heee heee it is that time of year again. hunting with a stringwalking style is sure not for all tradtional hunters but it is sure nuff trad and sure nuff deadly. what ya start with is a trad recurve of medium to long in lenght (64 to 66 inches)
put a nock point on just a bit on the high side. I like a spring rest but most of the flipper rest will do great. what we are gonna do is put a "crawl" mark on our serving. this is a rised dental floss under our arrow nocking point. the one pictured is 1&3/8" under the NP. that is where I draw the arrow and loose the arrow. I can now use the point of the as a sight. I use a index finger/conner of the mouth anchor. this is my 15yd "crawl" From the crawl I used the point to aim under or over for distance.
The raised "crawl mark" lets me put my tab on the string a run up the serving till it stops at the crawl mark. don't have to move my head or look at the string.
http://sites.google.com/site/stringwalkerbowhunter/huntercrawl
rusty
Where you been Rusty?
now if ya have the courage of your convections and don't mind looking real dumb. ya will look sumpin like this
http://sites.google.com/site/stringwalkerbowhunter/dumberlooking
the second pic is a 25 group. but ya sure look dumb in those glasses.
rusty -a brave man who with stands the slings and arrows of ridicule :) - Craine
now hunt'n as a string walker is not for everyone, just the one who don't want to miss :)
if it not for ya, it's ok. just keep on shooting straight
rusty
hey v'ster13...just been hiding in the weeds. how ya doing?
rusty
Been finding any hogs in the weeds?
Good looking group, but what is up with those glasses?
Mark
You look to be the mad scientist of traditional archery! Seems the formula is working though with those groupings. :bigsmyl:
Hey Rusty, next time I come back home to FTW, I'm bringing a bow and want a private lesson!!!
Rusty, dang man, it's been ages!
Hey, didn't I see somebody wearing them glasses in the movie "Lemony Snickets"?
Just had a thought.
I always kinda thought of two styles of shooting, split finger and 3 under. Guess there's a third, 3 WAY under eh?
Sure looks like it works.
Mark - I make fun of the glasses cause I look so dumb in them but they have a very speific function. they let you line up the center of your lens with the line the arrow is on. thus there is no paralex. when ya start getting okder (shut up Wannabe :) ) looking thru the edge of your glass will cause the targe to ghost, wave and float. Make very accurate shooting impossible. the len is turned in the glass so cylinder is looking over your nose just where you ae aiming the arrow.
Dave - it is so good to hear frfom you, how you doing and what you shooting these days.
Jim - I'd love to shoot with ya. give me a yell when your down here.
Wannabe. I am aiming the point directly at the spot just like a big dog on at fire plug. if ya keep good back tension, don't over aim, follow thru with your dow hand......the arrow is there (well most of the time. I have been know to give up a draw now and then :) )
rusty
Pretty cool Rusty! Have to ask who made them glasses for ya?
may the force be with you young stringwalker good group. :biglaugh:
Hey dude, good to see you! About time someone showed the new guys some of the "old ways".
:wavey:
QuoteOriginally posted by Charlie Lamb:
About time someone showed the new guys some of the "old ways".
Charlie...ain't that the truth! :biglaugh:
Good stuff, Rusty! I haven't quite perfected the art of string walking yet, but I have put sights on a couple of my recurves and have been doing some shooting. It does require some practice, but when the form is on, so is the shot! No wonder so many of the earlier recurves were tapped for sights...they're down right deadly (and traditional)!!!
Claudia
Chris - the glass are manufactored in Germany by Knobloch. the left lens has my bifocal RX in it. the right lens (aiming eye) is actual a smaller size lens with just my far correction. the size of the lens focuses your eye into the center of the lens each time, thus takes care of two of archery;s 32 T's head turn and head tilt. there is anothere set manufacture by Champion. they have a pair specfucally designed for archery. www.champion-brillen.ch (http://www.champion-brillen.ch)
www.knobloch-schiessbrillen.de (http://www.knobloch-schiessbrillen.de)
Pinecone - when I get to be Grand Poobah of the Universe, there will be a law that every one has to shot a boew with a sight for two yrs before they can garduate to instinctive :)
rusty
In general shooting you don't shoot from a mark crawl mark but you move your crawl up and down the serving to the exact distance you are shooting. of course string walking is only good till ya get to point on. alas that is all a diferent story. we are concentrating on putting meat in the freezer
http://sites.google.com/site/stringwalkerbowhunter/davidhughestab
I use a tab made by a hot shot compound string waker tha has a turck load of world and national championships (David Hughes). you can count the stitches from you nocking point and keep the count to the distance in your mind.
