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09-15-2002 | 09:34 AM

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Charlie P

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RE: Arrow Speed, Misjudged Yardage & Ethics

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quotequote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Charlie P - This is my first season with a longbow, a whole new ballgame and then some. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

So have you shot at a game animal,with your longbow/recurve?

I'll be honest you remind me of a guy who just quit smoking and wants to tell everyone what it's all about.

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>I still disagree with the general statments made on mechanicals. I believe that the majority of bowhunters couldn't shoot bullet hole paper with their setups. A good number probably have the wrong spined arrows. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

What general statements do you disagree with?

I haven't paper tuned my bow in along time,so what?Why? When I practice with my broadheads (85 grain Thunderheads) if I'm not careful I cut fletchings.I have great arrow flight and get passthru's.

Why do you feel many have the wrong spined arrows? You don't have to be a Rhodes Scholar to get the right arrows do you?

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Its facts guys, that many if not most bowhunters don't play around and tinker with their equipment. Too expensive, too time consuming, aint got the tools etc etc. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Why tinker around with something if it ain't broke? Like I said before my set up shoots great, kills animals and gets pass thru's, why should I spend a ton of time tinkering with my bow? If I do have a problem I will take it to my pro-shop,why? I'm not very mechanical and a man needs to know his limitations.I can cook better then 99% of the general public,but I don't work on my own cars very much or my bows,so what? My freezer is full every year and I hit what I'm aiming at.

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Quick fix ? Mechanical heads, am I not right ? <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

No.your not right.If the bow isn't shooting right and isn't tuned what will happen when the mech. hits the animal? No penetration and alot of uneccessary tracking.

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>No idealist thoughts here, just plain thats the way it is truth. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote> You haven't even hunted a full season with your traditional equipmebt and you are already getting an attitude I can't wait until you actually get an animal with it.<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

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