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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2010, 09:40:46 PM »
longbows are inexpencive and are good for a distance(I'm new to bowhunting thoagh)
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2010, 10:08:02 PM »
My brother and his friends shoot Bowtech. I shot his new bow quiet well and it was smooth.

Its all apples and oranges when you get into the higher end bows. Been bow hunting for the past 16 years. Each year i average 4 deer and a bakers dozen of dead pigs..

I have a story for yall. This year i confirmed my buddy 2 for 1 bow pig kill. He was shooting the new Mathers and made one pass tru then 3/4 on the other. The arrow fell out 20 yrds from the shot on the second. Never thought that a arrow had the punch to do that.

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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2010, 03:21:14 AM »
It's been said we have three brains, one cobbled on top of the next. The stem is first, the reptilian brain; then the mammalian cerebellum; finally the over developed cerebral cortex.  They don't work together in awfully good harmony - hence ax murders, mobs, and socialism.

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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2010, 06:59:55 AM »
I don't know about the area you're in but we have bowshops in about every other little town around here. And you can pick up a good used bow for 150 or so. And about another 150 for all the other gear you'll need (arrows, tips, sights...). The important thing is to get fitted for the right bow. One you're comfortable with. Believe me you can drop some serious cash on a good bow. A guy i work with has one that costs over a grand :rolleyes:.
Good luck in your hunt. I myself am chomping at the bit for spring turkey season to get here  :x
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2010, 07:40:13 AM »
I don't know about the area you're in but we have bowshops in about every other little town around here. And you can pick up a good used bow for 150 or so. And about another 150 for all the other gear you'll need (arrows, tips, sights...). The important thing is to get fitted for the right bow. One you're comfortable with. Believe me you can drop some serious cash on a good bow. A guy i work with has one that costs over a grand :rolleyes:.
Good luck in your hunt. I myself am chomping at the bit for spring turkey season to get here  :x

these used cost me about $1,000 for the two of them. i didn't buy them both at the same time though.


had i bought either of them new, the price would be at least doubled. the string by itself on the top bow is $150. the sights on them are around $100 to 150 or so...i forget exactly how much. the doinker on the bottom bow was cheap..i think only around 25 or 50....the one on the top bow was(i think) over 100.

 if you're gonna use a compound bow, be prepared to be surprised.

 it is well worth the money you'll spend though.  :aok
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2010, 08:47:08 AM »
  real men  use  a  blackwidow  longbow  (Image removed from quote.)

Those aren't longbows, but rather a type of flatbow. A true longbow isn't just determined by its length. It has little or no recurve at the ends and has a circular or D-shaped cross-section. The bows in your pic are more of a flattened rectangular. Also, a true longbow wouldn't have that integrated arrow rest.

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You're a dirty cheater.  :P
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2010, 10:07:22 AM »
Those aren't longbows, but rather a type of flatbow. A true longbow isn't just determined by its length. It has little or no recurve at the ends and has a circular or D-shaped cross-section. The bows in your pic are more of a flattened rectangular. Also, a true longbow wouldn't have that integrated arrow rest.

CAP1,

You're a dirty cheater.  :P

it's not cheating...it's improvising.  :neener: :D
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2010, 10:31:35 AM »


Only bow I use...



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« Reply #23 on: January 16, 2010, 09:37:39 PM »
Here's my latest attempt.  Primitive in "flavor", but not in fact.  I'm still in the learning stage.  Each attempt is an experiment, taking me closer to my goal, which is to harvest a deer with equipment I make from materials I find on my own.  I want to take as much modern technology as possible out of the picture.

This bow is actually laminated from birch and hickory.  Birch ain't so hot for a bow, but it's what I had.  Hickory is nice, but has a tendency to follow the string.  I have some ash seasoning for a self-bow.  I hid the hickory lamination by backing the bow with rattlesnake skins, and the bow tips are wrapped with buffalo sinew.  Plains style quiver, but not a plains style bow.  The lamination adds strength/durability, and somewhat reduces the tendency to follow the string.  It's a "temporary" bow, as all of mine are.  They all break eventually.  Some take longer than others is all.  A wooden bow is about 90% broken at full draw...

Cedar arrows, my next ones will be dogwood.  Self-wood nocks, my own self-prepared turkey feather fletches, glued on with self-made hide glue and wrapped with buffalo sinew as well.  Two of these have practice points on, one has a not-yet-sharpened steel point.  Four of my more recently knapped stone points as well.  I want to use those for hunting, but I'm not to that point yet.  I'm not up to par with your average neanderthal yet when it comes to knapping.  One point is chert, one obsidian, and two are from glass (which I use as a cheap practice material).

I started with traditional archery equipment, "progressed" to modern compounds (and teaching archery to kids), and finally "regressed" back to traditional.  The modern stuff was just a passing fad for me.  That's too much high-tech modern tech for me to stay interested in.  Actually, most of my hunting is done with birds now, apart from some freezer-filling expeditions each fall/winter.





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« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2010, 09:42:08 PM »
Here's my latest attempt.  Primitive in "flavor", but not in fact.  I'm still in the learning stage.  Each attempt is an experiment, taking me closer to my goal, which is to harvest a deer with equipment I make from materials I find on my own.  I want to take as much modern technology as possible out of the picture.

