At my archery club with invitational shoots, we go out of our way to be inclusive and live by a very simple motto.... bums on seats equals bikkys in the tin. And with more bikkys in tin we can buy flasher toys to play with next time we have a get together.
You exclude, you lose.
Matt
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- Fri May 06, 2016 6:56 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Having a B**ch
- Replies: 50
- Views: 16481
- Thu May 05, 2016 12:08 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Fastflight on older bows
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1817
Fastflight on older bows
I am thinking about making a Fastflight string for an older Recurve I have and padding the loops. Has anyone done this and what did you pad the loops with, either more Fastflight or strands of Dacron. I have made padded loop Dacron strings before. Or is it not worth the risk for what you gain and th...
- Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:37 pm
- Forum: Hunting & Fishing
- Topic: Styrofoam predator call
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4932
Styrofoam predator call
Came across a new type of fox call on youtube last night that works by rubbing a piece of white Styrofoam that has been wet on a mirror. I did a bit of R&D this afternoon and I could get it to work on pretty well any highly polish surface such as a empty glass stubbie , a ceramic plate and polis...
- Sun Feb 14, 2016 6:24 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Policy for buying and selling on this forum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5303
Re: Policy for buying and selling on this forum
Maybe take plenty of photos before posting a bow from now on guys.
Is easy to bend a recurves limbs during the stringing process
if not done right.
Matt
Is easy to bend a recurves limbs during the stringing process
if not done right.
Matt
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:51 am
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: quivers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8339
Re: quivers
I use bow quivers and have used Selway quivers for almost twenty years, they are fantastic.
I also have a Thunderhorn and its great as well. Both brands six arrow capacity and quick detach or strap on.
Matt
I also have a Thunderhorn and its great as well. Both brands six arrow capacity and quick detach or strap on.
Matt
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 2:47 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Keeping skins
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6224
Re: Keeping skins
I use rock salt and put on plenty, a rough guide is the same amount of salt as the skin weighs. Try and clean the skin of as much flesh as possible and then apply the salt and then fold the legs in to the centre and roll skin, flesh side in and either put in a hessian bag or an Onion bag or no bag a...
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 4:39 pm
- Forum: Hunting & Fishing
- Topic: Stump shooting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2985
Re: Stump shooting
Don't shoot stumps here in Aus mate, they are to damned hard and will kill your arra's. Where I live we have California Thistles that grow about three feet tall and I get my eye in by walking along and trying to shoot the flowers off them using Judo points. Good Fun!! :biggrin: I always have a coupl...
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:31 am
- Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
- Topic: Ridgeline Camo Trousers, Shirts & Stoney Creek Polar Fleece
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1469
Re: Ridgeline Camo Trousers, Shirts & Stoney Creek Polar Fle
Interested in the Stoney creek top, can you post a picture
thanks
Matt
thanks
Matt
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:05 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: G'day, and a string question?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2642
Re: G'day, and a string question?
I would make an 18 strand string for that poundage bow.
Matt
Matt
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:56 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Black Palm Raptor
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5641
Re: Black Palm Raptor
Looks good, but don't put it down in the bush, it will be hard to find.
Matt
Matt
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:01 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Shelf Cut
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1956
Re: Shelf Cut
Great thanks Bob.
Matt
Matt
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:42 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Shelf Cut
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1956
Shelf Cut
Can someone tell me how to measure how much cut my longbow has on the arrow shelf.
thanks
Matt
thanks
Matt
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:46 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Brass inserts for Gold tip 3555's Arrows
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1198
Re: Brass inserts for Gold tip 3555's Arrows
Got some off Redback Archery.
Thanks
Matt
Thanks
Matt
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:46 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Brass inserts for Gold tip 3555's Arrows
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1198
Brass inserts for Gold tip 3555's Arrows
Can anyone tell me where I can buy 50grn brass inserts to suit Gold tip 3555's carbon arrows
that you screw the field tip/broad head into.
Thanks
Matt
that you screw the field tip/broad head into.
Thanks
Matt
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:43 pm
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: Effect on arrow spine, Dacron vs Fast flight.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6421
Re: Effect on arrow spine, Dacron vs Fast flight.
Thanks for that Bob, I was looking for it on their webpage and while I was at it ,I found they have a page called Dynamic Spine Calculator. You type in your bow make ,poundage, draw length, arrow make and length and weights of bits such as wraps nocks and inserts etc. Hit the calculate button and it...
- Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:33 pm
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: Effect on arrow spine, Dacron vs Fast flight.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6421
Re: Effect on arrow spine, Dacron vs Fast flight.
Thanks for that Bob ,were is that shown on their site.
Matt
Matt
- Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:30 pm
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: Effect on arrow spine, Dacron vs Fast flight.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6421
Re: Effect on arrow spine, Dacron vs Fast flight.
Just did some testing with the chronograph.
