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Title: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Sean B on March 27, 2012, 10:52:00 PM

What do you shoot out of your vintage bows?  I Shoot woods tipped with Bear Razorheads out of my '66 Kodiak.  Just wondering if you're shooting carbon wood or aluminum.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: wadde on March 28, 2012, 08:08:00 AM

I used to shoot strictly cedar, but have dabbled with aluminum and carbon. Pick up some speed with carbons and alot of guys are shooting them. Some traditional shoots don't allow that though.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: hayslope on March 28, 2012, 08:31:00 AM

Mostly CE 150s, with the occasional cedar woodie. The CE Heritage are absolutely great carbons....and look pretty good as well.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Sean B on March 28, 2012, 09:03:00 AM

I shoot CE 250's out of my Widow and my Morrison.  I have my woodies in a '60's spring arm quiver. I even found some new WWII camo for that little bit of "nastalgia". I even carry a western 648 knife, which i want to contract out someone to make a Bear Bowhunters Kit style sheath for it.

being born in '68, I feel like i missed out on something!!!!

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Sean B on March 28, 2012, 09:52:00 AM

when using carbons or aluminum, do you go a little underspined for what you would a modern bow of the same weight?

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Blackhawk on March 28, 2012, 10:19:00 AM

For 45-50# Bear bows, I love the 2114 aluminum.  I'm also a big fan of the CE Heritage 150 arrows which are very durable and look great.

Recently, I find myself returning to wood more and more.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Pack animal on March 28, 2012, 10:29:00 AM

Just some old wood... (http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac60/Pack-animal/203f484c.jpg) (http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac60/Pack-animal/4bb39e97.jpg)
My shooting partner though is shooting fiberglass. (http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac60/Pack-animal/5049f1f9.jpg)

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Horney Toad on March 28, 2012, 11:52:00 PM

(http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z134/Horney_Toad/flaming-arrow.jpg)


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Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: yellow bow on March 29, 2012, 05:26:00 PM

cedar and ash.      :cool:

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: doug77 on March 30, 2012, 08:31:00 AM

Micro Flite arrows for all my Bear bows.

doug77

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Bjorn on March 30, 2012, 09:41:00 AM

Most of my old Bears are around  50#; so 55# Sweetlands work in most.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: 59Alaskan on March 30, 2012, 01:06:00 PM

Mainly wood.  Sometimes GT 3555s.  Variety of old and new heads.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: ron w on March 30, 2012, 04:01:00 PM

Most times cedar or poplar!

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Brock on March 30, 2012, 04:19:00 PM

only vintage one I actually shoot is an older Browning Explorer I and a Wasp I.....I dont shoot them much though and just got the Wasp last weekend.  I put the same arrows I shoot through my selfbows....sitka or doug fir with 160 ribbies/field points.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: OldSkoolArcher on March 30, 2012, 06:22:00 PM

GT 3555 or CE Heritage 150's

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: rdoggsilva on March 31, 2012, 01:05:00 AM

Have always shot aluminum since 1968.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Sean B on March 31, 2012, 08:37:00 AM

wow, there seems a wide variety of shaft materials used here.  does anyone shoot old fiberglass??

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: doug77 on March 31, 2012, 09:41:00 AM

My micro flite arrows are from the '60's

doug77

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: stagetek on April 01, 2012, 12:42:00 PM

2018 Legacy's or Autumn Orange.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on April 01, 2012, 01:43:00 PM

Typically I have been shooting Douglas Fir but also had some cedar shafts as well.  Most are full length and either 50-55 or 55-60.  Most of my bows are 45-50 lbs and I use 125-130 grn. tips.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Brently on April 07, 2012, 02:25:00 AM

I always shoot wood, course I only shoot wood even in the newer bows.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: reddogge on April 07, 2012, 10:17:00 AM

I have wood, fiberglass, alumimun and carbon on hand. For flu flus it's fiberglass mostly. Groundhog arrows are aluminum. 3-D and hunting are carbons and the wood I use to shoot indoors in the basement where I may whack them together some or rabbit hunting.

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: RLA on April 07, 2012, 12:02:00 PM

I'm shooting some MJ Log No.8's fiberglas & 50-55, 55-60 cedar out of my 45# to 50# Bears, 500-600gr. Arrows.


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Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: Horney Toad on April 07, 2012, 02:06:00 PM

Reddogge, you ever bend any of those groundhog arrows?

   :smileystooges:

Title: Re: What do you shoot out of your vintage bow?
Post by: zepnut on April 08, 2012, 11:10:00 AM

Micro Flite 7's