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Title: hunting bow set up
Post by: broketooth on May 02, 2010, 11:55:00 AM
ive been workin real hard on a hunting bow set up. i bought a recurve bow from a fellow tg'er. a pse kudu. thanks jeff its a good lookin bow. i also got a kanati quiver from john dill , it looks and works great too. here are some pics of the set up. (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics028.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics029.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics027.jpg). i was pretty frustrated with the hush puppy install  :mad:   after ruining a perfectly good product and kicking stuff around awhile i decided to use the puppy remains like cat whiskers( improvise,addapt, and overcome) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics019.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics020.jpg)
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: broketooth on May 02, 2010, 12:01:00 PM
ive also ut a new b-50 flemish string, because i shoot wood arrows. another frustration is self tied  string nock withe dental floss  :banghead:    even with super glue they dont stay there long. ive also tried shooting with a tab a little better results but not where i wanna be. (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics020.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics023.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics021.jpg)
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: broketooth on May 02, 2010, 12:04:00 PM
so ive decided to shoot bare fingers and here are my results (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics024.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics025.jpg)
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: broketooth on May 02, 2010, 12:07:00 PM
all the shots were taken at 20 yards im still not where i wanna be  but it is what it is. thanx to randy keene for the advice on the hush puppies
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: rastaman on May 02, 2010, 12:25:00 PM
Looks like you are doing pretty darn good to me!  Now, you just need to learn to use the edit button on photobucket to rotate your pictures (you can do that and edit your post here and repost them) so we don't get whiplash!    ;)  Just kidding!
That is really good shooting especially for bare fingers!    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: shortstroke 91 on May 02, 2010, 02:09:00 PM
You might try to double or triple sevre your string just enough that your fingers don't get too sore, I used to shoot with an old timer who did that and never used a tab or glove agagin. Good groups though, keep after it and good luck.
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: Don Batten on May 02, 2010, 03:56:00 PM
Lookin good Ruddy. keep at it . Don
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: Hopewell Tom on May 02, 2010, 08:23:00 PM
I'm pretty new to this, but the only better shooting at 20 yards that I could see is the "robin hood" and that's a bunch of busted arrows. That's good shooting in my view.
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: acadian archer on May 03, 2010, 10:11:00 AM
that's right, good shots.
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: ranger42 on May 03, 2010, 10:39:00 PM
Looks like you've got it figured out! Good shootin!
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: Wannabe1 on May 04, 2010, 12:21:00 AM
Nice looking setup and some good shootin' to boot. I hear you on the hush puppies. I couldn't get mine on worth a crap so I threw them out and used yarn on a couple of bows. They are pretty quiet.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: Grey Taylor on May 04, 2010, 01:28:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by broketooth:
ive also ut a new b-50 flemish string, because i shoot wood arrows.  
The arrows you use do not denote the string you use. That's up to the bow. If the bow will take Fastflight or similar high performance string you can use it. It is possible that using a high performance string will require a stiffer arrow.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with using B-50 if that's what you want to use.

Guy
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: eric-thor on May 04, 2010, 01:33:00 AM
bare fingers ouch!!!! try a glove : like a hill, or a big shot i herd is the cats meow.
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: 30coupe on May 04, 2010, 01:45:00 AM
Try a Screaming Eagle tab. It is a simple cordovan tab with no splitter. It is the next thing to shooting bare fingers, without the sore fingers. I have been using mine for two years and won't go back to a glove again.
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: tradtusker on May 04, 2010, 03:18:00 AM
Very Nice set-up!

how about triple serving your string and then shooting bare fingers as suggested above
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: tradtusker on May 04, 2010, 03:20:00 AM
oh ya great shooting!
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: broketooth on May 04, 2010, 04:52:00 AM
thanx for the positive comments fellas.ive been workin hard on this setup to make sure i have no issues with it before 2010-2011 hunting season, 2009-2010 was a bust for me and ate some perty bland tag soup. well not this year . i like shooting with a b-50 string , it works well with woody arrows( thicker diameter i imagine)ive also shot with a glove for yrs,i have off and on issues with it. i just recently been trying tabs. there is a story behind that one.i dont know how to serve a string so i'll just keep going like this till i figure that one out too.my 2010-2011 hunting season will start after ncta hickory shoot. alot of scouting and setting up blinds  and stand locations. im determined not to eat tags this coming season thanx ruddy
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: KentuckyTJ on May 04, 2010, 09:54:00 AM
Great looking rig.
Title: Re: hunting bow set up
Post by: vtmtnman on May 04, 2010, 06:15:00 PM
Great Shooting  :thumbsup: