happens.
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