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in reply to: Cold Weather Gloves #24136
paleoman wrote: You could try one of the shooters mittens – where the fingers part of the mitt velcro’s back on top of the mitt. Or one with the fingers cut off. Other than that I just keep my draw hand in my coat pocket and wait for the action:lol:
I currently have that mitt as my wool glove and its not working the greatest. I have even put a handwarmer in the mitt part in hopes that would keep them warm still no luck.
in reply to: Seat for ground hunting #24017Smithhammer wrote: etter –
The hammock seat is the best thing I’ve found for a lightweight, packable and easily adjustable tree seat, by far. I also find that I can rotate quite a bit in it. But if you find something better, I’d love to hear about it!
I am going to have to agree 100%….I saw the hammock seat on this thread last year and new I had to get one. It is absolutely incredible.
Before that I used a tripod seat that I got at Mills Fleet Farm. Adjustable height and 360 degrees and I want to say I purchased it for 20 dollars or so.
Hammock seat is my #1…..Tripod #2
in reply to: a duh moment… #44469Something that I use when hunting from the ground are skateboarding knee pads. They are so thick that kneeing is pretty darn comfortable. I have used the gardening knee pads but I am very happy with the upgrade to the bigger skateboarding knee pads. Something that I didn’t think I would ever use for hunting has came thru on a couple hunts of mine.
in reply to: New to Flu Flu Fletching #48594robbin68 wrote: Thanks for the feedback guys. I liked how simple the spiral wraps look to make but I don’t like the sounds of those arrows bouncing off hay bales. That’s definitely helpful to know before having problems in the woods. (Nothing worse than a real life wild goose chase:lol:)
You should still make an arrow or two, if you have a couple of shafts laying around. They are not hard to make and they are fun to play around with and you will also be able to see what kind of performance they have. Its a fun toy to have in the quiver.
in reply to: New to Flu Flu Fletching #46887Also I took several shots at a hay bail at 20 yards and watched the spiral flu flus bounce off the target 😉
in reply to: New to Flu Flu Fletching #46882I spent a good time last year playing with the spiral flu flus. I made several different arrows using 1,2,3 feathers sprial fletch just to see what the outcome would be, and a couple regular 3 and 4 Fletcher flu flus. I took them out pheasant hunting and I will say this I went back to the regular 4 Fletcher arrows due to the fact that the spirals would not travel as far but even with in 10 yards they lost all of the power behind them and I did not think it would be enough to take down any game at a distance greater than that. The sprials also wrecked my felt that I keep on my shelf of my bow. Yes the regular fletches flu flu would fly farther but kept its power longer and still would only fly a max of 50-60 yards. The sprials would go a max of 40-50 yards down to 30-35 yards depending on how many feathers I used. They look cool easy to make they fly great but far less power. Thats my two cents on the spirals….all and all I was let down by them but then again I never made contact with a bird to know what its full damage could do.
in reply to: string broke #56213Thats the thing that is puzzles me….I inspected and wax the entire string this past weekend, loops and all. I did not see any abnormal wear or fraying. Only 1 of the strings broke that make up my string too. It was very strange to me.
in reply to: Spring fever #56211I finally was able to find my target in the backyard the past weekend underneath all the snow. Started practicing and after loosing 3 arrows into the snow and breaking 2 more I decided that I was doing something wrong and went inside with my tail between my legs…..I got some major rust issues that will need to be taken care of soon
in reply to: reflex/deflex #50512two4hooking wrote: Better is subjective….I prefer the straight limbed bow despite the few feet per second they give up to R/D bows. I like my Hill styles “better”. 8)
I like where you are going with that all about personal preference!
in reply to: reflex/deflex #49428After what everyone is readings I think I understand it better so thanks everyone. I now will have to decide, when the time comes on what the next bow will be. I have always liked the way the reflex/deflex longbows look now I will have to figure out what bow will pick me 🙂
in reply to: reflex/deflex #48625I guess I should have made myself more clear. A longbow with reflex/deflex and a recurve style of riser is basically a recurve incognito.
I guess I need to buy 2 more bows then, 1 recurve and one reflex/deflex longbow then I will see the difference between them 🙂
in reply to: reflex/deflex #48531Thanks Doc and Dave!
I figured that the reflex/deflex shape was to be more like a recurve, to get more power and speed.
You both explained it very well! My mind has been blown thou, I am just thinking now at all the different designs we have for the two types of bows and how we make one to be like the other! I currently have a shorter longbow with a hybrid recurve riser. I love the way the bow shoots the way it feels. So with a hybrid reflex/deflex longbow would it be safe to say that this is a recurve bow with straight limbs?
in reply to: How do you draw? #41734I like it!
When I am out practicing standing X amount of yards away from the target I am focused on trying to get a good grouping. I wish I would bring my hunting seat with me to the range more for practicing my hunting shots thou. When I do practice I do try to explore many ways to draw the bow back, using the push pull method, holding the bow arm straight out and drawing back, changing my feet angles towards the target, etc. I do find myself after I nock an arrow that my bow arm is relativly stright pointing at the ground and as a draw back I am pushing with my bow arm and pulling the string to my anchor once I get to my anchor I will relax and a moment or two later I let’er rip.
in reply to: poll on release #30660I shoot 3 under mainly because split finger just feels so bizarre to me. I have tried different anchor points with the split finger and I feel like my hand is always in my face for some reason….obviously I am doing it wrong. When I shoot 3 under I use my pointer finger as my anchor point in my mouth so as far as it being any closer to my eye than someone shooting split finger and using the middle finger as an anchor is out of the question. I do not see the tip of my arrow and focus 100% on the target.
But as far as why I shoot…comfort it feels so much better to me
in reply to: Chain saw in a can #30651My 95 year old grandma used this before she passed. I think she got it at Big Lots for less than 30 dollars. She would go in the back yard and cut limbs off of trees all the time with it, even if the limb did not need to be taken down 🙂 I just use a folding saw blade, you can get closer to the trunk of the tree and not have to worry about the blade slipping out of the groove
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