"How To" article competition.

[Luke]

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To be in the running for our first prize give away from Bullzye Gear (http://www.bullzyegear.com) you must write and submit a "How To" article.

The article is to be a bowhunting related subject of your choosing.

Competition entries close on the 13th of April.

Post your entries in this forum only.

Here's the awesome prize pack for the comp.

100% cotton T-shirt, screenprinted logo small front left chest & large back. Embroidered heavy brushed cotton cap. Wetsuit stubby cooler. Large vinyl sticker. Total value - $80 :shock:

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Many thanks to the Bullzye Crew!!!

[woodstoka]

heres my entry its how to make tenterfield fox whistles cheers jesse
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[wazza_X force]

not too damn bad stocka... if i might say so, not only for the how too, but for the making of it as well..;.

thanks mate...

[woodstoka]

thanks mate
if only i had some one there to help me video camera i had to hold it under my chin most of the time lol

[Trophy Bowhunts]

Deer season is upon us so here is may favorite recipe:

Take a Chital/Venison Back strap and trim off all the loose bits so that you have a clean solid meat roll.

Cut into 2 cm wide medallions.

Make sure venison is at room temperature.

Take medallions and flatten with meat mallet until approx 1 cm wide.

lay out on plate individually and coat with the following:

1. Mixed herb mix
2. Black ground pepper
3. Salt

(Use in moderation and don't overdo it)

Bring frypan to high and use light coating of extra virgin olive oil.
put in medallions and cook until each side is nice a crisp. Approx 2-3 mins per side.

When you touch the medallion it should be a little soft in the middle and have a dark crispy skin. The inside should be a pinky, brown.

You will know if you overcook it as you can give to the kids for a frisbie...

Great as a entree.

Good cooking all.
Mick

[aussiehunter]

mick how about ur jaffle recipes ,i hear ur a master of them :wink:

pat :lol: :lol:

[Trophy Bowhunts]

All in good time.... :wink: :wink:

Mick

[Luke]

How are those articles coming along??

8)

[Luke]

Any more entries guys? :?

We've got a couple of beauties so far :D

[Piggy]

Often I get people asking how do I take my self-timed photos.
Well here is a simple little tool that’s light weight, takes up hardly any room in your pack and we can all make at home with basic tools and in less than ten minutes it finished including drying time for the glue.

I have started with a damaged 2217 alloy shaft destined for the rubbish bin and have cut the shaft with a tube cutter or hacksaw about 4” or 100mm from the nock end and removed the nock leaving the aluminium nock insert in place (the shinny aluminium piece on the end)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/2piggy/camerastand002.jpg


I then found a bolt that will screw into the tripod mount in the base of my camera (I assume they are all the same size thread but check with your camera).
I cut the bolt so it is about 30mm long and with the shaft I am using a 2217 the bolt slides straight into the nock insert. I then mix up some Araldite and glue the bolt into the end of the nock insert leaving approximately 10mm of the thread exposed taking care not to get glue on the exposed thread.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/2piggy/camerastand001.jpg

After allowing the glue to harden your camera holder is complete.
When taking self timed photos I simply get one of my hunting arrows and with a blunt broad head and stick it into the ground, I screw my camera onto my home made holder then place the cut end of the camera holder over the nock of the shaft placed in the ground and shoot away.

In this last pic I have set it up on a Cannon eos 35mm camera, which is quite a heavy camera, and it copes fine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/2piggy/camerastand007.jpg



Tips :
When selecting a shaft for making your holder check it will fit over the nocks of your hunting shafts first.

Cheers


Paul

[Paul R]

That is a great idea, I'm heading out to the garage to make one right now, thanks for sharing Paul. :D

[HOOD]

Mmmm gives me an idea :idea:
I already have a small tripod about 10cm tall but for longer grass I think that I could utilise your idea. Thanks for sharing.

[Grunter]

Thats a top idea, i am the same as Hood. I have a tripod stand that i could put to use as well. That idea of the cut off shaft is a good one.

Grunter

[HOOD]

I found that if I take one of the small rubber ball feet off of the leg of the tripod, then take the nock out of a carbon the leg of the tripod then slips straight in. I also found that this allowes the carmera to be positioned in any angle as the legs of the tripod are flexable. :)

[Piggy]

Here's another I made out of necesity.
Wanting to make up some heavy shafts 900gn with an FOC of around 25% for big game I found I was faced with the problem of not being able to bare shaft test as I could not get a field point to equal the weight of my 190gn broad head and insert.

To get around this I got a 125gn screw in type field point and a field point for timber arrows as in the top of the first picture.
With a quality file I slowly filed the field point until it fitted neatly inside the field point for timber shafts when a good fit was achieved.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/2piggy/Fieldtip001.jpg

Having achieved a good fit the new field point weighed 242gn.
I then filed down the point of the screw in field point to achieve the desired weight
and glued it into the field point for timber shafts.
I can now bare shaft test my heavy shafts to ensure I have the very best flight for my set up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/2piggy/Fieldtip002.jpg
Total time spent making this one was about 10 minutes.

Cheers

Paul

[woodstoka]

good idea piggy :D