Modifying the Wensel Woodsman tip (now with harvest pics)

[RGK]

I have yet to weight any of the components.

[Jager]

I did the same thing to my arrows with the weed eater line. Im using .080 line, 1 inch is approximatly 2 grains. I shoot 29 inch arrows. I cut approximtly 2 inches off making the line 27 inches. This figures out to be 54 grains per line. I put four lines in the arrow and use a 225 grain tip with a 9.3 grain arrow. I figure it weighs roughly 710 grains give or take a little. Im using weed eater line because its so much cheaper then the tubes. I have used the tubes.

[Jager]

9.3 gpi

[RGK]

The shafts showed up in the mail on Sat., so I cut them to length and epoxied the 50 grain brass inserts in place. On Sunday, while smoking 15 pounds of bacon, I had some time to work on the bison arrows again. The fellow asked that I use barred feathers and crest the arrows. The colors he picked were black, red and silver cresting to match the fletching.

 

While the cresting was drying, I assembled the 125 grain Woodsmen and the 100 grain steel adapters. I also placed 2 brass weight washers on the heads. Total head weight: 235 grains.

 

 

Over the course of the day I was able to get two of the shafts fletched.

 

[mmgrode]

Awesome thread!  Just curious: how much weight is he pulling at what draw?  Looking forward to the rest of it!                  

[RGK]

70 Lbs.

[Chisler]

Great thread Ron - thanks for all the info!

[LEOPARD]

Great thread Ron! Very descriptive and well laid out!    

Nigel

[Terry Green]

I agree...great thread....gotta love that snow buff pic of Walts.

Terry

[Stykbowslim]

I'll reiterate... great thread... RGK, I enjoy following your progress.


Terry, would you please send me some info on your Bison hunt... where, what outfitter, etc. ...thanks you

Don

[Bigriver]

Is the hunter shooting a recurve or longbow with that setup?

[Longbow rookie]

I'll repeat....great thread!  Steve O....I'm with you.  I'd love to see a similar thread on North American game.  I find that I learn much, much more here when the topic is ongoing and interactive than I do from books, etc.  Thanks for the info. guys.

Terry and Walt...Wow!!  Way to go!

Elk and Bison are definitely on my dream hunt list.  Are the majority of Bison hunts done using outfitters?  How many guys have been successful on DIY's?  If so, where?

CJ

[Tree man]

The majority of Bison Hunts are done on ranches for  bison  "livestock". There are some "free ranging" (Too many fences in the world for  that to be completely accurate) herds that are managed by state wildlife agencies. Tags are limited, expensive and hard to draw.

[Terry Green]

My Buff kill was not really a hunt, but it sure was exciting...you can read about the adventure here.......

  Montana Longbow Adventure.......

[Walt Francis]

Terry,
Most people can't tell, but my picture was taken from close to the same place as yours.  Mine was taken north to south and yours from east to west.  Also, mine was probably six months later in the year then yours.

[Tree man]

Terry, Great story. How quartering was the angle thhat the first head rib skidded?

[Terry Green]

Walt....if you have any more pics...would you please post them here or email them to me?

Thanks.

[Walt Francis]

Terry,
Yes, I have a few pictures but have to resize them to either post or email.  I will try to get them resized this afternoon.

[Danny Rowan]

I killed my Bison in October 2006. Shot was broadside from 25 yards. 63#@28" Robertson Vision Falcon IV,200gr Ace Super Express two blade on a Lam Birch shaft,total arrow weight around 840 gr. Shot went through the elbow and then the heart. He was down in 20 sec.

Only truely wild herds of Bison exist in Alaska and the Pink Mountains of BC. A few in Utah and Airizona. Very expensive and once in a lifetime draws for a tag.

Danny

[Jerry Jeffer]

I tried the WW and had disappointing results on big game. I use them for small game now. I prefer Magnus for the big stuff.