Hello from the treestand

[Physics Hunter]

Its about tree stand time, less than a month to shake the dust of the stick and string

Yeah, just broke the drop away rest on my new(er) Mathews. I decided to move to a 5 pin sight and a 'biscuit, still sighting the stupid thing in...

ran a pro shop, have been pro staff for others 15+ years. don't like Whisker biscuits-in wet cold conditions they can freeze up and rip off your vanes

me-TT "Shaky Hunter" with a Carter release. Hoyt bows. Single pin sight-don't like lots of stuff cluttering up my sight window

I am mostly Mathews and self-bows that I make myself for Trad archery. Have never settled on a favorite release, sight, or arrow (Although Victory is a new favorite due to price), and if Muzzy quit making broadheads I might mourn an entire season.

I am thinking of making a crossbow, I am dangerous when I start thinking.

crossbows are big in ohio. I am a big fan of Excalibur-its the best by far but 10 Point isn't bad for compound bows.
the hardest part of making a tracked xbow is making the track perfectly straight. the triggers are a problem as well but if you do a trackless bow, its much easier

good luck

Crossbows are selling like funnelcakes at a fat farm.

Your expertise is so noted!

 

[theDoctorisIn]

I am aging and moved up to a faster compound bow, then I got some old mans disease... I am about 90% back, but walking out thru the woods with a climbing stand and a total of about 35lbs of kit gets more challenging every year. I restarted shooting a couple of arrows every half hour.

As we age, we hold onto what we can.

I practice some at 50 yards, 90m is crazy!

Do you visit the ******* **** Forum?

...

Thanks. I thought mention of other Forums was verboten here?

It depends on the context. Mentioning is ok, linking to or promoting is not.

Please don't do that again, Mike.

Did I not redact sufficiently?

Redaction complete.

You did fine, saved me an edit.

You were trained well at the other place.

 

[Physics Hunter]

Its about tree stand time, less than a month to shake the dust of the stick and string

Yeah, just broke the drop away rest on my new(er) Mathews. I decided to move to a 5 pin sight and a 'biscuit, still sighting the stupid thing in...

I have a drop away on one bow and a Whisker Biscuit on the other. I tried to drop away at the urging of several friends but to be honest I still prefer the old reliable Whisker Biscuit

Yeah, the Biscuit, like an old 5 pin sight (as opposed to the slider) just has that work every time feel.

 

[Physics Hunter]

I am aging and moved up to a faster compound bow, then I got some old mans disease... I am about 90% back, but walking out thru the woods with a climbing stand and a total of about 35lbs of kit gets more challenging every year. I restarted shooting a couple of arrows every half hour.

As we age, we hold onto what we can.

I practice some at 50 yards, 90m is crazy!

Do you visit the ******* **** Forum?

...

Thanks. I thought mention of other Forums was verboten here?

It depends on the context. Mentioning is ok, linking to or promoting is not.

Please don't do that again, Mike.

Did I not redact sufficiently?

Redaction complete.

You did fine, saved me an edit.

You were trained well at the other place.

I work with the Government, it takes about 5 years to realize that Policy is not logical.

 

[MikeK]

Crossbows are selling like funnelcakes at a fat farm.

Your expertise is so noted!

Back in the 70s I won a Barnett Commando crossbow at a Lancaster shoot. I don't think they make them anymore but it is a beautiful thing to behold. Blackened aluminum and brass. But functionally it was a surprising disappointment. It is cocked by breaking in half like a break-to-cock air gun -- but it's much harder to do than the ordinary stirrup cocking, And at 150 pounds the effective range is surprisingly limited. The bolt begins a dramatic drop at about 20 yards and if you shoot high-angle to compensate the bolt bounces off a polyfoam target at 35 yards.

I shot with it once and sold it for $50. It's the only crossbow I've ever shot so I don't know how it compares with any others.

 

[Physics Hunter]

Crossbows are selling like funnelcakes at a fat farm.

Your expertise is so noted!

Back in the 70s I won a Barnett Commando crossbow at a Lancaster shoot. I don't think they make them anymore but it is a beautiful thing to behold. Blackened aluminum and brass. But functionally it was a surprising disappointment. It is cocked by breaking in half like a break-to-cock air gun -- but it's much harder to do than the ordinary stirrup cocking, And at 150 pounds the effective range is surprisingly limited. The bolt begins a dramatic drop at about 20 yards and if you shoot high-angle to compensate the bolt bounces off a polyfoam target at 35 yards.

I shot with it once and sold it for $50. It's the only crossbow I've ever shot so I don't know how it compares with any others.

I own a Barnett and a Wham-O (Yeah really!). They work, but except for hunting turkeys out east they are toys compared to real archery. One day I will have to go there, but this is not that day.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

Welcome to USMB, Physics Hunter. Have a good time here. No need to apologize. I never spit out more than one Conservative a day after chewing his arguments to pieces. We will get along just fine!!!

 

[turtledude]

Crossbows are selling like funnelcakes at a fat farm.

Your expertise is so noted!

Back in the 70s I won a Barnett Commando crossbow at a Lancaster shoot. I don't think they make them anymore but it is a beautiful thing to behold. Blackened aluminum and brass. But functionally it was a surprising disappointment. It is cocked by breaking in half like a break-to-cock air gun -- but it's much harder to do than the ordinary stirrup cocking, And at 150 pounds the effective range is surprisingly limited. The bolt begins a dramatic drop at about 20 yards and if you shoot high-angle to compensate the bolt bounces off a polyfoam target at 35 yards.

