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hawkbow:
I would suggest you get your arrows sorted out before you go back out there. nothing worse than a bad hit, we owe it to the prey we hunt to always be at the top of our game when it comes to the hunt... I can relate.. when in my youth I was given some arrows by a friend.. they looked great and were sharp broadheads.. i was shooting a seventy pound recurve at the time and the arrows were spined at fifty... I found out later..... i shot a six by six bull at twenty yards right in the hip... arrows flew way off course, never found the bull and learned the hard way what not to do... glad you had a clean miss... if you arows are too light you can wrap   some sinew around the shaft about four inches from the back of the point up the shaft. the weight forward will help stabilize the lighter spined shaft ... good luck .. HAWK

ballista:
 unbelievable, 15 yards I just got two robinhoods, one went 5 inches into the shaft... feilt points too! thanks for all  the quick replies! the only reason i mentioned the robin hoods were to say the bow shoots with uncanny accuracy, but my zwicky brodheads are just not flying well. I did practive with my broadheads, but my stand was 18 feet above my funnel where I saw almost every deer last year, at 12 yards so, I practced at about 15, pretty close range. the weird thing too was we were shooting a watermelon, and the arrow looked like it entered straight. I bought a 3 pack of the 3 rivers archery arrows today, with woodsman broadheads on 'em- oh my god. They fly like feild points! THE BOW: montanalongbow, centershot, 55 @ 28. *please don't look down on me for using fibreglass-I really, really don't want a gutshot-my hickory selfbow was just plain inconsistant. I used a compound all last year, but it just felt like a piece of junk, this is going to sound corny, but theres no real love in wheelie bows. but I do love primitive archery with a passion, learning more every day- and absolutley no one else in my family has ever done it, I hope to pass it down to my kids someday. anaways, do you guys keep the very tip of the broadhead sharp? I was reading ttb, and there's alot of hunters who insist on using rounded off tips on they're broadheads, needle tips tend to split inti the pose instead of penetratind well into the vitals, is what they are stating. well, at least its somewhat primitive, not bad for 15 either, although im sure alot of you stareted young too ;Dwell, going out at 11:00 tomarrow, with any luck, maybe one will come under my stand ;D thanks again, Maybe i can get some pictures up wif my fone. -jimmy

Pat B:
Jimmy, It doesn't matter what you hunt with as long as you respect what you hunt.  ;)  If you feel confident with your Montana Long Bow then by all means hunt with it. Practice with your stick bows so maybe by next year you will feel confident to hunt with one of them. I have been building wood bows for almost 25 years. It has only been a few years ago that I felt confident to hunt with any of my own bows.
   All bows are accurate if the correct arrows are used and your form and release are true.      Pat

ballista:
 yeah, thats what i was thinking too, pat- 15 years old isnt too bad for going out instinct for a very smart animal, in my opinoion  ;) about the stick bow flight, my longbow was 42 pounds, and my arrows were 55-60, that could be a problem! 25 years, man, im sure alot of nice bows have been produced in that time. do you use stone heads too? thanks for all the replies, anyone going huntin today? its 85 degrees here in Illonois.... oi. I was going to, but they won't be moving until 10;30! oh... theres a full moon today though... you never know. with any luck, someone will see one. thanks, jimmy

Kegan:
Nothing wrong using a fiberglass longbow in the "learning period". It'll help you learn how to shoot while you learn how to build bows. It'll also give you a "comparison" to what you can build your bows toward. It's hard to go straight from a compound to a selfbow.

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