Attaboy Terry!
Glad you are back st it.

Hope you can make it Southpaw. Come by my booth and say hello.

Last year was our first Traditional shoot in a number of years. Had a great time. Heard a lot of good comments. Had a decent turn out for not having it for quite a while. Most of the people I talked to said " we'll be back next year ", which was great. It'll be here before you know it. I will be set with my leather items. A couple other guys said they will be back selling bows and such, some new some used. Still open to hear from any vendors interested. No set up fee.

Yeah I was also thinking that must be the year. I look forward to shooting some arrows.
 Thanks again.
Chuck

Quote from: Kelly on March 23, 2026, 04:25:33 PMThink unconsciously you are shooting high to avoid hitting that very narrow bottom window opening. I've done that before so had to reconfigure how I opened the window.

Yeah I'm shooting through a triangle opening, messes with depth perception pretty certain. There were so many pigs. I never got a chance to get out of the blind to even go look for the one I hit and he was long gone by the time it was dark and we were done. We did not find an illuminated arrow anywhere so wherever he ran off to that arrow did not come out I'm pretty sure he had about six or 7 inches of arrow stuck in him as well plus the broad head length hard to say if I hit the lungs or the liver. He ran through a solid thicket that never ended so that Grizzlystik 150gr had to have been slicing him up inside, and the Traditional Only 340 shots are bulletproof. We would have found it if it came out as he crashed through all that brush and low tree limbs. My guide will find him. That nock will go for 50 hours.

I just shot 25 arrows, same bow same arrows, and never missed my target at 17 yards which was about my range yesterday. Either the broadheads made the arrows go higher or the depth perception shooting through a hole does something to how you range and sight the animal while shooting instinctively?

That solarez got like liquid gold in it  I agree Krystal may not be as durable as Tbird or that automotive stuff but it's way cheaper. Been using it for years. Not too many complaints either, I am thinking of getting some gloss for base coats then using dull over that.

Let's say you built two identical bows same design same stack except one has veneers so two more lams. The one with veneers will have more springboks out of the form. So how much more poundage will it have. Just did it and about 4 lbs different??

I think the "-70" and "-71" suffix of their serial numbers might be the build year.  The preceding number might be the day of the year.

Again, fabulous "olde tyme" recurve target bows ... lotta good history there.

  well....I guess you live and you learn because I certainly did not know that. Hope my victim doesn't mind too much, and here I thought I was being smart!

Need to get there sometime,one of the good ones I have not made it to