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Forum: Traditional Archery
11-10-2005, 12:12 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,303
Posted By longbowman

RE: Your list of must own bows.........

Probably the only bow that was onmy list was a Bear Custom T.D. and I just bought one of them. I've either owned or shot most of the others listed and still grab my 76# 1978 Howatt Hunter and kill my...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-04-2005, 11:06 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 565
Posted By longbowman

RE: Guitars and bows....

I know exactly what your saying. I play banjo and mountain dulcimers but it's the same feeling and this year was a pefect fit with me and my bow too. Adear11, did you ever hear the story about the...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-02-2005, 01:31 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,137
Posted By longbowman

RE: Bow Hunting from the Ground - Tactics.

I've been a Tree guy here in PA but this season I decided to hunt the best possible place for a deer and not hunt trees. Last Saturday morning I shot a good 7pt. at 10 yds. from the ground with no...
Forum: Traditional Archery
10-28-2005, 09:48 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 680
Posted By longbowman

Son did good!

Last night my son decided to do some still hunting in the wind and rain. He made his way to the back of an unpicked cornfiled about 1/2 hr. before dark. As he turned the corner he saw a big deer...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-24-2005, 08:28 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,640
Posted By longbowman

RE: What scent to use for mock scrapes?

I've had tremendous success using Wildlife Research "Active Scrape". I can honestly say that I hve had 100% of my scrapes visited that I've used this in. Of course I'm using this only in areas that I...
Forum: Traditional Archery
10-18-2005, 12:30 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,157
Posted By longbowman

RE: Instinctive Shooting Clinic feedback

Having seen Fred shoot I can honestly say that he's a great self promoter. He's made the money from his seminars and books and videos but is an average shot at best. I really like him as a person and...
Forum: Traditional Archery
10-18-2005, 08:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 751
Posted By longbowman

RE: anyone get anything yet?

I took a doe on 10/8. Came in at 8:20 A.M. and offered me a quartering away shot at 20 yds. My arrow went in behind the last rib angled forward and down and cut off the knuckle on the opposite leg...
Forum: Northeast
10-12-2005, 08:50 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 755
Posted By longbowman

RE: Pa deer count day 10

Out this morning saw two buck, no shooting.
Forum: Northeast
10-11-2005, 09:10 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,312
Posted By longbowman

RE: Pa deer count day 8

I've been in a stand a total of 6 times so far. Had a 100" 8 point in to 18 yds. but offered no shot. Have had 13 doe in and killed one of them for the freezer. On the pther hand my son has been in...
Forum: Traditional Archery
09-29-2005, 11:55 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,543
Posted By longbowman

RE: effective range

I practice daily out to 50 yds. but haven't shot a live animal over 18 yds. in 15 years.
Forum: Traditional Archery
09-29-2005, 11:52 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 14,125
Posted By longbowman

RE: best heavy longbow?

LBR, That's a fair question back to me. The spine shots were accidents. Once upon a time I used to wait for a quartering "towards" me shot so I could take out a shoulder while driving into the...
Forum: Traditional Archery
09-27-2005, 09:05 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 14,125
Posted By longbowman

RE: best heavy longbow?

I'm actually enjoying this thread! The talk about hitting shoulders still amazes me somewhat. I don't know of a bone on a "deer" that will stop an arrow from my bow. I've shot through the spine of...
Forum: Traditional Archery
09-21-2005, 12:54 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 14,125
Posted By longbowman

RE: best heavy longbow?

Sorry Chad,

However I've taken my 800+ grain arrows to the ETAR and shot them out of every heavy bow they had and nobodys bow, regardless of price, came close to the HH bows for speed with...
Forum: Traditional Archery
09-21-2005, 06:26 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 14,125
Posted By longbowman

RE: best heavy longbow?

Dkeener, I know there's people that blame the heavy bows on shoulder injury but in my experience (35 yrs.) I've seen just as many shoulder problems with 45 & 50# shooters. I'm a 150# 51 yr. old and...
Forum: Traditional Archery
09-12-2005, 01:07 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,026
Posted By longbowman

RE: what poundage??

I've been a bowhunter since before compounds were around for hunting. I have to just about crap a marble to roll over a 70# compound yet shoot 3d tournaments with 80# longbows and recurves. The...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
08-22-2005, 12:52 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 624
Posted By longbowman

RE: enter/exit trails?

