A sad day indeed!

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Re: A sad day indeed!

#46 Post by Graps »

Looks like your in business.
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Re: A sad day indeed!

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Now I got this one ready and one on the way!

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The sad days are looking up, season is close! And my new shorter version to match my old favorite is beginning to please me well. My day began with a two hour drive to my kidney Dr. All I got from him was a “Where’s my bow?”. He actually sent his receptionist out to the lobby to tell me I couldn’t come back to see him if I didn’t bring him a bow! She was new and didn’t know the argument we have had going on for many years. I told him I would build him a bow when he gave me a key to his gate leading into his farm that he shows me big buck trail cam pictures from!
Being there I had to stop by Cabelas where a Grizzly nearly slipped up on me! Also the Sportsman’s Wearhouse and the Woodcraft Store! Found nothing!! :cry:
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Re: A sad day indeed!

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Got home, rested a while, then had to mow!! But finally late this evening since I didn’t have Church tonight I tested the Cutoff Carp more! Today’s target, a Mater with a bad place in it, sticking in my hand me down Deer core replacement targets. Yo Maters are safe with me!
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I did manage to jar it out of the target on the first shot. So I put it back in and backed up some more, this time I pined it on the first shot, and the second! All downhill after that. But I figured out which arrows my newly worked bow likes. 500 spine, 50gr weight tube, 250gr point!
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Re: A sad day indeed!

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Looks like it's working.
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Finally got around to checking my draw weight on the bit shorter bow. It has 43lb written in it, that’s what it was when I first finished it, or first check before shortening. I should mention that I not only shortened it, which would increase draw weight, I also trapped the limbs, which reduces draw weight. “Trapping” means to narrow the back glass tapering it back to the wider belly. I think it may be the opposite on a selfbow but don’t quote me on that, my memory is not what it once was. Anyhow, I scaled it after all this and it came out... 43lb!!
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Re: A sad day indeed!

#53 Post by Graps »

My Cardiac Arrest that I got from Jose is 43#.
He had to retiller it to split finger for me so he cut it down a couple of inches and made new string nocks.
This is deja vu for me.
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