the Black Widow tab also has stitching in the right place to count. The stringwalking style make for a heck of a squirrel and turkey hunting style
rusty
I shot field competition with stringwalkers back in the 60's and 70's though I didn't string walk at the time. I started stringwaling hunting about 20 yrs ago when I had a tom turkey fly off with my arrow not to be recovered. I decided at that moment I would never miss a wingnut again and started to learn to stringwalk from the few that were left around.
rusty
if it is sumpin you might be interested in there is a very good video in the market. _Masters of the Barebow Vol 2_. Ty Plefrey (US world class string walker) takes you thru the set up and form discussion. show how to set up and use the bow for hunting. Alos has Larry Yein, Lauren Van Cleave (I personally saw him shoot a 9" groups at 60 yds (6 arrows) then put one of his naked shafts right smack in with the other 6 arrows. now that is bare shafting. it was all with a 62" recurve
rusty
heee heee ya thought I was gonna let ya off the hook didn'tcha. Oh no I heard what ya said.....ya but I ain't gonna shoot a bow with all 'em springy, twisty, buttony stuff on it...not me! :)
ok ok ya gorilla armed, knucle dragging troglodyte.......ok how about this
http://sites.google.com/site/stringwalkerbowhunter/boblee
bob lee 60" recurve. ya can see the 20yd crawl mark under the nocking point marks. from hold on the 20 yd crawl I have to hold under 6" at 10 yds, 3-4" at 15 yds to hit the bee. the group here was shot at 15 yds. I haven't figure out the 25yd and 30 yds hold over yet
btw I didn't show it but the fletch on those arrows are the rain vanes. I head after they are breakin ya can use them off the shelf. I guess ya can. arrow is 460gr off 49# on my fingers. pretty quick.
ok I am through now :)
rusty
'cept for one more comment:) one of my all time favorite string walking recuvres is Horne's 58" (yep 58") maybe called the Brush bow. any way it is a recurve with a bow bolt. I has the tolkin came lams. Mark limbs have got torsional stablity better than any non-carbon limb I have string walked. the reason I didn't show it here is that it is not cut as far passed center as I'd need to stringwalk it holding the bow verticle. ya have to tune the arrow pretty radically to get things going down the center line for a stingwalker. i think thatmay have been due to the bow bolt. would not want it too thin around it.
rusty
ok now
Hmmmm, When I First Started Shooting for the 2nd Time in My Life, My Shop had a Notorious/FamousString Walker,I thought it was cool. I LOVE The Marked 3-Under Tab!!! Kinda One Of Those, "Hey The COP Didnt SEE IT , I Didnt DO IT!" Kinda-Like-Thing :goldtooth:
Glad to see your still with us Rusty-happy hunting.
With all do respect and joking aside sir, I have found this to be very educating. In all my readings this is the first time I've come across this style of shooting.
Very interesting stuff indeed! :)
Hi Rsuty! Glad to have you back. Jwage
Glad you threw this in here Rusty, humor and all. I have been stringwalking most of my life. There was a time that I didn't think it was cool especially around friends when I was younger. I am in my 50's now and was taught it by a feller that is in his 80's and still shooting. This happened about 45 years ago. Some people condemn it but all I know is that it puts meat on the table. With my anchor it is easy to do 10,20 and 30 yard shots with extreme accuracy.
Well hey, Thanks for coming along and the kind words. I like to promot string walking every once in a while espcially before deer season. someone might give it a try and like it. it is getting alot harder to find stringwalking competition. Heck fire I winning a room full of throphies and medals.....cause I'm the only one left....and I ain't that good :)
rusty