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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Chuck_Delsandro on April 03, 2011, 12:27:00 PM
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How many have taken large game with a similar weight and age bow? What was your arrow weight and BH type. Please explain . Any passthrus on elk? Also does anyone hunt with 64" length bows? I have never hunted with anything over 60". Any drawbacks or pluses? Thanks
Chuck
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I hunt with a 1956 60" 49# kodiak, though I have not taken an elk with this bow I am very confident that with the right shot placement I shouldn't have any problems.
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I hunt mainly with a '56 54# Kodiak that is 64" Have used a 66" lb also. Would not hessidate to hunt Elk with an "old bow" as I am 65 ,, Last year I carried a 57# 1952 CUB.. use 145gr STOS and 145gr Grizzleys . Go get 'em Dick
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You probably can see that COpicasso and I think alike, We hunt together!!! So I guess we do! Dick
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Chuck--- I'm thinking you want that '59 @54# 0n the classifieds, buy it before it kills COpicasso
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Yeah, I would love to have that bow. I hunt with 54 lb BW that I have no doubt will blow through anything but it shoots fast and I doubt that 59k will perform in that manor. I have a 60 lb K hunter that I was planing on using this year but it performs very close to the BW.
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vintage archery tackle and 99% of that was with bear archery tackle bows quivers broadheads broadhead file you know the old story.So yes I hunt with vintage tackle.Passthru's with vintage tackle ? yes sir no problem at all bd
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Thanks guys for your input. I really didn't doubt a older bow could get the job done. Just needed to hear it from those who have.
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Well this is good for me too,I would like to hunt elk with my K62-55#.
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66 inch 60 lb 45 year old Jack Howard Gamemaster with Mocroflite 28.5 inch number 11 glass shafts with 135 grain 4 blade Zwickey Deltas. Scale out at 630 grains by 69 year old.
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Chuck- I shot a 59# BW t/d Longbow thru a chono and it was 3 fps faster then a 59# 1955 Kodiak I shot the same day,,food for thought. Dick
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That is a 55# Grizzly Longbow in the photo with me, enough for a Bison? I have downed two bull elk in the last two years with another 55 pounder, just load it with enough arrow!
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Elk will not tolerate being hunted by a bowhunter using a bow older than 30 years regardless of the draw weight. :biglaugh:
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took a 5 point bull elk with a 58# all wood longbow...so a 55 # recurve will certainly do the trick
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I think your set up will be just fine. Maybe consider a cut on impact broadhead.
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Chuck, Don't hesitate to use it.
It's not the age of the bow we should worry about.
Our broadheads must be scary sharp with good placement.
Do this and ABSOLUTELY expect a pass thru or at least puncture the other side.
Here is a 1968 Super K. #53 cedar arrows, Bear heads.
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/87philip/131.jpg)
1970 Bear T/D #55 Aluminum shaft, wensel woodsman heads.
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/87philip/130.jpg)
Both arrows blew clean thru. Not an elk but expect the same. Sharp heads are the key.
Good Luck!......Philip
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VB,
Sound advice!
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Originally posted by raghorn:
Elk will not tolerate being hunted by a bowhunter using a bow older than 30 years regardless of the draw weight. :biglaugh:
We have trained our Canadian elk far better than that. It is not uncommon for large Canadian bulls to present themselves for shots from bows as old as 34 years.
I have a 55 pound 64 inch 1959 Kodiak in process and I would certainly regard this as an ideal elk bow.
DDave
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Sorry but this bow will never see elk country. Its to nice. I'll be hunting with my 71 KH unless something else comes my way.
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Chuck, I was shooting ground squirrels with this bow yesterday. These old bows were built for one thing only, to hunt.
As soon as I shot it I started having visions of taking an elk with it. And btw I know this is not the 59 I referred to earlier. I am sure it will be an even better elk bow than the 60.
(http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab54/damascusdave_2009/P4091773.jpg)
DDave
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DD I believe your right. someday I will hunt elk with a 59K, but for now the one I have will not see the rockies. maybe a few whitetail hunts here in PA. Its a Sunday driver :biglaugh:
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I kinda look at "old "bows as "ageless" meaning if they are in sound shape at present ... then the performance is acceptable. these bows killed elk and everything else 50 years ago . " Elk don't know how many feet a horse has....or how old that bow is"
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I hate to admit it but when you guys call me DD it is likely my man bra size, which is why I am getting a full overhaul. Met with the nurse and dietician last week and have already got a good start. My goal is to get down to a C cup.
And btw we are getting more elk on the prairies every day. They must be coming in from the Saskatchewan side or be ones that were turned loose.
DDave
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Dave,
I just looked at a map of Alberta and discovered that you are not to far from Edmonton. I spent a lot of time there this winter on a project and hope our company is awarded another in that area. Nice country were you live, I have been working on some of the people from the job site to take me hunting but none of them are into traditional.
Mike S.
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Oh dear, Mike, you are in for a treat.
If you scroll down to the state sites near the bottom of the forums you will find the Alberta Traditional Bowhunters Association page and see that there are a number of members who live much closer to Edmonton than I do, and who are a lot more experienced trad bow hunters. I am a lil in disfavour with that group right now, but my friends are still my friends.
If you have had occasion to hear of Jack Kempf and his bows you will be able to meet that old geezer any Friday night during the winter when we shoot at Trophy Book archery in Spruce Grove just west of Edmonton. Not a lot of people who can pick up a bow off a big rack and have about a 50 per cent chance that they are shooting one of their own bows. Jack has been known to grab the wrong bow that he has just finished reworking for someone. I took one of my 1960 Kodiaks with me to show off the first night I shot there and it turned out to be just kind of ordinary looking amongst all the custom Kempfs, Caribows, Bears Paws, and Adcocks. There were 27 shooters there that night.
Please feel free to give me a call or text me at 403-877-3104 any time. I need a good mule deer hunting partner and have been having trouble getting one to stick.
DDave