While the final movement into and out of a feeding area may be on the same trail the deer will normally hour-glass their trails to an from bedding areas to feeding areas. The trails taken will always...
Forum: Traditional Archery
08-18-2005, 08:48 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,584
Posted By longbowman

RE: Bear Green 145-gr Razorheads

I used them for years and wish they still made them. In 1980/81 I took a bull elk, 505# black bear, mule deer buck and two whitetails with the same head before hittin a rock on a pass through that...
Forum: Traditional Archery
08-12-2005, 08:35 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,077
Posted By longbowman

RE: What are your thoughts on this.

Guss, I always had a dream of living in a place like Alaska or Montana. My wife and I made the move from Pennsylvania to Montana and lived there for 4 years. During that time my friends came out...
Forum: Traditional Archery
08-09-2005, 12:33 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 719
Posted By longbowman

RE: Poundage??

Like LBR just said, it's the "HIT FORCE" that kills, not the speed. You would want to go with as heavy an arrow as you can get. In your case the arrow weight comes in around 400 Grains @ 165 FPS for...
Forum: Traditional Archery
04-29-2005, 01:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 685
Posted By longbowman

RE: Laminated birch shafts

Try Allegheny Mountain Arrowoods.
Forum: Traditional Archery
04-22-2005, 07:12 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,174
Posted By longbowman

RE: What is a good poundage....

Good point LBR, you have to first decide what you are out there for and then stick to your convictions. After 39 yrs. of bowhunting I find that killing more deer is not always the highlight of my...
Forum: Traditional Archery
04-21-2005, 12:17 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 650
Posted By longbowman

RE: Black Sheep syndrome?

Thank you for the responses. I don't want to sound paranoid it just seemed to frequent that I would answer a topic and the topic shut down. (Come to think of it, I have that effect on women too!) ...
Forum: Traditional Archery
04-21-2005, 08:50 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 650
Posted By longbowman

Black Sheep syndrome?

I was just wondering if there's been anybody else in this forum that feels like they curse any subject they respond to? Either I'm considered the foremost authority on this forum to anything I try...
Forum: Traditional Archery
04-20-2005, 08:02 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 517
Posted By longbowman

RE: IMHO ?

In My Honest Opinion. This computer lingo seems silly to me too.
Forum: Traditional Archery
04-20-2005, 07:00 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,174
Posted By longbowman

RE: What is a good poundage....

I agree with what everybody else is basically saying. Shoot whatever weight you can handle comfortably. The tendancy in traditional archery is for people to always go light when they could probably...
Forum: Traditional Archery
12-30-2004, 07:08 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,453
Posted By longbowman

RE: traditional 3-D shoots

Scoobiedoo, I've went to every Denton Hill so far including last year and it's still going strong. There's fewer people now which is OK with me for camping areas but I'm getting the feeling that...
Forum: Northeast
12-20-2004, 09:18 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,041
Posted By longbowman

RE: Ramblings on Alt, HR, AR, WM, Buck/doe ratio...

I'm also glad to see some common snese people posting out there. This problem goes the whole way back to being a little kid with the old "just because you friend, bridge etc..." Some of you guys...
Forum: Northeast
12-17-2004, 01:05 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,041
Posted By longbowman

RE: Ramblings on Alt, HR, AR, WM, Buck/doe ratio...

The one thing that keeps coming back to me is that the game commission is wrong for selling so many doe permits because we're killing off all the deer. I guess my question is, who's buying all of...
Forum: Guns
12-17-2004, 12:51 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,745
Posted By longbowman

Trigger pull

Can any of you gun knowledgable people tell me what the "optimum" trigger pull should be for the average rifle shooter? I don't bench shoot other than to get ready for the season but I do like my...
Forum: Bowhunting
12-15-2004, 08:50 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,483
Posted By longbowman

RE: Do you think ATV noise effects deer movement?

I'm not sure what effect they have on the deer but they have a hair raising effect on me! I think they should be banned from any part of the hunting season for anybody that doesn't have a physical...
Forum: Traditional Archery
12-15-2004, 08:44 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 577
Posted By longbowman

RE: Hunting vs. Killing

Tx, Your on the right track but it sounds like you take all of your methods of hunting very serious so I imagine you will do the same with traditional equipment. I hate to be the one to break it to...
Forum: Traditional Archery
11-19-2004, 07:03 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,210
Posted By longbowman

RE: Stand heght for recurve?

I have a 14' pull rope that I tie to my belt when climbing to place a tree stand. That puts my stand at 12'. I've shot more than 40 deer from that height and have had literraly hundreds of deer...
Forum: Traditional Archery
11-19-2004, 06:56 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,107
Posted By longbowman

RE: grouping at 20 yards

There's a certain distance that everyone has that "feel" for and I call it a "ZONE". Within that zone you "know" you can hit exactly what your shooting at. It sounds to me like that zone has found...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-16-2004, 09:44 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,551
Posted By longbowman

RE: Buddy connects....What do you think he will score?

