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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: BenBow on June 24, 2012, 06:12:00 PM
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Drove up to the San Pedro Parks wilderness area today to have a picnic with my wife and to do a bit of stump shooting.
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/galnmax/San%20Pedro%20Stumping/6-24stump1.jpg)
It was still somewhat green up there but drying out quickly. Won't be long and they'll close the forests down.
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/galnmax/San%20Pedro%20Stumping/6-24stump6.jpg)
The Las Vacas was so low that the fish had a hard time finding a place to hide
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/galnmax/San%20Pedro%20Stumping/6-24stump4.jpg)
Abby had to check out my group. I think she had more fun than I did. Never seen such a big smile on a dog.
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/galnmax/San%20Pedro%20Stumping/6-24stump3.jpg)
Good group just a bit to the right. I know it's an ugly bow but its all I have to shoot right now.
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/galnmax/San%20Pedro%20Stumping/6-24stump2.jpg)
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Thanks for the tour. And a bow that shoots that good needs no excuses for looks!!!
Is that a WARF with longbow limbs?
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Brianlocal3 it's a chopped up darton excel compound riser with a set of limbs I took off a 3-piece longbow I built. Around 68" and in the low 40's. The original bow had a 14" riser and was in the low 50s. The excel riser is 20" end to end and I kept the rockers that were used with the compound limbs and ground the pins off of them. They make a flat base for the limbs to set on and I can adjust the limb bolts to play with the tiller like an ilf bow. I had to add spacers to each side of the limbs to make them fit and stay straight in the riser.Something to shoot while I build a new style wood riser and limbs. Do like how this one shoots.
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Great day all around! Beautiful area! Nice bow & shooting. Thanks
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Now, ain't that just like a bowhunter? Got picture of his dog but not his wfe!
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Sounds like fun! Good shooting, also! You are right, they are going to close the forest and BLM, here also, if the weather does not change drastically.
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What Sam said.
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Galen, That's pretty neat!
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:thumbsup:
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Thanks for sharing the pictures and the bow's history... I really enjoyed the bow's history. I shot for Darton 20 years ago and their rep hated that I shot the Excel due to that fact that it was 1/2 price of the "Lightening" but I loved the Excel. I may have a set of rockers if you ever need them let me know.
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Thanks Ben I'll keep that in mind. Did a lot of chopping on that old riser. Had to cut off the built-in overdraw and had a friend machine out the slots to cut some of the weight.
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You did a fine job, I bet she's a shooter!!! I'm jealous of you people with skills, LOL...
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You did a fine job, I bet she's a shooter!!! I'm jealous of you people with skills, LOL...
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Great story, Looks like a great time stumping. I love project bows.