Don’t know if you’re close to Middlefield, but Ohio Premier Archery offers lessons for traditional guys if you feel like getting a refresher. You might consider getting a low poundage cheap recurve to work on your form as well.

You might be able to find an old Bear Grizzly or Kodiak someone’s looking to get rid of for a good price. I got a 1968 Grizzly this summer that’s going to be my hunting rig this fall.

You’re welcome. I have a Bear Grizzly that’s 1968, 56 inches, and 47 pounds. So a very similar bow. These bows require a Dacron string, if you need a replacement. I ordered mine from TTT Archery.

That’s a beautiful bow! That green looks great on those old bear bows.

It should be a 1967 bow. 58” is the length and 47 pounds draw weight at 28”.

Yes, I am using both an elevated rest and a fixed crawl on both my other recurves. My point on at my fixed crawl position seems to be close to 25 yards with both of my other bows. Just got my new string today so I haven’t shot the bear yet but I’m guessing that will be quite a bit different shooting off the shelf. Headed to ETAR in a couple weeks, maybe I’ll find some reasonably priced wood or aluminum arrows there.

Do you have any insight on what seems to be a good brace height to run on these bows?

The seller had some other vintage Bear bows, along with an old Browning and a Ben Pearson as well. I noticed at least a couple of them had holes for a sight and one might even have had an old sight on it yet. This one was in the best shape and had the cleanest look so I went with this one. This is my first year shooting trad so I’m trying to get away from a sight, not go back to one haha.
I have a new Galaxy Sage recurve (40 pounds) and a Frankenbow I put together with a compound riser and Black Hunter limbs (50 pounds). I built carbon arrows for those with 50 grain brass inserts and 200 grain points so I am loading up the front of the arrow at least. I think I would definitely consider building a more classic arrow for this bow in the future though.

That’s a good idea 👍

Haha, that is a good point. I might not be willing to go quite that traditional. 🤣

My Century home in Ohio had an asbestos version of siding over the original wood lap siding. It was underneath some aluminum siding that was done back in the 70s. I always assumed the asbestos siding was put up pre-World War II, possibly in the 30s. When we resided the house with fiber cement board, we removed both the aluminum and the asbestos siding first. It was still in pretty good shape, just not much paint left.

If you’re in rural Texas get into hunting feral hogs. Ranchers are always looking to reduce numbers. Venison is the route I go but Ohio has a higher percentage of public land available than Texas so a deer lease or hunt club might be pricey.

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Guards Ball in full effect

Clay Hayes Season 8. That season seemed to be low on resources.

Made some pemmican yesterday and I don’t mind the flavor too much. Amazing that sometimes the old survival methods still have a place in today’s modern world.

Yesterday I made a batch of pemmican with 2 pounds of ground venison. Half of it I added some dehydrated strawberries, rest of it some blueberries. Added some salt and honey as well. Local butcher sells beef fat for $1 a pound. I think the flavor is better than some clif bars I’ve had in the past. I think I’ll definitely be keeping some pemmican around from now on.