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by matt61
Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:58 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Feedback on tomahawk longbows?
Replies: 6
Views: 2179

Re: Feedback on tomahawk longbows?

I looked at them a few years ago and watched the clip on the 3Rivers website of the Tomahawk being put together and when the guy putting it together got out the rubber mallet and started belting it to get it to go together , I lost all interest. I had images of me on hunting trip and its over 40c in...
by matt61
Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:01 pm
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: Couple of goats
Replies: 11
Views: 6458

Re: Couple of goats

What sort of camera is that you are using, strapped to your head.
Matt
by matt61
Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:22 pm
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Carbon Aluminium or Wood for hunting arrows
Replies: 6
Views: 4306

Re: Carbon Aluminium or Wood for hunting arrows

Hi Ian My six trad bows range from 54# to 50# and I have shot game with all of them and I use Gold Tip Traditional shafts in all of them. My moto with carbon shafts is they are either good or they are broken. And I make them all bright colors. Broadheads ,I use Outback Shikara's for pig and goats an...
by matt61
Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:31 am
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Bow Finishes - Whats everyone using?
Replies: 12
Views: 7809

Re: Bow Finishes - Whats everyone using?

Hi Muz
Have a look in ..The Bowyers Bench.. section of Tradgang , it would be about year ago when the subject was on there.
They did some tests by coating bits of wood and then hitting it with rocks and it stood up pretty well apparently.
Let me know how you find the VHT.
Matt
by matt61
Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:57 am
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Bow Finishes - Whats everyone using?
Replies: 12
Views: 7809

Re: Bow Finishes - Whats everyone using?

On Tradgang in the US some guys have been using VHT Wheel Paint Gloss Clear
and they reckon its tough as hell.
You can buy it from Autobarn for about $15 a can, there is a Matte Clear as well.
I have bought a can, but have not been brave enough to try it yet :roll: .
Matt
by matt61
Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:53 pm
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: Rabbit hunting
Replies: 6
Views: 4569

Re: Rabbit hunting

Hi Slab Try this trick, give the boys a fox whistle and get them a face mask and get behind the tree using the tree to obscure any movement or make a blind out the surrounding bushes. Have them put an arrow on the string and have their fingers on the string and begin blowing the whistle and see what...
by matt61
Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:02 pm
Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
Topic: checkmate left hand bows x 5
Replies: 3
Views: 1879

Re: checkmate left hand bows x 5

Hi Steve
They are great bows , I have three Cascades which are made by the same bowyer.
Sorry to hear you are selling due to health issues.
Noticed you have not included any prices $$$$.
Matt
by matt61
Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:45 pm
Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
Topic: Looking for 2216 aluminium shaft
Replies: 5
Views: 2025

Re: Looking for 2216 aluminium shaft

Only one :?:
Matt
by matt61
Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:33 pm
Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
Topic: Longbow Form
Replies: 1
Views: 1241

Longbow Form

Selling for a friend, everything in the picture .
MAKE ME AN OFFER :character-cookiemonster: as I have no idea of its value
In Western Melbourne for pick up or could meet at an agreed location.
Matt
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by matt61
Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:35 am
Forum: Scene & Herd
Topic: Distressed Emu.
Replies: 8
Views: 6183

Re: Distressed Emu.

Hi Daryl This the picture I found on Ebay USA that I PM'd you about. You said put it up for comment. Look carefully at smaller photo's at the bottom. There is an option to report this add. The advertisement number on Ebay.com is 112127236377 type that into the search option and it should bring it up...
by matt61
Sat May 06, 2017 8:22 am
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: When Fox whistling.
Replies: 5
Views: 5912

Re: When Fox whistling.

Hi Stu I always prepare for rabbits coming to the whistle by standing an arrow with a judo point on it next to me ,so I can drop the broadhead arrow of and pick it up slowly and have a shot at the bunny if no foxes come in. Also a sitting bunny will spot an approaching fox before you will, so keep y...
by matt61
Fri May 05, 2017 5:20 pm
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: When Fox whistling.
Replies: 5
Views: 5912

Re: When Fox whistling.

Had a freckle snapping incident a couple of days ago while whistling foxes. I had been whistling for about ten minutes on a game trail that came around a big clump of blackberries and as nothing had come in , I stopped whistling and took my arrow of the string and was looking down and putting the ar...
by matt61
Thu Mar 16, 2017 5:47 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Anyone else not able to get into Aussie Bowhunter?
Replies: 4
Views: 1886

Re: Anyone else not able to get into Aussie Bowhunter?

