Who's shooting? Tuning? Tinkering?

[bowhunter1023]

Should say new strings make the big difference in old bows.

I put ABB Platinums on mine last year and was simply amazed at the performance difference between them, and the worn-out junk I took off. Night and day difference, but it cost me a chunk of change. Very worth it though.

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[bowhunter1023]

Kaydence wants to film our hunts, so we got the camera out tonight to test the microphone (can't add an external mic to this camera) and see how the picture turns out. I figured I'd video my form so I could nitpick, then this happened...

Fun moment for us with my 3rd ever robinhood! All 3 were on back-to-back arrows in a 3 arrow group, but the first 2 happened at 20 yards indoors, this was at 30 from the bucket. It drove the nock straight into the tube and sleeved the 2 arrows about as well as you could. Nice confidence booster, but a pricey "mistake"!

 

[OhioWhiteTails]

It's a love hate relationship with that sound...
Good shootin, Jesse.

 

[jagermeister]

Yet another +1 for shooting traditional… I ain’t had a Robinhood in several years.

 

[Wildlife]

Yet another +1 for shooting traditional… I ain’t had a Robinhood in several years.

Just in case you have forgotten what one looks like and may wish to hold onto those nice good arrows

 

[brock ratcliff]

@Jamie - I ordered a little nugget from 3R so’s I could put a short kick stand full of string on this untapped wooden riser. I put it on tonight after work and took it for a test drive. Hoping to reel something in relatively soon.

 

[Jamie]

many years ago used an improvised copycat of the Great Northern gadget adapter to mount a zebco 808 on wooden bow for bowfishing. tapping riser isn't really hard if you have a small forstner bit and drill press. after I tried a bottle reel, that was the end of opening the bail (or forgetting to and getting hit in the forehead with the nock of a 1000 grain fish arrow) to shoot fish. I tapped an old Bear Grizzly riser to put a bottle reel on it.

my tuning and tinkering, albeit very limited this time around, is done. no more fiddling. just shooting, shooting, and more shooting for the next few weeks. got my targets set up for shooting off the deck yesterday. did some shooting off the deck. it went well. if I could just get the rest of those stands up pretty soon, I'll be in business. lol, I should probably get my broadheads sharpened up, too.

 

[Milo]

Prepping some arrow bullets this morning …

 

[Milo]

Thought I’d go use some of these tom turkey feathers as well.. this color combo should work

 

[Milo]

Chopping them up

 

[Milo]

Time to get to work

 

[Milo]

Bullet complete - TAW 625 grains

 

[jagermeister]

Beautimus!

 

[Big_Holla]

Beautiful arrows!!

 

[brock ratcliff]

And sometimes junk is junk.

 

[Big_Holla]

OH MY............

 

[Stressless]

Prepping some arrow bullets this morning …

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That's a bad ass bow workshop.... 'droolin'

 

[Isaacorps]

No temptation to take a shot over 30 yards (distances at which I am not comfortable/accurate shooting) now. I removed all but my 20 and 30 yard pins. Decluttered my sight picture significantly, which has also been an improvement. I also finally got rid of the whisker biscuit and installed the drop away rest @OhioWhiteTails gave me. Should’ve done that a year ago when he gave it to me . I’m really starting to gain some confidence shooting this thing

 

[Big_Holla]

Simple is often the solution and if you were ever tempted to take a shot beyond what you practice that will help. One thing to keep in mind though as you practice, the more you shoot at longer distances beyond your comfortable hunting distance the better you will feel shooting at that 20 & 30. Helps build that confidence.

 

[bowhunter1023]

I did this for a few seasons earlier in my career and could probably survive just fine doing that now. Work smart, not hard! Good luck Isaac!