[txcookie]

It just doesnt excite me anymore! Too much work for too little reward:uhoh:

Now All I can think about are the long smoke polls??? Anyone else out there deal with this

[bigbadgun]

ummm yeah everyone that posts here:neener:
Be very very careful bp shooting is very addictive. You go out and buy one then another and another aand before you know it 9 thats what happened to me.:rolleyes:

[scrat]

Ya i cant do archery. broke my left elbow about 20 something years ago. Well right arm is fine left arm i cant hold the bow out as soon as i go to pull back the string the left elbow instantly wants to bend. Cant keep it straight. So there goes archery.

[kBob]

Ha! Funny. I was spending time with The Boy today as it is the last of his spring break.

Rather than messing up any iron we broke out the crossbow. As we put it awau we eyed the compound bows and moms Lil' Bear recurve, but Mom insisted we do SOME chores today.

Yes, mowers are cranking for the first time in months all over our glorious country here in the US this week. I am still thinking of painting my zero turn mower in a WWII german splinter pattern, but the wife fails to see the utility in it.

I showed her an ad for a .69 cal model BP cannon....think it would be neat mounted on the front of the mower in a naval friction/pivot mount. What do we need money for?

-Bob Hollingsworth

[bakert]

Don't know about your skill level, but I decided years ago that I would probably be more effective hunting with a ball peen hammer:D

[kBob]

Scrat,

no I wasn't saying "Ha!" to your elbow, we crossed one another in posting, but to his refinding BP and considering leaving his sticks and sring behind while I set aside the BP guns to day to fling arrows.

-Bob Hollingsworth

[scrat]

Ok damn you kbob. now i want to customize my lawnmower. wonder if i can make it look like a sherman tank

[MCgunner]

Well, I shoot lefty, but am a righty. My right eye is pretty poor, can't see well enough to shoot, for sure. Severe astigmatism. So, I've turned to handguns and now BP. I've shot cap and ball for years, but not rifles until the mid 90s. Now, I'm all worked up wanting to hunt with it before my aging eyes get much worse. My Contender has a scope on it, I cheat.

We have no primitive weapons season here for black powder, but I own my own land and set my own rules. :D I can take 'em with a handgun, I can take 'em with a Hawken. I've only taken one past 100 yards out there. I wouldn't have shot at that one with a Hawken, but could have taken the others. I've taken a couple under 50 yards with a .357 magnum iron sighted Blackhawk. They'd been just as dead with the Hawken. I would say deader, but it's hard to get deader than dead.

I simply cannot hit the side of a barn from inside the danged barn with a bow. I've tried, gave up a long time ago. Just ain't got the right eye for it and don't really wanna try drawing left handed or waste money on a left handed bow. I suppose if I'd been born 10,000 years ago, unless I was good with an atlatl, I'd have starved. Well, I don't know, them mammoths are BIG targets. Not sure I'd wanna take one on with a rock tipped stick, though. :eek::eek:

[shooterJim]

Now All I can think about are the long smoke polls??? Anyone else out there deal with this

LOL, I think Geronimo did:uhoh:

[Voodoochile]

I shoot both..
http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/7323983/aview/My_Hunting_bow_3.jpg
And have taken quite a few Deer, 3Turkey, 1 Bear & countless squirels with Archery gear too.

[Dark Skies]

I had a pop at it way back when. Got sucked into the whole English longbow thing for a while. Apparently we're still obliged by law to practice every Sunday. I just went down the pub instead. Probably best. I was rubbish.

[bps3040]

I am the opposite. I love bowhunting...... and I'm good at it. I have shot 2 animals in the last 25 years with a gun.... and that was 15 years ago. I love the rush of bowhunting. I have nothing against rifle hunters, I just love the bow. I am starting to rifle hunt varmints now though.

[txcookie]

I was and still am pretty good with a bow! Killed alot of critters with them over the last 15 yrs. Just sick of all the fuss with modern archery.

