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

[GRINCH]

Bow type:zipper
bow weight:48lbs
arow weight:548
broadhead:grizzly styx samarai

[robtattoo]

Bow Type: Recurve/Longbow
Bow Make: Morrison
Bow Length: 62"

Archer's Draw Length: 31"
Bow Weight at Draw: 63#

Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 32"
Spine: 340
Tip Weight: 250gn (100gn insert)
Broadhead: Any

Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft planing (O.L. Adcock)
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Whitetail, Hog, Wildebeest, Springbok, Warthog, Small Game

[huntin_sparty]

Good this is helpful.  Interesting I am seeing some set ups similar to mine that work for them but I couldnt get good flight.

[Al Dente]

Bow Type: One Piece Recurve
Bow Make: Wes Wallace Mentor
Bow Length: 62"

Bow Weight: 58# at 28"
Archer's Draw Length: 29 1/2"
Arrow Material: Compressed Elm
Arrow Fletching: 3 Feather, 5" Shield Cut
Arrow Length 31 1/2"

Broadhead Type: 2 Blade fixed glue-on
Broadhead Make: Magnus II
Broadhead Weight: 180 grains

Tuning Method: Field Points to Broadheads, Cock Feather Out
String Set-Up: Double Nock, Rubber silencers
Shooting Style: Damascus Glove, one finger over, two under

Harvests: Small Game, Lots of Foam.

[sbschindler]

Bow Type: recurve
Bow Make: predator  
Length:  60

Archer's Draw Length:  29
Bow Weight at Draw: 59@ 29  and 52@ 29

Arrow material:carbon
Arrow Length:  30
Spine:  .486
Tip Weight  275

[Mechslasher]

Bow Type: r/d recurve
Bow Make: james parker vagabond
Bow Length: 56"

Archer's Draw Length: 29"
Bow Weight at Draw: 55#@29"

Arrow material: carbon
Arrow Length: 30"
Spine: 35/55 GT Trads
Tip Weight: 315gr.
Broadhead: Ashby

Tuning method (if any): nocked it and the arrow hit where i aimed on the first shot.
Animals Harvested With Set-up:  new rig

[BamaBarebow]

This is the best thread!      

Bow Type: Longbow
Bow Make: Bama Hunter
Bow Length: 64"

Archers Draw Length: 26.5"
Bow Weight at Draw: #49
String: B50 Flemish Twist (61")
Braceheight: 6.5"

Arrow Material: Aluminum
Arrow Length: 28"
Spine: 2016 (500)
Tip Weight: 100 + 22 Grns Insert= 122 Grns
Broadhead: 100 Grn Magnus II
Total Arrow Weight: 418.8
GPP: 8.5

Tuning Method: Long Range Shooting
Animals: Rabbit

[wtpops]

Bow Type: PSA V Ironwood
Bow Make: Black Widow
Bow Length: 62"
String: 12 strand Ultracam padded to 16 (flemish)
       
Archer's Draw Length: 31"
Bow Weight at Draw: 56#

Arrow material: Easton Legacey
Arrow Length: 32"
Spine: 2018
Tip Weight: 200 grains
Broadhead: Razorcap

Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Pig,Turkey,Rabbit

[Gray Buffalo]

Bow Type: longbow
Bow Make: St Joe River
Bow Length: 62"

Archer's Draw Length: 29"
Bow Weight at Draw: 55#

Arrow material: corbon GT's
Arrow Length: 30"
Spine: 35-55
Tip Weight: 350gr / 100gr insert and 250gr head
Broadhead: delta

Tuning method (if any): Bare shaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up:
Squirrels, Rabbits still hunting Deer


 

[curlis]

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Ledgen's
Bow Length:60"

Archer's Draw Length: 29 1/2
Bow Weight at Draw: 60

Arrow material:Carbon
Arrow Length:30 1/8
Spine:60/75
Tip Weight:125
Broadhead:Magnus stinger

Tuning method (if any):paper
Animals Harvested With Set-up:White tails, beavers, pigs, black bears, ground hogs

[Chesapeake]

I like it. I'll add my setup once I have a fully tuned arrow for it.

I'd like arrow brand/model added. I see several carbons and wonder if they are Arrow Dynamics Trad Lights.

Would be nice to know if the arrows are parallel, tapered, or other type of shaft profile.

String material/strands ect.......

Maybe asking too much. Its all interesting to me.

Thanks

[Night Wing]

I'm only going to do one bow.

