[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #41798

Thanks Patrick. I shoot about the same spine arrows with a 165 grn point and 29.5″ BOP. My longbow is but 55# at my 29 inch draw. I do taper the last 10 inches down to 5/16 though. Maybe that accounts for the difference. Of course, my arrows crono at over 753 fps.

Dave, the only drawback I have found to woodies is the extra work involved. If you want to call that a drawback.

And there is no doubt that a high FOC carbon arrow is hard to beat for penetration. But so far my wood arrow has passed through all the half dozen critters I have shot with them from possum to groundhog to grouse to deer.

It seems, for me anyway, that shooting wood arrows answers better the call of traditional bowhunting. My carbon arrows were just that: arrows. By contrast, my wood arrows add to the joy of hunting, and I find myself spending a lot more time holding them 😳

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #40593

Patrick,

What does “…Sound accordingly, of course” mean?

For myself, I am so deaf I can’t tell if they are more quiet than other shafts. And I can’t figure how you can shoot full length and get them to spine correctly… I draw 29″ and shoot 29.5″ shafts. If I went longer, I’d need a 100lb shaft for my 52lb bow…

Do tell! What is your draw length, Bow draw weight, arrow length, arrow diameter, point wt, and spine? (I feel some Dr. Seuss coming on…)

Does shooting your wood arrow make you feel fine?

Do you kill things in order to dine?

Do you walk?

Do you stalk?

Do you listen to them talk?

Why do you kill?

Is it just for the thrill?

or is there joy in the strife?

When your arrow takes a life?

Carbon or Wood?

Do you think you should?

Choose one or the other

To kill bambi’s mother?

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: I think a Dingo ate my Baby! #40576

A few years ago I was hunting in CO with a friend. He shot a nice buck with his bow and it lay down close to his tree stand. The shot was a little back so it was going to take some time for the buck to expire.

Then a pack of ‘yotes came and attacked the buck. It got up to fight them off. So having only two arrows left, he is presented with the conundrum of what to shoot, buck or ‘yote.

In the end, the buck actually fends off the ‘yotes and they run off. He then shot the buck again, which also ran off.

It ran under my stand a few hundred yards away and expired.

First I saw the other bucks in the bachelor group run by me.

Then I saw a pack of coyote’s run by me.

Then a nice buck runs up and tips over in front of me.

Hmmm… I think there must be a story here somewhere…

Since I am in possession of said buck, I end up dragging it back to the truck (gutted of course). On the way back, a doe crosses my path. I drop my drag line, raise my bow, and shoot the doe.

When I get back to the truck dragging a big buck and now a doe, I see my friend Andy leaning against the truck scratching his head.

He see’s me coming and does a double take. I say: “I had a good morning, how ’bout you?” He tells me his story which ends with: “And he ran off down that-a-way, and that deer looks like it could be his twin”

I insist I don’t know what he means. For a little while anyway. For my taunting and teasing, I got not a laugh. And not a thank-you for dragging his deer back to the truck either. Not till later anyway.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #38825

What’s your thesis about?

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #38023

Well hmmmm… Pretty arrows to be sure. But I am wondering, particularly in light of my own recent bad experience with less than bright fletching, whether your friend would prefer arrows more easy to see in flight…

Not criticizing, just trying to help. Those look like good arrows for a field archery tourney where you don’t want your competition to be able to use your arrow for a target point.

Black nock, blue feathers, hard to see against a moose.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: You dont see this every day #38014

That’s one sorry SOB. I didn’t think Canada produced such slobs.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: I think a Dingo ate my Baby! #37202

I got close enough to where I last saw him to see he wasn’t there. I didn’t want to push him. The arrow was covered with blood and smelled ok, I just wasn’t sure of the hit…

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: I think a Dingo ate my Baby! #36203

dog-fu-young, ‘yote pie, puppy fritters, yapper on toast…

I guess we’re a going to have to adapt 😀

What was the largest number of coyote’s in a single picture? Could you tell how many there were?

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Suggestions: History of Archery Books #36195

I have a copy autographed by Glen. Met him at trade shows a few times.

Read the book many years ago while I still had my head to the grindstone. I should probably read it again now that I have time to appreciate the words.

Just had a friend and teacher pass away. He was my age when we met 30 years ago, and now he is gone… Time, where does it go so fast and why is it in such a F$%^ing hurry?

Take time to read great stories, and to make great stories with your friends and your family!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Seats vs The Ground #35420

Nice!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #34756

dwcphoto wrote: You guys know your trees. We have a few chestnuts here. They grow for a couple of decades then the blight sets in. What sort of chestnut did you put in?

Dwc

They are called Dunstan Chestnuts. It is an American / Chinese hybrid developed by a Scientist named Dunstan. Been around since the ’50’s I think.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #34752

R2 wrote: Well Steve, the “treeologist” in me is curious, in regards to another recent thread, you did plant the variety that only drops it’s nuts in the morning didn’t you. 🙄

Yes’ser! They limit their droppings to the morning (something we have in common 😯 ) You can set your watch by it 🙄

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #34284

Old Chinese proverb say: “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time to plant a tree is today”

The trees will start to bare in less than 5 years, so say the experts 8)

I was thinking the dendrologists among us might be interested in the trees, but maybe therein lays the problem, no dendrologists among us… as goes the dendrologists, so goes the earth 😯

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Seats vs The Ground #34278

That would be the one.

While I like it, it does have some limitations. I have found that if I affix the hammock seat to a tree only 4 or 5 inches in diameter:

– it tends to want to slip down the tree. This can be fixed by wrapping the belt multiple times around the tree, or having a little branch to put the belt over.

– it wraps around me tightly and inhibits my movement and comfort.

These two issues are avoided with trees of larger diameter.

Other than that, I’ve no complaints.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #33523

Just got done planting 100 chestnut trees and installing the irrigation for them. Slap wore out.

I hope them deer appreciate this effort. At least enough so that one day, when these trees start to bare nuts, a deer will let me shoot it 🙄

If interested, I’ll post a picture, later. Whew!

[Author]

Posts