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Elm hunting bow numbers

I have built an elm bow that I hunted with all this season. Now that I have learned a little about effeciency, power stroke etc... I got the numbers on this bow and I was wondering if you guys could...

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I would say you have a pretty decent bow there. My guess would be that the bow is storing around 43# energy. Your string is heavy and costing you probably close to 8 fps and you may be loosing a...

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I used to shoot bare fingers untill my fingers got raw. That made me mad, I wasnt done shooting yet, so I switched to a trigger style release and never looked back. It is a bit embarassing to say I...

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Sleek, I would say about 1/2 the weight you have for a string. Are you using linen? Hard to find good linen now. I use the linen but reinforce now with 4 strands of fastflight, with six strands of...

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I have been using 2 strand hemp I found at hobby lobby. I use 6 stands of it with 3 strands of artificial sinew, all put togeather with a flemish twist. I was using jute, but over 50 lbs and it kept...

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Fastflite is modern bowstring material. A readily available source of similar material is spiderwire fishing line. It is made of Dyneema which is also used  for bowstring. It is alarming how...

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Hmmm.... spider wire.... when I lived in tampa, is used to do some big fishing with power pro, but we didnt use it for shark because they would hit so hard even with 200 lb test, the string had no...

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It comes in various poundages and it's all very thin per pound. I like to use a comparable strength to typical bowstring material. It actually doesn't have zero stretch siince it is a braid and that...

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Reckon if the indians had this material they would have used it?

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Judging by how quickly they switched everything else(axes, knives, needles), probably.

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Well, I dont think I will feel so bad about using it then, I would still be keeping true to the spirit of things. I need a reliable shooting bow and string.

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