Yep,blocked can't get on. Site may have been hacked, some of the guys were saying
Matt
by matt61
Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:45 am
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: Cobar 2015
Replies: 8
Views: 7238

Re: Cobar 2015

Need to pull my finger out and post pic's and a story from our October 2016 trip. :biggrin:
Matt
by matt61
Thu Dec 22, 2016 8:01 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Bereavement Notice: Dennis La Varenne
Replies: 29
Views: 11942

Re: Bereavement Notice: Dennis La Varenne

Sad to hear of Dennis's passing, he taught me how to make Flemish strings
Matt
by matt61
Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:42 pm
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Refinishing a bow
Replies: 1
Views: 2412

Refinishing a bow

I was thinking about having a go at stripping of the finish on my Cascade longbow and applying a new one. Can anyone give me any tips about where to source the right coating and what is need to do the job and how to go about it.
Thanks
Matt
by matt61
Sun Sep 18, 2016 6:06 am
Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
Topic: Creeping Quiver
Replies: 9
Views: 6445

Re: Creeping Quiver

That is the type I have and use the o'rings to hold in position. The Thunderhorn Boa seems to hold position better than my Selway quick detach, so I always use o'rings with the Selway.
Matt
by matt61
Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:03 pm
Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
Topic: Creeping Quiver
Replies: 9
Views: 6445

Re: Creeping Quiver

I have both Selway and Thunderhorn bow quivers and what I have done with my recurves that have the 1/4" inserts in the risers for bolt on quivers and I have screwed in mushroom headed screws with a bit of plumbers tape on them so they tighten up about 3mm proud under the head and then I hook an...
by matt61
Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:17 pm
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Arrow / Fletching is ther ever a need for cammed up arrows
Replies: 4
Views: 2355

Re: Arrow / Fletching is ther ever a need for cammed up arro

I have super bright feathers and wraps, so I can find them once I have shot and missed :roll: . But I,m with Cadet and have always believed that birds see colors, so I cover my bright arrows when hunting. That's why flowers and fruits are bright colors to attract birds to eat them and spread pollen ...
by matt61
Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:50 pm
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Leather glove or Tab treatment
Replies: 3
Views: 2081

Leather glove or Tab treatment

What do you put on your leather gloves or Tabs to keep them soft and shooting sweet.
Matt
by matt61
Sun Jul 10, 2016 8:00 am
Forum: Traditional Archery Events
Topic: Dunolly shoot flyer
Replies: 6
Views: 4636

Re: Dunolly shoot flyer

There is no venue address on the flyer, can someone please let me know as I have not been before.
thanks
Matt
by matt61
Tue Jun 21, 2016 4:42 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: First ABA comp
Replies: 6
Views: 3292

Re: First ABA comp

Bow arm , hold up your bow without pulling back on the string but with a little bit of tension on it and roll your wrist, left and right and you will see what I mean. With the back of your wrist almost parallel to the outside of your forearm a longbow string should stop almost an inch away from the ...
by matt61
Sun Jun 12, 2016 7:08 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: First ABA comp
Replies: 6
Views: 3292

Re: First ABA comp

Hi Bago A tip to stop slapping your arm, roll your wrist inwards as you draw so you keep the back of your wrist almost parallel with the outside of your forearm. I have shot trad bows for twenty years and I do not wear a wrist guard when shooting targets with either a longbow or recurve and I only w...
by matt61
Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:41 pm
Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
Topic: Recurve Bow Quiver
Replies: 5
Views: 2192

Re: Recurve Bow Quiver

I have both Selway and Thunderhorn and both hold six arrows, I would only buy six arrow quivers as there is little weight difference and you can all ways put less arrows in if you want. The Thunderhorn can be put on either a longbow or a recurve where as the Selway is bow type specific. With The Sel...
by matt61
Mon May 30, 2016 7:12 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: Martin mamba
Replies: 7
Views: 2605

Re: Martin mamba

I don't think you could bugger it anymore than what it already has been, but as with any wood laminate bow there is the risk that they will all eventually go bang. I would get the same glue used by Bowyers to glue laminations together and put masking tape over the holes on one side of the riser and ...
by matt61
Fri May 27, 2016 8:27 pm
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: When Fox whistling.
Replies: 5
Views: 5912

When Fox whistling.

I have getting out a bit lately chasing foxes. I have been out about six times in the past month, mostly by myself and once with a mate. About three weeks ago Ken and myself set off for an afternoons whistling on a property that borders a State park and as we just set up at our second stand, Ken sai...
by matt61
Sun May 15, 2016 6:36 am
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: Cobar 2015
Replies: 8
Views: 7238

Re: Cobar 2015

Hi Ben
Really good hunting trip always have a great time. It's a PCHX and the limbs have Olive Ash laminations in them. Spec's 54" and 53# and it has a low wrist grip that I really like. I got it 2nd hand from the Stickbow Classifieds in the US.
Matt
by matt61
Sun May 08, 2016 8:38 pm
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: More From Cobar 2015
Replies: 2
Views: 4161

More From Cobar 2015

The Black widow I shot the black and white Billy with, was only delivered to my house two days before we left, set the nocking point to suit me and we are off hunting :biggrin: I found this Stick insect on a bush next to the car 045.JPG . Bob and myself with a nice eater that he shot right between t...
by matt61
Sun May 08, 2016 8:05 pm
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: Cobar 2015
Replies: 8
Views: 7238

Cobar 2015

My Club organized a hunting trip for August with four members going. On our first day at the property, we had two game cameras and I set mine up at Eight mile tank and there was a family of Wood ducks on it. 012.JPG When I got home from the trip and loaded the photo's of the game camera on to my com...