Well I am going on a hunt this January, and during the break between seasons right now, I am tuning up a longbow and tinkering... and tinkering.... Seems as though the late season will never arrive!!!!
I posted a couple questions on my projected set-up, and I got to thinking...
"What if we started a Data-base so to speak, of our exact set-ups used to take down game... or our exact set-ups in general?"
There are so many questions on tuning your set-up for hunting certain game animals, or just plain tuning your set-up... And most of the time you get very helpful responses.
But if you could just talk to that one person out there, that is shooting a center-shot takedown recurve, at the same poundage, and the same draw length, shooting the same arrows... your learning curve will be greatly shortened, or at least it will give you a much better starting point...!
So here is what I'm thinking, Just copy and paste the below blank form, and fill them out accordingly. Nothing more, nothing less. So the next time we are tinkering and trying something new, we can reference this post, and try to find someone out there that is shooting similiar set-ups with success...
I have organized the fields below so they are easy to scroll through this post, and find the type of bow, or type of arrows you are playing with... This will make it a little more organized.
Follow my lead below:
(If you have not used a suggested tuning method to verify your set-up i.e bareshafting, papertuning, etc... just put N/A)
BLANK FORM:
Bow Type:
Bow Make:
Bow Length:
Archer's Draw Length:
Bow Weight at Draw:
Arrow material:
Arrow Length:
Spine:
Tip Weight:
Broadhead:
Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up:
EXAMPLE:
Bow Type: Takedown Recurve
Bow Make: Bob Lee
Bow Length: 58"
Archer's Draw Length: 28.5"
Bow Weight at Draw: 52#
Arrow material: POC
Arrow Length: 29" BOP
Spine: 60-65
Tip Weight: 160 gn
Broadhead: STOS 2-blade
Tuning Method (if any): Bareshafting
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail Doe
Bow Type: Hybrid
Bow Make: Original 54" Shrew
Bow Length: 54"
Archer's Draw Length:26"
Bow Weight at Draw: 54@27 ( that's what was marked)
Arrow material: Ash
Arrow Length: 30"BOP
Spine:60-65
Tip Weight: 160 Snuffer
Broadhead: 3-Blade
Tuning method (if any): long flight & paper tune
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail Deer, Ground Hog, Tree Rat, Goose
Bow Type: Long Bow
Bow Make: Self Bow
Bow Length:72"T2T
Archer's Draw Length:26"
Bow Weight at Draw:50@27
Arrow material: Ash
Arrow Length:30"BOP
Spine:55-60
Tip Weight:160
Broadhead: Snuffer
Tuning method (if any): long flight & paper tune
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail, Tree Rat
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: PSE KingFisher
Bow Length: 60"
Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 50@28
Arrow material: Aluminum
Arrow Length: 30"BOP
Spine: 400/2117
Tip Weight: 200
Broadhead: 160grn Snuffer
Tuning method (if any): paper tune (long flight when I can get some where to do it)
Animals Harvested With Set-up: N/A yet
Bow Type:takedown recurve
Bow Make:blackwidow sa
Bow Length:60 inches
Archer's Draw Length:29 inches
Bow Weight at Draw:48# @ 29 inches
Arrow material:goldtip carbon
Arrow Length:30 inches
Spine:55/75
Tip Weight:145 tip + 100 grain brass insert
Broadhead:magnus 2 blade
Tuning method (if any):Bare shaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up:5 deer, 2 hogs, 3 turkeys(turkeys were with woodsman broadheads).
Chris
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Strickland Archery
Bow Length: 58"
Archer's Draw Length: 26"
Bow Weight at Draw: 46"
Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 28"
Spine: 600
Tip Weight: 100 (plus 75 grain brass insert)
Broadhead: Helix Single Bevel
Tuning method (if any): Broadhead to Field Tips
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 1 Doe, 1 BB
Forgot to add the woodies I have for this Bow..
