The Unofficial Miscellaneous Trad Thread

[ledflight]

Made it up to Loveland co for work.

Started off Monday with 3 hours of lesson with Tom Clum. Unreal what that man can do. I started with his foundation, and then take advantage of being able to get help from one of the best dudes in the community.

Today made it up to South Cox. I have been eyeballing his bows for a while. Noice gone through a number of bows last year. This is the first time I have been able to handle hundreds of bows and shoot them.

Walked away with a bow from his AH archery company. Colorado riser with g10 and redwood burl. I lived in the same small town as South in California, and we both left the same year. The riser wood came from that area. Took about 8 years to get together and let me spend money with him.

64”amo 59lbs at my draw.

Finished it off with 4 hours of fly fishing for cutthroat. I was able to get em hooked, but couldn’t net. Used to fishing with heavier gear and this was a little bit of a learning curve throwing 3wt line and flies.

Very nice - love my A&H bows, both from before South owned them and since. Currently shooting a South made Clum riser with older limbs.

 

[GCTerpfan]

Anyone on here real familiar with Black Widow bows? I recently picked up a Black Widow PMA 62” and 59@27” from a local guy. Always wanted one and feel like i got a good deal on it. I’m trying to get an idea of worth because prices seem to vary a lot. I’ll likely try to resell or trade for a shorter, lighter takedown recurve.

The fact it has somebody else's name on it and it is a 60+ lb bow will make it a little harder to get rid of. I agree with the posts above, send it back to them and get it refinished and a lighter set of limbs made for it and you'll have a sweet bow for a lot less than a new one. They may also be able to reduce the weight of those limbs for you depending on how light you want to go. Black Widow would be my first call either way though.

 

[Werk]

Damn, are you hiring? Everything in your post after the word 'work' sound like a vacation that I would had to burn up all my brownies point with wife to get permission.

Lolol. The fly fishing was done with a customer, and the other stuff was because I have some down time. I have a full day today, which is the whole reason for coming here. But I scheduled an extra few days because, well, all that stuff in the post.

Lucky for sure.

 

[Werk]

Looks like the Clum lessons are paying off.

Been setting up the new bow and tuning arrows.

End of the day and I’m right where I think I want to be. 22 yards and these arrows confirm it’s good enough for government work.

 

[bigcat93]

Been tinkering with my GM 2.. just too loud still. So in sticking with the longbow I picked up. Hitting decent out to 15 so hopefully will put it to use in next few weeks here. SUPER NERVOUS haha

 

[Jagger0502]

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Fella from my club took some video at our last 3d shoot. Thought you guys like it. I had a buddy that was having trouble with his release and said the video helped him figure it out.

 

[Werk]

Drew a pretty nice permit this year. On. Y birthday of all days.

Chance at killing nilgai, javalina, some big huge Russian hogs, and some real nice whitetail.

4 days to get it done, and 4 days of access to scout prior.

I’ll be doing it with the stick, as that’s how I hunt now I guess. Nothing else seems worth taking.

More stoked than I have been for a hunt in a while. If I can bag a nice bull or cow, good whitetail, and the skunk pig, that’s plenty of adventure to hold me over before Canada black bear in BC.

 

[gcr0003]

Like I was telling ole GC, 7 twists and 1/4” in my new bow string is all it took to get back together with my ole slick stick girl. She said she’s done being bad and back to throwing darts

I could not get my arrows to fly correct to save my life after just having them tuned arrows before new string. I knew I would have a few twists to put in her as she stretched a little but didn’t think it would make that much difference. Well I decided to try another 1/4” before throwing this bow in the trash. I’m glad I did because she’s spot on again.

 

[Kborrelli]

Just starting into trad recently and ran into an issue recently on a one piece recurve my old man gave me and figured this would be the place to find answers. So now every time I take a shot my string seems to slide left on the upper limb. Is the limb bent? Is it just a wall hanger at this point or is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks in advance!

 

[bodark]

Just starting into trad recently and ran into an issue recently on a one piece recurve my old man gave me and figured this would be the place to find answers. So now every time I take a shot my string seems to slide left on the upper limb. Is the limb bent? Is it just a wall hanger at this point or is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks in advance!

Could be some limb twist in it depending on how it was stored and how old it is. Some pics would definitely help. String the bow and look down the string from one limb to the other. The string should be contacting the belly of the bow in the center of each limb.

Also, with recurves particularly, if it’s not strung with a stringer properly it can cause the limbs to twist. Unless you’re really good at the foot method of stringing I’d recommend getting a stringer if you don’t already. I’ve had several recurves and longbows. I can string a longbow without a stringer in a pinch but my recurves are difficult to do without and can cause damage.

 

[gcr0003]

I’m leaving my platform with an old strap and an old tether connected to the tree just a few feet off the ground to dial in shooting from a saddle as season approaches next month. I realized I’m hitting right of aim in the saddle, but not when standing on the ground. I haven’t determined if I’m not drawing fully or if something else weird is going on.

 

[Jagger0502]

I’m leaving my platform with an old strap and an old tether connected to the tree just a few feet off the ground to dial in shooting from a saddle as season approaches next month. I realized I’m hitting right of aim in the saddle, but not when standing on the ground. I haven’t determined if I’m not drawing fully or if something else weird is going on.

I found from a saddle when leaning my bow arm moved to the inside and my wrist would torque causing my shooting to go to the right. I had to spend a lot of time practicing my draw to avoid this and still do it when trying to shoot quickly. I found focusing on arching my lower back a little helped to avoid the torque or canting my bow more than normal also helped to remember my upper body form. Not sure if this is your case but practice practice practice from all shooting positions and you will find your form flaws exaggerated.

 

[GCTerpfan]

I’m leaving my platform with an old strap and an old tether connected to the tree just a few feet off the ground to dial in shooting from a saddle as season approaches next month. I realized I’m hitting right of aim in the saddle, but not when standing on the ground. I haven’t determined if I’m not drawing fully or if something else weird is going on.

Something else to pay attention to is your head position. It’s easy to not get your head down and eye over the arrow when shooting from the saddle. This causes me to shoot left, I’m assuming it would cause a lefty to shoot right.

 

[gcr0003]

I guess my string wasn’t done stretching because it had creeped again. I put a few twists in it and we were back on target. I can tell Im right on the verge of too stiff because if I don’t get the draw all the way back it’ll fly left. It’s subtle but I’m shooting at 22-25 yards and it is more noticeable.

 

[Red Beard]

I guess my string wasn’t done stretching because it had creeped again. I put a few twists in it and we were back on target. I can tell Im right on the verge of too stiff because if I don’t get the draw all the way back it’ll fly left. It’s subtle but I’m shooting at 22-25 yards and it is more noticeable.

It's funny how much effect a few twists can have when you're close to a spine shift line. My bow is like that also. People laugh and scoff but I can tell when it's off by an 1/8. Glad it's back on track for you.

 

[bodark]

I guess my string wasn’t done stretching because it had creeped again. I put a few twists in it and we were back on target. I can tell Im right on the verge of too stiff because if I don’t get the draw all the way back it’ll fly left. It’s subtle but I’m shooting at 22-25 yards and it is more noticeable.

My 2024 setup is the same. If I don’t focus on getting good back tension and getting my elbow back against the wall in my mind I’ll miss left every time. It’s automatic feedback and has actually helped me get more consistent. It’s really the difference in 1/2” of draw length but it’s enough to overspine.