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in reply to: Questions on tradtiional archery #22480

Another reason for tapering the last 12″ or so is that it suffers less paradox and recovers from release errors faster.

Can’t prove it, but I taper all mine – even my stump and bunny arrows. I did six dozen this past winter. Something to do cold nights.

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in reply to: New Traditional Archery #7839

A caution on the release. Jerking your hand back is as bad as collapsing on the release. I anchor and then use back tension to expand my chest and release in that motion. My hand moves very little and remains at anchor along my jaw. Not the Hollywood flourish some guys perform a second after the arrow is gone and they realize they were supposed to move something. 😉

One of my favorite archery books is Shooting the Bow by Larry C. Whiffen (1946). May be able to find it or have a library get it for you. Don’t believe anyone that tells you target techniques do not apply to bowhunting. It’s just a little dirrerent (closed) form but the basics work for both.

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in reply to: What Have You Lost That Is Driving You Insane? #53263

My passport. 🙄 It’s expired but it would make getting a new one easier.

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in reply to: straight feathers vs. helical #49923

I agree with Raghorn. Any difference between parabolic and shield would be minimal (I shoot both). The helica should improve flight with broadheads and I have never head of it hurting field/target points.

Used to was target arrows were straight fletch as helical robs some speed.

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in reply to: MA-2 heads #47953

Have you ever actually handled an MA-2 or MA-3 head? I was surprised how well made they actually are. Yes, they are a soft steel (Rockwell 44C maybe?) but they only have to cut for 12″ or 18″ and their job is done and they can be touched up easily with a file. What has concerned me more is the seam goes right down the middle of the blade. This, however, makes them a great cantidate for a single bevel.

Don’t use them myself but would if that is what I had. I still have a hoard of RibTec heads I use for medium to small game and when they give out I may be checking out the DEL-MA heads.

Currently I like Stos. Have been toying with the idea of putting together a dozen 1950’s broadheads for use with a couple of my older bows. One of those “no hurry” projects.

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in reply to: FASHION SHOW #45621

Somedays I go solids.

Some days I go plaids.

But often I go camo.

And sometimes a mixture.

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in reply to: How do you draw? #44306

I’m the third shooter. Straight arm, feet shoulder width apart. Relatively upright but I lower my head a bit to get my eye over the arrow.

I also practice push-pull, snap shooting and shooting whild kneeling or twisting at the waist. You have to be flexible when bow hunting.

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in reply to: Out of Place Critters #34457

I met this guy on my 20 acres.

Turns out a few years before a local game farm had imported several Fallow Deer with out the proper permits and had a fence malfunction before the DEC showed up to haul off the illegal aliens.

Knew it wasn’t a whitetail – and we have enough problem with invasive species. It was impounded and checked for rabies and tuberculosis (who knew?) and I got the meat and rack, but not the rest of the head. Several still unaccounted for.

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in reply to: Cleaning a recurve bow #34419

Goo Gone is good stuff.

But I usually use cigarette lighter fluid (napthalene). Removes most glues and adhesives without hurting the finish.

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in reply to: poll on release #34415

Split.

When I started if someone shot three under they accused him of string walking and it was decried as an evil and demonic “aiming” method.

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in reply to: broadhead #24654

There are lots of good broadheads available today. You don’t mention your prey, arrow choice, draw weight – or glue-on vs. screw in. Two viceless broadheads I have come to rely on for whitetails are the 135 Gr Stos and the 125 Gr Magnus II. The Stos has a penetration advantage but the Magnus II is easier to sharpen. I shoot 30-1/2″ BOP Douglas fir shafts, tapered to 5/16″ over the last 12″, making 600 to 640 gr total weight arrows, launched from 50 to 60# bows (the Magnus II in the lighter bows) and either will exit a 200# whitetail leaving two nice holes.

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in reply to: Difference between low and high quality bow #17816

The difference between a high and low quality bow is about $1,400.

85% cosmetic and 15% performance.

The difference between a new and used bow is one arrow released.

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in reply to: Bows on the Big Screen #14490

And this is the BEST archery short film ever. The Wilhelm Brothers.

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in reply to: Bows on the Big Screen #14483

Another vote for War of the Arrows. We should all know how to do these things . . .

http://youtu.be/yhzkf06cHZY

Torque the bowstring 90° to shoot half circles. Who knew?

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in reply to: Favorite AMO for hunting? #60977

My favorite recurve bow is 62″. Have been using a 58″ and tried a 56″ but the finger pinch is making my release suffer and I’m inconsistant. Haven’t given up on the 56″ yet, but I sure question my decision not to when I go back to either of the longer recurves.

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