My favorite bow is the slowest, a hybrid longbow my friend made me. 160 fps with heavier arrows 170 with lighter arrows.
A friend also told me of his buddy shooting a very slow bow, that dropped a moose in Alaska.
Hey Folks,
Anyone have advice on camera distance out west for a Cuddleback system? I won a 4 camera set up in a raffle, 1 home, 3 links. I was wondering what I could expect along a western face of a mountain with dense tree cover.
Adam
Sounds like you might need 300s. 10-12 grains per pound and 15-18% FOC are used as good middle of the road guides by folks like Aron Snyder and Cody Greenwood for efficiency and ease of tuning.
You have do some looking and calling for sure. They're not hard to train but they do vary in physical ability and willingness. You will pay more for a trained packer since your gambling on an untrained Llama. You can also pay for bloodlines.
It does seem there are more for sale than 4-5...
Maybe try walk back tuning before bare shafting. I often find if I have anything going on with my form bare shafting can be more of a method of self torture than tuning.
Walk back tuning should have the most forgiving results based on form. Try going from one extreme to another say a 200...
Permits can vary national forest to national forest in terms of permit stipulations for camp locations, group size, number of stock, days allowed, etc... Then they can vary based on wilderness vs non wilderness etc..
I'm a bit embarrassed to say, I tagged out, with a rifle, at 25 yards.
I have lots of great excuses hunt was 13 hours one way, I had just moved from where I drew the tag to Idaho, only had 4 days to hunt, was borrowing a buddies truck, there was lots of rain and the sheep were staying really...