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Author Topic: Hunting with a classic!!!  (Read 400 times)

Offline WIND WALKER

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Hunting with a classic!!!
« on: September 26, 2014, 05:23:00 PM »
Well as I posted earlier I had the wind taken out of my sails going into opening day with a custom bow failure so onto plan B. I started searching me and my dads arsenal and I found that I really like shooting the Kodiak Hunter and feel confident with it, but there on the wall is the "59er" my pride and joy !! Man does that bow shoot! I guess what I'm asking is it to much of a classic to let her hit the field again?
I DO NOT HUNT TO KILL, I KILL BECAUSE I HUNT.   ROGER ROTHHAAR.

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2014, 05:27:00 PM »
Nope, that's what they were built for! Good luck out there.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2014, 05:28:00 PM »
Put that old girl to work.....!   :thumbsup:
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Offline WIND WALKER

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2014, 05:41:00 PM »
I would like to thank Gil Verway for giving me the opportunity to get this beauty from him!  It's "64" what would be a good starting brace height?
I DO NOT HUNT TO KILL, I KILL BECAUSE I HUNT.   ROGER ROTHHAAR.

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2014, 05:50:00 PM »
I'd say start at 8" and go from there.
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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2014, 06:01:00 PM »
Hunt it!  If it had a heart that is what it would yearn for!

I just took a gator with a 1960 Bear.  Feels great to get the old bows out!

Good luck!

Yes.  8" give or take.
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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2014, 06:10:00 PM »
This ole Girl has found a  new life hunting with me. Its one of my favorites!

 

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Offline WIND WALKER

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2014, 06:25:00 PM »
I would like to thank Gil Verway for giving me the opportunity to get this beauty from him!  It's "64" what would be a good starting brace height?
I DO NOT HUNT TO KILL, I KILL BECAUSE I HUNT.   ROGER ROTHHAAR.

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2014, 08:04:00 PM »
They were meant, to be bent!!!!!  :thumbsup:
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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2014, 08:37:00 PM »
I am hunting with a 1960 Kodiak right now...I have hunted in the past with one that I paid a thousand dollars for to add to my collection...nice to look at but way better to hunt with

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2014, 09:58:00 PM »
Lucky dog! I've never owned or shot one so I'm not much help on the BH. But is shoot the snot out of it if it's in good condition.

I've got a lot of rare guns that had never been fired til I bought them...hell with that! They don't do me a bit of good if I can't use them. I'm the same way with bows. I just painted up a Black Widow Golden Anniversary longbow and it's going to the woods with me in the morning for opening day. The paint will come right back off when I want it to. It may get scratched, scuffed, dented, etc...but I could also die in a car wreck on the way home tomorrow. I'm never hard on equipment but I use it for it's intended purpose...it's useless if I'm affraid to use it.

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2014, 06:38:00 AM »
My daughter is hunting with a 1959 Kodiak I refinished.  It is a beautiful shooter and even with b-50 string it's no slouch.  Sometimes you get a chance to make lemonade out of lemons.  Enjoy your cool drink from the past.
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Offline Jim Picarelli

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2014, 08:07:00 AM »
I'll be hunting with a '68 Super Kodiak this year, 50@28, shooting 2016 Gamegetters and 150gr Simmons Tiger Sharks
67" Hill Tembo, 50@27
67" Hill Half Breed, 53@27
66" Hill Redman, 48@27
66" Hill Cheetah, 55@27
66" Hill Big Five, 50@27

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2014, 08:50:00 PM »
Always wanted to try one! Just love the way they look.  Good luck with it!
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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2014, 09:23:00 PM »
A bow that can't hunt aim't worth having!!!!!

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #15 on: September 27, 2014, 10:08:00 PM »
Better to risk it in the field than let it collect dust on the wall.

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2014, 05:47:00 AM »
My Kodiak De Luxe was the first pitcher onto the field this year. I think it's not gonna need much rest between assignments – the starting rotation might be a short list.

Offline Jim Picarelli

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2014, 08:31:00 AM »
Hunt with it. I'll be hunting with 2 classic's this year...a '68 SK and a '65 Kodiak
 
67" Hill Tembo, 50@27
67" Hill Half Breed, 53@27
66" Hill Redman, 48@27
66" Hill Cheetah, 55@27
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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2014, 11:06:00 AM »
stumpkiller, that was hilarious!

I say hunt with it, it would make ol Fred proud!

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Re: Hunting with a classic!!!
« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2014, 11:12:00 AM »
That's a pretty pair of classics Jim.
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