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in reply to: long shots #47508

An interesting aside – I like to read the old archery articles and books. One fairly well know bowhunter related how he had to return to camp after expending all 12 arrows that he had in his back quiver on one buck at a distance I wouldn’t attempt with my flintlock rifle! Ethics are very subjective and somewhat fluid.

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in reply to: long shots #47495

One of the reasons I like traditional archery is because it is up close and personal. Here in the east I have no problem positioning myself where 10 to 20 yard shots are about all that is offerred. The cover tends to be where whitetail are during the daylight hours.

I have varmint hunted and distance shots still interest me and I have great respect for them. But arrows are slow and game moves. I believ 22 yards is the furthest I have ever attempted and collected a whitetail with a bow. Most are in the 12 to 18 yard range (I shoot as soon as that “magic” 18 yard/20 paces distance is met).

Then there are stumps. I take 80 yard shots on stumps because I love the way arrows fly and stumps are already dead.

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in reply to: Brace Height Reference List Anywhere? #46370

Rule of thumb is 1/8th of the AMO. This doesn’t work for freakishly long or short bows but is 90% bang on.

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in reply to: Cliff Zwickey Head #46367

Cliff Zwickey came up with that head in 1939. It’s a re-introduction of the first Zwickey. 😉

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in reply to: Cliff Zwickey Head #46215

dwcphoto wrote: Hi Folks,

Have you seen this head and would you consider it ethical? I wouldn’t go near this thing for deer. Any thoughts? thanks, d

While I don’t necessarily consider screw-in heads “unethical” I wouldn’t touch one either. No use for them.

Or did you mean because it is barbed? Not legal in NY but I don’t see much fault. I have not seen a tendency for any well sharpened broadhead to back out. Usually the shaft snaps and the head stays inside or falls to the ground on the far side of the hide.

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in reply to: Glove vs. tab #45186

I have hunted both and still much prefer the tab. But, it’s very much a matter of personal preference. I have been in hunting camps where you see the tabs flipped around on hunter’s hands while they cook and brush their teeth.

Even with a glove you have to take it off to pick your nose or wipe your . . . glasses.

If you look carefully in the above image you will see a Black Widow tab on the ground. I ALWAYS carry a spare tab. Luckily. 😉

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in reply to: old ben pearson bow #45177

Ben Pearson Soverign Golden Knights are very nice bows. As far as not costing that much new – I’ll buy all your Mercury dimes for 12¢ that you care to sell me.

Sure, old bows could have been through the mill. Caveat emptor. On the other hand, I am currently shooting a 1964+/- Red Wing Hunter twice daily and for the past three years hunted a 1966 Browning Explorer. I like the old bows. For $110 it’s a good risk. If it craps out buy another. You won’t find much new for under $800 that would touch the quality.

As far as I know no one has determined the age limit or number of shots that make the lifetime of a fiberglass laminated bow. They may live 50 years or 150 years. I find a great deal of satisfaction in keeping the old girls shooting.

Look at it this way: in the 1960’s Americans landed on the moon, flew the X-15 rocket plane and built the SR-71 Blackbird, still he fastest jet aircraft ever. What have we accomplished lately?

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in reply to: What if …? #31848

Reminds me of the local skwerls.

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in reply to: deadhead #28585

I don’t disagree. I like slim single blades like the Stos 130 gr as I figure my 50-55# bows and 520 to 620 grain arrows lack the impulse to drive larger or multi-blade heads reliably out the backside of game. Before that I used Magnus II and Ribtek 125S (slim) heads. I’m a fan of penetration . . . and placement. 😉

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in reply to: deadhead #27565

FOC will be fine with a wood arrow and better with a piddly little carbon.

A LOT of game was killed with Pearson Deadheads before the acronym “FOC” was ever mentioned. Metal ahead of wood = sufficient FOC for North American game. Same with Ace, Zwickey and a lot of other heads like Stos and Magnus. They work as long as the arrow flies well and moves swiftly enough.

I propose S.S.S. is every bit as relevent as F.O.C. – Sharp as possible, Stable flight so the arrow penetrates best and Sufficient energy to get the head out the far side of the quarry hunted. Everything in North America has been killed with a single well-placed arrow with heads no heavier than 145 grains on wood arrows.

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in reply to: Bob Lee Custom Bow question #26521

Ray Montoya wrote: Bob was one of the first ones to build a three piece longbow in the 80’s, and I should know cause I own 1 of 1, the first one Bob made.

Bob Lee made the Wing Presentation-II, the first three piece laminated glass recurve, in the 60’s. I have a 1965 (#470). 😉

Back to the original question – I have come down in draw weight from 65-70# bows to 50-55# bows and do much better. If you can work up to it that is great. But if not then being overbowed will cause all kinds of form problems. It’s a decision only you can make.

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in reply to: Any Boker Knife guys out there? #26518

Böker is still in Solingen. Not sure how old yours is.

http://www.boker.de/us/

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in reply to: deadhead #26414

It’s a heck of a head and I know of a couple bowhunters who still use them.

I’m not sure I’d go afield with one broadhead different than all the rest in my quiver. I guess if you practice with that arrow and find a target point through experimentation that matches it so you can practice well.

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in reply to: Trail cams #26376

I have a Primos Truth 55 that I just picked up when they went on sale in December. So far so good . . . just not capturing any bucks.

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in reply to: Spiral Flu Flu's problem #25319

tkohlhorst wrote: I have made a few arrows with the spiral fletching using contact cement and full length feathers for flu flu’s.

Try Duco cement ot Fletch-tite, or fletching tape. Never heard of using contact cement for fletching.

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