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23" or 29" wiin Herter's Ram·MX broadheads ------$16.95 doz. PIN-POINT ACCIDENT! Shpg. wt. 2'/i lbs, Enclosed is what is left of a- perfectly 1965·1966 good Herter's aluminum arrow that State, National, my archery partner, Dick LaRose hit. International Records We were standing side by side at Held by Bill Bednar twenty-five yards, shooting ~t · a ~dh~CHEETAHSUPREME HERTER'S INTERNATIONAL MATCH NO. 1 twelve-inch field face, when his Easton 1816 arrow hit my Herter's 1816 and 1965 GRADE PORT ORFORD CEDAR ARROWS passed through the nock and the february - Ohio Slate Flint Champlo n$lllp - Perfect Score 560 swaged end of the arrow, then down February - Mid-Atlantic Open - !st Place - Score 291 the shaft about three inches. Much - Ohio State Chlcaao Championship - The weight of his arrow broke off lst Place - Score 846 28" or 29" with field point ------$6.49 doz. April - International Open - Tied for lit Piece - the end piece of my arrow, but the Score 5"4 feathers held the two pieces together July - P.A.A. CllamPionship - !st Pla<:e - Score I 164 until we pulled Dick's arrow out of July - Olllo State Tarret Champ l ~Hhip - Isl Place - 28" or 29" with t•pers to install own poinh ------$6.63 doi. mine. Score U92 FHA - 780 AmM ICln July - N.F.A.A. Toumomtnl - 2nd Pl•ce - I broke off the end and pushed it Score 1053, 1072, 546 into the small piece to show. you August - N.A.A. Championship - 2nd Place - 28" or 29" with Herter's R.am·MX bro,,d head' ------$10.74 doz.• where Dick's arrow stopped inside of Scora 1163, 977, 776, 782 for 3698 ); September - Ohio State Fleid Championship - ~· mine. Because of the odds of such a 2nd Place - Score 1572 thing happening, I thought it might 1966 be of interest to you. January - U.S. Open - 2nd Place - Score 29S and 288 Total 583 Raymond Alberti, January - Mid-Atlantic Open - 2nd Place - Score 292 Granby, Connecticut March - Galaxy Open - lst Place - Score 292 Micro-precision aluminum target shafts-304-X16 ------Sl0.59 doz. (Now if it had been intentional, March - Ohio Stale Indoor Championshi p - Micro-precision aluminum lhaf+.-noc:k end swage~O" lengfh $9.39 doz. !st Place - Score 295 we'd say that was some shot!) Ai>rll - International Open - 3rd Place - Ulire-prec;ision farbenglas shafts-complete with 5 degree taper Score 294 and 290 Tot11 514 and nock insert-30" length ------$7.98 doz. AUSSIE REPORT My - P .A.A. Cllamplonslllp - ts! Place -Score 297, 294, No. I Grade Port Orford Cedar Shefts-30" length-1 1/32 die. $2.69 doz. 293, 292 Total 1176 (Ill time high) I i·ead the story of Hal Stephens• Shpg. wt. 21/i lbs. July - Maid-of-the-Mist Open - lst Place - Score 290 The World's L

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GADGETS, GOOD OR BAD? which, in turn, leads to the common malady called freezing One Saturday morning a young man strolled into my or, a better term, psychological block. archery shop. I was engaged with several other customers Our young friend in question was back the following day. at the time but I could see that he was bitten by the arch· " I don't like this klicker," he complained. ery bug. His eyes were sticking out like a tromped-on toad· "let's step out to the hay and find out what's wrong," frog's while he handled some of my custom bows. When I said. A new archer usually will grow an inch or so in his his turn came to be waited on, I said, "What can I do for first month of shooting. Consequently, I cut his first set of CAUNDEA9 you?" arrows a litt!e long. Of course, I knew this was his problem. " I want to buy a bow and some arrows." While trying to draw the bow through the klicker, he wa s MATT "Have you ever shot a bow before?" getting his form all out of shape. AND EASEL STAND " Yes, I have been borrowing a friend's bow for about a Th is archer was now ready to listen to what J had to week." say. We removed the kl icker and set it asi de for future ref· With a certain amount of trying and pu lling and feel· erence. We stepped up close to the stra w and proceeded to ing, we fixed the man up with a fine Bea r Tigercat, a set of learn a little basic form. This little story has a happy end­ Get set in a jiffy with this handy combination ... shoot matched wood arrows cut to his draw length and with a ing. I was able to preva il on this archer for a f ew months at hom e, indoors or out. Compact . .. they !