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Chief AJ 200# bow
Badger:
Not sure what the force draw curve is like on a 200# 28" draw long bow but if it stored 200ft# it would have to be 100 efficient to shoot at 332 fps, 70% efficient would be one hell of an all wood bow. 232 fps would be more believable.
Dane:
That article was a hoot! Fun read, and pretty strange. I loved the journy part, with the chief traveling 1000 miles by ferry and roads up into the wilds of Alaska to pick up the bow. Just having the US Postal Service would have been easier, but a hero's journey requires great sacrifice, I believe.
Does anyone know anything about this Chief AJ? Is he still around? Is he still doing his ministry stuff?
PatM:
I still have my copy of IA with the article. Hard to say if it was fully drawn from the pictures. Depends on who is taking the picture. I find it typically takes the average person with no knowledge of Archery many attempts before catching a full draw on film. At least for a heavy bow that isn't anchored for more than a split second.
duffontap:
Is anyone in contact with Gerald Welch? Perhaps he could comment on the claims made in the story. Chester Stevenson wrote an article about a gigantic squirrel (I think something like 500 lbs.) but it was a joke told with a straight face. Perhaps that is how the Chief AJ article should be read.
On another note, Howard Hill drew a bow of nearly 180 lbs., two 100 lb. bows at once, and claimed to have drawn 200 lbs. at various times. He didn't feel like should have to prove it unless someone beat his first record. It's a total shame he didn't prove it. He did work out regularly, but he had very rare 'innate strength.'
J. D. Duff
NOMADIC PIRATE:
I like when it says in the article that it takes 8 to 12 seconds to come to full draw :D :D
The bucket shot can be done with a 70 # bow.
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