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Forum: Technical
08-09-2004, 07:36 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 664
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: cutting aluminum shafts

A Dremel tool with the standard cut-off wheel is all you need. The only drawback is you need to be careful to keep your cut straight and even. Practice in 1/4" increments on an arrow or 3 before...
Forum: Technical
08-04-2004, 11:09 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,223
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Everyone please help me pick a fixed blade broadhead this year

I shoot mechanicals personally, but from what I have read on this and other hunting boards, if you don't shoot a Muzzy fixed blade a few things will happen. For instance, your bow will explode, your...
Forum: Technical
08-04-2004, 10:32 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,900
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Did you know a heavier arrow drops LESS than a lighter arrow??

I think we all recongize this, which is why we are talking about speed. Time to target is a function of speed, which is what we are talking about. An arrow (or anything else for that matter) begins...
Forum: Technical
08-04-2004, 08:18 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 718
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Best way to change arrows spine

It's not the feathers, they weight virtually nothing. It's either the inserts themselves (some are heavier than others) or the amount of epoxy used. You could easily add 4 or 5 grains by using lots...
Forum: Technical
08-04-2004, 06:57 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 718
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Best way to change arrows spine

Adding 25 grains to the tip will make WAY more difference to the effective spine of an arrow than cutting off 1/2 inch.

It's really hard to believe that 1/2 inch made such a huge difference. ...
Forum: Technical
08-04-2004, 06:52 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,900
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Did you know a heavier arrow drops LESS than a lighter arrow??

Leverdude has the physics right, but the assumption most people are making is that the heavy and the light arrow are travelling at the same speed. When that is the case, the heavier arrow sinks less...
Forum: Technical
07-23-2004, 06:31 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,826
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: ** New Bow Review to discuss!....Outdoor Life's Bow Shootout

It's about time someone did a report like this! I'll be buying my first issue of OL in quite a long time tonight.
Forum: Technical
07-21-2004, 08:45 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 590
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Practice shooting from your stand???

It doesn't matter which you use- you just have to be consistent.
Forum: Technical
07-21-2004, 08:40 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,698
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Bringing broadheads & field points tgether.

It's almost as ridiculous as assuming that someone who uses mechanicals does so as "an excuse for not tuning." Give me a break. There are PLENTY of people out there who have had the experience of...
Forum: Technical
07-21-2004, 06:39 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,698
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Bringing broadheads & field points tgether.

Two options.

1) Buy new arrows, spend hours tuning and retuning, take field tips and broadheads on and off over and over again to see if what you did worked, buy new broadheads in case they are...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-16-2004, 11:27 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,779
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot

Most deer I've shot- including several heart shots- have gone something like 50-70 yards.
Forum: Bowhunting
07-16-2004, 11:23 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,333
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: To harness up or not

I never used to wear a harness. I can climb like an ape and I'd never come close to falling out. Then on one cold morning in November I woke up on the ground spitting out teeth through my split...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-16-2004, 07:02 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,197
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Scary Things, Boo!

Being semi-scared from time to time in the dark is half the fun of hunting. You never feel more alive than you do when the hair on the back of your neck is standing up and you are wondering whether...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-14-2004, 07:12 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 4,037
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: So I got to work and the world crumbles

Here is why. IMO it's a hunters duty to take the most lethal shot possible every time. It's that simple.

When you deliberately take less than the best shot possible, as Len admitted he did,...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-14-2004, 05:47 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 4,037
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: So I got to work and the world crumbles

Most are missing the point entirely. In the thead, Len himself wrote "I would not recommend anyone take this shot." As an experienced bowhunter, he knows what can happen on a shoulder shot. He...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-13-2004, 05:20 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 4,037
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: So I got to work and the world crumbles

No one (that I read) was upset at the graphic images. In a nutshell, Davidmil posted pic's of a deliberate shoulder shot taken by Len very recently. Anyone who has ever shot a deer in the shoulder...
Forum: Technical
07-09-2004, 11:42 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,645
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Great article on Broadhead sharpness

He makes some good points, but those two examples of recovered deer require a person to make some pretty major assumptions. He has no way of knowing if the broadheads recovered from those deer were...
Forum: Technical
05-10-2004, 10:35 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,592
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Cat Quiver