[jbkebert]

I am just the opposite. I am kinda sick of rifles, still enjoy shooting them but I have not rifle hunted in a few years. My first love is archery when it comes to hunting. The handgun hunting then BP. It has been several years since I have taken a shot over 75 yards so the rifle thing is well a little to easy. Who knows I was through with rifles until I joined this forum so maybe I'll rekindle my love of them.

[Cpt. America]

I try and shoot both, but I find when archery season is over and BP begins. I'm in the woods with my BP rifle up until the end of deer season.Then I just sit and wait for spring turkey and take out the BP rifle for that too. Only have 3 BP's but I have 5 Bows mostly recurves.

[Voodoochile]

I was and still am pretty good with a bow! Killed alot of critters with them over the last 15 yrs. Just sick of all the fuss with modern archery.

Why do you think I've turned my eyes twords a more traditional approach?

I've been shooting Archery as long as if not longer than I have any firearm "at least 33 years" & yes I've gone to the training wheels & other gadgets but a simple Recurve or Long Bow properly tuned for the shooter & the pleasure it gives of waiting for the critter to get closer for that shot is a joy that only can be described as being one with Nature & enjoying the moment.

I still have 1 compound left in my inventory but depending on the way things go it may not stay for long.

WOW Cpt. America, you sound almost like me in respects to your inventory.

[6Gun4Fun]

I hunt with a crossbow here in Ohio. The archery season here starts early and lasts all the way to the end of January with only a couple interruptions for guns season. I like it because it gives one a lot of opportunity to harvest with the season as long as it is. We're also allowed to hunt over bait in Ohio, although the DNR claims that doing so doesn't increase your odds of harvesting deer. We go through almost 2000 lbs of shelled corn a season. The spot I hunt is private property that butts right up against a nature preserve, so I don't have to worry too much about hunter pressure. Here in Ohio, you can only harvest 1 buck, but you can take up to 5 additional does with the proper tags, that's a lot of venison!

[Wolfebyte]

Still doing archery here. 2 compound bows and 1 recurve, I've taken more deer with bow in the past 5 years than I have with rifles.

Just getting back into BP this year. Rotator tear in my right should has limited the archery. Doc said to take it easy or surgery would be the answer.

[kanook]

both my shoulders need to be rebuilt and i have buldging discs in my neck. I use a crossbow now. had to get a disabled permit to use it during archery. the disadvantage i noticed right off the start was how heavy and awkward the crossbow is.

[MCgunner]

My bow is a recurve, never owned one with wheels on it, and sights. I got this thing in college from a guy I was working with on a summer job. I traded him 4 8 track tapes for it. That'll give ya an idea how long ago it was. LOL It's a "Colt Plainsman", only Colt I own and it ain't a firearm. I did get into bowfishing, put a rig on the bow. I'd hit about 1 gar out of 30 I shot at. LOL! It's fast, no time to aim, all instinctive. Gotta get 'em on the roll.

LONG rifles? I have a Cabela's Hawken Hunter Carbine. It's got a 20" barrel, 50 caliber, 1:24 twist, and left handed. I love that thing now, since I've learned all the tricks to its care and feeding. It's quite accurate with 360 grain Lee cast minies at 100 yards, minute of deer shoulder, anyway. And the little thing is about 6 lbs (don't kick THAT bad) and short and very, very handy and it has the flair of the traditional gun, not an inline. The gun is made by Investarms.

