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in reply to: Showdown of the Small Game Heads! #8697
J.Wesbrock wrote: The only problem I’ve ever had with bullet casings or regular steel blunts is they tend to skip and deflect easily….
By shooting a head that grabs, like a Hex Head or Judo, even if my shot wasn’t dead center the bird would be knocked dead on the spot….
My experience matches your own with regard to glancing shots. Not getting much opportunity to shoot grouse, I have not tried a bullet casing blunt on them. I started using field points and so far that’s worked best. I haven’t had one glance off yet, but I get just a few chances a year so results are limited.
Living in grouse country would be sweet!
I still wear a watch. As David does, when I’m in the woods I like to know about what time things happen.
I have found that deafness has many advantages. For one, I am now super quiet in the woods. I can slide through the crunchiest leaves like a shadow.
So far I’ve been able to avoid the frying pan 😀
in reply to: What ya got goin? #53572Grumpy,
I hate to be the one to tell you, but… Deer, turkey, bear, and kids are among those things that will likely never give you the respect you think you deserve. That’s how its been in my case anyway 😳
in reply to: Showdown of the Small Game Heads! #47111I found the hammer heads to be weak. The ace heads hold up best.
Better than any of them are 38 casings and a bit of lead to bring the casing up to your desired weight. Talk about cheap. You can buy a lifetime supply of casings for what 6 hammer heads cost (500 casings for $20.00).
I also have found that the arrows are less likely to break with a casing blunt. The blunt deforms and takes up the energy, saving the arrow. Also, no need to taper the front of the arrow.
Best blunts for 11/32 wood arrows is 38 casings, inho.
in reply to: Would you like some muktuk with that moose meat? #29716I read that article when it came out. I’m glad to hear it really. For a long time now the news has been about the moose range shrinking on the southern edge due to ticks, heat, bugs, whatever. At least their total range isn’t shrinking, yet, just moving north.
One climate model shows New York having the weather of Miami by the end of the century.
Not a lot of room for big mammals in a world like that. Unless they can wear bikini’s 😳
But no worries, the wise legislature of the Great State of NC passed a law a few years back outlawing climate change 🙄
in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #18551Anybody try the Norway Spruce Shafts available from Kustom King?
They are a might cheaper than other shafts seem to be.
From looking at the properties of the wood it seems to be a bit weaker than our native Sitka Spruce. What got me thinking about it was reading an old book written back in the ’20’s on building / shooting English Long Bows. The author, James Duff, was a famous bowyer in both Europe and the US.
Anyway, he was lamenting that since “the war”, Norway Spruce was no longer available in the states for arrows. He said it was better than anything else, and commenced to list all the usual suspect woods.
in reply to: ARROW SHAFTS DIAMETERS? #7682Calling 3Rivers would be your best bet. I think they are the ones that make it.
The ATA is just a trade organization.
There are ASTM standards for archery, which probably cover taper dimensions, but I doubt they cover taper tool design tolerances.
in reply to: ARROW SHAFTS DIAMETERS? #53034While I am a firm supporter of converting to the metric system, it seems odd to me to be mixing your imperial and metric dimensions here.
That said, here’s the conversion for the 5/16 diameter : 8.25mm = .3248 inches and 8.10mm = .3189 inches. The difference between these two diameters is .0059 inches.
Normal manufacturing tolerance is +/- 0.0025 thousandths. So if their manufacturing target was somewhere in the middle, the difference could be explained by one part being high and the other part being low.
5/16 = 0.3125 inches, which is less than either of the specified measured diameters. If the change in diameter was intentional, maybe the manufacturer got complaints about sloppy fit and off-center tapers. I know my taper tool is older and sloppy.
Measuring one tool won’t tell you anything about their production. You would need to measure many tools. Or….. Call them up and ask.
I got a woodchuck taper tool. Man that thing is sweet! But it cost a pretty penny….
in reply to: Window and arrowrest #41501Yes, the blue stuff. It seems that good enough wasn’t good enough, and so the last time I bought tape it had been “improved”. Had to toss that and go look hard to find the old style blue tape.
The newer styles may work, but they have printing on the back of the tape. I use the tape mainly in my bow building and so need to be able to write on it and have it readable. Hard to do with the tape covered by dumb-@$$ writing.
The new stuff will probably work for side plates too. Who knows. But the old stuff does for sure. Just use a scissors to cut out a square of the appropriate size and stick it on. It holds up surprisingly well.
It’s easy to play with thickness too as you can just add some more tape layers as you need to.
Holds up to rain pretty well too.
in reply to: 10 minutes to just kick back.. Enjoy #63907dwcphoto wrote: …For some reason I kinda felt like the old man in Soylent Green…
Thanks for the laugh. That’s a hoot! I needed a funny this morning after our deep freeze last night I have to go out and uncover the garden / chestnut trees and see what the damage is….
in reply to: repair or not #11549Cracks that run the length of the limb don’t cause structural problems. They are fairly common, especially in older bows. I don’t know of a way to repair something like that.
If it was me, I wouldn’t worry about it.
in reply to: What ya got goin? #8387I don’t know, I cannot say.
Is there a grinch in the pot?
Is he boiling away?
Will he taste like burnt socks?
Will he smell like a fox?
I don’t know I cannot say.
Is there a grinch in the pot?
Will you cook him all day?
One thing I can tell
You must cook him real well.
In the end we all know
There’s just one way to go.
You must wear your best duds
To eat your grinch and spuds.
in reply to: What ya got goin? #63914Why that looks like something Dr. Seuss would come up with. You could call it the “Cindy Loo Hoo Crazy Cooker for Two”
in reply to: repair or not #63874Need picture. your description is not enough.
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