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Title: Brace height for a Skookum longbow?
Post by: Rooselk on January 06, 2011, 08:18:00 PM
I have a 68' Skookum longbow made Fred Anderson. Does anyone know the proper or approximate brace height for this bow?
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Post by: Tater on January 06, 2011, 09:21:00 PM
I would start at 7" and work from there probably between a quarter inch either way.
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Post by: JRY309 on January 06, 2011, 11:32:00 PM
I braced my 68" Skookum at 6&3/4",shot just great there.
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Post by: Rooselk on January 07, 2011, 06:41:00 AM
Thanks for the responses.
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Post by: kbertsch on January 14, 2011, 01:21:00 AM
I own 3 of them and use 6 1/4 , you can go higher but would,nt go lower
Kasper
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Post by: Sherwood Poacher on January 19, 2011, 08:01:00 PM
Fred advised 6 1/2 and that is what I have mine set to. Good to read about Skookums, not many have this beautiful longbow from Fred.
The Sherwood Poacher...........
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Post by: Rooselk on January 19, 2011, 08:07:00 PM
Thanks much.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: L. E. Carroll on January 20, 2011, 03:40:00 AM
OK, now lets go to one of his 62" Hyak L/B's with the same question?  :coffee:
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Post by: David Mitchell on January 20, 2011, 07:04:00 AM
Gene, I have a 64" Hyak and run it at 7" from the back of the shelf.....Dave
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Post by: hawaiiarcher on January 20, 2011, 01:19:00 PM
Gene,
I have a 64" Hyak Diamonback. My brace height is 6 1/2" and nock height is 3/8"-7/16". The bow is 57# at 27 1/2". I did not know that Fred made the Hyak in a 62".
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Post by: hawaiiarcher on January 20, 2011, 01:21:00 PM
Sorry, I forgot the d in diamondback.
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Post by: Rooselk on January 21, 2011, 05:59:00 PM
Just want to thank you guys for the information. This morning I was able to set the bow up using your recommendations and then take it out and do a litttle shooting. Let me tell you that there was a night and day difference from the the way the bow shot previously. I still need to do some tweaking on the bow, such as putting on a new leather shelf plate and getting some appropriate arrows to match the bow, but I'm confident that this is the bow that will accompany me to the elk woods this fall.

Thanks again.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: AdamH on January 21, 2011, 08:01:00 PM
6&3/4'' for the one I had ...
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Post by: trapper on January 22, 2011, 09:42:00 AM
I own two and have them set at 6 1/2, arrows fly great and bows are silent.