Using my Cascade Brush Hawk 56" 53# longbow and got ten feet per second faster arrow flight
with a Fast flight string, which is why they call it Fast Flight
Matt
Using my Cascade Brush Hawk 56" 53# longbow and got ten feet per second faster arrow flight
with a Fast flight string, which is why they call it Fast Flight
Matt
- Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:08 am
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: Effect on arrow spine, Dacron vs Fast flight.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6421
Effect on arrow spine, Dacron vs Fast flight.
I have heard somewhere that if you change your bows string from Dacron to Fast Flight , you will need to shoot a stiffer spine arrow because of the speed gain.
Has anyone found that to be true. and how much difference did you find it made.
Matt
Has anyone found that to be true. and how much difference did you find it made.
Matt
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:25 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Broadhead alignment on arrow shafts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4883
Re: Broadhead alignment on arrow shafts
As I gap shoot , I set mine horizontal so that in the heat of the moment hunting I will always use the tip of the broadhead to gap my shot. With a vertical set broadhead you can make the mistake of picking the very edge of the back of the blade and shoot low.
Matt
Matt
- Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:49 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Suregrip
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2614
Re: Suregrip
Thank Fellas , push bike tube sound like a cheap way to experiment to see if I will like it.
Three Rivers sell one with little bumps all over it for extra grip for $14.
Matt
Three Rivers sell one with little bumps all over it for extra grip for $14.
Matt
- Tue Sep 01, 2015 9:13 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Suregrip
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2614
Re: Suregrip
Has anyone got a Suregrip on their recurve bow, It does not have to be a Black Widow.
Just want to know how it fitted on their bow. If it was hard or easy to get on and fitted neatly.
thanks
Matt
Just want to know how it fitted on their bow. If it was hard or easy to get on and fitted neatly.
thanks
Matt
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:56 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Suregrip
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2614
Suregrip
I have a Black Widow PCHX and was thinking of putting a rubber Suregrip on it.
And would like to know if anyone has one on their Black Widow and how hard
was it to get on.
Matt
And would like to know if anyone has one on their Black Widow and how hard
was it to get on.
Matt
- Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:17 pm
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: draw length
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4224
Re: draw length
Hi Mitch 28" draw length is the standard that traditional bows are made to. Us humans come in different sizes like myself with a chimpanzee draw length 26 1/2" :biggrin: or knuckle dragging gorillas with a 32" draw length. At a 29" draw you will be pulling 43#, maybe you are shoo...
- Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:42 pm
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: How do you hang on to your bow
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5918
How do you hang on to your bow
I have been doing a bit of shooting with my Cascade Longbow today having just made a new string for it.
I find it shoots best if I literally strangle it.
What sort of grip do you guys use when shooting your bows
Matt
I find it shoots best if I literally strangle it.
What sort of grip do you guys use when shooting your bows
Matt
- Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:09 pm
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: D97, B50, B55. What's it all mean?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7833
Re: D97, B50, B55. What's it all mean?
Its mainly the older bows that you should not use fast flight on like the old Bears with thin wide limbs and I
personally know guys who have tried it and blown up their bow.
Contact your bows manufacturer to see if your bow is fast flight compatible.
Matt
personally know guys who have tried it and blown up their bow.
Contact your bows manufacturer to see if your bow is fast flight compatible.
Matt
- Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:18 am
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: D97, B50, B55. What's it all mean?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7833
Re: D97, B50, B55. What's it all mean?
B50 is called Dacron, I personally make all my strings using it as I like the fact that I can get my bows to shoot with very little noise which I like for hunting. It doe's stretch quite a bit, but stops stretching fairly quickly. D97 is called Fast flight and has very little stretch and for me a lo...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:59 pm
- Forum: Hunting & Fishing
- Topic: Mongol bow
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3653
Re: Mongol bow
Hi Shurik Depending on how much you want to spend, I would look into trying a takedown recurve. I personally have three takedown recurves that I put in a backpack and the longest is 56 inches assembled , the longest thing on the pack is the tube full of arrows. With a takedown, they have the advanta...
- Sun May 31, 2015 6:42 pm
- Forum: Hunting & Fishing
- Topic: New form of hunting
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2700
Re: New form of hunting
I have thought about using a plane like that to tow a string of balloons as a novelty event at a Trad shoot.
But I know some bu%#er will shoot the plane and end the fun
Matt
But I know some bu%#er will shoot the plane and end the fun
Matt
- Fri May 29, 2015 3:28 pm
- Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
- Topic: SOLD
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4122
Re: WITHDRAWN
I had a look at Mikalugers post and pics, sweet looking bow.
I was very tempted, change of heart
Matt
I was very tempted, change of heart
Matt
- Thu May 28, 2015 3:28 pm
- Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
- Topic: Black Widow
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3191
Re: Black Widow
Yes know where that is, have shot there when it was an ABA club. Would it be possible to have some shots with it.
thanks
Matt
thanks
Matt