[Ratdog68]

but I probably love archery more than BP. I've been on a bow buying frenzy the last couple of months and have gone from owning one, to having seven in my possession and am making an eighth and ninth, and waiting on the building of my tenth one. Got my fletching gear, waiting on the arrival of my string making supplies too. I've got two bows with training wheels, but they're mostly just for the novelty sake. Traditional is where it's at in my book. Anyone can learn to line up a sight and pull a trigger... I wanna learn how to shoot spot on without the crutches

Don't get me wrong... I likes my T/C Cherokee and Patriot a LOT... :neener:

[Matt-J2]

Black Powder and Traditional Archery go together like grits and gravy, IMO. My two favorite types of shooting. :D

[MCgunner]

Well, dang, I'm going to have to get me one of them cube targets and some field arrows and start practicing again. I got to where, instinctive shooting, I could hit a deer shoulder from 25 yards, but that's about it with the recurve. Instinctive shooting takes constant practice. Really ain't aiming so the bum eye on that side don't matter as much. I just never got a compound because I know that eye ain't good enough to use sights on a modern compound.

I have a little 30 lb target bow, too, wife picked up at a garage sale, like the one I had as a kid. I've gotta get a string for that one, too.

I did enjoy the bow fishing. I could stab flounder with it, not sure the legality of that. But, you can gig 'em, so why not? Might look into it, but I don't much like going out at night. Used to have to use a gas lantern for a flounder light, but I bet some of those LED head lamps would put out enough flood lighting to flounder with, never thought about it.

[Elbert P . Suggins]

Actually, I do both, I am 61 years old now but when I was 13 I had a bow and arrow set. I was at the shop on the ranch and I was on a quest to find a target. My dad and harvest crew were working on combines to ready for the harvest season. Dad told me not to shoot at the chickens with my new weapon. BUT, that hen produced an attractive target that never left my sight eye. I zeroed in on her behind and let fly. That arrow took to the air and went right up her rectum without drawing a drop of blood. She ran with great abandon right in front of my dad and the rest of the harvest crew with the arrow following very close behind. This hen did not die and I got off the hook, give up archery and got interested in guns as a shootin hobby instead of archery. In my opinion, guns are much safer than a bow and arrow!

[bigbadgun]

Elbert
That made me spray beer all over my monitor:D

[Voodoochile]

Elbert:

That thar is funny, I don't care who ya are.

At the Hunter Ed class I get introduced as the only guy that Ed has witnessed to take the head off of a squirel from 40 yards away with my bow.

[Macgille]

My Dad made my first bow when I was 5. (in 1944) I shot longbow until I took up compounds in 1978. In 1981 I placed second in the california state Championship shooting freestyle. I grew bored with the gadgets and eventually wound up back with the longbow. I shoot a 75 lb actionwood bow made by Tony Hill(Howard's son). The other day I drew the bow while showing off for some young men, and I couldn't hold the string at full draw. The string released and I wasn't wearing a bracer. My fingers just couldn't hold it. The bruise on my forearm was 4" long and beautiful.:what:

My Dr. says we need to discuss surgery on my arthritic shoulder and I had to have cortisone shots in my hand. I guess I have to find someone to shoot this magnificent bow since I can no longer draw it. My kids don't seem to have any desire for it so I'll look elsewhere. This bow has taken black bear, deer, moose and several other species. I would like to see it go to someone who would care for it and love it like I did.:)

I now shoot my Hawken .50 while my center fire rifles languish in the safe.:neener:

[Ratdog68]

I'd love to get myself worked up to being able to consistently draw a bow like that ! My longbow and my recurve are both rated at 50# @ 28... by 31.5" draw brings 'em up a bit more than that does. I chrono'd the recurve today at 197fps and the longbow at 188 fps with a 33.5" arrow weighing in at 431gr. I'm currently working on making an American Flat Bow of Argentine Osage, backed with Bamboo. The riser is of Bocote. My teacher has made at least ten bows so far. They all shoot very smoothly with almost no hand shock. My current longbow is of a light reflex/deflex design and has just a little bit of hand shock... nothing bad though. I spent the day at an indoor range today, alternating between those two bows for about six hours. My fingers are still a little numb. LOL

I'm very sorry to hear of the whoas with your hand... I sure hope they're able to keep you able to pluck a string.

