The Arguement FOR Heavy Bows

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
great pics Denny... wish I could have went to OZ before that went away.  THAT would have been a trip of a lifetime.

Still plenty of guys hunting buffalo with longbows and recurves here, Terry. Melville doesn't, as far as I'm aware, have any operators on it, but there are plenty of operators on the mainland. The game is still ON!

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Some pictures of situations where heavy bows have been necessary for me...

[Russ Clagett]

Ya'll don't eat the camels do you?

[Russ Clagett]

Lately I'm shooting a 75 pound Hill...my arrows are right between 770 and 800 depending...it's a really good, quiet thumper.

It'll go thru a deer without ever slowing down...but I'm thinking of those big, ugly, mud encrusted wild hogs.

The kind you get one shot at..

[Terry Green]

Thanks Ben.... hopefully I will get down there someday before it's too late for me I just wish I could have shared it with Danny I know that was a special place not to say there are not other special places in OZ for sure.

[WESTBROOK]

Lookin' at the last pic, looks like Ben's back yard is one of those special places...

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Originally posted by WESTBROOK:
Lookin' at the last pic, looks like Ben's back yard is one of those special places...

Mate, the other day we drove 100km to get a pizza. Taking the empty pizza box out to the rubbish bin in the dark is a nervous experience, peering at shadows all around hoping not to get too close to a cheeky snake or a buffalo! It is a special place!

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Just spoke to a guy who lived on Melville for a long time, has family there, and keeps going back. That country is too thick for catching, which makes it ideal for bowhunting. He is saddened by the infighting and petty jealousies between tribal groups that has put an end to several good industries. My hunch is that two weeks on Melville would give me as many close tradbow encounters as I am likely to get in a year in Arnhemland. Better bow-and-arrow country. But, we're still getting the job done with the longbow and recurve out in Arnhemland, some of us. Would love the chance to serve on Melville down the track someday!

[Terry Green]

See new OZ post that requires a heavy bow...no argument    :D

[Sam McMichael]

Well, maybe in a few more weeks (or months) I can get back in this discussion in a more meaningful manner. As my shoulder heals, I am doing better. I can now shoot my mid 50's bows for 30 to 40 arrows without problem. My immediate goal will be to move back up to the "light-heavy" division (my own definition) and my 65# Wesley Special. If that goes well, I will possibly look at my 78# Bamboo Longhunter.  I am 5'9" and weigh about 180#, so, at my size, I consider this "heavy".

This may or may not work out as I wish, but I just hope I can follow all my own advice about working up slowly to avoid injury. I really would prefer to hunt hogs with the heavier bow.

[Terry Green]

Denny...here's my 'state side' contributions....

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Skates]

[TOEJAMMER]

Terry,  You should get out more often.

[pdk25]

Might be time to break out on of the more stout bows.

[BowHunterGA]

Just a couple weeks ago I took my very first antelope. He was a beauty and had a gross score of right at 74". The shot was at around 23-25 yards and was a little forward of where I wanted it to be. This coupled with the buck's spinning reaction at the shot noise resulted in an impact practically dead center of the near shoulder. He bawled and spun around twice on impact and then limped out about 100 yards and bedded down. I was shooting my 73# Pacific Yew longbow and pushing a 765 grain arrow tipped with a "Simply Traditional" Magnus Classic Single Bevel head. The head split the clavicle on entrance, and then broke the off shoulder as well stopping just short of breaking the skin on the off shoulder. I have NO doubt in my mind that had I been shooting lighter gear that antelope would have endured a lot of pain and probably not been recovered. Hope for the best but plan for the worst. When Murphy rears his ugly head is the reason I shoot heavier gear.

 

[pdk25]

 

Great job Steve

[Terry Green]

Yeah Boy!!!!