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in reply to: High desert stumping #40762

This is the area northwest of Albuquerque, NM. We’ve had a wet summer and a pretty good amount of snow but this area must have missed most of the moisture. I like coming out here and trying to hunt barbary sheep that is if I can find them

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in reply to: Longbow speed #35363

My 68″ D/R longbow 52.03 lbs @ 28″

Here’s the Force Draw curve and chrono data for the bow. 525 gr arrow at 182 fps at 28″ 52.03lbs at 28″

Here are some more numbers from different arrow weights. 52.03 lbs @ 28″

672 gr arrow @ 161 fps

476 gr arrow @ 189 fps

388 gr arrow @ 203 fps

6gr/lb at 30″ = 225fps

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in reply to: High desert stumping #35247

Here’s a cowboy cabin way back in. Made with stone.

The old stove buried in the rubble

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in reply to: DR ED ASHBY NEW BOOK #24740

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience Ed.I’m reading a bit each evening and letting it soak in.

Galen

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in reply to: Grand daughter's canarywood longbow #44902

Steve Graf wrote: Sweet! Good retirement hobby. Just make sure to keep it a hobby…

Thanks Steve I keep it fun

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in reply to: Grand daughter's canarywood longbow #44043

Yes I’ve been working on it in my spare time. Just retired so hope to do more of these

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in reply to: New bow project Limb blew :( #49750

😕 🙁 😡 Dang the veneer appears to have sheared under load. Not sure but it looks like the actionwood pulled apart at a joint. Even the glass pulled apart. Glad it happened to me and not the young man it was for. It never gave me a hint that it was failing.

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in reply to: Caroline & David Petersen #34536

Prayers for God’s comfort and strength. Every good and perfect gift is from the Father of Truth. Caroline was a precious gift.

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in reply to: Electronic predator caller build along #49868

Hope to get out this weekend and try for cougar and coyote.

Yes it’s my takedown longbow limb form.

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in reply to: Out scouting for 2012 bear hunt #22491

doug krueger I’m in mid New Mexico.

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in reply to: My new bow for this year (added chrono numbers) #15342

Thanks to a friend I got to shoot this through a chronograph. The bow ends up at 55# at 28″ with a 7 1/4″ brace height. Shot with fingers at my 28″ draw.

588 gr arrow-10.7 gr/lb = 174 fps

512 gr arrow-9.3 gr/lb = 184 fps

430 gr arrow-7.8 gr/lb = 202 fps

Going to try different brace heights to see how that affects things. I’m having trouble shooting over everything with the 588 gr arrow so I’m putting together a 650 +/- grain arrow to see if that matches my mental computer.

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in reply to: catching my shirt? #14756

I occasionally have trouble hitting my shirt on my bow arm side if my shirt is loose fitting or there’s a wind at my back. I try to keep an open stance ie bow arm foot pointing outside of the target slightly.

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in reply to: My new bow for this year (added chrono numbers) #12958

I use this t-nut in the limb

And this is a rough sketch showing how I did it on a reverse mounted limb. I do the drilling while the riser is still in a block with only the limb pads cut. I use a drilling guide to center the hole starting with a 5/16″ from the pad side the turn it over and use a larger bit to drill in from the belly side. I use a brass adapter that has 5/16″ threads in the inside and a course thread on the outside. the large hole is smaller than the outside diameter of the adapter. I put a layer of smoothon in the hole than start screwing the adapter in. I screw in a 5/16″ bolt from the pad side as I screw the adapter in so that its straight. Once the epoxy is cured I drill out the adapter with a 5/16″ bit to get a snug fit on the limb bolt. Have thought about making a fancy plug for the holes but never get around to it.

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in reply to: Can't help myself (I'm building again) #10545

Love the lines of your bows Troy

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in reply to: New T/D Recurve #10543

Dang that’s nice.:D

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