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    I have a 50 lb samick discovery, my 1st ILF bow. Started out with a vista rest plunger combo/barely left of center/most of my misses to the left ran out of adjustment/plus it was noisy. Tried tricks like weaker spine more point weight. Still left misses. Switched to a cork rest and furniture pad...
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    Bought a new take down recurve 66" 45# but when I brace te bow I only get it up to a 7" brace height and then its already a big effort to try and brace the bow..What am I missing here?
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    One solution leads to another problem... lol. This indoor season I focused a lot on cleaning up and refining my shot process. I also began stringwalking. I've experienced dramatic improvements in my accuracy and consistency over the last six months. However, I've had a nagging pain in the...
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    Re: Backing the Wrong Wild Horse . . . for Larry George Hatley, the Nez Perce that started the Appaloosa registry, had several horse hides with the story of the several Nez Perce that went to lower California and stayed at Spanish missions for upwards of 10 years and brought back knowledge of...
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    Backing the Wrong Wild Horse . . . for Larry https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-backing-the-wrong-wild-horse-1.6196288 regards, John
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    First off, this is my first post here. I have been on a competing forum and learned that I bought the wrong bows. Yes I went crazy (Eyes bigger than my back muscles and skills) they all look so awesome! so I ended up buying 6 used Bows, 2 I will keep and grow into (I am in them cheap) I have 4...
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    I recently stared shooting a new bow and about half the time the cock feather nicks the top of my bow hand just back from the third knuckle in the webbing between my thumb and index finger upon release. It doesn't happen all of the time, but about half the time. I'm using 5" shield cut...
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    I need some help please i shoot barebow 3 under and i gap shoot i'm pretty ambitious so i trained a lot the last two years i was really happy white my progress and my shooting. So to continou to develop i bought Joel Thurner's book this year. i tried his method and used a grip sear and it...
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    I hate to seem so petty, but I am both venting and seeking the collective advice of the great TT community. Back in early September of 2015, I called up a bowyer whom I respected and requested a custom 2-piece longbow with the options I wanted. In particular, I had requested a more built up...
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    The sheer number of missed/wounded deer post that come up this time of year is staggering and that's the guys who have the stones to post. Accidents and bad shots happen but for heavens sake if it happens twice don't "stick with it - it will happen" or "that's hunting". Yes I have missed and or...
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    It has been over 2 weeks since Marengo, the third leg of the Triple Crown, and the team results for Marengo and the Triple Crown are not yet up. It is over 1 week and the results from Trad World are not up on the website. Not everyone wins and there might be some people out here who would like...
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    I have a jager grip on my new riser. It is a medium with a palm pad and the pad faceted on the palm side. I have no idea what the number is but I'm thinking it is best style 2.0, based upon pics online from jager website. Whenever I let down the bow slowly, I am torquing the bow to the point...
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    I shoot split finger for everything but I want to shoot 3 under for indoor. When I shoot split the arrows go right down the pike but when I go to 3 under they go left about 9" at 20 yards. Same arrows. I also went to a lighter spined arrow (my grandsons' arrows) with the same result. I'm...
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    I'm new to ILF so please bear with me…Got my Spig BB riser this week…I wanted to tighten the limb bolts all the way down and then back them off a half turn…First I loosened the lock screw on the belly side of the riser, then I turned the limb bolts down all the way and back out a half turn...
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