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Forum: Bowhunting
04-15-2009, 05:53 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,601
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Off Season - What do you do for fun

Building and shooting bows is a year round activity. In the winter months, though, I like to stow the low tech toys and pull out the high tech toys.


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Forum: Bowhunting
12-15-2008, 05:10 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 5,793
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Your bow pic

I'm with Jason. Grab a stave and use those skins to back it!

Here's one of mine.


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Forum: Bowhunting
11-26-2008, 03:03 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,578
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Post Your Does!

Another 2008 doe, 14 yds, also quartering away. Same 62# osage selfbow & 675 grn ash arrow w/ 190 grn Grizzly head.

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Forum: Bowhunting
11-26-2008, 03:01 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,578
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Post Your Does!

2008 Doe, 25 yds, quartering away. 62# osage selfbow & 676 grn ash arrow w/ trade point head.

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Forum: Traditional Archery
11-21-2008, 06:47 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,844
Posted By AK in PA

RE: homemade bow

Get a copy of Dean Torges's, "Hunting the Osage". It's a fantastic A-Z selfbow manual, wrapped in entertaining story / prose.

Here's a start to finish buildalong I recently did on another site,...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-24-2008, 06:04 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,207
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Knife Sharpening

The best way to sharpen a knife is not to let it get dull. Trite, but true! And by that I mean, sharpening it after every use. I keep my hunting knifes shaving sharp with an ordinary sharpening...
Forum: Bowhunting
08-24-2008, 04:44 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,191
Posted By AK in PA

RE: uv killer

Gimmicky stuff, IMO. I boughta "kit" of UV killer almost 20 years ago. I don't know if it killed any UV or not, but it sure made my treestand shiny. I actually "found" it this spring, when we were...
Forum: Bowhunting
08-24-2008, 03:12 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 9,177
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Let`s see the smallest buck you have shot

This button buck was probably my smallest buck,in 2000, my first year switching up to hunting with osage selfbows. I spottedit walking along a field edge and hustled through the woods to intercept...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
08-09-2008, 03:46 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 4,906
Posted By AK in PA

RE: True Opinions on Hunting Shows!

I'd love to see a good hunting show. But they're all so bad, that whenI do catch one once in a blue moon while channel surfing, I can't stand it for more than a few minutes and resume surfing or find...
Forum: Traditional Archery
08-06-2008, 10:35 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,595
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Yew ELB

Man, Lockout that bandsaw already! Yew isn't exactly easy (or cheap) to come by. [:-] Looks like you'll still be able to pull off an ELB. My limited experience with yew is that it works easily...too...
Forum: Bowhunting
08-04-2008, 09:09 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,997
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Has anyone successfully stalked & killed a deer?

Ahh, stillhunting and stalking is my favorite way to hunt wary eastern whitetails. :D Probably have taken a dozen with a bow by stillhunting or stalking.
Forum: Bowhunting
08-04-2008, 08:47 PM
Replies: 245
Views: 11,669
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Antler Restiction programs ...are you for or against them?

Reread. A part is HR. Most is AR.
Forum: Bowhunting
08-04-2008, 07:00 PM
Replies: 245
Views: 11,669
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Antler Restiction programs ...are you for or against them?

I loathe them in Pennsylvania. I never have been, nor never will be hung up on antler size. PA has had point restrictions for several years. Upon initial discussion, I honestly didn't think they...
Forum: Traditional Archery
07-17-2008, 06:01 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,091
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Snakeskin backed limbs

I like to add them selfbows when the bow is in good tiller and still ~10-12# overweight, since you'll loose some poundage cleaning the limbs up afterwards. That leaves some wiggle room to make finall...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-09-2008, 09:19 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,998
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Who does your work???

I tend to work on my own bows, from tree to finished weapon. ;)

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Forum: Bowhunting
07-08-2008, 06:05 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 8,425
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Hunting stickers

I don't like the ones that have images of critters or their antlers, that are in-your-face, or display a "brand" of something. Subtle ones are neat. Maybe a bowhunting organization sticker, image of...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-06-2008, 05:53 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,103
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Shoulder bags.

