Glad to hear it. I have seen some that were much wider...I did just get three...but that is all I need for now. We found one, maybe two osage trees on the edge of our property, but by the time I cut them, split them, and wait for them to dry...well...I needed something to tie me over until then. LOL. A friend also has several he needs to cut down, but he is about 110 miles away. Will do that too though if he is committed to getting them removed.

My boy started shooting a recurve last year. He's kill 4 deer now with one and has hit them all with precision. He shoots using the point of the arrow. It's something that I never showed him but also something that has had me rethinking my approach. I recently built a new bow just to experiment with shooting his way. I find I shoot left if I don't push my face into my draw hand. I think it's kinda like lifting your head off a shotgun stock and shooting over stuff. I think of it that way cause your eye is essentially your back sight.im right hand also.  It does seem to work well for me on paper though and is definitely something that I'll have to practice. Am wanting to go kill an elk someday and thought shooting that way might help with longer shots. Up close instinctive shooting still works well for me.

Not sure how to figure out the perfect way, but if you put in too many, I thought it was obviously wonky.  Easy enough to separate and start over.  20 seems to work good for me.  Another vote for Kramer Ammons video.

Quote from: Friend on December 02, 2025, 06:55:35 PMBow- Covert Hunter 41@28
Arrow- Carnivore 400...100 gn insert...250 gn... 1 ¼ 3-blade VPA
            ...572 Tot Arrow weight...13.95 gpp...29% FOC

***Excellent Bare shaft flight...tested to 30 yards
      All three deer this season had pass thru's, nice blood trails and easy recovery
      Typical arrow build and results used the past 15 years

I think I need to nit-pick my setup.  I can tune 500's like lasers; shoot well standing upright/bow verticle, and hunting stance with cant.  My 400's, to bareshaft well, are always longer and I lose most of the gain in FOC, and only benefit from the stiffer shaft??
My 500's are 29+ half-out.  Maybe there's a magic centershot adjustment that will suit me best.

Lee, those aren't tight rings. I've used osage with growth rings that were 38-40 rings per inch.

You must be the guy that outbid me on ebay, lol. There's been some nice staves on there recently. If that was you, congrats! Git er dun!

A 10 year old hickory would be a good candidate for your first bow. Being you live in humid Mississippi keeping it in your house with ac/heat will help keep it from taking on too much moisture. Under your bed is a good out of the way place to store them. Also you can heat treat(scorch) the belly and that will also help the hickory repellent any moisture uptake.
 When you get the Osage staves take them down to floor tiller stage. That will help them speed up the drying process. You may need to clamp them to a 2x4 to keep them from warping while they season.

Quote from: Watsonjay on December 02, 2025, 09:01:45 PMI think I need to go to church and confess. Im feeling dirty!

 

Thanks everybody

Thanks he was pretty excited!

If it only shows up long distance could be something with the release or a tiny bit of torque,,, its got to be release or tuning and i mean the fine fine tuning.

Hmmm.  We're back to alignment, I think.  You might be looking across the arrow rather than right down/over it.  Keep your anchor the same, but try turning your head a little more toward the target, to the left for a right hand shooter.  Not talking a lot here, maybe an inch or so.