The Adventure of Hope and Faith Stalker

RC · November 02, 2011, 09:06:00 PM

Fine bow indeed. Glad you got some blood on her Dalton. Good luck for the rest of you fellers.RC

WDELongbow · November 04, 2011, 11:33:00 AM

Love the fake-out!

rastaman · November 08, 2011, 10:43:00 PM

Way to go Dalton!

Nice pictures!

Gerardo · November 15, 2011, 02:19:00 AM

Any updates ? News, stories , pics

Rick Wiltshire · November 18, 2011, 11:09:00 AM

Hope is headed out (Priority Mail) to Jerry B. for the month of December. It did not get to me in time for me to use (shotgun begins today) so I figured Jerry could get a little longer use of the bow.

It is a beauty and shoots real nice, just no opportunity to take it hunting. :(

November 18, 2011, 07:40:00 PM

Thanks Rick! I have a few plans for her if i can quickly get an arrow worked up and get her shooting for me.

Bisch

RC · November 18, 2011, 08:13:00 PM

Good Luck with her Bisch. Your gonna like her no doubt.RC

Bud B. · November 19, 2011, 07:04:00 PM

Looking forward to getting Faith. I have a few chances to score. We'll see how it plays out.

Rick Wiltshire · November 21, 2011, 10:49:00 AM

Bisch,

You are welcome. With any luck you will get her either today or tomorrow. I have no doubt you will find the right arrow quickly and be out there shooting.

Enjoy.

Rick

November 22, 2011, 08:15:00 AM

I came home yesterday to find a package on my doorstep! It was Hope. I got her put together and WOW, she is a beauty for sure. I'm going after the pigs this afternoon but don't know that I can figure it all out by then. I'm headed to the lease on Friday and hope to be carrying her into a tree by this weekend!

Can anyone tell me what the recommended brace height on this bow is?

See ya later,

Bisch

November 22, 2011, 09:00:00 AM

Well. I put Hope together this morning and went out in the yard to get aquainted with her. I shot for about 15 minutes (no tuning; I just picked up my arrows for my bow and started shooting). After about 15 minutes I was shooting groups like this at 15yds:

With a little fine tuning I think Hope and I will get along together just fine!

Bisch

Rick Wiltshire · November 22, 2011, 11:33:00 AM

Looks like you have her figured out pretty well right now!

Guru · November 22, 2011, 05:57:00 PM

Good to have her in the hands of someone that will get out and hunt with her, post pictures, and more than likely kill something with her to add to the "mojo"....good luck buddy!

Looking forward to reading and seeing the pix of your time with her

snakebit40 · November 22, 2011, 09:47:00 PM

November 22, 2011, 11:03:00 PM

Well, this morning I took Hope to the shop and began to tune her to my shooting style. It went so well that I decided to take her on my pig hunt this afternoon!

I arrived at my buddy's place at about 2:30pm. We broke out our bows and flung a few practice shots at his 3D target. We then dressed for the hunt and he took me to a box blind in an oak mott that he said the pigs had been frequenting. Here is the view from the blind:

At about 3:50pm a nice young whitetail buck (8pt) came walking through but did not stop. That was just as well because I could not shoot deer on this hunt. At 3:57pm (7 minutes after the deer) I caught movement to my right and two small sows and a gaggle of piglets came walking in front of the blind. They just walked through like the deer and did not stop long enough to catch a greeting from Hope.

That was pretty much it until right before dark when a whole herd of larger pigs came in front of me. It was very close to dark and when I first saw them I could see them well but they were too far for a shot. As they worked their way closer and closer the light was fading fast. Finally they were close enough to shoot at but I just could not see them good enough to pick a spot and make a good shot. They finally fed through the area and I exited the blind and went to meet my buddy.

Not 10 hours had passed since I first laid a hand on Hope and I already had tension on the string with a critter in front of us.

We were sooooooooooooooooo close!

We will see if we can get close enough to let an arrow go on the next hunt.

See ya later,

Bisch

RC · November 23, 2011, 09:57:00 AM

Good deal Bisch. You`ll be skinning critters before long. RC

awbowman · November 23, 2011, 01:25:00 PM

Good luck Bisch! That bow has pig mojo all over it!

rastaman · November 23, 2011, 05:52:00 PM

Hey good luck Bisch! What arrow combo did you come up with to use?

November 23, 2011, 06:50:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by rastaman:
Hey good luck Bisch! What arrow combo did you come up with to use?

I think I somewhat lucked out. Right now I am using the same arow i ws using on my longbow - 30.5" GT 55/75 with a 100gr brass insert and 150gr point. I know this setup is just a tad weak and will play with it a little to try to get it perfect. I shot it through paper with a very acceptable (but not as good as it can get) result. I also shot my broadheads and they also went right where I was looking. While playing at the shop yesterday I found that if i went with a 100gr point that it made the arrow almost perfect but it also made it a little too light weight wise for my liking.

Bisch

recurve_shooter · November 23, 2011, 08:03:00 PM

That sounds about right. I used 29.75" GT 5575s with a 50 gr insert and 150 gr woodsmans with Miss Faith, and they flew perfectly. Good luck with her!