Army-Navy surplus stores. I've been using canvas surplus shoulder satchels for more than 2 decades for everything from fishing to bowhunting. Love them! The surplus stores usually have a big variety.
Forum: Traditional Archery
06-25-2008, 07:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,616
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Shaving Horse

IMO, Shaving horses are best left for wagon spokes and table legs, as they were intended. Popularity aside, they are not well suited to handling large staves or flexible pieces like bows. And if you...
Forum: Bowhunting
06-25-2008, 05:37 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,097
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Hey Guys, Show some pics of your fletching combinations.

Red Boar, I've bought snakeskins fromebay and variousdealers. These skins wereall leftover scraps from various bowbuilding projects.

Steven, Anything not made to use is made to collect dust. I'm...
Forum: Bowhunting
06-23-2008, 09:45 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,097
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Hey Guys, Show some pics of your fletching combinations.

Red Boar, Very nice! :D Here's a set of mine. Selfnocked ash shafts with natural turkey feathersand Prairie and Western Diamondback rattlesnake skin crests.

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Forum: Bowhunting
06-18-2008, 07:26 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 4,676
Posted By AK in PA

RE: You've WON The Ultimate Hunt of a Lifetime!

Polarbear. Don't care who with, since I'd probably enjoy anyone's company. No interest in whitetail hunts, since deer are deer to me andI can hunt them at home. Polarbear is the biggest, most unique,...
Forum: Bowhunting
06-18-2008, 07:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,483
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Speaking of old school....

My early years of bowhunting, probably around 1989at age 15. Hoyt Gamegetter bow, 1916 XX75s, Wasp broadheads, Mossy Oak jumpsuit, and ugly glasses.


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Forum: Traditional Archery
06-18-2008, 07:04 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,284
Posted By AK in PA

RE: up or at a lean

Head straight andhitting a true full draw,with body and bow canted. (No craned neck, stunted drawbit.) Keeps me from smacking my bicep or elbowwith the bowstring. Varying degrees are more versatile...
Forum: Traditional Archery
06-18-2008, 06:55 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,964
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Damn Rabbits!!

The most enjoyable part about maintaining a garden is keeping the rabbits at bay. ;)
Forum: Bowhunting
06-18-2008, 06:42 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,416
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Are you OLD SCHOOL?

Old school here. I make my own gear, wear old camo (or no camo), and usually huntin natural hiding spots. I think alot of published deer hunting "strategies" make for a cute Bambi and Bambette story,...
Forum: Bowhunting
06-16-2008, 06:52 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 6,331
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Ok, enough hear- say....

Skipped through most of this post. I tried various Rockets years ago. The heads completely fell apart on 3 deer (ferrules bents, tips laid over sideways or ripped out, blades missing, etc.), and only...
Forum: Traditional Archery
06-15-2008, 07:44 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 4,890
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Quiver Ideas

Great Northern and Selway have long been popular quivers, too.
Forum: Traditional Archery
06-05-2008, 04:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,664
Posted By AK in PA

RE: I am outta control

Congratulations! Have fun, but just be careful, or soon you'll have 150 roughed out stavesand partially tillered bowslittering your basement floor... :D



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Forum: Bowhunting
06-04-2008, 05:51 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,337
Posted By AK in PA

RE: O.k. Lets say...

I've been invited into such scenerios on several occassions, and havepolitely passed on every one. I already hunt small woodlots, butI drawthe lineat thebackyard fringe. I have no interest in just...
Forum: Bowhunting
05-20-2008, 03:58 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,433
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Where do you buy and why?

I stock up at traditional archery rendezvous. (I usuallyattend witha shopping list.) Whatever I can't find or forget there, I order by internet suppliers. Occassionally, I buy or swap in internet...
Forum: Bowhunting
05-19-2008, 08:45 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,362
Posted By AK in PA

RE: atlatl

Gotta laugh when I see people question their lethality. Atlatls were in use long before bows, bringing down creatures as big as mammoths. Several mammoth skeletons have been found, in fact, with...
Forum: Bowhunting
05-09-2008, 11:26 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,227
Posted By AK in PA

RE: How many "whole days" do you get to hunt?

