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in reply to: Bare Shaft & Nock Point #48317
It’s sometimes hard to get rid of a nock high arrow flight. You might try going even higher than 1/2 inch and see if that helps. Probably won’t, but who knows.
Sometimes adding a nock set below the arrow can help.
Some bows just won’t give even nock travel. It’s usually the result of a lower limb that is too strong. If you’re bow has adjustable limbs, you might try backing off the lower limb a bit.
And finally, you can get a high nock tear if your arrow is really under spinned. Try reducing the point weight a lot and see what happens.
That’s all I have, other than to say a high nock travel is not the worst thing in the world. You can still get good arrow flight and broad head penetration.
in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #46927Do wood arrows get tired?
It is well known that self bows get tired. In the good old days, competitors would bring several bows to get them through a round. Hunters would sometimes not string their bow until they actually saw the deer coming.
I have noticed that when I shoot my wood arrows, I shoot an arrow well maybe 6 or 8 times. Then it starts wandering off the mark. I was thinking it was just me…
But then I started switching up arrows. I shoot an arrow till it starts to wander, then pick up a new arrow. It hits the mark for a while and then starts to wander and I pick up another arrow, and so on.
I can go back to the first arrow after 30 minutes or so and get a few more shoots out of it before it starts to wander.
By wander I mean miss the mark by 2 or 3 inches at 15 yards in what feels like a good shot.
Anyone else seen this?
in reply to: What do you do when you hit a bulls eye? #45101R2 wrote: https://youtu.be/3GwjfUFyY6M
zactly!
in reply to: Shipping a Bow ? #39916I don’t have much experience shipping bows. But the few I have shipped have travelled ok. All were shipped via USPS. In fact, I just shipped one yesterday….
I have used the 3 sided tubes that the post office provides. nesting one into the other to get the required length. Taping them together.
The one I shipped yesterday was a similar configuration only the two boxes were about 4 inches square by 4 ft long.
PVC sounds like a good idea, but it would definitely add a lot of weight.
Insurance is probably the best answer. Insure it for $10,000 and hope for the worst 😯
in reply to: What ya got goin? #39912Ain’t it grand to feed yourself grumpy? Good job to all!
R2 – what’d you do, hold the previous owner of that knife at bow point?
in reply to: What do you do when you hit a bulls eye? #39910The first one 😀
in reply to: Things That Might Bite #36017Despite how the snake probably feels about your story, I thought it was a hoot!
You fellow’s have the market cornered on venomous snakes, so I can see the merit in a little extra caution.
Sounds like the situation unfolded like a scene out of Kill Bill….
in reply to: Killing the future of hunting. #34779eidsvolling wrote: …I believe the cure for what ails bowhunting lies in two approaches, both of which I’m going to do something about:
1. Introducing adult acquaintances to the unique pleasures of shooting trad bows. If a hunter commits to using this tackle, a change in mindset and relationship to the natural world is almost inevitable, IMO.
2. Find a way to do the same with kids. Bend that twig at an early age.
Bravo! And I might add to the list to give them a copy of A Sand County Almanac too. That’s the first piece of “equipment” I give to people I have tutored in the great sport of traditional bowhunting.
in reply to: Need help with setup #33533My experience with velcro is that it doesn’t make a good rest. It wears out too fast.
I use a piece of of bear hear for the shelf, and a piece of an old damascus glove for the side plate.
A bear hear rest costs 5 or 6 bucks, but I can usually cut about 10 pieces out of it for the rest.
A thicker piece of leather will work for the shelf too.
in reply to: Need help with setup #32500I’m guessing you are shooting carbon arrows. I’m also guessing that the arrow spine is off a bit. You could try reducing or increasing point weight and see if that affects it.
Usually when I get a slap like you describe, the arrow is stiff. What is the spine of your arrow? What is the length?
in reply to: Killing the future of hunting. #31349It’s not a new problem. I guess I am getting numb to it as I don’t get worked up about it anymore. Each new instance just pecks at the joy of life a little bit.
And the answer to it is the same as the answer to most problems – money.
If the IBEF got it’s money from the Pittman-Robertson fund, and didn’t need to depend on corporate generosity, it might go differently.
If BHA (or another organization) took the lead and found a funding source for the IBEF and applied pressure to make them change, maybe it would help.
I know that Pittman-Robertson funds are used to pay for CWD testing of wild cervids around deer farms here in NC. Yet another example of private wealth and public risk. Wouldn’t it be great if it could be used to actually help get commercialism out of hunting?
in reply to: Added snakeskins to my 2015 hunting bow! #30232That is a bummer. But thanks for sharing.
I too had way too many snakes in the house in my youth. Bob Bader, who had been the director of herpetology at the zoo in DC was a neighbor and he kept me in snakes of the non-local kind. Together with my local snakes, I had quite the collection.
Gone, but not forgotten they are. As is Bob. He ran off to south east asia chasing a hottie and got himself killed. Which is ironic as he went to college, moved around a lot, and lost some of his hand roping cattle to avoid the war.
I retell his story that he freely told others in the hopes they would benefit from his foibles. I’m sure he wasn’t looking to finish the story in such an ironic way.
I haven’t thought about Bob in years. Thanks!
in reply to: Added snakeskins to my 2015 hunting bow! #29099Sorry for your loss… But you can’t just drop that tale without flushing out the story.
How does a black widow bite through the skin of a snake?
How do you know it was bitten?
in reply to: Added snakeskins to my 2015 hunting bow! #28097That be a prairie rattler? Very nice.
I’ve done a number of bows with snake skin, but it started getting expensive. I have some copper head skins I’ve been saving if I ever make a really good bow…
And I have tried the cloth look alike skins you can get from 3rivers and Kustom King. They work pretty well too.
Nice looking bow!
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