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in reply to: Bart Schyler #21223
wahoo wrote: that’s a great article but if you google his name and look at the obit it somewhat states that it was not determent how he died ???? We don’t know if he died and was eaten or was killed and eaten ???
That is very true. I imagine that since he was alone in the Yukon the exact cause of death will remain a mystery. I meant to say something to that effect in my first post. Sorry.
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in reply to: Bart Schyler #20903I found this link to an article:
http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/mark-t-sullivan/2007/09/last-wild-man
Sounds like quite the guy.
Damon
in reply to: Speed: New vs Not So New #10059I have often wondered myself if there is a difference between bows made with new material and those made ‘back in the day’. It doesn’t seem that the materials have changed much, but maybe limb design has. I can say that bows that look to be designed exactly the same can shoot completely differently, in my experience.
in reply to: Braceheight Bear 48Magnum? #20978oops I forgot to add that I draw 28″. 29″ if I stretch really hard.
in reply to: Braceheight Bear 48Magnum? #20976They are nice in tight quarters like thick oak brush and stuff. I like my bow, but I have shot longer ones that feel much nicer. My uncle is a recurve guy from way back and also pretty tall and lanky, he feels the same way you do when he shoots my bow. But, you would have to be a beast to break it in two. 😉
Greatreearcher wrote: wow that is a small bow, these little bows always intrested me, how long is your draw length. I never wanted to try them because I am so tall and lanky, I am afraid that I will rip it apart?
in reply to: Braceheight Bear 48Magnum? #20972No offense taken, it’s always good get more than one set of eyes on something. I always thought that from 7.5 it shot pretty snappy. I guess some explanation of how I come by then number is in order. I bought the bow used and then bought a string for it. The string is about 48″ total length. If I remember right I kind of asked around and got the 7.5″ number. I did try to change it a little, but never to 9″ that seems a little high. I think maybe I will tweak it a little and try to see if can twist up the string to a 9+” brace, it would be interesting.
Thanks for the info. it is worth investigating,
DamonSteve Sr. wrote: The brace height on a Super 48 is normally around 9.5 inches (string to grip throat), give or take going by sound and vibration. Too slow? lower brace height. Too noisy? raise it.
Yellowfeather? Your brace height on a K Mag is 7.5 inches? That’s less than my 60 inch Super K (and my buddy’s four other 60 inch Super Ks) that runs 8-8.25 inches and at least an inch below the brace height the four Kodiak Mags another friend and I have had. Might want to play a bit?? No offense intended.
The CURRENT Bear archery leaves this pretty vague at “7-8” inches for ALL bows but most of ours are the 60s versions. I’ve yet to see ANY Bear mag, either length that shoots well with less than 9 inches. Ive shot the Super Mag bow with 9.5-10 inches that sounded and felt pretty good but never owned one.
NOT saying it’s not POSSIBLE, but it would be rare indeed. If you like it that way, then the mission is complete. I would be willing to wager that at 7.5 inches of brace height the bow would even register lower on a bow scale than the weight indicated on the riser.
Bear Archery bows have always had a fairly high brace height and built TO have one. I speak ONLY of Grayling, MI bows since all I buy for myself. I know when I buy a Super K, I just start with 8 inches and normally will go up a tad and that’s a 60 inch bow.
I’ll ask around. Im sure one of my buddies shows an ad or spec sheet on both.
God Bless!
Stevein reply to: Braceheight Bear 48Magnum? #11512My Bear Kodiak Magnum (52″ AMO) is braced at 7.5″ measured to the throat of the grip. It shoots good there from what I can tell.
Hope it helps and is not TOO redundant.D
in reply to: Another new member and a question already! #16625I found myself in a similar predicament almost 10 years ago. I am right handed and I had been shooting a bow right handed, a gun left handed, and am left eye dominant. I traded in my right handed bow for a lefty. The reason I just up and traded hands is because my shooting was pretty bad. I figured that if I traded hands to match my eyes it would get better. It did and I am fairly happy with the results.
I guess my advice would be that if you are happy with how you shoot and you have trained your eyes to work that way for a good many years there is no reason to swap. If you need to swap like I did then pick a cheaper low poundage bow to start with. I used a PSE Impala that drew 50lbs@28″. I probably should have started lower since it took me a while to be able to draw properly. The lower the weight the more you concentrate on form and not brute force.
Best of luck either way,
Damonin reply to: Cool Trad turkey video #41420Great video, thanks for making and posting it.
in reply to: hunting shows part 2 #41387dave19113 wrote:
I LOVE hunting with a recurve! I get close and more often that not, I go home with just a smile. Isnt that what its all about?
DYep, that’s why I like it.
in reply to: hunting shows part 2 #41382I have to agree with tex here. You pointed out a couple of the things that bug about the shows. I _have_ seen a few hunters that aren’t hootin and hollerin when they kill something though.
johnny2 you come across as awfully angry with the whole situation. My opinion on the affect these shows are going to have on non-hunters is that they make good amunition for them. But, that with or without these shows as ‘evidence’ they are going to be against hunting – heck they may even be against eating meat and live plants in general.
As for the moment of the kill (or miss) being deeply personal – it definitely is. I am the who pulled the trigger, so to speak, and killed the animal. No one else knows exactly how I feel about it and I don’t know that I could explain it to them. I get a surrogate but equivalent feeling when watching or even hearing about someone else kill or miss an animal. So I guess, for me, it is a replacement to me being in the field. Although, I have to admit not a perfect one. I can’t speak to how right or wrong it is for me to watch or someone else to put the show on though.in reply to: hunting shows part 2 #40302I believe what you are talking about is bloodsport and it has been around for a long time. I don’t think hunting shows fall into that category. I love to hear my friends’ hunting stories. Sometimes they kill an animal and sometimes they don’t either way it is entertaining. Trully I think that is what the hunting shows are all about telling a hunting story and entertaining the audience, sometimes without killing a thing.
in reply to: hunting shows part 2 #39180I used to get pretty upset with product placement shots and the ubiquitous “I only use product X on my hunts.” I got over it by realizing that for the guys putting the show on it pays the bills. I wish I could get a TBM sponsorship all I would do is hunt, take pictures and write about it. 😉
in reply to: VANES or FEATHERS ?? #23319I was told that the reason compound shooters use smaller vanes was that they induce less drag and therefore more speed. The trade off is that at high speeds a big broadhead can steer the arrow. This is the reason for open on impact broadheads.
in reply to: Some Eratic Flight #30664For the side to side inconsistency I would suspect the spine of the offending arrows (everything else being equal). Assuming we are talking about wood arrows then –
There could be a few reasons that only a couple of arrows have bad spine: they might have been mismatched or if the nocks on the arrows are not set perpendicular to the grain then the spine would seem too weak.Just my two cents.
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