HUNTING SET-UP DATA-BASE... PLEASE PARTICIPATE!

[ThePushArchery]

Well I am going on a hunt this January, and during the break between seasons right now, I am tuning up a longbow and tinkering... and tinkering.... Seems as though the late season will never arrive!!!!

I posted a couple questions on my projected set-up, and I got to thinking...

"What if we started a Data-base so to speak, of our exact set-ups used to take down game... or our exact set-ups in general?"

There are so many questions on tuning your set-up for hunting certain game animals, or just plain tuning your set-up... And most of the time you get very helpful responses.

But if you could just talk to that one person out there, that is shooting a center-shot takedown recurve, at the same poundage, and the same draw length, shooting the same arrows... your learning curve will be greatly shortened, or at least it will give you a much better starting point...!

So here is what I'm thinking, Just copy and paste the below blank form, and fill them out accordingly. Nothing more, nothing less.  So the next time we are tinkering and trying something new, we can reference this post, and try to find someone out there that is shooting similiar set-ups with success...

I have organized the fields below so they are easy to scroll through this post, and find the type of bow, or type of arrows you are playing with... This will make it a little more organized.

Follow my lead below:

(If you have not used a suggested tuning method to verify your set-up i.e bareshafting, papertuning, etc... just put N/A)


BLANK FORM:

Bow Type:
Bow Make:
Bow Length:

Archer's Draw Length:
Bow Weight at Draw:

Arrow material:
Arrow Length:
Spine:
Tip Weight:
Broadhead:

Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up:


EXAMPLE:

Bow Type: Takedown Recurve
Bow Make: Bob Lee
Bow Length: 58"

Archer's Draw Length: 28.5"
Bow Weight at Draw: 52#

Arrow material: POC
Arrow Length: 29" BOP
Spine: 60-65
Tip Weight: 160 gn
Broadhead: STOS 2-blade

Tuning Method (if any): Bareshafting
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail Doe

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Bow Type: Hybrid
Bow Make: Original 54" Shrew
Bow Length: 54"

Archer's Draw Length:26"
Bow Weight at Draw: 54@27 ( that's what was marked)

Arrow material: Ash
Arrow Length: 30"BOP
Spine:60-65
Tip Weight: 160 Snuffer
Broadhead: 3-Blade

Tuning method (if any): long flight & paper tune
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail Deer, Ground Hog, Tree Rat, Goose


Bow Type: Long Bow
Bow Make: Self Bow
Bow Length:72"T2T

Archer's Draw Length:26"
Bow Weight at Draw:50@27

Arrow material: Ash
Arrow Length:30"BOP
Spine:55-60
Tip Weight:160
Broadhead: Snuffer

Tuning method (if any): long flight & paper tune
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail, Tree Rat

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: PSE KingFisher
Bow Length: 60"

Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 50@28

Arrow material: Aluminum
Arrow Length: 30"BOP
Spine: 400/2117
Tip Weight: 200
Broadhead: 160grn Snuffer

Tuning method (if any): paper tune (long flight when I can get some where to do it)
Animals Harvested With Set-up: N/A yet

[rice]

Bow Type:takedown recurve
Bow Make:blackwidow sa
Bow Length:60 inches

Archer's Draw Length:29 inches
Bow Weight at Draw:48# @ 29 inches

Arrow material:goldtip carbon
Arrow Length:30 inches
Spine:55/75
Tip Weight:145 tip + 100 grain brass insert
Broadhead:magnus 2 blade

Tuning method (if any):Bare shaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up:5 deer, 2 hogs, 3 turkeys(turkeys were with woodsman broadheads).

Chris

[Bowwild]

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Strickland Archery
Bow Length: 58"

Archer's Draw Length: 26"
Bow Weight at Draw: 46"

Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 28"
Spine: 600
Tip Weight: 100 (plus 75 grain brass insert)
Broadhead: Helix Single Bevel

Tuning method (if any): Broadhead to Field Tips
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 1 Doe, 1 BB

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Forgot to add the woodies I have for this Bow..

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: PSE KingFisher
Bow Length: 60"

Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 50@28

Arrow material: Aluminum & Ash
Arrow Length: 30"BOP
Spine: 400/2117 & 60-65
Tip Weight: 200 (woodies 160)
Broadhead: 160grn Snuffer

Tuning method (if any): paper tune (long flight when I can get some where to do it)
Animals Harvested With Set-up: N/A yet

[ThePushArchery]

TTT

Bow Type: Takedown Longbow
Bow Make: Sarrels Archery
Bow Length: 62"

Archer's Draw Length: 29 1/2"
Bow Weight at Draw: 50#

Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 30.5"
Spine: .400
Tip Weight: 150gr point/BH + 100gr brass insert
Broadhead: German Kinetic SilverFlame XL

Tuning method (if any): paper
Animals Harvested With Set-up: rabbit, raccoon, feral hog, whitetail deer, turkey, pheasant, fallow deer, impala, warthog, kudu, guinea fowl

[longarrow]

BLANK FORM:

Bow Type: Custom TD RC
Bow Make: Custom by Harold couch (Shaft Slinger)
Bow Length: 56"

Archer's Draw Length: 27
Bow Weight at Draw: 51#

Arrow material: POC
Arrow Length: 29"
Spine: 52#
Tip Weight: 125 + 50 g added =@175
Broadhead: Zwicky

Tuning method (if any): Good arrow flight!
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Have taken several good WT and red & gray fox, coon few others!

