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in reply to: A few more photos. #43396

Nice looking place. What state are you in?

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in reply to: Sorry had to brag #37009

Congratulations! Why not share the good news with us? We of the stick and string clan gotta stick together.

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in reply to: My new and first longbow #36734

I guess this completes the circle for me. I started with a Ben Pearson fiberglass longbow when I was 12 y.o. then went to a recurve and then compounds. I have shot recurves since 1993 until this longbow, thus a complete circle.

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in reply to: Which Hoot? #35695

Thanks I appreciate the link.

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in reply to: Memorial Day Wishes #21988

Thanks to everyone who has made this nation great. Especially those who gave their lives for the cause.

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in reply to: Heavier broadheads #11923

jpchilton wrote: Homer,

Well Duh! I go through the 3 Rivers catalog all the time, but because I “knew” field points only came in 125 and 145 grain, never bothered to look at them. Thank you for the lesson in attention to detail; I have ordered some heavier field points.

Jim Chilton
Marshfield MO

I bought 300 grain field points and 300 grain Steel Force single edge broad heads from Kustom King a couple of weeks ago.

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in reply to: HUNTING PARTNERS #11901

My best hunting partners were my father and brother. We hunted together for over 40 years. Now my best partner is my 12 year old sun. He became a fanatical deer hunter over the last three years. When he was seven I bought him a kids Bear compound. He totally wore it out and when it came time to replace it, he wanted a recurve like mine. You know that broke my heart, NOT!!! We finally found him a PSE with a 25# draw weight and he is getting real accurate with it now. As soon as he can work his way up to a heavier bow he can’t deer hunt, but by that time he will have instinctive shooting down pat.

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in reply to: DIY Bow Stringer #64095

George Tsoukalas wrote: I add pieces of tissue paper until the nock grooves are exposed. Jawge

Jawge (I like that spelling)

I have added so much paper that you can’t believe it and the darn thing still won’t work.

Nick

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in reply to: DIY Bow Stringer #64092

Strait-Aero wrote: Swamprat…you can take a bowstringer with the leather cups and cut the top cup out, as I did to allow you to place the loop in the grooves. Works good:wink: and I hope you find what you need.

I may have to try that, but I plan to order one from 3 Rivers or Kustom King tonight.

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in reply to: DIY Bow Stringer #64088

David

I used to do that decades ago with an old fiberglass long bow and even my first Bear Kodiak. But this is a three piece take down and it has really thin limbs. I am afraid that it would cause limb twist from stringing it that way.

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in reply to: DIY Bow Stringer #63096

Thanks Robin, I will go look at the link now.

Nick

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in reply to: DIY Bow Stringer #63036

TBMADMIN wrote: Hi Swamprat. Have you tried the stringers that have a cup on one end and a rubber piece that goes on the limb? They are available through most every trad archery supplier. If anyone has instructions to make one of these I’d be interested in the plans for a Tip of the Week. 😆

Thanks for the reply. No I haven’t tried or even seen one of them before. I will have to see if I can find one.

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in reply to: recovering animals #39452

That is a good suggestion.

As to how many carry a compass in the age of the GPS. I hope everyone does, because batteries go dead and satellite reception is not always good, especially in wooded areas.

I carry a Silva Ranger on a lanyard around my neck 99.999% of the time and a backup conmpass in my survival kit. I actually forgot my compass yesterday and felt naked without it, even though I had the backup compass in my kit.

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in reply to: December 24th, 1958 #26620

Strait-Aero wrote: [quote=Dr. Ed Ashby]That was the day I took my first big game animal with a bow. It was a whitetail doe. Hard to believe that it was 52 years ago. It seems as though it has been only a short time.

Despite the many animals of a great many species that have passed before me since, that first bow killed deer remains one of the greatest hunting moments of my life. I shared that hunt with a much older bowhunter, James Hayes. James passed away what is now many winters ago, but he lives on in my heart each and every day.

Do a favor for yourself and someone else. Take a youngster bowhunting. They will undoubtedly pester you to death but the they will remember you forever.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Ed

I was 9 at the time…..

I was born two days later.

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