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: PSE KingFisher
Bow Length: 60"
Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 50@28
Arrow material: Aluminum & Ash
Arrow Length: 30"BOP
Spine: 400/2117 & 60-65
Tip Weight: 200 (woodies 160)
Broadhead: 160grn Snuffer
Tuning method (if any): paper tune (long flight when I can get some where to do it)
Animals Harvested With Set-up: N/A yet
TTT
Bow Type: Takedown Longbow
Bow Make: Sarrels Archery
Bow Length: 62"
Archer's Draw Length: 29 1/2"
Bow Weight at Draw: 50#
Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 30.5"
Spine: .400
Tip Weight: 150gr point/BH + 100gr brass insert
Broadhead: German Kinetic SilverFlame XL
Tuning method (if any): paper
Animals Harvested With Set-up: rabbit, raccoon, feral hog, whitetail deer, turkey, pheasant, fallow deer, impala, warthog, kudu, guinea fowl
BLANK FORM:
Bow Type: Custom TD RC
Bow Make: Custom by Harold couch (Shaft Slinger)
Bow Length: 56"
Archer's Draw Length: 27
Bow Weight at Draw: 51#
Arrow material: POC
Arrow Length: 29"
Spine: 52#
Tip Weight: 125 + 50 g added =@175
Broadhead: Zwicky
Tuning method (if any): Good arrow flight!
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Have taken several good WT and red & gray fox, coon few others!
Bow Type: Custom One piece RC
Bow Make: Custom by Harold Couch (Shaft Slinger)
Bow Length: 60"
Archer's Draw Length: 27
Bow Weight at Draw: 53#
Arrow material: POC
Arrow Length: 29"
Spine: 52#
Tip Weight: 125 + 50 added= 175
Broadhead:Zwickey
Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up: WT, Fox Red & gray, coons+++
BLANK FORM:
Bow Type: longbow
Bow Make: Javaman
Bow Length: 56"
Archer's Draw Length: 27.5
Bow Weight at Draw: 53#
Arrow material: carbon
Arrow Length: 29"
Spine: .400
Tip Weight: 150 gr. w/ 100gr. insert
Broadhead: Woodsman
Tuning method (if any): bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: chipmunks, squirrel, deer, pigs
Bow Type: One-piece recurve
Bow Make: Martin/Howatt Dream Catcher
Bow Length: AMO 60"
Rest: Leather shelf & strike plate
Archer's Draw Length: 30"
Bow Weight at Draw: 59#
String: B-50 Flemish
Silencers: Wool balls.
Arrow material: P.O. Cedar, 23/64" tapered to 5/16"
Arrow Length: 30.5" BoP
Spine: 65-70#
Wt of shaft alone: 420 gr
Wt of finished arrow: 575 to 595 gr
Tip Weight: 125 gr.
Broadhead: RibTek 125gr Slim
Tuning method (if any): Bare shaft followed by observation of flight. Finally field points & broadhead impact to same spot.
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail, cottontail, grey & red squirrel, woodchuck, coyote.
Bow Type:1pc LB
Bow Make: Fox
Bow Length:64"
Archer's Draw Length:28Bow
Weight at Draw length 58#
Arrow material:wood
Arrow Length 30"BoP
Spine:65-70
Tip Weight:125gr
Broadhead: LW Grizzly
Tuning method (if any):bare shaft,field point broadhead
Animals harvested with set-up Deer, Squirrels, Rabbits, Pheasents, Quail, Carp, Copperheads
Bow Type: Longbow
Bow Make: Centaur Chimera
Length: 60"
Archer's Draw Length: 29.5
Bow Weight at Draw: 53#
Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 30.5"
Spine: 340
Tip Weight: 175 gn with 100 gn insert 275 total
Broadhead: Woodmans Elite
Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail doe (so far).
May I suggest to add the arrow total wt. and # per draw, for those inquiring minds who are concerned with whether heavy or lite :thumbsup: .
Bow Type:Longbow
Bow Make:Northern Mist
Bow Length:68"
Archer's Draw Length:27"
Bow Weight at Draw:63 @27"
Arrow material:Aluminum
Arrow Length:28 1/2"
Spine:2117
Tip Weight:232
Broadhead:190 Ribtek
Tuning method (if any):n/a
Animals Harvested With Set-up:1 pig
Bow Type:3 pc TD
Bow Make:Acadian Woods Tree stick
Bow Length:62"
Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 65 @ 27"
Arrow material:Aluminum
Arrow Length:28 1/2"
Spine:2117
Tip Weight:232
Broadhead:190 Ribtek
Tuning method (if any):n/a
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 6 pigs
Great idea....suggest we add string type for those trying to determine likely spine for wood arrows.
