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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: A Lex on August 29, 2018, 05:27:17 AM
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Ok, there have been a few threads over the years about game taken with lightweight bows, so, in the interests of equality :goldtooth:, how about showing your heavyweight bows and what you have put on the ground with them. Broadhead used and total arrow weight might be interesting too.
This isn't a heavy vs light slinging match, that has been, and will continue to be, hashed out for ever, and I think most of us are pretty much over that :deadhorse:. It's simply a show us what your heavy bow has put down for you.
For the sake of this thread, let's call a heavy bow something that is say 65lb and up.
I'll start the ball rolling with this chunky little boar, taken at 13 yards with my 75lb Blackwidow longbow, Red Balau hardwood shafts and Grizzly Kodiak broadheads. Arrow weight a fuzz over 950 grains.
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Moderators, if this has all been done before, please feel free to delete this.
Best
Lex
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My best whitetail. Shot in 1990 with a 69# Groves, 2219 shaft and Bohning Blazer bh. PY score, 152 5/8. State record at the time.
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This was a 70# Jim Brackebenbury Shadow using bamboo shaft and bone point.
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Don't know how to post pix, but shot an Alaskan Yukon moose quite a few years ago with a 66# Robertson longbow (Phew, just made the minimum.) and 725 grain birch arrows tipped with a Zwickey 4-blade Delta broadhead.
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I've taken one whitetail buck, muley buck, two whitetail does, and 2 turkeys with a 71lbs Schafer Silvertip recurve. I was shooting Heritage 350's with either a 200gr. three blade VPA or a 190gr. Simmons Treeshark. Arrow weight came in at around 590-600grs, and the bow was shooting them at 198fps. The two turkeys are displayed in my avatar picture. It was a two for one shot kill. The were standing shoulder to shoulder and my arrow went clean through one and stuck 10 inches into the other one.
I've since dropped to 50-54lbs bows in an effort to save my shoulders when I get older.
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Here's some in the 70# range. I really like that 65-70# draw weight.
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A couple of Hawai'ian boars with 69# Green Mountain Stingray LB
Forgewood shafts and Journeyman and Hunter's Head BHs
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Good stuff there folks, keep them coming.
Lex
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70# Paul Bunyan model 300
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82# Morrison ILF. Taken a few more hogs and a couple deer with this bow, but lost the pics when my phone died.
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My old original widow got a chance to work. 62" 72@30, 2219's with 160 VPA three blades... [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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Border hex 6.5 68# at my draw
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RER the Vital 66#
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Fedora Xtrem 65#
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John Strunk osage bow, 72#@ 26", cedar shaft, 200gr Timberwolf broadhead
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Great Northern Bush bow, 75#@ 28", cedar shaft, 200gr Timberwolf broadhead
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Ron... was the Timberwolf Glenn Parker's broadhead?
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(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/Ahundredsquirrels.jpg).
This one was a test... it worked.
This picture represents the 102 ground squirrels I shot one day with my 82# Hill Big Five.
Between my buddy and I we killed 200 and something squirrels that day. These were the ones we could stand to touch by the end of the day.
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Bear Kodiak 75#(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/bearnbouncingbow2.jpg)\
70# Hoyt Pro Hunter Special
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73# Asbell Bighorn
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Nice to see, thanks all.
Was hoping Ron and Charlie would add a picture or two.
A couple more of mine
Douglas Fir shaft & a steel blunt, 840 grains all up arrow weigh
75lb Blackwidow longbow
Best
Lex
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Red Balau hardwood shaft & a Grizzly Kodiak broadhead, 1100 grains all up
75lb Blackwidow longbow
Keep them coming please.
Best
Lex
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Coyote with 70# Howatt Hunter
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Rabbit, Chukar and Quail with 72# Osage Longbow
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Coyote in Texas with 70# Sunbear recurve
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Texas coyote 70# Sunbear Recurve
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Ground Squirrels up on the Green River. 70# Howatt Hunter
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70# Osage Longbow "Yellow Girl" and bear
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Yellow Girl does it again
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Big hog with "Crow Wing" 67# bamboo longbow
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Don't remember the name of this bow dammit. 66-67# bamboo and osage
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That same ole Howatt that was like an extension of my arm.
