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What wood is it please and also when taken down what is the overall length?

I will do a proper write-up of the experiment and detail the method used so others like yourself can examine my investigation technique and make comments. All you need to do Dennis is whip the feathers off a few field pointed arrows, shoot them alongside some fletched shafts of the same spine, then...

I have no doubt of its inherent usefulness as a tool to correct intractable faulty arrow flight, but only AFTER a problem has been established. But sometimes the problem may never be realised, with feathers correcting the shaft well enough to give what appears to be good arrow flight. Bare shafting...

I do as it helps me shoot more accurately with fletched shafts, be it in a target or hunting scenario.

This Ken Beck video runs through the why and how of bareshaft tuning. If you have not tried it give it a go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSJ6-HjPMTM

200 grain Grizzly heads with left wing single bevel mounted on 100gn adaptors. Carbon GT 7595 traditional shafts. Have some 300 grain VPA 3 blades too but have not put them through anything yet. Have used in the past Montecs, Blackstump Ironbarks and bushmasters, Woodsmans, Magnus standard Snuffers ...

Awesome shot! That water looks so beautifully clear.

They are related to the collered peccary or javalina which is native to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona in the U.S. and Mexico where the white lipped peccary also ranges. I believe they have musk glands like the javalina so be careful if you kill one when skinning or you will stink to high heaven,LOL...

Great shots and what a nice fish! Are they any good to eat as well as being a topnotch sporting fish? They are edible but not great a much better sportfish than table fish. What a shame you didn't have ya bow with you. I'm sure you and Ol' Matchsticks would have made short work of him. :mrgreen: Je...

Spent a day on a very nice dorado river last week. Was invited to fish there for the day and check it out with a few to guiding anglers on it. Saw a heap of dorado which was great but the thing that really excited me was the amount of what looked like small pig tracks. Rounding a bend in the river I...

Good stuff! Really nice looking country.

Split or 3 under?

More South American wildlife. These birds have come down from the mountains to feed on fruiting trees. Only ten minutes drive from town. They are very flighty and hard to get close to. http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/tommogb/Toucan_zpsddccf14e.jpg http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/to...

Cleaning them up. Tops!

Bought one while in Australia. Never used a prime lens before so have nothing to compare it to but was a good buy for a single Thredbo Dollar. ($100) A couple of pics taken with it on a 7D. F2.5 http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/tommogb/50mm1_zps55f1b5a9.jpg F1.8 http://i214.photobucket.com/a...

Andy here is a pic of a coati. There are a few different species and colours of them, never got to see one with the skin on but I am fairly sure this is the one. http://static.newworldencyclopedia.org/e/ee/Coati-iguazu.jpg Rob as for the canoe construction finding the right size tree was the most im...

Sounds good, well yes it is good, no actually it is great! Pity I will be leaving this great country again though. Still I can always come back for another round when I have recovered from this trip iguess.

It was nice to get back out on some trout and also fling a few arrows out of old 'matchsticks'. Yes Jeff I am heading back to South America but first am heading out for some fallow (tomorrow in fact), then a few days chasing tuna on the mid north coast, followed by some more fox whistling, goat and ...

Been out and about around the lovely state of NSW over the past month and a half, hunting pigs, goats and seeing a few deer too, plus trouting and chasing a few pelagics land based. Success has been limited but I tell you what having not been able to hunt seriously for two years it has been great to...

Spent five months at Tsimane Lodge Bolivia last year, guiding fly anglers on golden dorado. Worked a lot with the local Chimane indians who were incredible hunters and great shots with their bows. Below are a few photos that I thought might be interesting for some. http://i214.photobucket.com/albums...

G'day Mick, back for three months minimum, maybe longer depending on work.
It isn't easy at all. Be making the most of my time here that is for sure!

SOLD PENDING FUNDS Carbon Express Heritage 350 shafts .320 spine, 12 GPI. With Bohning signature nocks, (no inserts) Measurements from nock groove to end of shaft. 7 @ 28 5/8” (6 fletched with LW 5” shield feathers) 1 @ 28 3/8” Eight shafts in total. $50 inc post http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/...

Carbon Express Heritage 250 shafts .373 spine, 11GPI. With Bohning signature nocks (no inserts) Measurements from nock groove to end of shaft. 6 @ 29” (three fletched with LW 5” shield feathers) 1 @ 28 5/8” Seven shafts in total. $40 inc post http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/tommogb/IMG_0399...

Just arrived back in Australia and having not really hunted much in two years while overseas have been hanging to get back into it. Based in the ACT at present and first arvo back decided to have a walk in a local nature reserve with my whistle, predator call and camera only. Called in two foxes and...

Glad you liked the pics fellas. Plenty more photos of the country and fishography to come I reckon. So the software that came with the camera should be sufficient to process the RAW stuff. I will have a play after a bit of RTFM and see what it can do. I didn't even see the praying mantis on the flow...

Finally got my hands on a new Canon 7D, yay! living with pesos meant I only could afford the one EFS 10-22mm lens. What a change from the old compact! Just the ability to be able to play around with the settings has shown me the versatility of a DSLR and it has been fun working it all out and I am k...

Hey Nutgrass, found out today I used a 7D with that same 18-270 Tamron lens on it (not that I had a clue then) last October. Couple of Aussie fishos were over here on a guided trip and I was helping a bit as a translator and got to shoot some pics with that set up while they were fishing. I thought ...

Thanks for the input fellas, a bit more to mull over.
Only found about 10 different lenses I think I would like to try.

Looking at getting my first DSLR and thinking a Canon 7D, If I were to get two lenses what sizes would be the most versatile? Thinking of a 17-55 F2.8 IS USM and a telephoto of some description but not sure which Wanting to get general fishing, landscapes, fishing action/jump shots, live game shots,...

Used to shoot with a bow quiver, and while they may dampen shot noise a little I figured why use a nice lightweight recurve (or long) bow and then add half a dozen arrows to it's weight. Bought a GFA side quiver to use with my PCH and found it to be excellent, so bought another to use with my other ...

Hey Jeff, really well done on the back up and keeping the site alive.