[Ratdog68]

I mean... we ALL like fresh eggs, and scrambled are good... but at least wait 'til the ol' girl lays 'em FIRST !! :evil:

[Magwa45]

I shoot my longbow more than anything else, mainly in the basement. Shooting black powder down there would be a noise and smoke problem! I haven't had the chance to sneak up on any deer yet, but it is just a great way to spend time in the woods.

Hmm, don't think THE Howard Hill had any children! Now who made that bow?

[Voodoochile]

I shoot my longbow more than anything else, mainly in the basement. Shooting black powder down there would be a noise and smoke problem! I haven't had the chance to sneak up on any deer yet, but it is just a great way to spend time in the woods.

Hmm, don't think THE Howard Hill had any children! Now who made that bow?

It really takes practice in stealth to do, I've snuck up on 2 Does once & got within bow range on a 9 pointer.

Depending on when it was made it may be either a True Howard Hill made bow "by his hands or dirrect instruction" or by Craig Ekin who is one of Howards protoge's {sp} & is making Howard Hill bows.

[MCgunner]

I shoot my longbow more than anything else, mainly in the basement. Shooting black powder down there would be a noise and smoke problem! I haven't had the chance to sneak up on any deer yet, but it is just a great way to spend time in the woods.

I've never actually seen a house with a basement. Down here, we'd call it an indoor swimming pool.

[sundance44s]

I said I was done with bow hunting when I slipped into the woods one dark morning ..as I stepped over a log to get to my stand I placed my 2 arrows with razor broadheads into the same hand I was carrying my bow ........and when I heard the bow string go twang .....I was DONE !

[Ratdog68]

They're called "broadhead quivers" ;)

[MCgunner]

"Bow Quiver". Even covers the broadhead for you for safety.

http://image.basspro.com/images/images2/77000/77250.jpg

[sundance44s]

Hell I was going hunting not to a shooting match .

[Smokin_Gun]

Sundance someone got their picture of the quiver upside down and there ain't no deerskin a holdin' um neither.
:O)

[Ratdog68]

http://www.3riversarchery.com/images/medium/6253.jpg

This is a quiver for a single broadhead...

Solo-Stalkers are perfect broadhead protection for slipping quietly through the woods.

This one was designed for the deadly Woodsman broadhead
but will work with any low profile 3-bladed broadhead.

Comes with a nice leather thong for attaching to your bow. Give one a try today.

They're about $9ea.

[Macgille]

My bow is signed on the upper limb in gold script "Tony Hill" On the lower limb is says "Wildcatter". I never met the maker but the shop where I bought it said the Tony Hill who made the bow was the son of Howard Hill. That's all i know about it.

[MCgunner]

Well, partially because of this thread, I dug out my old recurve and a little target bow my wife picked up at a garage sale. I found a new bow string I had stuck back, 56", fit both the bows. I went and bought nock points, a kisser button, a few arrows, and a finger glove and started shooting at a quaker state bottle at 20 feet, moved back to 40 feet, worked out the elevation. But after an hour or better getting those two ranges down and re-learning how to hold a consistent draw, I tell ya, I was worn slap dab out! I'd forgottin', but it is a rather athletic sport. I bet I'm going to be sore tomorrow. When I feel up to it, I'll continue with my work. I'm already to the point, get a little stronger and I should be able to score some hits on some gar. Still have my bow fishing rig. I need to soak the point in some Kroil, though. It's sorta froze up, won't unscrew. LOL

[Voodoochile]

Hey Gunny:

If ya find a slightly heavier bow "5 or more pounds" & just shoot blind bale at it a cupple a time a week the bow that you are shoting now will be as easy & smooth as glass.

[txcookie]

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I really like the way a hog reacts to the Hawken VS the PSE. I aint done with Archery all togather just done being obessed I guess

[MCgunner]

Well, there's somethin' to be said for big and slow....:D

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=67872&d=1196012439