Sonoran Dave Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Old Tom said: Yeah Dave, that was the first bow that I owned myself. It was ugly and shook you when you shot it, no smooth release. Got my first kill (six pointer) with it at age 17. There were really no one in the woods back then to contend with. Archery hunting was in it infancy in the 40ty's and 50ty's. We would hide in the tall grass along side of the wood line and wait for a white tail to come out to eat breakfast. They were a creature of habit unlike the muley out here. Old Tom That's awesome! A six pointer no less. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 I finished my first half dozen homemade poplar arrows matched to this old bow! I also made one of a different color scheme to see how I liked it. The yellow poplar made great shafts, but...they were not quite stiff enough to shoot with my new longbow. I decided to try Bedrock Bob's stabilizer suggestion on the remaining shafts. I used a homebrew concoction of acrylic dissolved in acetone. I sank them in an aluminum tube and filled with the liquid and them soak for 4 days. I just took them out and will let them dry for a week or so. They look okay and do seem to be saturated with the solution. Hopefully this will give them some backbone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I didn't know that Bill's chickens had orange and blue feathers. Old Tom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 You have way to many hobbies dude ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 4 hours ago, adam said: You have way to many hobbies dude ! Truer words have never been spoken. ADD is a beetch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I am simply amazed at the skilz displayed here in text form Dave, Bob, Tom, and more...... Thank you.... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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