At the top, right of this site is a "search" button. Do a search for Cat Quiver and you will find a lot of posts about this popular quiver. Mine is over a decade old, and I've never had an arrow...
Forum: Technical
04-22-2004, 07:21 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,835
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: can you repair carbon arrows

Don't even try, there could be damage that you can't see. It's not worth the possible consequences.
Forum: Technical
04-22-2004, 07:19 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,081
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Bow Quiver suggestions

Catquiver II fan here. After you use it for a season, the notion that you might clip a bunch of arrows right on your bow will seem preposterous.

It keeps your fletching dry, it is much easier...
Forum: Technical
04-19-2004, 10:40 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,646
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: 25 Years - Time to Quit

Why does this post say you are quitting? You aren't quitting compounds, you are starting to shoot traditional. One day I'll do this too, when I have more time to practice. I bet you will never...
Forum: Technical
04-19-2004, 07:50 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,411
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Arrow life

c903 said "Excluding the fact that there are no REAL measurable advantages to using carbon shafts for hunting,"

Aside from lighter weight- I think JeffB noted the primary advantage of carbon...
Forum: Technical
04-02-2004, 07:06 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,820
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Check, re-check, re-tune your arrows.

I didn't mean to be controversial Len- I'm simply posting my opinion which happens to be different than yours. I always assume it's in good fun to have differences of opinion- it's just a message...
Forum: Technical
04-01-2004, 08:34 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,820
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Check, re-check, re-tune your arrows.

When carbon fishing rods first came out- everyone said it was a craze. They said they don't have uniform wall thickness, that they weren't as straight, they will weaken over time- all the same...
Forum: Technical
02-02-2004, 02:48 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,381
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Cutting Carbon Arrows.

A Dremel tool with a cut-off wheel does a great job of cutting carbon shafts. The trick is to first cut it 1/4" from where the final cut will be- that will allow you to hold the Dremel parallel to...
Forum: Technical
01-27-2004, 07:32 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,942
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: New NAP Vanes(Pic)!

Why on earth would you want to put a heavier fletch on that is designed to slow your arrow down???

Is everyone really having that many problems getting stable arrow flight?

Seems like a...
Forum: Technical
12-08-2003, 10:36 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,029
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Spine degradation over time??

HA! Yeah Len, you better not badmouth carbons too much, seeing as how you sold me mine. As a matter of fact, you personally talked me into buying them instead of aluminum using the dirty trick...
Forum: Technical
12-04-2003, 05:00 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,029
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Spine degradation over time??

I agree totally that there are cheap, awful carbon arrows out there. Some have tolerances that are ridiculous, they are not shootable IMO. I'm talking about mid-high end arrows.

But you have...
Forum: Technical
12-04-2003, 10:08 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,029
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Spine degradation over time??

Arthur- if you think arrows and pencil lead are equivalent, it's going to be hard to have a serious discussion.. Next time you have a graphite arrow, try writing with it. And bear in mind, aluminum...
Forum: Technical
12-04-2003, 06:13 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,554
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: spine consistancey with carbons

By saying their arrows are spined uniformly, they are saying that within a specified range of weights, their arrows will resist flexing to the same degree all around the shaft. BUT- this does not...
Forum: Technical
12-04-2003, 06:02 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,029
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Spine degradation over time??

Heat is not an issue with carbon arrows, at least, not normal heat levels caused by sunlight or target friction. If you held a bic lighter on it for a while, you would burn the epoxy- but short of...
Forum: Technical
12-03-2003, 01:32 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,029
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Spine degradation over time??

They are epoxies, and certainly can go bad. For instance, you should never store carbon arrows where they will be exposed to sunlight, because that degrades the epoxies.

But except for when...
Forum: Technical
12-03-2003, 12:40 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,554
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: spine consistancey with carbons

If the floating-high side matches the spine, it is purely by coincidence. Floating the arrow just shows where the natural curve is. The spine is a function of the graphite layers themselves, and is...
Forum: Technical
12-03-2003, 12:21 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,029
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Spine degradation over time??