I'm gonna say between 150 & 160 "GROSS" non-typical.
Forum: Bowhunting
11-16-2004, 09:38 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 585
Posted By longbowman

RE: Help with feild scoreing

Use the deers ear as a ruler. The average width of a deers ears when alert is 16" tip to tip. The average length of a deers ear is 6". So when you look at the rack from the side you can look at...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-09-2004, 11:47 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 581
Posted By longbowman

RE: What a crazy morning!

Great morning! I had a buck walk around me this morning stopping just outside of 3 different shooting lanes but never had a chance either. This is what bowhunting is all about! Good post.
Forum: Bowhunting
11-08-2004, 09:13 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,078
Posted By longbowman

RE: This has become the "I wounded one" forum

I really hate to jump in here but I have to. Nobody on this or any other site will ever know if I wound a deer. This is just the kind of bait the ANTI's are looking for and are logging in for their...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-04-2004, 07:41 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,005
Posted By longbowman

RE: Questions about Binoculars

I have been going through the same delima myself for the past couple of years. The local "big boys" around here have all gone to Steiners but I just didn't want to pay that kind of price for...
Forum: Traditional Archery
11-03-2004, 09:39 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 582
Posted By longbowman

RE: The rut is Swigning

I shot one this past summer at a sporting goods store in Maine. They we very accurate but had a lot of vibration that I'm sure could be eliminated with brush buttons and string silencers. Have fun...
Forum: Traditional Archery
11-03-2004, 08:57 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 582
Posted By longbowman

The rut is Swigning

I've been out everyday for the past 4 1/2 weeks and the buck are really starting to move! This morning I pulled a drag rag behind me for over 100 yds. and hung it 5 yds. in front of me. At 7 a.m. I...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-02-2004, 08:22 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 3,398
Posted By longbowman

RE: Huntings biggest threat isn't the ANTI's

This is a very good subject and one that I'm dealing with here in n.w. Penna. I have a partner in my business who refuses to ask permission to hunt on anybody's land. He wants to either lease it or...
Forum: Traditional Archery
10-29-2004, 09:28 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 565
Posted By longbowman

Never mind!

:D Thanks in part to your responses and suggestions and largely to lots of prayer I'm back! I really can't pin point what was wrong but I just didn't have the feeling about my hunting that I should...
Forum: Traditional Archery
10-27-2004, 09:11 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,850
Posted By longbowman

RE: After 50 kills and 38 yrs. - I quit!

Arthur P. - Thank you!
Forum: Technical
10-27-2004, 07:19 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 10,598
Posted By longbowman

Bear First Strike Bow

Does anybody know the Specs. on this bow? Let off etc...?
Forum: Traditional Archery
10-27-2004, 07:13 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,850
Posted By longbowman

RE: After 50 kills and 38 yrs. - I quit!

Thanks for the replies guys. Basically I guess I'm just going through something I've never experienced before. The season has been a long one with few deer sightings but now that the rut is...
Forum: Traditional Archery
10-26-2004, 11:57 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,850
Posted By longbowman

After 50 kills and 38 yrs. - I quit!

[&o]I'm not sure what has happened but I've lost my confidence in myself and using my traditional equipment and I'm throwing in the towel. I guess I don't have the fight left in me.
Forum: Northeast
10-22-2004, 12:05 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,966
Posted By longbowman

RE: PA deer season

[&o]Bowtech, I live in N.W. Pa and have 200+ acres of private land that I've hunted for years. I hunt "every" morning before work and 3 evenings per week. I've had "ONE" deer in to my stand this...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-13-2004, 11:19 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,689
Posted By longbowman

RE: Average shot distance

I've been keeping records since I started hunting in 1966. My average bowshot has been 18 yds. and my average rifle shot has been 29 yds. (You can really reach out with a 7MM!). I've lways found it...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
10-12-2004, 11:51 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,770
Posted By longbowman

RE: Montana bear hunting

I agree with bareback, I'd try the Little Belt Mtns. for that type of hunting. While I never used an ATV while living in Montana I did successfully stalk a bunch of bear and took one huge one with...
Forum: Traditional Archery
10-08-2004, 07:21 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 547
Posted By longbowman

Limb reinforcement tips

I'm finishing a bow off and would like to use deer antler as the limb tips but have heard they wont adhere correctly. Has anybody done this and if so what glue do you use to put your tips on?
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