High desert stumping

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BenBow
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High desert stumping

#1 Post by BenBow » Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:28 am

Haven't posted for quite a while as I've been fighting and winning in a battle against cancer, but finally healthy enough to get out with my metal monster bow. Dang dry out that was for sure. I had hoped to set up my game cam over a water hole but it and a spring at another site were dry. So I took on targets of opportunity.
Here are a couple of pictures of the area.
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40 paces the bow tip is the point of aim on these
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35 paces
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17 paces
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Re: High desert stumping

#2 Post by BenBow » Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:28 am

A real stump at 21 paces
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Here's a cowboy cabin way back in. Made with stone.
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The old stove buried in the rubble
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#3 Post by stickshooter » Sun Mar 20, 2016 4:55 am

Nice pictures Ben good to hear your winning the fight.

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#4 Post by Bill » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:37 am

:smile: Good on you Ben, a great bunch of pictures, showing that is truly dry, well done.

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#5 Post by bigbob » Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:28 pm

Not bad shooting then Ben. Saw your metal monster on TG, and some impressive performance figures too!
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Re: High desert stumping

#6 Post by BenBow » Mon Mar 21, 2016 1:07 pm

Thanks bigbob. It was a fun project and let me salvage a set of limbs that came out 25lbs too heavy. I redesigned my riser and way over estimated the effect it would make. I narrowed the limbs to 1 1/16" wide at the base and they still came in at 67lbs. This 21" riser with 2" of deflex let me get the weight to a shootable 52lbs and 68" nock to nock. Before I became too weak to shoot these limbs on a 17" riser at 67lbs it shot a 675 gr arrow drawn 28" at 188 fps. Would have been good for way bigger game than we have around here.

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#7 Post by rodlonq » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:05 am

Glad to see you're getting out and about Ben. Great photographs too.

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