"Whole" days don't exist for me, period. I workdays and my wife works nights, so there's never a"whole" day that I'm neither working, taking care of the kids in the evening, or like most days, both....
Forum: Bowhunting
04-10-2008, 08:05 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 4,785
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Bowhunters .... what other sport do you currently play??? Check all that apply

Alpine snowboarding here. My wife calls me the 1-percenter. Can't just shoot a bow, have to shoot a wooden bow that I made. Can't just ride a snowboard, have to ride a stiff & skinny race stick in...
Forum: Bowhunting
03-31-2008, 05:15 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 17,562
Posted By AK in PA

RE: What would it take to make you kill a doe fawn?

A fawn would have to present a high percentage shot for me to shoot it, just like any other deer, no matter how tender the meat.

I would never kill agray-faced buck with big antlers though,which...
Forum: Traditional Archery
03-01-2008, 06:24 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,945
Posted By AK in PA

RE: How much is this bow worth?

At Denton Hill last year, I was scoping out a couple of old beater bows laying on a blanket at the swap meet. I was looking for something cheap that I could loan to neighbor kids, take carp hunting,...
Forum: Bowhunting
03-01-2008, 02:27 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,903
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Arrow Wraps...lets see um

Prairie Rattlesnake and Western Diamonback skins.

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Forum: Traditional Archery
02-29-2008, 08:22 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,857
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Groups with trad bow.

Meare Heath bow slaughters foam. ;)

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Forum: Bowhunting
02-19-2008, 03:17 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 4,123
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Who's going trad, this season?

I've been shooting trad bows exclusively for almost a decade. Much like centerfire rifles, compounds didn't offer much challenge and took the fun out of shooting, since they all but shot themselves....
Forum: Bowhunting
01-09-2008, 08:20 PM
Replies: 182
Views: 12,001
Posted By AK in PA

RE: The way the indians did it - Bowhunting

Haha, I'm sure the reason that 95% of people use compounds is because they are just as hard to hunt with as trad bows.

Seriously, with discipline and practice, a person's...
Forum: Bowhunting
01-09-2008, 06:17 PM
Replies: 182
Views: 12,001
Posted By AK in PA

RE: The way the indians did it - Bowhunting

I hunted with compounds for years, but grew an everincreasing feeling of dissatisfactionin knowing that the type of hunting I was doing didn't hold a candle to what the likes of Fred Bear, Saxton...
Forum: Bowhunting
12-26-2007, 08:08 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,614
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Got your '08 hunting rigs yet?

I just finished up this 56# bow from a hickory sapling. I'm anxious to take it into the woods.

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Forum: Bowhunting
12-20-2007, 08:45 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,599
Posted By AK in PA

RE: What do you arrows look like?

My deadliest...

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Forum: Bowhunting
12-01-2007, 05:52 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,939
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Arrow Speed/Arrow Weight/ Kinetic Energy!!

My typical osagemeat makersdraw58 to 63#'s @ my 25" draw length,andshoot a 675 grn ash arrow at speeds from 137 to 147 fps. Using the calculator that Rob linked, thatevidently gives 28 to 32 ft-lbs...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-27-2007, 06:55 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 893
Posted By AK in PA

RE: score this bowkill

Hunter, one. Deer, zero. Nice one. :D
Forum: Bowhunting
11-26-2007, 03:19 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,942
Posted By AK in PA

RE: shooting a squirrel with a bow

Paraphrased from something Dean Torges once wrote:

"You mean you didn't shoot at a squirrel because you were afraid of spooking deer? Don't ever do that. The squirrels resent the hell out of it!"
Forum: Traditional Archery
11-26-2007, 03:16 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 921
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Attempting Trad javalina

I hunted them with a group of trad guys in South Texas back in March. We had a blast doing the spot and stalk thing. They don't have particularly good eyesight, so it's easy to close the gap to 50-60...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-26-2007, 02:38 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,942
Posted By AK in PA

RE: shooting a squirrel with a bow

I really enjoy bowhunting squirrels. Broadheads of course make the most certain and fastest work of them, but obviously are less than ideal when the squirrel is up a tree.My preference is forJudos,...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-09-2007, 04:13 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,164
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Blood trails

Todd, That shot was from a stand. When I initially field dressed the deer, I thought my homemade head was lost. When my knife hit steel upon butchering, however, I realized the head had lodged deeply...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-07-2007, 05:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,164
Posted By AK in PA

RE: Blood trails

I had my camera with me a few years ago when I killed this one and was able to take these photos. (Pics on Webshots album.)

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/94929086fJcsmV
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