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in reply to: Neat little story #25821
I like the artwork on the bow. It always amazes me to see what people come up with to put on such a seemingly limited canvas.
in reply to: broadhead target #24786I have a big old block of foam I got from a furniture manufacturing sale. I guess it was for cushions. I’ve had it for about 8 years, and it’s getting pretty worn out. Not sure what I’ll use after that. Sand is nice if you can get a pile of it. But it disappears over time, and critters like to live in it.
in reply to: What is Traditional Archery? #24783ausjim wrote: [quote=David Petersen]These aren’t bad people, they are merely shallow-thinking slaves to the bidding of industry and industry’s paid media flunkies…
Stupid is evil.
Haha, I see what you did there 😆
Well Jim, I was going to make a comment about this quote too. You got to it first though… though I have to say I don’t see what he did. But I do have to wonder if being a shallow-thinking slave to the bidding of industry media flunkies isn’t bad, what the @#$%^ is?
Damn Dave, would you stop beating around the bush?
in reply to: A short rant about KE… #21273Sounds like we may have the beginning of a pissing contest here…:shock:
I don’t know what you boys are complaining about. I shoot my 42 grain arrows out of my 973 lb double cammed ultra avenger magnum patriot killer compound with stick-em-good technology and they fly good out to 200 yards.
Why just the other day I shot into a herd-o-deer at 160 yards and I’m sure I stuck one good, I just didn’t have the time to go see. No big deal, there’s always next time.
And as for cabela’s, I love their catalog. Where else could a serious bowhunter get all the accessories necessary to rig up his 4 wheeler to hold his stick-em-good compound is ready-to-shoot position and have it delivered fully assembled to his Cabela’s $10,000 guided ultra hunt of a lifetime drop camp?
You guys are way off.
in reply to: Anyone Have a Shaft Shooter? #21256Thanks Duncan. Our fine web mother sent me the article, which I am sure will help me make a good router bit arrow maker. I was just hoping to avoid having to make the tool.
I guess I am a decade too late. I know 3Rivers used to stock them, but no more. I checked ebay and none were offered. Oh well 😕
Etter1 wrote: I’m always surprised when people chunk a big deer neck. Both the meat on it, and all the marrow in the spinal collumn make for one heck of a good meal…
You are spot on! Neck stew is about as good as it gets. I think we have forgotten how good and good for you stews are.
They take a while to prepare, which may be why our fast food nation has lost the ability to make stews. I’m glad to know somebody else out there still takes the time 🙂
in reply to: Holy Moly! An uneven new bow. #20228Probably the best thing is to talk to the guy you got the bow from. If the tiller is truly off by an inch from even, that is probably too much. One of the limbs is probably having problems.
in reply to: Some people's thinkin' #19127All of this is yet just another example of the sad fact that humans have not adopted a land ethic, as Leopold observed nearly a century ago.
He also observed that it has taken us nearly 3000 years to recognize that it’s not right to have slaves or treat others as human chattel. At least we’ve gotten over that one, well mostly.
Problem is, The earth can’t wait another 3000 years for humans to get their heads right.
If you want to see what this sort of thinking does on a governmental level, come to NC. Our waco legislature just passed a law that not only repealed all state level clean air and water regulations, but prohibits counties and cities from making their own.
And I am sure that all this new “freedom from government” will really benefit us soon, as our governor (of the same unnamed party as the waco legislature and a vice president of duke “the dirtiest utility on the planet” power) has fired all the citizens and scientists from all the environmental and development boards and replaced them with lobbyists from the coal, oil, and fracking industries.
You think those little piggies had problems yesterday…
in reply to: Cold Shots #16920Your welcome!
in reply to: important science for hunters #13572Jim and Dave,
I’ve got a word that describes both of you… Toads! 😆
in reply to: Cold Shots #12406You are right to be worried about how your first arrow flies. In fact, I consider my practice session a success if the fist shot is where it needs to be, no matter what happens after that.
I allow myself one draw on the target and a let down. Then I take my first shot. If I don’t hit where I should, I spend the rest of the session trying to figure out why.
Cold stiff muscles are usually the problem. That’s why I draw and let down before I shoot. I do this in the woods too. Every 30 minutes to an hour, I discretely draw the bow and hold a few seconds.
I have found that it also helps to get into the mindset you need to be in when hunting. So I walk slowly to the target. Draw the bow slowly, and hold it for 5 or 10 seconds and then let down. Then I take a another pause and really focus on the target. Then I draw and shoot it like it’s a deer.
This really helps me make a good first shot. Sometimes, on my initial draw, after 5 seconds or so, I feel like I can hit the target, and so I go ahead and shoot. This works out about 75 percent of the time. But I should really go ahead and let down. Then go through the process of refocusing on the target and then shoot.
If I am really having trouble, I’ll make a day of first shots. I’ll go through the process just described and take a shot. Then leave and come back in an hour, and take another shot, and so on. This sometimes helps me identify a problem I may be having.
I hope this helps. I know how you feel about that first shot.
in reply to: Why I like bright fletches #12392Your thread title is “why I like bright fletches”. But you didn’t say why, so I am left to guess.
I’ll guess it’s because it makes the arrow look like a cross bow bolt?:D
BTW, looks like some sort of an orchid leaf at the base of the stump. Any idea what it is?
in reply to: important science for hunters #12386The thing I dwelled on for a few days was the toad song. That something can be competitive and cooperative at the same time is intriguing.
There aught to be a word for it. Maybe there is, and our word smiths can tell us what it is…
in reply to: Brace height changes affecting EFOC flight? #10220I don’t have an answer to your mystery, but I have seen the same thing.
I have had some strings that just keep creeping. Don’t know why. Replace the string, everything is fine.
I have had some bows that relax a bit after being strung. I would check the brace height when stringing the bow, and it would be up to 1/4 inch higher than what it would be after shooting the bow 10 times. The measurements were repeatable, so I just didn’t worry about it. Seems to me most bows do this at least a little bit.
But none of it has really been enough to mess up arrow flight. Maybe something needs to be tweaked on your bow to make it more forgiving. Like move the string nock set up a bit? Or increase the brace height a bit?
Or maybe the bow weight is too much. I find that if I am shooting a heavy bow, things go well for a while, but then fall apart as I get fatigued.
in reply to: My Schulz! #10216Thanks for the pictures! I like those small tips. It doesn’t seem like they should hold up, but they sure do.
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