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Sweet bow, Ari! Need to get over to see Mr. Miller. He's only 45 mins. away from me.
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I find when shooting lighter right hand bows it is very easy not get the right shoulder back to that power position when I am trying to stack arrows at a target. With heavier bows, it does not show up because I must use stronger muscles sooner in the draw. For years my bows were in the 90s on high end and 65 on low end. when i changed from 65 for the heavies and low 50s for the light bows, those 50 pounders really through me for loop. Kind of like picking up a bucket that you expect to be heavy but is empty, I would tend to draw the arrow back almost as fast as the bow would shoot it forward. Forcing myself to draw them light longbows slowly took a little work, they feel just like the heavy ones before the draw begins. I tried shooting recurves and pulling out to 28 inches the other day, my wife said I looked like I was going to fall over backwards and my neck got a cramp in it that still hurts. I guess my arms have stopped growing and I will have to be happy with these short draw longbows. Is that Miller Old Tom an osage over myrtle or yew over myrtle? I have a terrible soft spot for yew over myrtle, one of my favorite bloodiest bows is yew over myrtle.
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I hope it becomes the most accurate and pleasurable bow that you've ever owned.
God bless,Mudd
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RLA, nice Yew wood over a Myrtle riser. I wonder if it is the "special" Yew wood David showed me? I will have to ask him next month when I visit. If it is it has some history that is pretty awesome!!!! Congrats Flint
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Hi RLA, are two different strings in the pics for your Ol'Tom? and what is the dark lam into the lam limbs?
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Thanks guys, yes there are two different strings in the bow pic's. One is a FF, the other a B-50. I really think I like the B-50 better on this bow. I'm having good luck with 50-54 wood but haven't got carbon right yet with this bow. I guess I'll just shoot wood with this one.
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quote:Originally posted by tg2nd: It has glass on back and belly and 3 lams of heat tempered bamboo. Build by myself.
Awesome job!! Folks with your kind of talent always impress me.
Thanks for sharing.
God bless,Mudd
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RLA, yes I like the B_50 on my Miller as well. Tried FF but just did not like the feel. I got a idea for a bow from David just need to save my pennies again.
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I will be using my Bama Bow straight limbed longbow for hunting this year. I have enjoyed using a back quiver for stump shooting through the summer, but last night I started to lay out all the "junk" I carry when hunting and can't see being able to carry everything and a back quiver too.
I don't carry much, but I do like to carry things like binoculars, water bottle, seat, game retrieval items, survival kit, map and compass...wait maybe I do carry too much! LOL
Anyway, for all you guys that use back quivers while hunting, what is your solution for carrying your gear and still make effective use of the back quiver??
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Nate(Sunset Hill) will show us how it's done I'm sure.
I am positive he doesn't go afield without all his gear which includes his back quiver.
God bless,Mudd
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It would be great to hear from Nate, and some of our brethren in OZ who seem to favor the back quiver.
I have a feeling that Howard Hill and others of his generation probably went afield with a bow, quiver, and a pocket knife and felt equipped to deal with any eventuality.
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quote:Originally posted by JohnHV: I will be using my Bama Bow straight limbed longbow for hunting this year. I have enjoyed using a back quiver for stump shooting through the summer, but last night I started to lay out all the "junk" I carry when hunting and can't see being able to carry everything and a back quiver too.
I don't carry much, but I do like to carry things like binoculars, water bottle, seat, game retrieval items, survival kit, map and compass...wait maybe I do carry too much! LOL
Anyway, for all you guys that use back quivers while hunting, what is your solution for carrying your gear and still make effective use of the back quiver??
Fanny pack or a haversack. I have used both. This year going with a fanny pack. My haversack is "the grey bag" a grey canvas gas mask bag that was handed down to me by my dad. It was the first backpacking equipment that he bought and I have hunted with it alot. I will post some photos later. There is a picture of sunset hill on this marathon thread of him with his BQ and a haversack.
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