Bow Type: r/d one piece longbow
Bow Make: Hollenbeck
Bow Length: 64"
String Specs: 18 Str. Two bundle of FF Plus
Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 58#
Arrow material: Alum. (for a few more days)
Arrow Length: 28" BOP
Spine: 2016
Tip Weight: 145
Broadhead: Various
Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft, FP/BH
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Turkey, Coyote
Bow Type:hybrid longbow
Bow Make: Fedora
Bow Length:62"
Archer's Draw Length:27"
Bow Weight at Draw:38@27
Arrow material:aluminum
Arrow Length:28"
Spine:1816
Tip Weight: 125grs.
Broadhead:Snuffer
Tuning method (if any):bareshaft,paper
Animals Harvested With Set-up:N/A
Yeah guys, this is great. Keep them coming.
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Ancient Spirits
Bow Length: 58"
Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 50#
Arrow material: Cedar
Arrow Length: 28" BOP
Spine: 45-50
Tip Weight: 190
Broadhead: Ribtek
Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Deer, squirrels
Bow type:zipper
bow weight:48lbs
arow weight:548
broadhead:grizzly styx samarai
Bow Type: Recurve/Longbow
Bow Make: Morrison
Bow Length: 62"
Archer's Draw Length: 31"
Bow Weight at Draw: 63#
Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 32"
Spine: 340
Tip Weight: 250gn (100gn insert)
Broadhead: Any
Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft planing (O.L. Adcock)
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail, Hog, Wildebeest, Springbok, Warthog, Small Game
Good this is helpful. Interesting I am seeing some set ups similar to mine that work for them but I couldnt get good flight.
Bow Type: One Piece Recurve
Bow Make: Wes Wallace Mentor
Bow Length: 62"
Bow Weight: 58# at 28"
Archer's Draw Length: 29 1/2"
Arrow Material: Compressed Elm
Arrow Fletching: 3 Feather, 5" Shield Cut
Arrow Length 31 1/2"
Broadhead Type: 2 Blade fixed glue-on
Broadhead Make: Magnus II
Broadhead Weight: 180 grains
Tuning Method: Field Points to Broadheads, Cock Feather Out
String Set-Up: Double Nock, Rubber silencers
Shooting Style: Damascus Glove, one finger over, two under
Harvests: Small Game, Lots of Foam.
Bow Type: recurve
Bow Make: predator
Length: 60
Archer's Draw Length: 29
Bow Weight at Draw: 59@ 29 and 52@ 29
Arrow material:carbon
Arrow Length: 30
Spine: .486
Tip Weight 275
Bow Type: r/d recurve
Bow Make: james parker vagabond
Bow Length: 56"
Archer's Draw Length: 29"
Bow Weight at Draw: 55#@29"
Arrow material: carbon
Arrow Length: 30"
Spine: 35/55 GT Trads
Tip Weight: 315gr.
Broadhead: Ashby
Tuning method (if any): nocked it and the arrow hit where i aimed on the first shot.
Animals Harvested With Set-up: new rig
This is the best thread! :thumbsup:
Bow Type: Longbow
Bow Make: Bama Hunter
Bow Length: 64"
Archers Draw Length: 26.5"
Bow Weight at Draw: #49
String: B50 Flemish Twist (61")
Braceheight: 6.5"
Arrow Material: Aluminum
Arrow Length: 28"
Spine: 2016 (500)
Tip Weight: 100 + 22 Grns Insert= 122 Grns
Broadhead: 100 Grn Magnus II
Total Arrow Weight: 418.8
GPP: 8.5
Tuning Method: Long Range Shooting
Animals: Rabbit
Bow Type: PSA V Ironwood
Bow Make: Black Widow
Bow Length: 62"
String: 12 strand Ultracam padded to 16 (flemish)
Archer's Draw Length: 31"
Bow Weight at Draw: 56#
Arrow material: Easton Legacey
Arrow Length: 32"
Spine: 2018
Tip Weight: 200 grains
Broadhead: Razorcap
Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Pig,Turkey,Rabbit
Bow Type: longbow
Bow Make: St Joe River
Bow Length: 62"
Archer's Draw Length: 29"
Bow Weight at Draw: 55#
Arrow material: corbon GT's
Arrow Length: 30"
Spine: 35-55
Tip Weight: 350gr / 100gr insert and 250gr head
Broadhead: delta
Tuning method (if any): Bare shaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up:
Squirrels, Rabbits still hunting Deer
:archer2:
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Ledgen's
Bow Length:60"
Archer's Draw Length: 29 1/2
Bow Weight at Draw: 60
Arrow material:Carbon
Arrow Length:30 1/8
Spine:60/75
Tip Weight:125
Broadhead:Magnus stinger
Tuning method (if any):paper
Animals Harvested With Set-up:White tails, beavers, pigs, black bears, ground hogs
I like it. I'll add my setup once I have a fully tuned arrow for it.
