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    Quote Originally Posted by Kees View Post
    I have once sat for hours in a tree top cabin with a professor of anesthesiology of Salt lake University waiting for an elk that he had a licence to kill with bow and arrow on his own private 1/2 square mile an hour's drive from Salt Lake City. We did see some female elk with young ones but not the stag he wanted to kill. He did have a freezer full of elk meat and one night he invited us all to an elk steak party. I do remember the single malts more than the elk steaks I am afraid. Needless to say that by the end of the party we were s**t-faced as the Houstonians amongst us described our mental state.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MichaelC View Post
    Hey everyone,
    Apart from Straight Razors, I'm slowly getting into archery too - my dad has done it his whole adult life, starting with bow hunting and now only field archery - I don't condone hunting though, being vegetarian and all.. But I recently got an Oneida Eagle Tomcat compound bow which I've completely reworked and resprayed and made custom wood grips for - a lot more work than dealing with razors I'll tell you that...

    Anyways, was just wondering if any of you guys are into the sport too?

    Between Cutthroat razors and archery, I'm kinda feeling like I was born in the wrong era...
    It's a fun hobby. If you won't to pursue it look into 3D and target shoots. It's a lot of fun.
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    Winter leagues start next week. New bow to me. PSE Moneymaker. I have wanted to shoot one for a while and they are getting pretty reasonable in price. I have both the single and double cam setups for it. Right now it has the double cams on it. The setup is shooting bullet holes through paper with the 27/12's and is smooth and quiet. I am working on my grip and the draw length is slightly wrong but I don't need my handicap to be perfect at the beginning of the year!

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    Can anybody who shoots these tell me why my ones seem to fly in an exaggerated 'corkscrew' pattern & land in the target at about a 30º angle ?
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    I have shot archery for many years. I started with a Jennings compound when I was 10, when I outgrew that bow I got a Hoyt heat. After a while I got fed up with compounds and bout a Saxon recurve. I have several bows and my whole family shoots traditional bows now. I now shoot a longbow made of wood and bamboo. I cut my cedar shafts and cut my own feathers when I can get turkey wings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
    Can anybody who shoots these tell me why my ones seem to fly in an exaggerated 'corkscrew' pattern & land in the target at about a 30º angle ?
    The first thing is to check to make sure the shaft it straight. Also, as with all feathers you can shoot right wing or left wing feathers, but they have to all be the same on the same shaft. What shaft material are you shooting? If you are using wood then you may need to check the spine weight, it could be lighter or heavier than your other shafts. I hope this helps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoss View Post
    The first thing is to check to make sure the shaft it straight. Also, as with all feathers you can shoot right wing or left wing feathers, but they have to all be the same on the same shaft. What shaft material are you shooting? If you are using wood then you may need to check the spine weight, it could be lighter or heavier than your other shafts. I hope this helps.
    Hey Hoss. Welcome to the 'Place'
    I shoot traditional too. 50# Korean style bow.

    Thanx for your input but I seemed to have fixed it with a heavier fiield point.
    Arrows are new Gamegetter 500's with a single spiral wrap feather. They seem a touch overspined for that fletch style .
    Thing I found odd was bare shaft & normal 3 or 4 fletch works fine. Use Legacy 2016's as a rule bought the GG's as expendables.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
    Hey Hoss. Welcome to the 'Place'
    I shoot traditional too. 50# Korean style bow.

    Thanx for your input but I seemed to have fixed it with a heavier fiield point.
    Arrows are new Gamegetter 500's with a single spiral wrap feather. They seem a touch overspined for that fletch style .
    Thing I found odd was bare shaft & normal 3 or 4 fletch works fine. Use Legacy 2016's as a rule bought the GG's as expendables.
    I'm glad it worked out for you!! I forgot to mention that a heavier point would in effect, weaken the spine.
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    So, this is the end result of desiring a longbow, yet being unable to find a suitable one in my price range:

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    Patterned loosely after English longbows. Carved from a piece of red oak, handle is backed with pine. I can't remember what type of thread I used when making the bow string. The draw measured about 80# at 29 inches.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marshal View Post
    So, this is the end result of desiring a longbow, yet being unable to find a suitable one in my price range:

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    Patterned loosely after English longbows. Carved from a piece of red oak, handle is backed with pine. I can't remember what type of thread I used when making the bow string. The draw measured about 80# at 29 inches.
    It looks good!! How does it shoot? I make my strings out of Dacron.

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    I think those are Dacron too. It's a little bit heavier on the draw than I intended it to be, I was looking for ballpark 60 # but got a misreading on my jerry rigged combination tiller in post/draw scale made from a bathroom scale.

    Anyhow, it hits like a truck and shoots straighter than I can. It also taught me the value of a good arm guard.

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