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My 73# Bighorn again
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My first Bear
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The Bighorn
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Dean Torges loved this picture. 75# Bear T.D
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75# for squirrels!! I love it! Now the next time somebody posts a thread asking what poundage for squirrels we know where to direct them! Thank you, Charlie for your wonderful photos. I never get tired of seeing them!
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Heck buddy, I used that weight for everything including frogs. No reason to go lighter in those days and a steel blunt on a wooden arrow would kill about anything up to fox size. :thumbsup:
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Charlie, who is that guy with you in the first picture?
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Terry... that's my buddy Larry Hultquist. You met him in Colorado. He passed a few years back.
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Ron... was the Timberwolf Glenn Parker's broadhead?
Yes Charlie, Glenn use to send me his seconds, they were good heads but had a little flaw so he couldn't sell them.
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85# HH Big Five, the buck was stalked in the corn field
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Buck with a 90# bow
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82#@ 26" Osage self bow
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Squirrel with a judo from an 85# HH big Five
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I personally consider heavy weight bows above 60 and above pounds...
Charlie Lamb Sunbear dual shelf longbow 65@28
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Charlie Lamb Sunbear dual shelf longbow 65@28.
Same hunt as above, but different hog.
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Terry... that's my buddy Larry Hultquist. You met him in Colorado. He passed a few years back.
Hey...you mean the guy in the Van???
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Yeah, that was him. I hadn't seen him in twenty years before that hunt. He'd been up the Amazon river working all that time.
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Great pictures and stories, thanks to all who have chimed in.
Don't stop now
Best
Lex
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Last years whitetail. 72# 58" recurve 625 gr arrow tipped with a vpa.
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Montana bull elk, 70 lb Toelke Whip.
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Texas deer, same bow.
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Both with Simmons Treesharks
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Thunderstick MOAB - 64@28. I named the bow tines because the veneers I used was to represent all the colors of 'Tines' that we chase - Tamo Ash. 259#s on the hoof GA dear.
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This one makes me cold just looking at it. Back when I was young and tough, or dumb. 16 below in December last days of North Dakota bow season. MA III 72@30/
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65# Howatt Hunter. 2216 and 200 grain woodsman elite. Shattered the off side shoulder knuckle.
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That’s weird. My typing got cut off? 65# Howatt I meant. Shot at about 4 yards.
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Same rig but with a 2219, 100 grain insert, 200 grain file sharpened Ace 2 blade. Shot at 5 yards he made it 25 yards looked for what stung him and flopped.
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This is what the last 2 Deer of the NC season becomes at our house. A “heavy weight “ pile of hot Italian sausage. (80 pounds or so)
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Michael your going to have to send me that Italian sausage recipe . Pm sent
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Mohawk - 64@28 - Given to me by Rob DiStefano....in-scripted "For a Friend'.
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That's a real cracker of a pig Terry, any guess's on how much it weighed?
Best
Lex
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John Strung osage bow, 72# @ 26", Glenn Parkers Timberwolf head
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Snowstorm_Buck.jpg)
Same osage bow using a flint tipped arrow
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Really enjoying this!
Thanks guys.
Keep em coming please
Lex
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66” 66# Brackenbury Legend recurve. 3 yard shot with a compressed mountain Hemlock shaft, 125 grain woody weight and file sharpened Ace 2 blader.
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Thunderstorm MOAB - 70@28
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Last 45 minutes of season. MB widow 71@30 Both antlers fell off when we started to drag him. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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Same old 65# Hunter. 2219 and Ace. Pretty good quartering 10 yard shot. Full penetration and good blood trail blowing out both sides.
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This was the present my wife gave me our first Christmas together as husband and wife. Makes me happy to still use it to fill the freezer. And I’m pretty happy I can still draw it!
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Some great pics here!
Tim B
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Nice Mike I guess you can't sell that one.
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"Tines Again"
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Great thread. If these pictures don't get you fired up for hunting season you need to be spending your time else where. Keep'um coming. :shaka:
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The Merc Hunter again. This time with 2216's 100 grain steel insert, and 190 grain Ribtek honed on a black Arkansas stone. My biggest trad deer thus far. Shot was about 10 yards
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Here is another cold one. Man I gotta hunt with Terry none of his pics have snow. Widow psax 60" 70@30 2219's Wensel Woodsman December 27th in ND [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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Here's a throwback to 2002. 75# TimberHawk takedown recurve. 2219 Easton Legacy and 160 gr Snuffers. Killed lots of deer and bear with the TimberHawk. Now I shoot my lightweight 61# Coyote Stalker longbow.
