Retuning

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Feefee
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Retuning

#1 Post by Feefee »

I retuned my 47# Hypertension today with 2018 @ 28 7/8 w/145g. up front, weighs 550 w/14 percent f.o.c.. Super quiet and accurate. That oughta deflate a pair of lungs next season ;)
A lot easier on my elbow then my 64#.
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Shadowhntr
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Re: Retuning

#2 Post by Shadowhntr »

If I know you, you'll deflate more then a couple lungs with it!
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Feefee
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Re: Retuning

#3 Post by Feefee »

Shadowhntr wrote:If I know you, you'll deflate more then a couple lungs with it!

I sure will try :D
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Carpdaddy
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Re: Retuning

#4 Post by Carpdaddy »

Sounds like your getting everything ready. Your neck will be swelled up bad by fall. Maybe you can deflate a big fat Turkey this spring. Don't overwork that arm.
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Feefee
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Re: Retuning

#5 Post by Feefee »

Never hunted Turkey with a bow but I wouldn't mind trying. Do you hunt from the tree or ground blind?
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#6 Post by Carpdaddy »

Done almost none but have had several come in while in a tree, it's a bad combination really, move a finger and your busted! Wouldn't want to try without a ground blind.
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Re: Retuning

#7 Post by Feefee »

I have hunted turkey with shotgun, you blink and they're gone.. probably best to hunt them from a blind I guess, drawing a bow isn't like squeezing a trigger.
I just retuned my 64#, I have two arrows a 2117@28 1/2 w/200 up front weighs 612, 16 percent foc and a 2219@ 29 1/4 w/200 weighing 670, 15 percent foc. I had the arrows, just thought I'd find use for them.
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Re: Retuning

#8 Post by Carpdaddy »

Sounds like a plan Feefee. Most blinds that you buy these days are not designed with the idea that some dummy would be sitting inside it with a longbow! You got to watch the height. I speak from experience. One year I was hunting Turkey with a friend in his wooden storage shed type blind. A big Tom came walking by one of the small openings, I drew and released my can arrow at about 15 yards from him. My top limb sounded like a hammer hitting that wood roof inside, my can arrow was never seen again.
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Shadowhntr
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Re: Retuning

#9 Post by Shadowhntr »

Yes, you are right, that is an issue Tony. For me the way I shoot, I cannot use greater then a 62" bow, and a 58" or 60" is more comfortable. Im using a deluxe Double Bull. I like to practice out of it so I know just how to set up in there, to give my top limb tip the most room while shooting. A shorter stool helps, but isnt as comfy.
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Re: Retuning

#10 Post by Captainkirk »

One of the reasons I bought the K-Mag... 8-)
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