Have you ever held on to a graphite rod as a tuna or marlin takes off at Mach 9, with your drag set at 30 lbs? The rod, which is so stiff it is hard to bend more than a few inches by hand, will bend...
Forum: Technical
12-03-2003, 11:25 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,029
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Spine degradation over time??

Cougar is right, aluminum loses both straightness and spine more easily than carbon. Think about it, when was the last time you saw an aluminum fishing rod, or a high-end aluminum golf club? ...
Forum: Bowhunting
12-02-2003, 06:27 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,048
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Stirring the pot.....again. Penetration

Placement is more important than penetration, and lighter arrows with their flatter trajectories make range estimation less critical- affording better shot placement. Lots of misses come from...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-18-2003, 05:06 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,622
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Proof that a whitetail can survive with one lung

Looks pretty squirrely to me too. Only thing that has me guessing is the swollen area of the second rib (to the left of the one with the arrow embedded in it). That would happen if that rib were...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-14-2003, 05:26 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 562
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: The Big 9.......... video

I have a T1 line, so it' s fast enough, but I get a message saying no suitable decompressor could be found...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-06-2003, 05:27 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,299
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Poll: How often do you see deer in shooting range?

Here adjacent to 600 acres of No Hunting state park, I see deer about 90% of the time, and have deer in shooting range (25 yards) about 60% of the time. My detailed logs from last year show that on...
Forum: Technical
10-30-2003, 10:47 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,001
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: cutting off carbons

Don' t mount a regular cut-off saw blade to a Dremel. The tool doesn' t have enough torque to get it moving fast enough for a clean cut, and the hole in the center is too big to get it properly...
Forum: Technical
10-30-2003, 10:45 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,001
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: cutting off carbons

If you get the diamond cut-off wheel, you can cut the arrow in one pass. If you use the smaller wheels that come with the Dremel, it' s easier to rotate the arrow a few times as you cut. Either way...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-30-2003, 05:47 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,802
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: I couldn' t pull the trigger...

I' m the same way- doe with a couple fawns walks. Doe alone I drop. Call me a softie, but I hate hearing fawns bleat after I whack their Mom.... I' ve had that happen enough for one lifetime. ...
Forum: Technical
10-30-2003, 05:36 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,001
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: cutting off carbons

Use a Dremel tool with the cut-off wheel. Put a piece of masking tape around the arrow where you want to cut it, and mark it all the way around. First cut through the arrow 1/4" from where the...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-29-2003, 06:01 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,114
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: want to see an aerial of your hunting land?

Do a search on this- there are sites out there with much better resolution than Terrafly (although Terrafly has the nicest interface I' ve seen), and where you can click back and forth between topo...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-23-2003, 04:35 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 970
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Do it yourself vs. guided hunts

Back in the day (5 years ago) when Illinois didn' t make out of state hunters drop their pants and bend over for a license, my hunting buddies and I used to go on self-guided 9 day hunts for under...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-23-2003, 04:22 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,169
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Shot a buck, opinions....

You said you wanted opinions, so...

You bowhunted in the rain.

By doing this, you eliminate the one way to follow a shot deer (the blood trail). So now you have to wander around blindly...
Forum: Technical
10-10-2003, 05:58 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 757
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: treestand angle

Yeah- what BobCo said. If you have to ask how to take the shot, you haven' t practiced the shot. If you haven' t practiced the shot, you have no business taking it. Different people have different...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-10-2003, 05:53 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,562
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Finally, found buck!

In my book, to get a clean " bowkill" you need to do 3 things.

1) shoot a deer
2) track it to where it died
3) eat it

IMO not a bowkill. He crippled a deer, which later died of the...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-08-2003, 11:34 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,614
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: MUST read ,Well I never!!!

Let me get this straight- 27 deer all come into the field in the spot you were sitting in the night before, then all 27 ran past you without giving you a shot because a bike rode by. Then they went...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-08-2003, 08:40 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,114
Posted By PatapscoMike

RE: Fletching my own arrows?

Cyanoacrylate is just a fancy name for superglue- but don' t get runny regular superglue- get the stuff made for fletching. It has a higher viscosity so it will stay where you put it. You should be...
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