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Blacktail
One Piece or Take Down (TD): Take Down (TD)
Bow Length: 66"
Bow's Shelf: Cut 3/16" Past Center

Archer's Draw Length: 30"
Bow Weight at Draw: 42#
Brace Height: 7 9/16"

Bowstring: Flemish
Material: Dyna97
Strands: 12

Nock Point: 5/8"
Nock Material: Brass Nockset (1)

Style: Split Finger (One Over, Two Under)
Tab or Glove: Tab (Bateman)

Fletching: 3, 5" Parabolic (Gateway)
Straight or Helical: Right Helical
Cock Feather: Out

Arrow Material: Aluminum
Arrow Length: 32"
Spine: 2117 (Easton Camo Hunter)

Tip Weight: 200 Grains
Broadhead: STOS 160 Grain 2 Blade Glue On
Arrow Weight: 637 Grains

Speed: 153 FPS (Feet Per Second)
GPP (Grains Per Pound): 15.16
FOC (Front Of Center): 15.4%

Tuning Method: Stu Miller's DSC, Paper Tune
Animals Harvested: Whitetail Deer, (1) Mule Deer, Feral Hogs, Javelina, Rabbits, Bullfrogs

[Friends call me Pac]

BLANK FORM:

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: PSE Impala
Bow Length: 60" I think. Switched to long bows two years ago

Archer's Draw Length: 27"
Bow Weight at Draw: 48

Arrow material:Alum
Arrow Length: 29.5
Spine:.500
Tip Weight: 125
Broadhead:125 Magnus 2 blade

Tuning method (if any):  bareshft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 2 does

BLANK FORM:

Bow Type: Longbow
Bow Make: Crow Creek Dalton
Bow Length: 62"

Archer's Draw Length: 27"

Bow Weight at Draw: 45

Arrow material:Wood (Birch Dowel parallel)

Arrow Length:28"
Spine:.500 give or take

Tip Weight: 145
Broadhead:125 Magnus 2 blade with 20 gr nail added up front

Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft

Animals Harvested With Set-up: No shots at big game with this bow/ arrow combo yet.

[bear1336]

Author  Topic: HUNTING SET-UP DATA-BASE... PLEASE PARTICIPATE!  
cpnhgnlngct
Trad Bowhunter
Member # 14520

  posted December 21, 2010 01:34 PM                        
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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: Recurve T/D
Bow Make: Bear
Bow Length:56

Archer's Draw Length:28
Bow Weight at Draw:44

Arrow material:Easton Aluminum
Arrow Length:29
Spine:1916
Tip Weight: 100
Broadhead:Magnus 2 blade

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

[Onehair]

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: GN Ghost
Bow Length:60

Archer's Draw Length: 28
Bow Weight at Draw: 59

Arrow material: Carbon and Wood
Arrow Length:   29.5
Spine: 400
Tip Weight: 230 gr
Broadhead: Grizzly 130 LW, 100gr insert

Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: 1 8pt, 4 does all whitetails,First year with this bow

[SS Snuffer]

Bow Type: RD Longbow
Bow Make: Kanati
Bow Length:58

Archer's Draw Length:28
Bow Weight at Draw:42

Arrow material:Axis 500 carbon
Arrow Length:29  1/2
Spine:500
Tip Weight: 100
Broadhead:125

Tuning method (if any):Bare Shaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up:4 Whitetails all pass thrus

[Bonebuster]

Predator
Recurve
60"

29 1/2" draw
73 lbs

Carbon arrows
30 1/2"
.300 spine
175 grain tip
big two edge... Zwickey Delta or Magnus-1

Paper tuned
Whitetails, a couple hogs, rabbits, squirrels,

[ishoot4thrills]

Bow Type: Take-Down Recurve
Bow Make: Pittsley Predator Custom Classic
Bow Length: 60"

Archer's Draw Length: 26.75"
Bow Weight at Draw: 48#
Arrow material: Beman MFX Classic Carbon
Arrow Length: 29.25"
Spine: 500
Tip Weight: 250 grs. (including brass insert)
Broadhead: Magnus Two-Blade Vented

Tuning method (if any): Bareshafting (O.L. Adcock Data)
Animals Harvested With Set-up: One Whitetail Buck

[Huntrdfk]

Bow Type: Recurve
Bow Make: Morrison Shawnee
Bow Length: 60"

Archer's Draw Length: 29.5"
Bow Weight at Draw: 47 lbs

Arrow material: Carbon
Arrow Length: 30.5"
Spine: 35/55
Tip Weight: 175 + 50 Grain Brass Insert
Broadhead: 175 Grain VPA Terminator

Tuning method (if any): Bareshaft
Animals Harvested With Set-up: Squirrel, Whitetail Buck


David

[Covey]

Bow Make: Silvertip
Bow Length: 60"

Archer's Draw Length: 30"
Bow Weight at Draw: 54 @ 28

Arrow material: aluminum
Arrow Length: 32"
Spine: 2117
Tip Weight: 125
Broadhead: Muzzy Phantom

Tuning method (if any): paper tune
Animals Harvested With Set-up: so far just squirrels

Jason Covey