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    Broadheads, the only part that matters

    Over the summer I sold a few hundred duplicate heads I no longer needed and this weekend I spent some time in the shop locating and boxing up some of the heads. Every time I moved a box, I found another. This includes some prototype and production heads from broadhead makers I work with...
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    Broadheads, the only part that matters

    I took my first animal with a bow and arrow 46 years ago and was hooked ever since. During that time, my focus and fascination has always been on the only part of our gear actually responsible for killing the animal. Broadheads have been my passion for almost 5 decades. We are a few days from...
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    The history of bowhunting knife

    I'm making the display base from Walnut and Water Buffalo horn and water buffalo bone. I cut a thicker slab of bone and epoxied it to a piece of water buffalo horn. This is where the blade will rest. It ensure it stays fixed to the base, I will both pin and epoxy this to the base...
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    The history of bowhunting knife

    Double needle figure 8 stitching A rivet added at the stress area and a little more decorative stamping in the leather. Ready for wet forming the stiff leather to the contours of the knife. Lots of pressing and squeezing and forming. The shape is then locked into the leather...
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    The history of bowhunting knife

    Time to make a sheeth. It starts with 8 Oz. Leather. Then make a pattern from a leather substitute. Ive heard good things about Count Chochula boxes too. The leather will be wetted and formed to the shape of the knife. I dont want features the would trap the knife in the sheath. Rigid foam...
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    The history of bowhunting knife

    6 coats of super glue and a bit of steel wool to knock down the gloss and the knife is complete.
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    The history of bowhunting knife

    All the parts ready for the epoxy. Liberal amounts of J.B. Weld fills all the voids and holes I created to ensure a long lasting bond After 24 hours of cure time, the handle can be sanded to shape. fast forward 24 hours. Now for some quality time with my belt sander. Oh that...
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    The history of bowhunting knife

    What follows are the history and details of and explanation of the Roy I. Case commemorative knife. I am a member of the board of the Wisconsin Bowhunting Heritage Foundation Museum. The purpose of the WBHF museum is to collect and preserve our state's rich bowhunting history, and then showcase...
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    Suburban bow deer cull, what I've learned

    Another municipality nuisance deer as part of the reduction program. This is archery deer number 13 for me for calendar 2019. Another doe. Woodsman broadhead again. Another ground level shot. 100% recovery rate.
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    2020 bowhunting prep

    The 4 packs of heads arrived today. These are some seriously big heads. (1 7/16" wide) Here is the palmer 160 compared to some other heads. Slick Tricks Tooth of the Arrow. Muzzy Phantom Woodsman A broadhead this wide has to spin true and these do. When the wind dies down and...
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    Suburban bow deer cull, what I've learned

    Another victim of the Woodsman broadhead for the Suburban deer culling program. when I got home there was enough daylight to go after some local suburban deer. This might be the biggest doe Ive taken with a bow in a long time. Look how big she is compared to the sled she is hanging above. This...
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    2020 bowhunting prep

    Ive dedicated the last 2 bowhunting seasons to using 250 grain, 3 blade Woodsman broadheads and enjoyed fantastic results and while my bowhunting season still has a couple months left, my results over the last 2 seasons have been 15 deer, including several P&Y whitetails, a giant bull elk, a...
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    My WI archery 10 point

    48 hours after taking this ten point, here is the euro mount I did.
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    My WI archery 10 point

    Delafield.
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    My WI archery 10 point

    No, 5 bucks and 6 does.
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    My WI archery 10 point

    Deer Number 11 for calendar 2019 (8 of them were suburban nuisance/cull tags for the city). I took this ten point yesterday morning. Based on the feedback Ive been getting about the excessive blood in my photos on social media (which is perfectly natural and expected in bowhunting) I cleaned up...
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    Just returned from my S.E. Ohio rut bow hunt

    Im back from my November, Rut bowhunt with Buckeye Bowhunting of Ohio. If You you want to read the story and see the pictures, I've posted it all on my blog at this link. I think you will find it informational and entertaining. http://ronkulas.proboards.com/thread/453/review-buckeye-bowhunting
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    Suburban bow deer cull, what I've learned

    Archery suburban cull deer number 8 for me this fall and archery deer number 9 total for this fall ( I took another deer with my bow that was not part of this city/town deer reduction program). This one was a huge doe. That's 9 deer with the same Woodsman broadhead. Shoot, re-sharpen and repeat...
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    Suburban bow deer cull, what I've learned

    Two more deer under the city deer culling. I took two more yesterday with my bow.
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    Suburban bow deer cull, what I've learned

    This afternoon I hunted another nuisance/ag township cull property where the homeowner has high deer numbers. I Arrived to my pop up blind at 4 pm and took this buck at 5 pm. That makes 5 deer under this nuisance cull so far. (2 bucks and 3 does) and the buck I took in Indiana. 8 yard shot...