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gt1cm2
Location: Wellington
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 Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:07 pm Archery Butts |
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Can someone point me in the direction of how to make an archery butt using hay/straw? Prefer a website as I'm too lazy to get a book...
I have some hay bales in the garage at the moment but I think I can spare one to make a butt although I need some idea on how too
Cheers
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Angel
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Location: Wellington
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:50 pm |
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The standard technique seems to be: make a stack of haybales, stick target of choice to the front, insert arrows as skill allows. 
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gt1cm2
Location: Wellington
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:35 pm |
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so in cindys case that wil be at will but in my case that'll probably be once in a while and then spending a lot of time finding wayward arrows
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did they beat the drums slowly
did the play the fife lowly
did they sound the death march as they lowered you down
did the band play the last post and chorus
did the pipes play the flowers of the forest |
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Darkheart
Location: Wellington
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:39 am Finding the wayward |
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Spray the flight and notch end of the arrows with fluro pink dazzel. I've done that before to help in finding crossbow bolts.
One thing you don't want to try is the tracking technique of rubbing some cheese on the end and let the dog find the bolts afterwards. You get the heads back at least but the rest of it is kinda useless after being gnawed on.
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admin
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:46 am |
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I read another tip that you wrap the arrow shaft in reflector tape and wait until dark and shine a torch around, apparently that works really well.
Of course there is the other trick - just don't miss the target  |
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quentin
Location: Wellington
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| Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:24 pm missing the target |
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I have actually seen arrows on long flat tragectories bury themselves almost underground. The shaft lies under the grass roots!
You find these ones by mowing the grass.... and watching bits of shaft fly out...
Don't Miss. (still the best advice!)
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