I'd like arrow brand/model added. I see several carbons and wonder if they are Arrow Dynamics Trad Lights.
Would be nice to know if the arrows are parallel, tapered, or other type of shaft profile.
String material/strands ect.......
Maybe asking too much. Its all interesting to me.
Thanks
I'm only going to do one bow.
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Blacktail
One Piece or Take Down (TD): Take Down (TD)
Bow Length: 66"
Bow's Shelf: Cut 3/16" Past Center
Archer's Draw Length: 30"
Bow Weight at Draw: 42#
Brace Height: 7 9/16"
Bowstring: Flemish
Material: Dyna97
Strands: 12
Nock Point: 5/8"
Nock Material: Brass Nockset (1)
Style: Split Finger (One Over, Two Under)
Tab or Glove: Tab (Bateman)
Fletching: 3, 5" Parabolic (Gateway)
Straight or Helical: Right Helical
Cock Feather: Out
Arrow Material: Aluminum
Arrow Length: 32"
Spine: 2117 (Easton Camo Hunter)
Tip Weight: 200 Grains
Broadhead: STOS 160 Grain 2 Blade Glue On
Arrow Weight: 637 Grains
Speed: 153 FPS (Feet Per Second)
GPP (Grains Per Pound): 15.16
FOC (Front Of Center): 15.4%
Tuning Method: Stu Miller's DSC, Paper Tune
Animals Harvested: Whitetail Deer, (1) Mule Deer, Feral Hogs, Javelina, Rabbits, Bullfrogs
BLANK FORM:
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: PSE Impala
Bow Length: 60" I think. Switched to long bows two years ago
Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 48
Arrow material:Alum
Arrow Length: 29.5
Spine:.500
Tip Weight: 125
Broadhead:125 Magnus 2 blade
Tuning method (if any): bareshft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 2 does
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Bow Type: Longbow
Bow Make: Crow Creek Dalton
Bow Length: 62"
Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 45
Arrow material:Wood (Birch Dowel parallel)
Arrow Length:28"
Spine:.500 give or take
Tip Weight: 145
Broadhead:125 Magnus 2 blade with 20 gr nail added up front
Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: No shots at big game with this bow/ arrow combo yet.
Author Topic: HUNTING SET-UP DATA-BASE... PLEASE PARTICIPATE!
cpnhgnlngct
Trad Bowhunter
Member # 14520
posted December 21, 2010 01:34 PM
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Well I am going on a hunt this January, and during the break between seasons right now, I am tuning up a longbow and tinkering... and tinkering.... Seems as though the late season will never arrive!!!!
I posted a couple questions on my projected set-up, and I got to thinking...
"What if we started a Data-base so to speak, of our exact set-ups used to take down game... or our exact set-ups in general?"
There are so many questions on tuning your set-up for hunting certain game animals, or just plain tuning your set-up... And most of the time you get very helpful responses.
But if you could just talk to that one person out there, that is shooting a center-shot takedown recurve, at the same poundage, and the same draw length, shooting the same arrows... your learning curve will be greatly shortened, or at least it will give you a much better starting point...!
So here is what I'm thinking, Just copy and paste the below blank form, and fill them out accordingly. Nothing more, nothing less. So the next time we are tinkering and trying something new, we can reference this post, and try to find someone out there that is shooting similiar set-ups with success...
I have organized the fields below so they are easy to scroll through this post, and find the type of bow, or type of arrows you are playing with... This will make it a little more organized.