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Fantastic moose , Thats on the bucket list.
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Terry, is that you with a regular ball cap instead of a salad hat in the picture you posted on 9/17? I agree, these photos do tend to get the juices flowing.
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Block Head - 67@28 ACS Prototype....It Worked!
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Terry's salad hat is cool but but Ron's skunks hat posted on 9/15 is cooler.
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A nostalgic trip down memory lane, to see bows from days gone by............"Painted". Makes me smile thinking that often one of the first thiings we did when taking delivery of a new bow was to break out the aresol cans of paint. We thought ourselvs artistic when we actually put a design on them. It would make most guys faint today :>). Best to all, Dan
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Morrison Cougar - 64@28
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Terry you are the man, killed a ton of stuff. I like those sneaking shoes in the last post. I bet you needed them with all the rocks.
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Birthday Hunt in TX...on they way to deer stand...I saw this out of the passerger seat in the truck...told the guide to stop...
Then I went and climbed deer stand....
Both with Morrison Recurve 64@28
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I like those sneaking shoes in the last post. I bet you needed them with all the rocks.
I have a really interesting picture I'll try to find you about those shoes on that hunt
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70# MOAB again - Freak Buck
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The deer was with a 65# Wapiti TD, the squirrel with a 65# Rothhaar Recurve...you need the heavy weight to punch those tree rats! LOL
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You are not kidding about needing a heavy bow for those tree rats, just the other day I shot one with a 45# recurve that was setting on the side of the tree,the judo point just bounced off and he ran back up the tree. I could hardly believe it didn't knock him off the tree.
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I have been shooting at least 70 lbs recurves for over 40 years. Just returned from Namibia - see photos under Dark Continent (I'm Back). Got 6 animals with this bow and 650 gr arrows and Cutthroat 200 gr broadheads. Also have taken grizzly, moose, caribou, mt. lion, elk, many deer, etc.
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65 at 28 Moab with Predator wrap
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I used a 90# Silvertip to hunt Buffalo 16 years ago - took 8 wild hogs that year too - cell phones and an IPad are all I have used for pictures for a little over 12 years so I have no way to post. The bull sat on top of the dangerous game page for many years.
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And I shot a steer with a 70# bamboo hill style longbow in the early 90s and around 30 hogs and 5 deer
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Corey, we change the format so you could post directly from your phone or laptop or computer. Come on man it's easy figure it out that's when we change the whole format for. Make your post click attachment and other options... then click browse go to your phone and find the picture click on it and then put insert image and hit post or save or whatever it says it will be fine man it's easy it's easy that's when we did all the stuff we did so you can post pictures easily call man figure it out for me I want to see your stuff
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Oh yeah cool on all that - just saying only pics I have of the Buffalo and some other long time ago stuff are actual slides - nothing on my computer or phone. I think the original Buff pic on tradgang did not come from me so buddies must have scanned I guess? And the Steer was a polaroid I think LOLOLOL
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I finally figured out how to post pics from my iPhone.
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All taken with a Schafer Original 71@28 recurve.
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Really liking this, thanks all.
Snakebit, that whitetail buck has got some really neat gnarly character, nice one.
Best
Lex
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Cory....take a pic of the pic with your phone...then post it!!
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65# 795 gr arrow
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Just made the weight limit..65lb Black Widow and a young Newfoundland bull. Pretty much the limit for me ; any new pic I may post will probably be in [ You are not allowed to view attachments ] the 40-45lb thread !
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Here are a few.....all with bows from 70-85#
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Great animals Steve!
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Nice work everybody. I love it ...
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Sitka Blacktail taken with a Groves Spitfire Mag II, 70# at 29". [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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10 year old Blackie - 70@28 Moab
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Tines again....
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akbowbender, that is one heck of a sitka blacktail!
Neat thread. I'm enjoying it.
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Splendid thread...
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70# Moab
60# Moab
65# Moab
64# Mowhawk (quail)
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70# Morrison Cougar
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70# Morrison Cougar