[TTNuge]

Brace height was 4" and the DL was set at 31". Yea figure that out, how do you shoot a 14" arrow off a 31" DL with a 4" brace?????

The arrows weighed 142-160 grains total.

Some sort of moving overdraw system?

 

[DOAGuide]

razor blades as fletching just sounds crazy and would scare the hell out of me, sharp things and strings do not mix well :neutral:


i can not imagine pulling that much weight!!! Kevin you are a monster (in a good way). so if the arrow was 14" how long of draw was the bow, and what was the brace height? just seems like a really short arrow

Brace height was 4" and the DL was set at 31". Yea figure that out, how do you shoot a 14" arrow off a 31" DL with a 4" brace?????

The arrows weighed 142-160 grains total.

Dang....you figure that arrow would have blown up. Bet the first shot was scary

 

[225nontypical]

razor blades as fletching just sounds crazy and would scare the hell out of me, sharp things and strings do not mix well :neutral:


i can not imagine pulling that much weight!!! Kevin you are a monster (in a good way). so if the arrow was 14" how long of draw was the bow, and what was the brace height? just seems like a really short arrow

Brace height was 4" and the DL was set at 31". Yea figure that out, how do you shoot a 14" arrow off a 31" DL with a 4" brace?????

The arrows weighed 142-160 grains total.

Dang....you figure that arrow would have blown up. Bet the first shot was scary

no wonder it had to be 14" any longer and it would have blown up. Kevin you got some big ones to shoot a 180 or 195 pound bow with a 160 grain arrow

 

[Kevin Strother]

I think it's called being :???: :???: :???: :???: .

As Harry Drake once told me at one of the flight shoots, "You have to be a little looney to shoot flight", the chance of getting hurt are about 99%.

Building the bows to withstand shooting less than 1 grain per pound and not blowing up is a chore.

 

[Bowhunter01]

razor blades as fletching just sounds crazy and would scare the hell out of me, sharp things and strings do not mix well :neutral:


i can not imagine pulling that much weight!!! Kevin you are a monster (in a good way). so if the arrow was 14" how long of draw was the bow, and what was the brace height? just seems like a really short arrow

Not to take anything away from Kevin, but I had a friend who held a senior national weightlifting title ( Benched 475) who was a good size guy who couldn't draw back my 80lb. bow. Had he developed the correct muscle group who knows how much he would have been able to draw incorperating everything else.

 

[Oregon HG]

I'm trying to buy the neighboring Island also!!!! LOL

I don't think of myself as any different than any of you. Well maybe a little more sane than SOME of you!!!

Maybe Big Country or Terry could represent Martin, Rodney could shoot for Athens, Brian could shoot for SA, they do have a "light weight" class, Craig or John Hernandez could shoot for BowTech, Randy Walk could shoot for Hoyt, Randy used to shoot Flight, Matt McPherson could represent his companies, and Pete could shoot for his company, PSE.

That would be one interesting group of ego's to be around :?: :?:

LOL I think John would be up for it, but Craig might have to join Brian in the LW class!

 

[Oregon HG]

razor blades as fletching just sounds crazy and would scare the hell out of me, sharp things and strings do not mix well :neutral:


i can not imagine pulling that much weight!!! Kevin you are a monster (in a good way). so if the arrow was 14" how long of draw was the bow, and what was the brace height? just seems like a really short arrow

Brace height was 4" and the DL was set at 31". Yea figure that out, how do you shoot a 14" arrow off a 31" DL with a 4" brace?????

The arrows weighed 142-160 grains total.

Thats one hell of a overdraw rest!

 

[slim9300]

razor blades as fletching just sounds crazy and would scare the hell out of me, sharp things and strings do not mix well :neutral:


i can not imagine pulling that much weight!!! Kevin you are a monster (in a good way). so if the arrow was 14" how long of draw was the bow, and what was the brace height? just seems like a really short arrow

Brace height was 4" and the DL was set at 31". Yea figure that out, how do you shoot a 14" arrow off a 31" DL with a 4" brace?????

The arrows weighed 142-160 grains total.

A custom designed rest or rest bracket. Lol

 

[Kevin Strother]

The overdraw was a 4 part hinged overdraw.

The forward 2 parts bolt to each side of the riser, (shoot through riser) the back 2 parts are on a pivot that allows each piece to move independent of the other. The rest is a 2 piece brush set, one brush mounted to each side of the rear 2 parts that pivot.

As you draw the bow the back, the rear pivoting 2 parts of the overdraw are above your hand, the arrow is just floating in space. As your draw hand passes the back 2 parts the overdraw(hopefully) will drop down and the arrow will go between the brushes and come to rest on the brushes. If you accomplish this you just have to keep drawing the bow back. The first part of the draw cycle has to be done in a very slow and controlled movement in order to have the overdraw drop and the arrow come up between the brushes and then come to rest on the tiny .092 diameter brushes.

You can not let the bow down after the overdraw drops down into place other wise the string will drive the overdraw into your hand with 195# of force and keep crushing it. Like I said you have to be NUTS to shoot these types of set ups!!!!

 

[225nontypical]

The overdraw was a 4 part hinged overdraw.

The forward 2 parts bolt to each side of the riser, (shoot through riser) the back 2 parts are on a pivot that allows each piece to move independent of the other. The rest is a 2 piece brush set, one brush mounted to each side of the rear 2 parts that pivot.

As you draw the bow the back, the rear pivoting 2 parts of the overdraw are above your hand, the arrow is just floating in space. As your draw hand passes the back 2 parts the overdraw(hopefully) will drop down and the arrow will go between the brushes and come to rest on the brushes. If you accomplish this you just have to keep drawing the bow back. The first part of the draw cycle has to be done in a very slow and controlled movement in order to have the overdraw drop and the arrow come up between the brushes and then come to rest on the tiny .092 diameter brushes.

You can not let the bow down after the overdraw drops down into place other wise the string will drive the overdraw into your hand with 195# of force and keep crushing it. Like I said you have to be NUTS to shoot these types of set ups!!!!

the terms mad scientist or genius come to mind so does the term lunacy! but i guess they are all relative terms 8/ 8/ 8/ :twisted: 8/ 8/

(no offense meant kevin)

 

[10point]

Kevin, can you post any pics or video?

 

[Kevin Strother]

Sorry but I can't.

My bows some how mysteriously disappeared from my office at Bowtech, even though me getting my bows back were included in the judges orders.

 

[225nontypical]

Sorry but I can't.

My bows some how mysteriously disappeared from my office at Bowtech, even though me getting my bows back were included in the judges orders.

now that is BS i would be beyond pissed off if i where you!!!!!!!!!

 

[2xR]

Sorry but I can't.

My bows some how mysteriously disappeared from my office at Bowtech, even though me getting my bows back were included in the judges orders.

now that is BS i would be beyond pissed off if i where you!!!!!!!!!

Kevin has been there and done that... :-D

 

[225nontypical]

[quote="Kevin Strother":1rqnehye]Sorry but I can't.

My bows some how mysteriously disappeared from my office at Bowtech, even though me getting my bows back were included in the judges orders.

now that is BS i would be beyond pissed off if i where you!!!!!!!!!

Kevin has been there and done that... :-D[/quote:1rqnehye]

i am sure he has.

 

[bb111]

Give me the details and I will organize everything.

Dave I would love join this hunt and one in Oregon if that goes forward! :smile: