Ozbow

i am a former RESPONSIBLE crossbow hunter, and now solely a trad man. i gave it away about 2 years ago for no other reason than i prefer shooting and hunting with trad bows. i find it more challenging and love the traditional side of it, like making up arrows, cresting etc. 8) ive hunted with compou...

im using tusker javelins on my woods. they are cheap, readily available, sharpen easily, and are durable.

nice bow paul
if you have problems sourcing field points, 3 rivers has plenty of different styles and weights to choose from, and shipping might not be too bad cause they could post them in an envelope.

well done again mate, great pics and a great goat
who says you need to go north for trophy game?

hey erron, the marysville type area is a top spot in vic i reckon. plenty of beautiful scenery, good hunting and friendly people. there still is alot of that artsy sort of stuff around but most people ive talked to in the area love hunters. its also not too far from melbourne if you ever need to dri...

ive got a set of arrows made up with the flywire tubing in them for a total weight of 830 grains with a 125 grain broadhead and out of the martin they bareshaft really well, and fletched they only group about 4 inches below the unweighted shafts at 20mtrs. but i need 300 spine arrows for the chekmat...

if your having a hard time finding ones that measure grains, you can use a grams scale and multiply x 15.43.

i think that sounds alright ron. if nothing gets organised, then maybe have a hunt up in the high country again during winter for sambar and dogs etc. theres quite a few guys from vic here and its probably not too far of a drive for guys in southern nsw. at least its a get together and im sure it wo...

i finally got mine today! ive only had a few shots but it is fantastic. very sturdy in the hand, very quiet, and punches the arrow out with authority. ive been shooting a bit poorly recently, but started to pick it up again last week, and with this bow tonight my shooting greatly improved over my ot...

took this photo of my new idea a few days ago, but am going to improve. its a thick blanket strung up over a piece of timber between 2 bins, and weighted down with nearby pot plants. ive since made a few small 4inch round ply wood targets and painted them different colours that i stand up on plastic...

im sure you are going to have success piggy.
have you thought about a tripod and camera so if you have a shot you could film it, or film other deer coming in? and will you be able to take the shot standing, or will you be kneeling?

yeah i reckon they are definately around, just in fewer numbers.
i think the reason i may have seen one on the weekend and not on that property ever before was cause the bushfires may have pushed them around to neighbouring properties.

ill post some of my baby when she gets here, should be mid next week im guessing.

mick im the same as you mate. out in the field i can hit clumps of grass 20 mtrs away 9/10 times. at home i can shoot half that good, but inside at the club target panic sets in and they spray allover the place.

hey mick, good to put a face to the name.
mines a block target, but am trying to get that insulation board you can cut up into strips and stack on each other. i wanna make a big 5ft tall x 5 ft wide target on wheels.

well im sure i just saw my first vic pig on saturday mornin. was hunting out 1 and a half hours n.e. of melbourne on a property and saw it in very long grass 40mtrs away. at first i thought it was a wallaby, but it was walking along on all fours with long legs, so it wasn't a wombat either. i back t...

dont stress mate, our time will come.

mines also just finished too!
ive got a 62inch, cocobolo riser and elm limbs, 59@28 and im dying to shoot it.

jeffro, chad originally told me 4-6 months when i ordered at the start of october, but its taken just under 4 months, so im wrapped.

as far as i knew in victoria anyway, that the bow and arrow was allowed to be used to hunt any feral or pest animals, and introduced birds are counted as feral/pest animals.

i completely agree with jindy, but for $10 a bottle ill spray my clothes all over just incase. at least you know it cant make it any worse. but whatever you do dont wash your hunting clothes in normal detrgent!!!

hey well done there macka!
a top effort mate and i hope theres plenty more to come.

the scotch predator calls work really well, but only at ceratin times of the year it seems to be. a few years ago in march we had success with them coming to within 5 mtrs.

i reckon that sounds like a good idea. a real kind of adventure as well, not just a hunt.

hey guys, pretty soon i want to start making a longbow. i made one a while ago when i was 16 and it shot arrows ok until i snapped it. but i have a couple of questions. do i have to laminate the front and back of the limbs with fibreglass or carbon, or can i just apply several coats of a suitable va...

hey macka, good to hear.
learning trad can be a lot of fun and a real nightmare at the same i time i reckon, but is very rewarding.
the samicks have a very good reputation for well priced take down bows.

thats a bummer mick.
well have a great christmas and new year and get in as much hunting as you possibly can!

i like them both equally depending on the mood im in. hunting with piggys great cause i always learn heaps, but theres times when a nice quiet stroll by my lonesome satisfies me.

nice one mick.
im dying to get my hunter 2. i sent my deposit the first week in october, so im about 1/2 way there i hope.
chads a great guy to deal with, and so far im yet to encounter anyone else who will answer any and every question with honesty and very helpful information.

i havent been to the club in about 3 weeks cause of freakin work, but i used to go twice a week for about 2 hours. when i do finally get home from work ive been shooting every night for about 30 mins just working on form and stopping target panic. i shoot 3 arrows into the lawn about 8 metres in fro...

hey piggy ive been using the bohing stuff and apart from making me sneeze it doesn't seem to have helped all that much. ive done the same arrow 2-3 times for about a minute in the bag and after only a couple of drops of rain they seem to go a bit ruffled and raggy. it helps more than not doing them,...