HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

[Ric O'Shay]

Osage has been my heart throb wood for quite some time. There is something about that ol' yaller wood that gets to me. Specially when it turns gold.    

[Mudd]

Danny mine has now aged enough that it's starting to have that "warmth" in it's color that true Osage lovers know so well and love.

I only wish I had the forethought to paste a stencil or two on it so as it aged the image would have been forever visible after the stencil is removed.

God bless,Mudd

[Bob B.]

Hey Mudd, I believe the last time I saw your Royale, it was a lot darker .... not so yellow.  That picture must be a little old eh?

Well I screwed up the other night, I was shooting at a leaf about 15 yards away, and hit it dead center.  Being proud of my self, I figured why not do it again ... I split another beautiful wood arrow!!  Dag-gum I am stupid sometimes!  I am running low and will have to make another dozen or so in a little while.  Anyway, man that Royale really shoots well ... and plenty hard to boot!  

Brian, you should go see Chuck and ask to shoot one of his Royales, they are simply awesome.

Bob.

[Brianlocal3]

I plan on it once I get back in town for good

[ChiefStingingArrow]

One thing is for sure the Hill bows get it done when it comes to huntin!

[iohkus]

Brian, my last longbow has black walnut cores and I LOVE 'em! Smooth to the utmost!!

[Brianlocal3]

Iokus,
Gee thanks alot , do you mind if I give my wife your address when I HAVE to have a bow with black walnut cores. Ha ha.

But seriously thanks for the info. I really want to try one.

[Brianlocal3]

Also, figured I'd show my assortment of points and a point behind them.
***NOTE**** don't mind the dirty Broadheads. I'm not HUNTING with them in this condition, my BH target is a dirt embankment .
 

When you have a set of finely tuned arrows I have found that it gives you quite a bit of leeway with the point weight you can use and this allowing you to adjust for conditions or have the ability to use whats laying around.

In this pic my primary hunting head is the 175 VPAs, but I got a great deal on the no mercys and deltas in the pic. So I now have about a dozen of each which come in around 180-190 grains with the inserts installed. The G5 small game head is 125 grains and the homemade "judo" is 160 grains. ALL of these arrows fly true and to my point of aim.

I contribute this to my arrows being tuned to the middle of the "bell curve" which allows me to do this,

These are for my Berry Northstar and I couldn't be happier!!

Here is the homemade "judo"
 

This shot was taken at 45 yds shooting at the corn cob. One arrow is my 175FP the other is a 125 G5.  As you can see it made little difference
 

[Brianlocal3]

Oh and the Bear razor head comes in at 135 grains

I lost a Bear broadhead yesterday afternoon. I took about a 75 yard shot with my yew/bamboo and missed his little head by inches. One of the best shots I ever nearly made, but the arrow is gone. I lost one of my Hill single bevels the day before, I don't know how, but I am one short. I back tracked where I had walked, nothing.  Now I know it should be no big deal and I did get the chance to launch that Bear tipped arrow into the next county, but it is driving me nuts.

[Brianlocal3]

Pavan, sorry to hear about the lost heads,  heck those greenies cost about 10 dollars a pop now!!!!

I have yet to find a head that flys so true with so many different set ups as the greenie

[Bob B.]

Brian,

I had a long walker from Twotracks that had walnut cores.  Man that bow just flat out shot!  Eventually I got rid of it only because my elbow issues do no like locator griped bows ... Sadly I got rid of that marvelous bow.  If that is not enough, many bowyers, including Dan Tolke love walnut as a bow core wood.

Cool pics of your homemade judo/small game heads.

Bob.

[Moots]

Hi,

Have any of you owned a Kimsha Mattawoman?  If so, how do they stack up next to JD Berry, David Miller etc.

Thanks!
Rob

[Bowitis]

Bob, I think you sold the best bow that you had, when you sold me your "Yew" N.Mist.

[Overspined]

I killed some deer with an all Osage LB. It was my first LB and I didn't know there was any difference at 15 yrs old. You shoot what you can get right? I shot it so much I got tendinitis and eventually got a little older & had some $ and experimenting time, and found other bows with less shock. A LOT less.

Because of that, I have kind of stayed away from deep core LB of all Osage. I'm thinking now that design can have a lot to do with it and I may have to give another a try. I love the dark aged look of Osage or yew.

Great deer everyone!!! I have had a rather rough season getting close to the right deer with the LB. It happens!

I can say with certainty that ground hunting tall grass in ASAT is a great way to go unnoticed by whitetails!  I was 5 or 6 paces from a 2 yr old 8 pt the other day and thought he might join me in my little swail. I could have made that shot blindfolded...I think. The longer bows kind of blend right in too.

[Bob B.]

Overspined, you are correct, the tiller and design of the bow has a lot (LOT) to do with the shock, as well as hand placement on the riser.  My Osage Royale shoots very friendly.  Good Luck deer hunting, ground pounding is the greatest!  

Kevin, Yeah, I miss that bow .. man it smoked an arrow and was so easy on the hand, so quiet ... and the yew with brown glass and rosewood riser ... so sexy!  Why the hell did I sell that bow again?!?!

I am glad you are getting along so well with it.  Send me a hero pic when you two connect on something.  Steve makes a great bow eh?

Bob.

[RC]

[Linwood Hines]

Re walnut cores:  there was a fellow in Powhatan, VA that use to make (laminated) lb's (maybe flatbows instead) of locally sourced black walnut.  That was about the time that my shoulder was blowing up, but the one I shot of his, tho' over my pull abilities then, was darn quick, and shot FLAT.  I wish I could remember his name and contact info - they were beauties! and in a HH style would be just stunning!

Re arrow tuning - HELP!  I've not been able to achieve consistency from all of a dozen arrow shafts (POR & DF), tho' recent DF shafts I've gotten have been the best/most consistent flying shafts I've had the privledge of shooting in 20 years (not to mention a name, but the shaft company's name starts with a S).  Yea, I know that PART of this problem is the nut behind the string....

I notice that I failed to mention that the long shot was at a pheasant that I have jumped three times now.  It seems that the pheasants around here are easier to patern than that big old buck that I have been dancing with this year. He  takes a different route every day and is bedding on land that I do have access.  One more try tomorrow.

[Bob B.]

Good luck Pavan!  I hope we get to see a hero pic real soon.

Bob.