Follow my lead below:
(If you have not used a suggested tuning method to verify your set-up i.e bareshafting, papertuning, etc... just put N/A)
BLANK FORM:
Bow Type: Recurve T/D
Bow Make: Bear
Bow Length:56
Archer's Draw Length:28
Bow Weight at Draw:44
Arrow material:Easton Aluminum
Arrow Length:29
Spine:1916
Tip Weight: 100
Broadhead:Magnus 2 blade
Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up:Deer
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: GN Ghost
Bow Length:60
Archer's Draw Length: 28
Bow Weight at Draw: 59
Arrow material: Carbon and Wood
Arrow Length: 29.5
Spine: 400
Tip Weight: 230 gr
Broadhead: Grizzly 130 LW, 100gr insert
Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 1 8pt, 4 does all whitetails,First year with this bow
Bow Type: RD Longbow
Bow Make: Kanati
Bow Length:58
Archer's Draw Length:28
Bow Weight at Draw:42
Arrow material:Axis 500 carbon
Arrow Length:29 1/2
Spine:500
Tip Weight: 100
Broadhead:125
Tuning method (if any):Bare Shaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up:4 Whitetails all pass thrus
Predator
Recurve
60"
29 1/2" draw
73 lbs
Carbon arrows
30 1/2"
.300 spine
175 grain tip
big two edge... Zwickey Delta or Magnus-1
Paper tuned
Whitetails, a couple hogs, rabbits, squirrels,
Bow Type: Take-Down Recurve
Bow Make: Pittsley Predator Custom Classic
Bow Length: 60"
Archer's Draw Length: 26.75"
Bow Weight at Draw: 48#
Arrow material: Beman MFX Classic Carbon
Arrow Length: 29.25"
Spine: 500
Tip Weight: 250 grs. (including brass insert)
Broadhead: Magnus Two-Blade Vented
Tuning method (if any): Bareshafting (O.L. Adcock Data)
Animals Harvested With Set-up: One Whitetail Buck
Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Morrison Shawnee
Bow Length: 60"
Archer's Draw Length: 29.5"
Bow Weight at Draw: 47 lbs
Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 30.5"
Spine: 35/55
Tip Weight: 175 + 50 Grain Brass Insert
Broadhead: 175 Grain VPA Terminator
Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Squirrel, Whitetail Buck
David
Bow Make: Silvertip
Bow Length: 60"
Archer's Draw Length: 30"
Bow Weight at Draw: 54 @ 28
Arrow material: aluminum
Arrow Length: 32"
Spine: 2117
Tip Weight: 125
Broadhead: Muzzy Phantom
Tuning method (if any): paper tune
Animals Harvested With Set-up: so far just squirrels
Jason Covey
Bow Type: Longbow
Bow Make: Belcher
Bow Length:66"
Archer's Draw Length:27"
Bow Weight at Draw:52#
Arrow material: Douglas fir
Arrow Length: 28.25
Spine: 55-60
Tip Weight: 190
Broadhead: Ribtek
Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Deer and rabbits
Bow Type: Longbow
Bow Make: Howard Hill
Bow Length: 68"
Archer's Draw Length:27
Bow Weight at Draw:52#
Arrow material:Tapered cedar
Arrow Length: 28.25
Spine: 55-60
Tip Weight: 190
Broadhead: Ribtek/ Tusker/Ace
Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 30 pigs , 30 or more goats , bunch of rabbits ... 6 or seven foxes
I think this should be brought back up to the top.
Bow Type: 3 piece takedown with longbow limbs
Bow Make: Dryad Orion
Bow Length: 62"
Archer's Draw Length: 28"
Bow Weight at Draw: 63#
Arrow material: carbon (Arrow dynamics trad)
Arrow Length: 29"
Spine:
Tip Weight: 250-300 grains
Broadhead: Abowyer brown bear/Grizzly El Grande
Tuning method (if any): Bare shaft planing/paper
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Elk, Mule Deer (with same arrow, but 62# Fox Arctic Fox Longbow)
I like this...great idea!
Travis
Bow type: recurve
Bow make: Bear takedown
Bow lehgth: 60"
Archer's draw length: 27.5
Bow wieght at that draw: 48#
Arrow material: Aluminum
Arrow length: 29.5
Spine: 2016
Tip weight: 125 gr
Broad head: Stinger 2 blade 125gr
Tuning method: n/a
Animals harvested with set up: None
Bow type: recurve
Bow make: Bear takedown
Bow lehgth: 60"
Archer's draw length: 27.5
Bow wieght at that draw: 48#
Arrow material: Aluminum
Arrow length: 29.5
Spine: 2016
Tip weight: 125 gr
Broad head: Stinger 2 blade 125gr
Tuning method: n/a
Animals harvested with set up: None