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Re: Hawaii Bowhunt blog

#11 Post by Captainkirk »

Looks like you have this all mapped out, Ron!
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#12 Post by Ron Kulas »

The back ends of the arrows are all set

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So it was time to focus on sharpening the front ends.

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Here is a video of the process used to get them hunt ready.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-wCgP_Z0U

Here is how the broadheads are made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9_2embxs4I
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#13 Post by Ron Kulas »

My bow has to travel about 4,000 thousands miles on trucks and planes to get to Hawaii and the current padding in the case sorely lacking for the rigors of such a trip.

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A little foam and double sided tape later.

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The broadheads also need safe passage so a rubber padded box is in order.

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The quiver is set.

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The knife is a whole other story. The L39 knife has a good story to tell but that is for another time. I used a knife sharpening guide Im developing to put an edge on it.

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Im still rethinking the location and mounting of the Ultimate predator camera on the bow. I think it can be improved upon.
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#14 Post by Longtrad »

looks like you got everything squared away. What game is on the menu?

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#15 Post by Ron Kulas »

Vancouver bull on the big island, Pig and perhaps rams on Kauai.

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#16 Post by Ron Kulas »

I printed the new mount for the Ultimate Predator Adventure cam hoping it would reduce the vibration at arrow launch. It seems to be a success and an improvement over the first attempt. Its not perfect but the shock created at the launch of an arrow is unavoidable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzruSev ... e=youtu.be
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Re: Hawaii Bowhunt blog

#17 Post by Carpdaddy »

That did appear to reduce vibration and make for a better video. Looking forward to seeing a Hawaii critter on the video. Just don’t miss with that film going! :lol:

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#18 Post by Captainkirk »

Much better, Ron! Nice work!
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#19 Post by Shadowhntr »

Nice!
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#20 Post by Ron Kulas »

I've made a change regarding the broadhead I will use for the Bull hunt. I had planed to use the woodsman broadhead which is a 3 blade 1 1/8" cutting diameter head and its what I used on my recent Russian boar hunt. The Woodsman flies great and performed well on the hog, producing a pass through even though the off side shoulder and it may certainly do well on a large bull but due to the size of the bulls, the recent passing of Roger Rothhar and because they fly equally well, I'm switching to the Roger Rothhar Snuffer broadhead.

One of the many advantages of high FOC arrows is that broadhead tuning is far easier and you can get just about any broadhead to fly well because the weight forward arrow means the fletching account for so much more steering ability. Ive been shooting the large Snuffers out to 50+ yards with fantastic accuracy. The total broadhead weight will be 250 grains.

Here you can see the difference between the Woodsman (that I used on my recent Russian boar hunt) and the much larger Rothhar Snuffer.

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In comparison, here is the 1 3/8" snuffer next to my favorite deer broadhead (Slick Trick magum 1 1/8")

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Next up is creating a shipping container for the bow and gear I will ship to the Hotel in Kauai in advance of my departure on the 15th.
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