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TomMcDonald wrote: 65# custom longbow, 200 grain Grizzly El Grande broadheads with 200 grain adapters/inserts, Carbon Express Heritage 250 shafts.
Cheers.

Nice. I bet penetration wasn't an issue.

Great to see a hunt report on here!


Good job Tom on those goats - they should cook up well.

Could you please tell us about your gear/setup.

R.I.P. Dennis.

Don't get me wrong, I have tried it off and on for over 30 years, but the end result was no different, as I was still just as accurate, with clean arrow flight, and I was within ball-park of the charts, and using fletches is real world conditions. But if it works for you, go for it. It is good for ...

Hey Mick, how's things? Mate, I've always been a "Whack some feathers on and she'll be right" type of shooter. Granted always used spined arrows near enough to what I thought I needed. Now I got a couple of new strings, and bought a new batch of the dreaded carbons, and proceeded to bare ...

I don't see any reason NOT to bare shaft tune my arrows. I always get repeatable, consistent results from doing it. IMO using some kind of formula (no matter how good it may be) is nothing more than an educated guess. Why do this when bare shafting can give definitive results? :think: Formulas and s...

Dennis La Varenne wrote:you are trying to make a virtue of ignorance. It belittles you more than anything I can say.

Dennis - you've hit the nail on the head there.

But it is aimed at the wrong person. It applies so well to you and your comments it's poetically ironic.

If you wouldn't say it in person, don't post it online. That's what I go by. Saying that - taking offence at something is a choice each and every one of us has the OPTION to make. No-one can force you to be offended. We all dictate how/what we are "offended" by. If someone is talking crap,...

Great work mate.

Are they proper, traditional shells?

Great work mate.


Were the full sized ones a bit too heavy for you to swing when felling trees?

This whole notion that "traditionality" in archery MUST be preserved seems pretty pointless to me. That being the case, what are you doing on a dedicated Trad forum? What am I doing here? 1- Popping in every now and then to see if anyone has posted something interesting, or a hunt report....

Perhaps you should take up a bit of historical reading to inform yourself of what you don't understand. I have posted a booklist above some of whose titles you which may care to read. . If he did read all the same books that you have then I suppose he'd be as much of an authority on everything trad...

This whole notion that "traditionality" in archery MUST be preserved seems pretty pointless to me. People will continue to practice archery however they see fit. If they choose to they can mold themselves into a good little "proper" trad archer and conform to what others say is r...

Kim - I have to agree with you on ALL points mate. :handgestures-thumbup: Plenty of times I have seen first-hand, "experienced" archers dismiss my high FOC arrows as they are "wrong" in their eyes, and that 125gr points are the "correct weight for field arrows". Then th...

Living in the bush myself I can tell you that most property owners have the same attitude to dogs. If it's on your propertty shoot it - collar or no collar - end of story. This is a position I generally support as I would shoot any dog on our place given the chance. (Unless it's a 7kg Pomeranian or ...

I like it mate!

Certainly a bit different to the norm.

Very very nice!

Great work mate - have to be happy with that!

Hey perry I just remembered I have Ed Ashbies new book here too if you are keen.

Gday perry. I've been keen to read Capstick for some time now. I am also very keen to watch the Revenant too. Those lifeline book fests are a bloody great way to expand your library and I've always found interesting books I never even knew about at them. I'll be away splatting bunnies down south thi...

Gday mate. Bloody awful this rough trot you've been going through - I really feel for you mate. I have numerous books here that you would absolutely love - some really fantastic reads. Tom Cole, Syd Kyle Little, Carl Warburton are great authors from the old Aussie buff hunting days. I have plenty of...

Happy birthday guys.

Looks great mate!

I've known you for long enough to know that your karma will be strong - and I dare say this would be the tip of the iceberg for you mate.

I've got plenty of spare pills, cases and primers if you want some. Will you be reloading for it?


Which lever did you sell?

Hey Muz I'm going to order one of them now - I had never heard of them until you posted. They seem like an excellent bit of gear and bloody good value compared to some of the bigger hammock brands.

Will definitely get the reflector pad - but can't see the point of the snake skin to be honest?

http://www.mosquitohammock.com/junglehammock.html I use this hammock and can sleep on my side in it. My mate has a Hennessy and hates it. It bananas heeps even when taught. He ended up sleeping on the ground. I use the foil windshield protector to reflect heat when its cold. Good for hiking and can...

I am going to get a Clark hammock one day as they seem to be pretty much as good as they come.

But gee they are exxy....$$$$

Great looking bow mate - for my taste that flatbow style is most aesthetically pleasing of all the self bows.

Here's hoping she is saved after the surgery.

Excellent work mate - it would be extra special taking game with a bow you've made yourself I reckon.

That's a serious setup mate and looks like you've done it before - should work well I bet.

Must get pretty exciting with them in water around you.