Bow Type: Custom One piece RC
Bow Make: Custom by Harold Couch (Shaft Slinger)
Bow Length: 60"

Archer's Draw Length: 27
Bow Weight at Draw: 53#

Arrow material: POC
Arrow Length:  29"
Spine:  52#
Tip Weight: 125 + 50 added= 175
Broadhead:Zwickey

Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up: WT, Fox Red & gray, coons+++

[Todweelz]

BLANK FORM:

Bow Type: longbow
Bow Make: Javaman
Bow Length: 56"

Archer's Draw Length: 27.5
Bow Weight at Draw: 53#

Arrow material: carbon
Arrow Length: 29"
Spine: .400
Tip Weight: 150 gr. w/ 100gr. insert
Broadhead: Woodsman

Tuning method (if any): bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: chipmunks, squirrel, deer, pigs

[Stumpkiller]

Bow Type: One-piece recurve
Bow Make: Martin/Howatt Dream Catcher
Bow Length: AMO 60"
Rest: Leather shelf & strike plate

Archer's Draw Length: 30"
Bow Weight at Draw: 59#
String: B-50 Flemish
Silencers: Wool balls.

Arrow material: P.O. Cedar, 23/64" tapered to 5/16"
Arrow Length: 30.5" BoP
Spine: 65-70#
Wt of shaft alone: 420 gr
Wt of finished arrow: 575 to 595 gr
Tip Weight: 125 gr.
Broadhead: RibTek 125gr Slim

Tuning method (if any): Bare shaft followed by observation of flight.  Finally field points & broadhead impact to same spot.
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail, cottontail, grey & red squirrel, woodchuck, coyote.

[bendbig]

Bow Type:1pc LB
Bow Make: Fox
Bow Length:64"
Archer's Draw Length:28Bow
Weight at Draw length  58#

Arrow material:wood
Arrow Length 30"BoP
Spine:65-70
Tip Weight:125gr
Broadhead: LW Grizzly

Tuning method (if any):bare shaft,field point broadhead
Animals harvested with set-up Deer, Squirrels, Rabbits, Pheasents, Quail, Carp, Copperheads

[South MS Bowhunter]

Bow Type: Longbow
Bow Make: Centaur Chimera
Length: 60"

Archer's Draw Length: 29.5
Bow Weight at Draw: 53#

Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 30.5"
Spine: 340
Tip Weight: 175 gn with 100 gn insert 275 total
Broadhead: Woodmans Elite
Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail doe (so far).

[South MS Bowhunter]

May I suggest to add the arrow total wt. and # per draw, for those inquiring minds who are concerned with whether heavy or lite       .

[South MS Bowhunter]

[Squirrel Bait]

Bow Type:Longbow  
Bow Make:Northern Mist
Bow Length:68"

Archer's Draw Length:27"
Bow Weight at Draw:63 @27"

Arrow material:Aluminum
Arrow Length:28 1/2"
Spine:2117
Tip Weight:232
Broadhead:190 Ribtek

Tuning method (if any):n/a
Animals Harvested With Set-up:1 pig

Bow Type:3 pc TD
Bow Make:Acadian Woods Tree stick
Bow Length:62"

Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 65 @ 27"

Arrow material:Aluminum
Arrow Length:28 1/2"
Spine:2117
Tip Weight:232
Broadhead:190 Ribtek

Tuning method (if any):n/a
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 6 pigs

[Green]

Great idea....suggest we add string type for those trying to determine likely spine for wood arrows.

[Green]

Bow Type: r/d one piece longbow
Bow Make: Hollenbeck
Bow Length: 64"
String Specs: 18 Str. Two bundle of FF Plus

Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 58#

Arrow material: Alum. (for a few more days)
Arrow Length: 28" BOP
Spine: 2016
Tip Weight: 145
Broadhead: Various


Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft, FP/BH
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Turkey, Coyote

[cbCrow]

Bow Type:hybrid longbow
Bow Make: Fedora
Bow Length:62"

Archer's Draw Length:27"
Bow Weight at Draw:38@27

Arrow material:aluminum
Arrow Length:28"
Spine:1816
Tip Weight: 125grs.
Broadhead:Snuffer

Tuning method (if any):bareshaft,paper
Animals Harvested With Set-up:N/A

[ThePushArchery]

Yeah guys, this is great. Keep them coming.

[John Scifres]

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Ancient Spirits
Bow Length: 58"

Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 50#

Arrow material: Cedar
Arrow Length: 28" BOP
Spine: 45-50
Tip Weight: 190
Broadhead: Ribtek

Tuning method (if any):
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Deer, squirrels