biggamefish

We didn't do it. We were going to create the Empire State building but my daughter lost interest. I was ready to have some fun with it!

Dont listen to dinsdale, unless you want to spend money. Wood turning is very addicting! Just like wood working!!

I love wood working. The dice are a really cool idea. Here's some thing I have been working on! Started like the first photo and finally turned the bottom off this weekend.

Just under 15 yards for now.

Moog I thought the right shift was too weak. I have also been told when you are starting out in tuning don't dwell on the position of the arrow in the target but pay attention to where it is hitting. The fine tuning comes later. Low right as I have been seeing should be a lighter head and lower knock point. Now i could be wrong in my thought it has been awhile since I read up on tuning arrows. It seems like tuning is right goes left and down is up sometimes!!!! Lol

Got some more time ended today with a knocking point at 1/2. Arrows are closer. My fletched arrows are hitting where I want. But want a better result. Last round was the picture and that was pretty consistent.

UPDATE. Finally got around to shooting this little bow. I like to shoot with 2 fletched feathers and 2 bare shafts to tune . Basically you want to get the bare shafts shooting in the same group as the fletched feathers. I only spent about 20 minutes shooting and my bare shafts are shooting low compared to the fletched ones. I started by moving the knocking point around. I started at 1in. then moved it higher but i think I was getting a false reading. I then brought it down to 3/4 but I ran out of time to get a good answer. Hopefully I can put some more time into it tonight and take pictures as I go along.

I have been canoeing and kayaking since I was young. I did some white water kayaking but my shoulders didnt like the roll. My father and i have been white water canoeing since i was in high school. That stuff is fun but nothing better than taking a morning or evening cruise on a calm day.

I saw her shoot at Denton hill. The focus she has is amazing!

Samick is a good starter bow. If you really dive into searching bows you can get some pretty nice used bows cheap. Length wise she could handle a short bow without a problem. Her draw wont be long enough to get finger pinch on a shorter bow. Longer bows seem to be more forgiving though. What I mean by that is you can get away with more form error and still shoot relatively well. Weight wise starting lower is better. Make sure she can draw and anchor without struggle. To much weight in the beginning and people tend to pick up bad habits that are hard to break down the road. Let us know what you decide.

I would take the rbs case trimmer package.

Could be ash but look at butternut or walnut cottonwood, sasafras. Without a crown or leaf I'd it's hard to tell with just bark.

I will not put these on the arrows until the last step and then I will burn them to the shape I want. For now I am going to start with some bare shafts 100 grns insert and I have a few different size points that I will fool with.

Making some spliced fletchings for the arrows. I use some high tech tools for this! This more of a do it as I go thing for the arrows.

First thing to change is the velcro on the rest. I changed out with mole skin. Also creates a smoother draw in my opinions.

You are more than welcome to stop by for coffee anytime. I have a bunch of bows you can try out too. I warn you though it is very addictive shooting trad bows!!

Its probably the shortest since I started shooting trad 20 years ago. I started with Ben Person Mace. I still have that bow. Bought it at a garage sale fo 30 bucks took a bunch of deer with it too.

Its 58". I draw right around 29.5" so its about 50lbs at my draw. I have shot it a few times and surprisingly there isn't much finger pinch.

So I have had this bow for awhile now it's a striker sringer 48@28 and dont have any arrows set up for it. I went rummaging around and found some feathers to make. I am going to start with 5575 32" gold tips and go from there. Should be pretty close to my set up now but every bow is a different animal. I am going try to keep posting pics of the project as I go. Hopefully this will be my Turkey bow this year. It's short and will do well in the woods or blind. Plus it puts an arrow down range pretty quickly.

Congrats. The days coming are going to be crazy, hard, and frustrating but they will be most rewarding days of your life! Congrats to both of you.

Great book, terrible war. Crazy times that's for sure.

Yes sir, Those bb&b wings where great and they have a good selection of beer to wash everything down. Thanks for the recommendation. Maybe we can meet up next time.

I'd say that one was a nice 10.

I think I need to buy so.e property here!!

I am gonna go for some wings tonight hope to be there for 6 if anybody cares to join me.