Comments for In Flight Archery - Flu Flus and Birds with a Bow http://www.inflightarchery.com Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:31:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Waterfowl Hunting Water Limb Clearance by oxnamhttp://www.inflightarchery.com/waterfowl-hunting-water-limb-clearance/#comment-6 oxnam Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:31:33 +0000 http://www.inflightarchery.com/?p=281#comment-6 Check my new post for updates. I have tried to modify my regular carbon shafts to work with the safety slide system. It has worked, but with the faster velocity of the light carbon shafts, nothing has lasted very long. Also, AMS only rates the slide to 145fps so I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the limited life. Another problem is in freezing temperatures with water on the arrow, the safety slide would not slide on the shaft as it should. I look forward to hearing how your setup works. Keep me posted. Check my new post for updates. I have tried to modify my regular carbon shafts to work with the safety slide system. It has worked, but with the faster velocity of the light carbon shafts, nothing has lasted very long. Also, AMS only rates the slide to 145fps so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by the limited life. Another problem is in freezing temperatures with water on the arrow, the safety slide would not slide on the shaft as it should. I look forward to hearing how your setup works. Keep me posted.

]]> Comment on Waterfowl Hunting Water Limb Clearance by Todd Davishttp://www.inflightarchery.com/waterfowl-hunting-water-limb-clearance/#comment-5 Todd Davis Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:05:09 +0000 http://www.inflightarchery.com/?p=281#comment-5 I agree. Don't like the idea of wounding birds or losing arrows, with broadheads potentially, into water or farmers field. Idea of a goose showing up at the golf course with an arrow in it would be real bad for the future of bow hunting birds. I'm thinking zebco33 with braided line and ligjter monofilament tippet that would allow good breaking point in case of malfunction. Plan on trying it soon. Are you using an arrow with safety type slide I've seen on fish arrows or attaching line to your regular arrows? Thanks, Todd I agree. Don’t like the idea of wounding birds or losing arrows, with broadheads potentially, into water or farmers field. Idea of a goose showing up at the golf course with an arrow in it would be real bad for the future of bow hunting birds.
I’m thinking zebco33 with braided line and ligjter monofilament tippet that would allow good breaking point in case of malfunction. Plan on trying it soon. Are you using an arrow with safety type slide I’ve seen on fish arrows or attaching line to your regular arrows?
Thanks,
Todd

]]> Comment on Waterfowl Hunting Water Limb Clearance by oxnamhttp://www.inflightarchery.com/waterfowl-hunting-water-limb-clearance/#comment-4 oxnam Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:46:14 +0000 http://www.inflightarchery.com/?p=281#comment-4 To my knowledge, no one is actively trying to solve this problem. Using a light line is a pretty good idea. For steelhead fishing, we will use a heavy line with a lighter line leader. This way we can control how much line we lose in the event of breaking the line. I bet we could do the same type of thing to make sure there would only be a few feet of line with the arrow in the event of a failure. The light line would definately protect the shooter if there was some kind of failure. I would want the line to be as heavy as possible and still break if the line got hung up. Any guesses on what that poundage would be?A little while ago I picked up a Zebco closed face reel and a reel seat that screws into the front of the riser. We froze up and the waterfowl have been gone a month and a half so I haven't spent anytime playing around with it yet. I will post the results as soon as I can get some testing done, but I am focused no chukars right now.Perfecting an arrow retrieval system for waterfowl would open up so many more opportunities for achers to hunt waterfowl, so I hope to come up with a solution. If you do any testing, let me know. I would be glad to share your results. To my knowledge, no one is actively trying to solve this problem. Using a light line is a pretty good idea. For steelhead fishing, we will use a heavy line with a lighter line leader. This way we can control how much line we lose in the event of breaking the line. I bet we could do the same type of thing to make sure there would only be a few feet of line with the arrow in the event of a failure. The light line would definately protect the shooter if there was some kind of failure. I would want the line to be as heavy as possible and still break if the line got hung up. Any guesses on what that poundage would be?

A little while ago I picked up a Zebco closed face reel and a reel seat that screws into the front of the riser. We froze up and the waterfowl have been gone a month and a half so I haven’t spent anytime playing around with it yet. I will post the results as soon as I can get some testing done, but I am focused no chukars right now.

Perfecting an arrow retrieval system for waterfowl would open up so many more opportunities for achers to hunt waterfowl, so I hope to come up with a solution. If you do any testing, let me know. I would be glad to share your results.

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