This bow is actually laminated from birch and hickory.  Birch ain't so hot for a bow, but it's what I had.  Hickory is nice, but has a tendency to follow the string.  I have some ash seasoning for a self-bow.  I hid the hickory lamination by backing the bow with rattlesnake skins, and the bow tips are wrapped with buffalo sinew.  Plains style quiver, but not a plains style bow.  The lamination adds strength/durability, and somewhat reduces the tendency to follow the string.  It's a "temporary bow, as all of mine are.  A wooden bow is about 90% broken at full draw...

Cedar arrows, my next ones will be dogwood.  Self-wood nocks, my own self-prepared turkey feather fletches, glued on with self-made hide glue and wrapped with buffalo sinew as well.  Two of these have practice points on, one has a not-yet-sharpened steel point.  Four of my more recently knapped stone points as well.  I want to use those for hunting, but I'm not to that point yet.  I'm not up to par with your average neanderthal yet when it comes to knapping.  One point is chert, one obsidian, and two are from glass (which I use as a cheap practice material).

I started with traditional archery equipment, "progressed" to modern compounds (and teaching archery to kids), and finally "regressed" back to traditional.  The modern stuff was just a passing fad for me.  That's too much high-tech modern tech for me to stay interested in.  Actually, most of my hunting is done with birds now, apart from some freezer-filling expeditions each fall/winter.

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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #25 on: January 16, 2010, 10:00:11 PM »
I hunt with a Mathews mainly, but on really bad nasty days, i take my old Xi out in the woods. Shes about 6yrs old, but still shoots like a charm.

BTW Mntmn that is a gorgeous bow, can wait to see pics of the ash one.

Cap, if you ever get up in the Chalfont area ( about 45mins N of Phila ) Stop in Target World, its a big indoor range and gunshop, I worked there for years ( to support my IPSC and IDPA "habit" ) and know the owner well.   Upstairs in the gunshop ( above the indoor range )  they have an indoor video archery range. Its basically  shooting at a movie screen, and you can hunt anything your heart desires from chipmunks to deer to cape buffalo and elephants. The arrow tips are actually 75, 100 or 125 gr. rounded tips that dont puncture the screen. Oh and  Nice setup you have there sir

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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #26 on: January 16, 2010, 10:05:25 PM »
I hunt with a Mathews mainly, but on really bad nasty days, i take my old Xi out in the woods. Shes about 6yrs old, but still shoots like a charm.

BTW Mntmn that is a gorgeous bow, can wait to see pics of the ash one.

Cap, if you ever get up in the Chalfont area ( about 45mins N of Phila ) Stop in Target World, its a big indoor range and gunshop, I worked there for years and know the owner well.   Upstairs in the gunshop ( above the indoor range )  they have an indoor video archery range (basically its shooting at a movie screen, and you can hunt anything your heart desires ) from chipmunks to deer to cape buffalo and elephants.  Nice setup you have there sir

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is that the one where you put the mushroom tips on the arrows, and there's a net just in front of the screen?

they have one like that at the sportsmans center in burlington nj too. it's a friggin blast.

and thanks for the compliments on the bows........i shot a martin maverick to begin with...it was heavy, but there was just SOMETHING that i liked about it. i don't know what it was, but it was something.
 i tried another shooters hoyt, and the martin was on ebay the next day.

 at the indoor league i was shooting in croyden, it seemed that most shot matthews, and those that didn't had hoyts.
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2010, 10:11:22 PM »


This is my LARPing bow. Full-length self longbow. American Oak, I believe, with a linen backing. I'd LOVE a real yew bow but I don't have NEAR that much money. It's at a slight angle to fit the full length on the camera, don't have enough room in my apartment to get a full-length shot. :D
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« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2010, 10:14:39 PM »
is that the one where you put the mushroom tips on the arrows, and there's a net just in front of the screen?

 

Yep thats it, accept the one at my shop has a screen that you can shoot at directly ( no nets ) and the sensors in the screen will tell you exactly where you hit on the animal. ie the animal and shot freezes and a red X shows you where on the animal you hit. The best "hunt" ive ever had there was shooting at chipmunks. There I was with 3 grown adults all giggling like schoolgirls everytime we would hit one, it was a blast. It truly is amazing,  real world footage of the animal, like your shooting at a movie.

Ive been kicking around getting a new release, any suggestions?
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« Reply #29 on: January 16, 2010, 10:22:33 PM »
Yep thats it, accept the one at my shop has a screen that you can shoot at directly ( no nets ) and the sensors in the screen will tell you exactly where you hit on the animal. ie the animal and shot freezes and a red X shows you where on the animal you hit. The best "hunt" ive ever had there was shooting at chipmunks. There I was with 3 grown adults all giggling like schoolgirls everytime we would hit one, it was a blast. It truly is amazing,  real world footage of the animal, like your shooting at a movie.

Ive been kicking around getting a new release, any suggestions?

i use a wrist release......a fairly inexpensive one....i think it only cost me somethign like $50 or so. i have a truball(i think) but i couldn't get used to it. it's a beautiful release, i'm just more comfortable with the wrist release.

i'll post a pic of them on monday...the truball is at work on my desk...the wrist release is in my case with my bow.
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