>tow easily glove. t o stay away from the gadgets until he stabilized. Now, in your car for fun on ou t ings or for field practice. You'll some six month later, he is shooting excellent scores and With a completely new arch er, as J kn ew t hat he was, think of man y ways to enjoy your Matt-but you can he is using several of the gimmicks, including the klicker, we usually give him a few minutes at the target butt behind double your fun with these ideas alone - the shop and pass on a few basic instructions on shooting with fine result s. a bow. He was coordinated and a few minutes of in· I think the novice archer should be given plenty of time struction got him started with a good anchor point and to work out a basic form without the aid of gadgets. All of DRIVEWAY MAKES RANGE re latively good bow arm follow through. He departed the the archers who have been around the sport for more than Yard t oo short, muddy or shop in a state of ecstasy as only t he badly bitten archery twenty years can remember t he beautiful, fluip look of a snowy? Place Matt in ga­ bug can radiate. fine, instinctive archer. (There are no true instinctive arch· rage and use driveway for ers in competition today. They all use a more complicated, range. Light up for night The next day, bright and early, our new archery fari was involved sighting system than the sight shooters.) The in· shooting! waiting at the door when I opened the shop. He made a stinctive champion of twenty years ago made it look easy. Need a Recondary backstop? beeline for the pegboard where all the little gadgets are Standing loosely at the shooting line, he would make a 2" strawboard will catch the hung. Every old time archer knows that there is no other smooth, quick draw. The good ones would anchor for a wild shots. Neat, eh? sport with more gimmicks and gadgets to try to aid the second or two and release with a breaking action you sel· shooter t han is found in archery. Our inspired champion dom see today in a tightened-up sight shooter. He develop· SHOOT AT NIGHT reached up on t he pegboard and pulled down a card full of ed this form and technique entirely by feel and the senses. A simple spotlight and an klickers. "I want one of these." When you were sharp you were so sensitive at the anchor extension cord make your "Why do you want a klicker?" I said. point you could feel the pores of the skin on your face. You backyard an archery range. "Because," our new champion said, "there was a fellow used to hea r archers say, "I was hot today. I couldn't do A few shots daily improves on the range where I was shooting yesterday who was put· any wrong." This feeling is a wonderful feeling and will form best. ting them all right in the middle and he was using a seldom ever come to you if you start immediately with S oon your fam ily and kl icker." mechanica l devices to line and level arid draw ch eck your friends will be shooting with " Jugger" Gervais is the fi rst archer t o shoot a per· A few minutes of gentle persuasion was of no avail on form. you too! Archery's great feet 300 competitive score in the P.A.A . Indoor our new hero. Now I am in the archery busi ness to sell Twenty years ago, we still had freezing and psycholog­ relaxation. tackle and I cannot refuse to sell an archer anything that Round. He holds the Indiana State Ch ampionship ical block. However, it was about as rare an archery disease he has the money to buy, so our friend departed wit h his as elephantiasis is a medica l problem in this country. In the MATT IS IDEAL INDOORS with a fantast ic 858 of a possible 864 Chicago Round. klicker. last five years freezing and psychological bl ock have been Co nv en i e nt and c l ea n . Now here is the point. This man was a brand new ki lling off archers fast er than automobiles do on a three­ There's practically no mess Wherever you see award-winn ing action - you'll archer whose draw length probably would ch ange four or day holiday. I contend that it is the tension created by the with a burlap covered Saun­ ders Matt. So have the gang see the ch ampions' fa vorit e bow - the Pro Me_d a li ~t. five tl mes before his form stabilized. Without stabilized mechanical aspect of our styfe of shooting. Students of in ... have a ball! Invit e form. a klicker would be a detriment to this man. Don't get archery nowadays never seem to hear the instructors say, with patented Torque Stabilizers, and the many those special friends you me wrong, I am not running down klickers. I couldn't do " Relax!" F.or one thing, it is too dif ficult to relax when you can never get out to a range other exclusive features that make it the world's that, because some of the finest shots in the United States have so many mechanical t hings to do. To keep from get· (it's sneaky . . . but it works!) most accurate shooting bow! use a klicker very effectively. My