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kimall Those shafts look good. Years ago i had a problem with getting wood shafts spined to 90# for my longbow (i still dont think you can get them), i thought of laminating a shaft like you have to get a stiff spine. Do you think making a laminated shaft like yours could make a heavy weight and spi...

I have bob swineharts book (not original)and it is a good book jeff. I agree with you that he doesnt get the credit for the things he did. Have you read the witchery of archery by marice thomson? I havent read the book my self, i have ordered a copy, but, its on b/order. I have read all the books i ...

Happy birthday jeff. Its amazing how those candles add up on the cake hey jeff.... roscoe

Thanks Jeff I was a little confused about your first answer but that clears it up. I enjoyed reading the book. My favorite books however, that i have read is saxton popes hunting with the bow and arrow and the other one in africa. I enjoy his style of writing and they were very interesting stories. ...

Thanks Jeff
It also came with a leather book mark, shaped like a broadhead with jerry hills signature. Was this book you think sold originally seperate from the full collections or broken up from a full collection? Anyway,it sounds like it isnt a common one then?... roscoe

I have a copy of Howard Hills Wild Adventure in "The Ledgends of the longbow series" by Glenn st Charles. My question is, if some could answer it is. The first page of the book is personally signed by Jerry Hill, I think hes Howards nephew? Did all of those books in wild adventure come out...

CLINTON I just recently laminated 5 x 5mm bamboo lamelle board and cut out the stave as you said, with the glue lines running from belly to back. It worked fine, but my tillering was a bit rough and next time i will use a rectanglur cross section instead of a D section. I will keep you posted on how...

I STILL USE A DOG COLLAR AND HAVENT HAD A LIMB TWIST YET....ROSCOE

Sounds like you all had a great day wolfgang, congradulations. One day you will go on to shoot bigger game with your bow and arrows and you will look back at your bunny shooting days and remember how good it was. Did you see any foxes where you were hunting? With all those bunnies running around the...

Instinctive shooting of the bow is a very good and very rewarding method of shooting a bow. I say this because under real hunting conditions we havent always got time to calculate the shot. Its rewarding to use our senses to shoot the bow accurately. I remember the first time i started to learn to s...

great pictures mate, i like the one just about going into the target and you can also see in detail what sort of funny facial expressions you can pull when you release the bow. Only joking, but you must of known someone was going to say something...Roscoe

I think that poundage is one thing, but matching the arrow spine to the bow and a good sharp broadhead is worth more IMO. You can have a heavy poundage bow but if that arrow is spined properly than the penetration is hopeless.....Roscoe

I lived and worked in arnhemland for years and bush camping out there has its fair share of mozzies and sand flies let me tell you. Because i camped 5 days in a week out bush and using lots of repellent, i thought that cant be to good for myself over a longtime of use. So the only way that i used re...

sorry otis i should have read your thread more carefully. I know who iam going to telephone for updated info on this law and my first call is not the dpi office.

roscoe

Since moving to queensland, i checked up with the dpi. The dpi officer in port douglas said i couldnt bowfish at all? So I telephone the australian bowhunters association and they did a great job and telephoned the dpi and i think even the officer in port douglas and completely clarified the answer....

I agree with you otis its all the other things that go with the hunt that makes bowhunting special, especially traditional bowhunting. I have walked for hours on end and didnt see any game but i still had a good time, watching native animals, birds even looking a trees for possible self bow material...

clinton
thats a nice shark mate. Did you get him off that island i spoke to you about. That whaler shark i shoot was only half the size of your tiger and that gave me a hell of a time. good to see clinton... Ross

rod
thanks for the pics and info on your new bow and how it shoots. The bow looks good.... Roscoe

grey beard do you just wipe the excess glue that squeezes out from infront of the fade outs and then when it cures give it a light scrape? so iam not wasting to much glue, what would i measure out for a 72" longbow 1 1/12" wide for the back glass, two lams and riser? Whats the best form fo...

Rod no rush i am just biting at the bit to have a go myself. got destracted all weekend and could start on my bow. I will get things going during the week day. I will have to make myself a better bow form. I laminated some bamboo for a test run with just wood glue and i have to say if it was the rea...

Rod thanks for the pics, that bow looks good. I can see its a little stiff at the tip ends but not as much as a thought it might. Rod what lenght bow is it and the riser length. It would be good to here how well and fast it shoots. After seeing yours rod i think i will make my first lam bow parallel...

thanks kimall thats a nice looking bow. 200fps that moving for a traditional bow. I noticed that your limbs a reflexed, is that the way to get the limbs moving in a parrallel lam bow? What do you think with a straight layed bow. I have noticed that some people are reversing there tappered lamination...

Sorry i forgot to mention, it will have four laminations. I thought for my first laminated bow it would be good to make the laminations parrallel until i get some master tapers. I have ordered the master tapers last week.
Ross

That will be good to know rod. I will be making the bow with bamboo verticle grain lamelle board. clear glass front and back. I will be very interested to know how your bow turned out.

ross

I am in the process of making a laminated longbow straight limb design. I would like to know also if i used parrallel laminations instead of tappered how good would the bow turn out? Would it bend to much at the fades? Has any one made a longbow with parrallel laminations? Any advice also on this su...

The practice of hunters using bait to attract animals is as old as hunting its self. I dont like to use this method alot myself, but some times its the only or best method in some circumstances. What about if we were in a great depression and we have no money to put meat on the table for our family ...

up here in cooktown the pigs go mad for mangoes. I have picked up all the ones that dropped under all the other trees and placed them where i wanted to shoot. Its a very effective baiting method.

BILL the dmt diafold diamond sharpener works real well, you can get it in a course or fine. I sharepen my bread knife with it and get good results. if it is a serrated flat sided knife, sharpen the serrations first then place the knife on a very flat surface (suface plate/glass plate) with fine wet ...