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Recent content by boyne bowhunter

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    Chronographed, Real-World Bow Speed

    Ideally, since your bow is transferring most all of its stored potential energy into kinetic energy of the arrow, your bow should generate roughly the same kinetic energy regardless of arrow weight within reason. The equation for kinetic energy is given below for both IBO and Real World (rw)...
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    Chronographed, Real-World Bow Speed

    2014 Elite E32, 70# 30" draw: Advertised IBO Speed 333ft/sec with a 350gr arrow. My setup is 30.5" Black Eagle Carnivores (250 spine) with 200gr broadhead for a 540gr TAW. Actual arrow speeds at 270ft/sec. EDIT: Speed measured using the time between the recorded sound waves from release to...
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    Jokes and Memes - NO POLITICS

    Essential new gear for all you weight weenies out there. :tearsofjoy:
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    8mm Predator rappel rope

    I haven't used the 8mm Predator but I do have experience using 8mm Oplux in the Madrock. My summary . . . at 225lbs it held but not great. Things got especially sporty rappelling with it when it was wet. I'm not sure of that's a function of the rope itself or the size. I'll say it was worth...
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    Quitting coffee

    Since I retired I've cut way back on my coffee consumption but I haven't completely stopped, nor do I think I want to. I still really enjoy a cup of hot black coffee. When I was working I had to limit myself to a pot of coffee a day or I'd drink it all day long. I made a pot in the morning...
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    2024 Turkey Thread

    Great video! Congrats to the young lady! She did great.
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    How did you cook venison today?

    Honestly it hasn't changed that much since then. You'd still like it. Since we sold Mom's house we only get down there 3 or 4 times a year now.
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    Not meaning to open a can of worms - cross loading carabiners

    Ha, ha. I find it ironic after all the discussion of metal fatigue in this thread that this piece of machinery made it here. In case you didn't know the absolutely massive gears in wind turbines are highly susceptible to fatigue failure due to the cyclic forces applied through them due to the...
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    How did you cook venison today?

    A quote is a quote, give credit to the source . . . As far as Traverse City goes, I grew up there and loved every minute of it. Can't imagine a better place to have grown up in the 70's. I will reluctantly say though that its not the place I grew up in anymore. Like a lot of places it has...
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    How did you cook venison today?

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    Saddle Tree Setup Discussion

    Flashbacks from my days in the Tethrd Mantis . . . :tearsofjoy:
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    Saddle Tree Setup Discussion

    Hey, this is complete BS. . . . :rage: Absolutely no fuzzy steps or Little Debbies (yeech), maybe Nutty Buddies? Also I don't put pouches on my saddle under any circumstances. I have a bad case of noasital disease combined with dunlop disease so I can't keep my saddle up without any...
  13. boyne bowhunter

    How did you cook venison today?

    Man, looking at all these dishes make my mouth water . . . I just bought my 2024 Licenses today so this is as good as my 2023 venison gets!:tearsofjoy:
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    Saddle Tree Setup Discussion

    Ideally for a deer moving on my left, given enough shooting openings, I can let them walk by and shoot them as they are quartering away. The only instance that doesn't work is if they are walking directly downwind and under me. In that instance at least my draw arm is hidden a bit behind the...
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    Saddle Tree Setup Discussion

    A quick sketch to show what I do, and what I think @raisins is referring to. First sketch is the larger picture of how I try to position my platform on the tree with respect to my anticipated target. Again, I'm a right handed archer, things will work differently for left handers. With that...
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