question for the traditional archers

ThomastaylorIII said:
watch out when hunting with heavy spined arrows, incorrect spine will severely decrease penatration(Sp). it will also cause bad grouping and will allow windage to effect the arrow more. ... just my expirence.
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Yep, difficult to get good penetration when the arrow is fishtailing sideways. The only arrows I've used that spine really didn't matter too much, were my Martha Stewart bamboo arrows that I made from tomato stakes that I bought at Kmart. The rest have to be 55-60# @28" for my favorite shooter. Here's one of the bamboo arrows.

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Normark said:
Another question for you Traditional archers..

Has anyone used a Korean Horse bow ??

They are Really small bows used for horseback..

I'd like to get one...

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
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Eric,

I have a couple of friends who have made it here in years past & I imagine anything you ever wanted to know about horse bows could be learned while having a great time. There's a fellow named Thomas Duvernay who imports Korean bows, there's some info here.

There's also a gentleman up in Milverton Ontario name of Jaap Koppedrayer that goes by Yumi, he does mostly composite bows these days & if he can't make what you want he can safely point you in the right direction. I haven't shot a Korean bow but I have shot similar asian styles, they're alot of fun. I have a Chinese styled bow that is an absolute PITA to shoot & one that Jaap described as Mongolian (picture Korean only longer) that is probably my favourite shooting bow out of the five or six I have. If you like short recurves I have a 44" Kiko hunting bow that'd blow your socks off!! (scroll half way down to see this bow & maybe check out the whole site while your at it :D).
 
longbow50 said:
Just like throwing a ball. We don't aim, we just do and through repetition, our brain learns and the aiming portion becomes an automatic response, instead of a deliberate action.

Here's another vote for Fred's book. Good reading and full of good information.
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Nice way to describe it longbow! Just keeping looking where you want your arrow to go & eventually (through repetition) it does (some days more, some less :p). It's not unlike the difference between pointing with a shotgun & aiming while a rifle (and it's cheaper, quieter and often more fun).
 
i love instinctive shooting, its second nature. but to me what most people dont know/realize is that Form is the basis for accurate shooting. and that a properly set up and tuned traditional bow is as or more accurate than any compound made. speaking of arrow spine, never let a compound shop sell you arrows. Go to stickbow or tradgang.com and ask questions, after a while you will know more about tuning a trad bow then you ever wanted to. And finally Kudos to everybody who shoots a stick bow and dosent need training wheels...:) JK i love my pearson, it just dosent have those sexy line like the Roy Hall.
 
Hey bubbacatfish,

I see you're still out there. Since we travel in intersecting circles, do you know an old gentleman name of Mike P.? You may recognize him from this picture with one of the bows he's working on.
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He's been making self bows for years and is currently selling off quite a few of them. If you're interested, shoot me an email.

Doc
 
Yep...it is a brushtailed possum like RescueRiley said. It wasn't a particularly long, heroic shot to get it. It was sitting on the roof of an old shed peering over the edge at me.
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Hey bubbacatfish,

I see you're still out there. Since we travel in intersecting circles, do you know an old gentleman name of Mike P.? You may recognize him from this picture with one of the bows he's working on.
MikewithoutPhil.jpg

He's been making self bows for years and is currently selling off quite a few of them. If you're interested, shoot me an email.

Doc
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I'm here from time to time Doc, usually just lurking. I'll drop you a line.
 
I cant the bow while my buds hold it straight up. We are all pretty tight, so I don't know if it matters all that much.
I used to shoot purely instinctive where I did not see my arrow just the spot I wanted to hit and had pretty good results with it, now I look at my arrow only by secondary vision and found it a very good style for me. I don't conscientiously gap with the arrow because a I don't know how many inches over or under it is. A friend of mine is a gap shooter and is pretty accurate, but this will not translate to the field as well as my mod style of instinctive I would say. by the way the late Howard Hill used secondary vision to shoot. Who can argue with his progress?

TS
 
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