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Old 03-04-2005, 12:05 AM   #1
 
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what size works the best. If your bow is powerful is it hard get the arrows off the bottom of of the lake?
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Old 03-04-2005, 06:37 AM   #2
 
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i use a 35 to 55 pound oneida osprey i set it low for night shooting (close shots) and crank it up for day shooting (longer or deeper shots) i also use shureshot heads 1/2 turn of the arrow and out it comes
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Old 03-04-2005, 01:09 PM   #3
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[:@] i have a recurve / 45 lbs it has no hole for the rest can i just put some mole skin on there
cuz we cant use compouds in my state only recurve or long[:@]
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Old 03-04-2005, 01:47 PM   #4
 
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[:@] i have a recurve / 45 lbs it has no hole for the rest can i just put some mole skin on there cuz we cant use compouds in my state only recurve or long

check this site out, get a hold of Carver, he's from your neck of the woods and can fill you in on the regs for NY... I'm thinking you may be mixed up on the equipment issue... Carver is from just outside Rochester...
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Old 03-04-2005, 01:51 PM   #5
 
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i use gas tank repair kit. it is a putty that you can mold to the shelf. hardens in about 15 mins. so you can adjust it to be shooting center. when hard it makes a great rest. if you want i can post pics but right now i have to go wack some fish
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Id like to see some pics
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Old 03-04-2005, 03:20 PM   #7
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I shoot 65 to 70 lbs. but basically only shoot daytime. I think 55 lbs is a good all-around weight. Getting arrows out of the bottom........HHHMMMMMM well at 65 lbs shooting in the cattails with a 4 barb head, sometimes it takes 2 guys pulling to get them out. Anywhere else its not bad at all. If I was shooting nighttime in cattails I would use a 2 barb head and lower my weight alot. I'll have a new strategy for the cattails during the day this year!

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Old 03-07-2005, 01:04 PM   #8
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Old 03-07-2005, 01:36 PM   #9
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rockfish, why dont you post that websight and try to get people to join get it going like this websight
i would but for some reason my computer wont let me
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Old 03-07-2005, 03:52 PM   #10
 
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Yall think a pse stingray is a good bow fer bowfishin? I was thinkin bout
gettin a new deer bow next year and tunin my pse into a bowfishin rig. I
think it is set at 50lbs now.
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