[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: ARE YOU READY? #28399

Good luck with the freezer grumpy! We have two chest freezers in the basement.

Is it a frost free chest freezer? regular chest freezer? Upright?

Here’s a helpful hit for our newest member of the freezer club: Freezers are happiest when they are full. When the freezer is full, it will cycle less, which is good for the compressor unit. It will also hold its temperature better in case of a power outage. As you won’t likely fill the thing up right away, you can add containers of water (not full so they don’t split when freezing). As you add food to the freezer, you can remove the containers.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: PSE Black Mamba arrows #63002

While EFOC is best for penetration, a heavy arrow of normal foc is a close runner up.

Knowing how I like to muddy the waters, I’ll add a little mud now….

I have found that while EFOC arrows fly like darts, they don’t necessarily fly like arrows. What’s the difference you ask?

No matter how bad my release is, or how much torque I put on the grip, the EFOC arrow will fly straight. But straight where? Sometimes they go in very unexpected directions.

In short, their beautiful flight has the ability to mask problems, which makes it hard to solve them.

Why? I don’t know. But I will make an observation that might have something to do with it: As the mass of the arrow gets concentrated farther and farther forward, the paradox nodes must get much closer together and moved forward too.

In the extreme (where 100% of the mass is in the point, and the arrow is massless) the nodes would become one and would be way forward.

If you are unfamiliar with the nodes I speak of, google “easton tuning guide” and read it.

Easton says the direction an arrow travels in can be determined by drawing a line through the nodes. Just like looking down the sights of a gun. Continuing this analogy, long guns are easier to aim than pistols. Why? a large part of the reason is that the front sight and the back sight are much farther apart. The farther apart they are, the less error in aiming.

I wonder if the same principle doesn’t apply to arrows? The farther apart the nodes, the more stable the direction of flight as the arrow leaves the bow?

Just wondering out loud what it all means. It would be interesting to find out why, having the full knowledge of efoc available, guys like Byron Ferguson don’t shoot them.

There is no doubt that EFOC arrows fly farther and hit harder than normal FOC arrows. But do they shoot as accurately and as forgivingly as 15% EFOC arrows?

It would be interesting to see a study on that.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: T Downing's bull #51741

Nice!

My best harvest memories are of the kids helping me get deer out of the woods. There is nothing better than making it a family affair.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Scouting a new hunting spot #51658

Well then shoot that big boy for me! He’s probably a great, great, grandson of the wee little spike I was watching back then 😀

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Scouting a new hunting spot #44872

Looks Great!

The old noodle ain’t what it used to be, but I think I ran around that area when I lived near Fishkill back in the mid ’90’s. Could that be? Dang familiar.

I saw some little bucks back then. Thought I’d be hunting there, but got moved by the company before I could start. Beautiful state, NY.

I had a house in Rinecliff, up the hill from the train station as I recall.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: black-tail backpack hunt 2 #16992

Chipmonks Dancing in an open fire

Jack frost nipping at my nose

Hunting carrols being sung by the guys

And folks dressed up like eskimos….

Ah hem. I did the same thing on my “elk hunt”. tasty little buggers.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Hunting Camp Setup #42429

Just got back from “elk hunting”. No elk were seen, thus the quotation marks. We used a pop up camper too. I like it. I’ve done enough roughing it so that now it would take a really good reason to get me doing it anymore.

Didn’t take a picture of the camp, but here’s some I took along the way. we saw a bunch of moose. I called these moose in with my patented super-sexy-here-I-am-come-get-me-big-boy cow call.

Saw lots of deer, some pine martins, and a bear too….

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #28137

Good one Grumpy! Don’t forget to wash the dirt off your face….

Hammock seats are better….

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: My new baby #28079

My son was born Nov 2nd in ’98. I killed a nice 8 pointer on the 5th. But that’s a story for another time….

Congrats on the wee one! Don’t worry, you’ll get used to no sleep. It’s worth it.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Hammock Seat #28024

I like it. There is another thread somewhere on here started by Smithhammer I think…

I’ve seen a bunch and killed a few deer while in the seat. I think it breaks up your human form better than a stool. It may be pornographic, but it works! comfortable too.

As for setup, all you need is a tree. I’ve found that wrapping the strap multiple times around the tree before clipping together keeps it from sliding down on smaller trees.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: ARE YOU READY? #27988

Good luck Grumpy!

I don’t do anything to get ready. My gear is just like it was last year, and so I just grab it. Most of the time I just bring my bow and back quiver. If I get something, I go back to the house for my possibles bag with my gutting / dragging stuff in it.

If I’m in the national forest I take the possibles bag with me. It has a compass and a flash light in it.

Food? Nah. Survival gear? Nah.

I just got back from a week in the Arapahoe national forest in CO. Only lost a pound this time 🙁

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Snake skin #38346

You could do it yourself. It’s not hard.

If you are not interested in doing it yourself, most bowyers can do it. If it was me, I’d check with whoever made my bow first. Then spread the search after that.

I’m sure somebody will chime in here with some specific advise.

A google search would probably solve your problem tout suite

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #61192

Looks like fun Ralph, and congrats on taking the prizes. Too bad you couldn’t meet one o them rattlers. I hear fresh rattler makes mighty fine vittles.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Beach Bows #38500

I made nine of these bows this summer for kids. PVC sure makes a good kids bow. I ended up making a couple extra bows to leave at the house. Then when folks come to visit and their kids want to shoot, they can go home with a bow if they like it.

It always hurts a little to see a kid shoot and have fun and then go home empty handed knowing their parents probably won’t follow up. Now I can send them home fully equipped for mayhem 😯

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Beach Bows #63597

Well the beach was crazy hot and humid. I came out in the morning and evenings, but stayed under my rock during the day. Got a bunch of reading done, and had fun making bows with the nephews and a few other kids.

Continuing the long tradition of archery mischief started in the days of robin hood, we made bows where we shouldn’t have, painted them where we shouldn’t have, and shot them where we shouldn’t have. What fun!

After all was said and done, there was only minor damage to the fence 🙄 from a few missed shots. Each kid went home with a bow, a half dozen arrows, armguard and glove.

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