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Title: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 01, 2009, 09:52:16 am
  Here she is, after 3 years my dad and i finally got a solid shot on one, and it was a sucess. got her with the recurve, my scale said 17 lbs, but its real old, it might be a little iffy. hope you enjoy, Im goin again this weekend so hopefully I can get a few more for ya guys. thanks for the inspiration PA.   brined overnight and smoked with applewood, amazing! if anyone wants info on how to cook em id be happy to help out. -jimmy
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 01, 2009, 10:00:34 am
 hey, my pics won't fit, there 471 MB, anyone know how to make em fit?
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: Pat B on July 01, 2009, 01:13:34 pm
Make them 640x480 and 200 mb max.
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: lowell on July 02, 2009, 04:41:32 pm
Would like pics to but at least tell me what is huntable and edible in Il. now!! ???   ah ha is it fish??
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 17, 2009, 01:20:08 am
 sigh, the camera that the pics were taken on is a real high quality camera (wedding photogropher) and i got it really small, but its still like 813 kb- i think i mite try taking a picture of the picture from the computer with a not so fancy camera and post from there- thanks for all the help -jimmy
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: hedgeapple on July 17, 2009, 01:28:57 am
If your imaging program with allow you to do this:  Change the resolution to 72 dpi, it's probably 240 to 300 right now.  Then make the height 460.  The save as web.   And you should be good to go.
Dave
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: Michael C. on July 17, 2009, 01:31:11 am
Just post them on flickr.com and you will have a variety of sizes to chose from after you upload them or you could just put a direct link from your account on here. http://www.flickr.com/
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: GregB on July 17, 2009, 08:27:04 am
I open my pic's with "Paint", go to stretch/skew and change it to 25 for each and then save the file. That allows me to get the 6 different pic's per post limit here.
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 17, 2009, 01:01:16 pm
  thanks for the help, lets see if this works

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Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 17, 2009, 01:01:54 pm
 haha yes! heres a few other pics too

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Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 17, 2009, 01:09:06 pm
 heres the last, that was on a 100 degree day, not sure if you can tell haha. thanks for the help, and the inspiration PA. and greg B, the tip helped out alot, thanks, -jimmy

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Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: recurve shooter on July 17, 2009, 05:43:59 pm
nice fish, nice shot. what kind of point are you useing?
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 17, 2009, 09:06:16 pm
you know, i truely dont know- i thik muzzy makes it, its geneus though- here i got a few pics to show you- it hits as a barb, then is expandable- then twist the arrow and the broadhead unscrews and folds the bladrs up, so you can take the arrow out- pretty awesome. there it is ready for impact


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Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 17, 2009, 09:09:23 pm
 then here it is unscrewed, i pointed to the blades, there kinda hard to see from that angle. hope this helps, -jimmy

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Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: recurve shooter on July 18, 2009, 01:28:34 pm
ok, i got ya! i dont know what they are called, but i have seen them before. im hunting with a much simpler one. the heavy wire barbs are fixed in one possition on mine, and when you shoot something you push the point al the way through and unscrew it, and the barb folds forward, so you can pull it out. i like that one, im gunna see if i can find one.
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 18, 2009, 02:54:56 pm
 nice!- yeah i like this one alot, i didnt see how out of focus that top picture was- but you can see how beat up it is from only a few shots, ill put it on the grinder the next time i use it haha. i really want that zebco reel made for bowfishing tough, make life alot easier haha. -jimmy
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: recurve shooter on July 18, 2009, 03:50:20 pm
aint that the truth! the hand reels work ok, but man they take forever and it's verry painfull when you stick a big fish. (gator gar 5 foog long) large blisters from rope burn. :P
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 21, 2009, 06:11:18 pm
 damn, sounds like a fun time haha! yeah that carp was 17 on the scale- it mite look like a deadweight, but that thing fought like a bat out of hell lol. do you do any hunting, or are ya more of a bowfisher?
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: recurve shooter on July 21, 2009, 07:19:01 pm
just getting into bows last summer, gunna start hunting with it this year. how bout you?
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: ballista on July 22, 2009, 03:26:52 pm
 well, all of my moms side of the family hunts, but my dad and i seriously got into is about 2 years ago, solely with compound bow. the more and more i got into it, i liked the traditional aspect of it alot more than the compound- but im not going to longbow hunt for deer until i get one with a compound, im going on year three with no deer, one of the twists to bowhunting i  guess haha. its good youre into it though, alot of forest preserves allow hunting, and you dont have to pay a cent to hunt there, its more of a draw out of a hat deal. i do small game with longbow though, thats a blast if you ask me haha- alot of farmers where i live will let you go for rabbit after deer season, and theres like no competion for small game like there is for deer, they'd be glad if anything -jimmy
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: recurve shooter on July 22, 2009, 04:17:21 pm
i have missed a few rabits squirls and dove with mine. all i have managed to kill so far is crabs, gar, and one verry unlucky snake. i nailed him through the head with that gar arrow.  ;D
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: Timo on July 23, 2009, 07:08:55 pm
ballista, the point in the pic is called a "war head" I think Pearson made them.I have wore all mine out and have had trouble finding more. Great heads!
Title: Re: some luck in illinois (pics)
Post by: Ironhead on July 23, 2009, 07:29:22 pm
Ballista, any chance you'd share that carp smoking recipe?