HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Ben Maher:
I like Dacron ... because i have a bunch of it and i am very cheap !
I realy like low stretch and with silencers attached it is my preferred hunting string ...
Oh the choices !

As a side bar ... i had Craig send me a bunch of 66" strings [ 11 in all ] so the delay in strings may be my fault ...    

you buggah you!!!  :D

not so my big5, it's in the mail as of yesterday ...  

[Ben Maher]

Rob ... I reckon we could get these Hills a chasin Elk in 2012 .....

[Rob DiStefano]

ben, that would be a dream hunt!

[tradlongbow]

Rob- Now get ready, it's time to call the local Post Office, ask them to give you a call when a very long box comes in from Montana. That way you can pick it up at 9am, post pics and start shooting...    

Darren

[Rob DiStefano]

haven't got the big5 and already planning a tembo.  i need help .... please.

[Nate Steen .]

Darren,

just curious, seeing your photo...what's your draw length and arrow length bop, and your bow poundage at 28"..?  thanks.

[Cookus]

Darren,
     The Wesley Special's riser is bacote (64" bow that's 51 lbs. @ 26").   The Black Bear's riser is cocobolo (68" bow that's 55 lbs. @ 28").   Both bows tune and shoot wonderfully with a 2018 cut to 30" BOP.   I draw 28" and use 225 grain fieldtips or a 200 grain Woodsman Elite broadhead.   Wraps on my arrows are by our own Onestringer.   Both bows also shoot beautifully and tune well with a 2016 pushing a 145 grain fieldpoint... I prefer the slower and heavier 2018 for hunting!   Thanks for posting the pics for me TW!

Originally posted by canopyboy:
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If it's quiet and the arrow goes where it's supposed to, what else matters? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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Wow, you guys have been busy!!

In essence, my feelings are the same as Canopy here - but....

My bow will be here (there) in three weeks so, just to pass time, I have been looking for arrow options, especially woodies.  Playing with Stu's calculator and I found myself constantly tweaking to try to squeeze the best "performance" out of my selection - one obvious tweak is changing the new stock dacron string to FF.

Now, in reading y'alls comments it seems there are endless choices of materials, some padded, some fewer stands, etc.  My how things have changed in the past ten years.

Without getting into a full-blown discussion, can you guys give me a "best choice" range for the string?  

Love the pics gentlemen!!

[Ben Maher]

Tony ... I'd start with the string Craig send with the bow . You can get him to either send b50 or low stretch .

To be honest I don't notice a huge difference between strings , in so much as soon as I put silencers on my low stretch 12 strand it shoots exactly the same place with the same arrows as my B50 without silencers out to 30/35 yards .
YMMV

Thanks Ben!!  Sounds like a good plan.  

I suspect if B50 was not a good string, Craig would not supply it with a new bow but I know he has FF strings too.  Don't know what is his default is.

I also know that there are many good/great string options out there but I can't make them myself (yet)..

Rob, since you have nothing to do,  can you do a "string-along" for us all?      :p    

Again...I'm just hangin' and learnin...day by day..

Thanks y'all...


     

[Benny Nganabbarru]

I am absolutely flat-out at work, and as buggered as I was late today, I still made time for twenty-five arrows out of the new Redman, and it sure was therapeutic!

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Tony Van Dort:
T...

Rob, since you have nothing to do,  can you do a "string-along" for us all?      ...

been there, done that already ...

 spinning a padded loop endless hmpe bowstring

[canopyboy]

Originally posted by Ben Kleinig:
I am absolutely flat-out at work, and as buggered as I was late today, I still made time for twenty-five arrows out of the new Redman, and it sure was therapeutic!

Exactly.  It's days like that when I make the extra effort to get a few shots off.  I've been known to use headlights to light up the target on an especially bad day.

It's funny that the new Hill bow you all talked me into and the woodies I got to go with it have turned out to be more therapeutic than what I was shooting previously.  At times like that I don't even care where they hit.

Rob,
   

I should have known...ha!

[Mudd]

Tony I don't have any of the new low stretch material but I do have B-50.

I can twist up good functional strings and I am starting to learn to do a better job serving them too.

If you have need of one just let me know.

God bless,Mudd

[Blueridge]

I used to know how to make a flemish string and made my own in the 90's , have a jig made out of a 2x4 and nails.  I can't remember how but will see if it comes back to me. It was kinda fun

[canopyboy]

If you did it before, it'll probably be like riding a bike.  Twist right, wrap left...  or something like that.

It's a lot of fun, something to do in the evening in front of the fire.

[Rob DiStefano]

twisting strings - yuka-doo!      

ah, the new big 5 has arrived       pix comin' ...

[Wannabe1]

Again, ringing of hands in anticipation icon needed here!   :D

[canopyboy]

Congrats on the new arrival!