Leo Sayer 2,455 Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 2 minutes ago, mackem said: Trust me,customs ain’t all that (so I have heard). Am surprised them blow guns can take out a goat ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,373 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Yawn 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 2,455 Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 8 minutes ago, mackem said: Certainly an unorthodox hunting method. If I was to wonder round my local woods with a blow gun, I would look like a giant reeltree pygmy ! Lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,333 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 1 minute ago, Leo Sayer said: Certainly an unorthodox hunting method. If I was to wonder round my local woods with a blow gun, I would look like a giant reeltree pygmy ! Lol Have you decided which style of bow you’re going for?Little tip there’s rumours broadheads might be getting banned if a new raft of archery restrictions come into place (crossbow licensing)so you might want to get a few packs now online,perfectly legal at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 2,455 Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 Just now, mackem said: Have you decided which style of bow you’re going for?Little tip there’s rumours broadheads might be getting banned if a new raft of archery restrictions come into place (crossbow licensing)so you might want to get a few packs now online,perfectly legal at the moment. One step ahead of you Mac, eBay and Amazon. But not sure of bow yet. I think my local archery club frowns upon compounds . But there is another which you can use them at. But I am tempted to just try and learn off my own back and watching YouTube tutorials . It's the sighting methods, there seems a few. Also both eyes open or shoot with dominant eye open. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,333 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Compound is the better choice,far easier to learn,my club is Quicks archery they sell and tune compounds and give lessons and have the indoor and outdoor ranges,there’s one bow shop in the UK at Battersea which specialises in hunting bows and accessories,if ever your down pop in,small store but interesting. Archery Equipment | Silver Archery SILVERARCHERY.CO.UK <p>Welcome to Silver Archery. We stock over 300 brands of the best archery equipment. Shop here for bows... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 7,005 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Leo Sayer said: Been watching a lot of slotmaster Tim Wells on YouTube and his bow hunting has led me on to watch some of his spear hunting. Watched him spear hunt a grizzly bear, a red stag and a crocodile which was still thrashing in the water when he went in to coup de grace. Not everyone's cup of tea but certainly made interesting viewing if anybody's not seen it. He deffo has a set of danglies on him ! Would put the videos up but am crap with teckno lol. Also the blowpipe vids worth a watch, very primitive ways of hunting. One time about tim ,dont try that anti rhetoric with him . You know how they say " id like you to kill that bear with just a spear! " Yeaaahhhh he'll do it guy has point blank said if one of these animals kills him one day so be it and man I love the guy for that 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,333 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 1 minute ago, Wolfdog91 said: One time about tim ,dont try that anti rhetoric with him . You know how they say " id like you to kill that bear with just a spear! " Yeaaahhhh he'll do it guy has point blank said if one of these animals kills him one day so be it and man I love the guy for that Have you seen the footage where he almost dies under the tree in Africa?Lying in the sun bleeding after he spears himself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 7,005 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 13 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said: One step ahead of you Mac, eBay and Amazon. But not sure of bow yet. I think my local archery club frowns upon compounds . But there is another which you can use them at. But I am tempted to just try and learn off my own back and watching YouTube tutorials . It's the sighting methods, there seems a few. Also both eyes open or shoot with dominant eye open. Well if you using a modem compound it's legit like shooting a gun with peep sights. Jait need a good consistent anchor point a decent release and just line up one of them pins. Keeping you bow still is probably the biggest problem. At least for me. Because if you move it too much before that arrow is completely gone then you'll have point of aim shift. Basically what you be looking at with most modern peep and pin style sights 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 7,005 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, mackem said: Have you seen the footage where he almost dies under the tree in Africa?Lying in the sun bleeding after he spears himself. YES He was joking about it on Facebook a few days later lol, friggen legend 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 2,455 Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: Well if you using a modem compound it's legit like shooting a gun with peep sights. Jait need a good consistent anchor point a decent release and just line up one of them pins. Keeping you bow still is probably the biggest problem. At least for me. Because if you move it too much before that arrow is completely gone then you'll have point of aim shift. Basically what you be looking at with most modern peep and pin style sights Is that the most effective way a peep sight wolfy ? And would I shoot like I do with a sling shot , hold in left hand draw with right dominant hand while left eye is closed and right dominant eye open ? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 7,005 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 17 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said: Is that the most effective way a peep sight wolfy ? And would I shoot like I do with a sling shot , hold in left hand draw with right dominant hand while left eye is closed and right dominant eye open ? Cheers Peeps are just the standard now days and super easy to use all in all. Now theirs a lot of different types of sites and peeps but the basic pin site and and peep is pretty hard to mess up. And yeah it's about the same as a sling shot in most aspects. .... I'm right eye dominant for the most part so shoot a right hand bow. So hold it with my left hand draw with my right. This is me with my lil 70lbs compound. Just skip to like the 2:30 mark and you can see at 15yd it's pretty easy to shoot decent with one of these I will say though getting a arm slap from one of these is ...not fun lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 2,455 Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 7 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: Peeps are just the standard now days and super easy to use all in all. Now theirs a lot of different types of sites and peeps but the basic pin site and and peep is pretty hard to mess up. And yeah it's about the same as a sling shot in most aspects. .... I'm right eye dominant for the most part so shoot a right hand bow. So hold it with my left hand draw with my right. This is me with my lil 70lbs compound. Just skip to like the 2:30 mark and you can see at 15yd it's pretty easy to shoot decent with one of these I will say though getting a arm slap from one of these is ...not fun lol Thanks for that wolfy, much appreciated cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 7,005 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 O two more things when it comes to compounds , releases and rests. With compounds you generally don't use you fingers to shoot , you can and a lot of people do but for the most part most use a release. Which is just a lil contraption that grips the dela on the powe stri g and give you a trigger. There a few different types but a decent wrist mounted on works just fine. You also have these type with more guys are moving to , not sure why though And then the rests.....so there a few different kinds drop away being what a lot of guys like now but me...idk I just use a whisker biscuit... because they work pretty well and their cheap. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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