I shot with it once and sold it for $50. It's the only crossbow I've ever shot so I don't know how it compares with any others.

I still have one and used it for bow fishing when wading. Later, I replaced the 175 pound prod with 100 pound one which made it a nice target rig in my basement. the very short power stroke made it not all that potent despite the high poundage. My 150 pound Excalibur-with a far longer stroke is accurate for deer hunting up to about 45 yards though when I hunted often, I never took a shot passed 35 yards even though in target competitions with the same bow (IBO 3D) I was shooting 50 yard targets routinely (foam animals don't move)

 

[Physics Hunter]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

Welcome to USMB, Physics Hunter. Have a good time here. No need to apologize. I never spit out more than one Conservative a day after chewing his arguments to pieces. We will get along just fine!!!

What's your record like when you are not sleeping?

 

[Physics Hunter]

Crossbows are selling like funnelcakes at a fat farm.

Your expertise is so noted!

Back in the 70s I won a Barnett Commando crossbow at a Lancaster shoot. I don't think they make them anymore but it is a beautiful thing to behold. Blackened aluminum and brass. But functionally it was a surprising disappointment. It is cocked by breaking in half like a break-to-cock air gun -- but it's much harder to do than the ordinary stirrup cocking, And at 150 pounds the effective range is surprisingly limited. The bolt begins a dramatic drop at about 20 yards and if you shoot high-angle to compensate the bolt bounces off a polyfoam target at 35 yards.

I shot with it once and sold it for $50. It's the only crossbow I've ever shot so I don't know how it compares with any others.

I still have one and used it for bow fishing when wading. Later, I replaced the 175 pound prod with 100 pound one which made it a nice target rig in my basement. the very short power stroke made it not all that potent despite the high poundage. My 150 pound Excalibur-with a far longer stroke is accurate for deer hunting up to about 45 yards though when I hunted often, I never took a shot passed 35 yards even though in target competitions with the same bow (IBO 3D) I was shooting 50 yard targets routinely (foam animals don't move)

Most importantly, foam animals don't drop to load their legs...

 

[Statistikhengst]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

Welcome to USMB, Physics Hunter. Have a good time here. No need to apologize. I never spit out more than one Conservative a day after chewing his arguments to pieces. We will get along just fine!!!

What's your record like when you are not sleeping?

Pretty damned impressive, even if I do say so myelf. Now, I need to get a toothpick to clean out the remains of the last con I chewed-up for breakfast.

There, much better.

 

[Mindful]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

There are more of us who have absconded from other forums recently.

 

[Rikurzhen]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

Welcome to USMB, Physics Hunter. Have a good time here. No need to apologize. I never spit out more than one Conservative a day after chewing his arguments to pieces. We will get along just fine!!!

What's your record like when you are not sleeping?

Pretty damned impressive, even if I do say so myelf. Now, I need to get a toothpick to clean out the remains of the last con I chewed-up for breakfast.

There, much better.

As you can see we have a lot of liberals here who are off their meds.

 

[Physics Hunter]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

There are more of us who have absconded from other forums recently.

Interesting. But being a hunter, I do not want to play the part of the wholly mammoth herded into the box canyon.

 

[Physics Hunter]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

Welcome to USMB, Physics Hunter. Have a good time here. No need to apologize. I never spit out more than one Conservative a day after chewing his arguments to pieces. We will get along just fine!!!

What's your record like when you are not sleeping?

Pretty damned impressive, even if I do say so myelf. Now, I need to get a toothpick to clean out the remains of the last con I chewed-up for breakfast.

There, much better.

Rotator Cuffs do not react well to patting one's own back.

 

[Mindful]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

There are more of us who have absconded from other forums recently.

Interesting. But being a hunter, I do not want to play the part of the wholly mammoth herded into the box canyon.

Well it's marginally better than being in a Kim-Jong-un dungeon.

 

[Physics Hunter]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

There are more of us who have absconded from other forums recently.

Interesting. But being a hunter, I do not want to play the part of the wholly mammoth herded into the box canyon.

Well it's marginally better than being in a Kim-Jong-un dungeon.

Noted, you are interesting.

 

[Physics Hunter]

Hello everybody.

Where to begin... I am a father with young kids, born again only by the Grace of God, yes I really do have a Physics degree, I work R&D, archer and hunter, I love fast cars and motorcycles... I used to be an ardent Republican, I continue to be an ardent Conservative.

This ain't my first Forum, but it may be my second. I note that some of my favorite people are here that I had wondered if I would ever see again.

It will take me a while to spin up.

I will apologize to the Liberals in advance.

Welcome to USMB, Physics Hunter. Have a good time here. No need to apologize. I never spit out more than one Conservative a day after chewing his arguments to pieces. We will get along just fine!!!

What's your record like when you are not sleeping?

Pretty damned impressive, even if I do say so myelf. Now, I need to get a toothpick to clean out the remains of the last con I chewed-up for breakfast.

There, much better.

As you can see we have a lot of liberals here who are off their meds.

Yes, and I am beginning to understand many other things.

It is an interesting conundrum, engage the insane or...

 

[Physics Hunter]

As long as the Libs don't start playing the dying puppy game that they used to kill the last place I inhabited.

 

[Rikurzhen]

As long as the Libs don't start playing the dying puppy game that they used to kill the last place I inhabited.

I'm not sure what the dying puppy game is but when I deal with libs I find the "rubbing the puppy's nose in the mess he made" game to be very useful.

See, as Elwood Blues noted, "I'm on a mission from God" to set liberals back onto the path of being guided by evidence and reason in how they see the world, and thus turn them into reality-based conservatives.