contention is t hat the ting over·gadgeted, I think the accomplished archer should brand new archer should steer clear of the gimmicks until study his form and only use the gadgets where they are he has built the muscle to pull the bow and develop some needed. Why put on a klicker if you have no draw check '' The new Torque Compe11- sort of stabilized form. I have had this same situation occur problems? Why use a peep sight if your line is perfect? Why --/~more archery ,un sators fit previous Pro Med­ when new archers have seen somebody using a level, a use a kisser if you have no elevation problems? al ist Bows. Ask your dealer string peep sight, a kisser button, prisms, even telescopic If you are not scoring as well as you think you should, own a about this latest bow im­ sights. These things all are available and displayed in most have a competent instructor watch your form and pick out SAUNDERS Matt provement to improve your complet ely equipped archery stores. It is only natural that your major problem. Don't promiscuously go out and hang Guaranted to outlast score. the beginning archer will see these things and expect them every gadget you can find on your bow and expect it to iron other matts by 3 to 1 to make an "in sta n~" champion out of him. On the con· out your form perfectly. I have seen archers by the hun· trary. I think that for the novice archer to jump to the gad· dreds literally frustrate themselves out of archery because 11510 Natural Brid9e 8rid9eton, Missouri gets and gimmicks too soon will create excessive tension the gadgets did not deliver the perfect score. •

10 11 SHORT ARMS soldered. There i8 n1> sitch on Is there a bow designed specifically the commercial market at present.) for a short draw archer? I gather that some speed is sacrificed in bows FLETCHrNG PROBLEMS TECH due to deflexed limbs to prevent at­ I am writing in reference to an tacking at full draw. I draw only 26% article in the Sept/Oct 66 issue. The inches and my bow will be used for article was One Step MC>re by C. R. hunting, so speed is a primary con­ Learn. cern. I do not want a bow shorter Learn is talking of Rube Powell. TALK than fifty-eight inches. The terms, helical, spi,,.al and st,,.aight Don Lorig, are used in reference to . I ACTION-SIGHTS with level or plain Oshkosh, Wisconsin understand the straight, but what is $1.95 (There M e several b1>ws that might the difference between helical and 25 to choose from to HELICAL FLETCH fit your need, and the Red Wing spiral'! I have understood the terms What is the purpose of helical Hunter is one of them. Another that to be synonymous. · Top man - Colt U.S. Open '66 used one! $3.95 fletching? I am a right-handed shoot. i3 ~ceUmt from the standpoint 1>/ Gary Sides, el', so which direction should the helix speed is the Black Widow H-101.) Lubbock, Texas Try FLETCHETTES- soft plastic vanes on a tube be? Left or right? FOUR-BLADER (Straight fletching, of cottrse, is a Sizes for a11 arrows Jim Kleist, I enjoyed J im Dougherty's Corsican swaight feather aligned directly down slide on and shoot Target Madison, Wisconsin Ram Vs Pasaden·a Ham in the Nov/ the axis of the shafting. Spi,ral fle tch­ (Helical fletching is designed to ing is the same straight feather, but No glue required Dec 66 issue. I was interested in the Fluorescent colors permit the feather to screw its way four-blade Little Shaver broadheads it is glued on an angle to the aa:is of Hunter 1 through the air rather than se9"1Je· he used during this hunt. Could you the shaft, normally about one-eighth --- $3.50 simply as a defl-ecti?ig vane, which inch out in a five-inch length. doz. tell me how·he transformed the origi­ Used by winner -Washington state shoot '66! is the situation with a straight-fletch­ nal two-blade model into a four-blade (Helical fletching requires a curved ed feather set only at an angle. type? Is there some company that clamp to hold the f ea ther and results Not with a CONTOURED armguard! Black or White. (By theory, this eliminates drag and makes them up into the four-blader? in spiraling the f eath61' aroitnd the Molded, flexible pl astic to a contoured shape . it shoots with a maintained greater shaft much like the strip on a barber Thomas F. Alex, pole.) that really fits - no frayed edges to deflect stnng. speed. It also is f elt by many that Aurora, Missouri such fletching stabilizes a broadhead • VENTILATED • UGH EIGHT • INDESTRUCTIBLE (The f owr-blade Uittle Shaver is a As I have, in the pa.st year, begun better than a straight angle. It 11iakes modifwati

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By Keith R. Clemmons

EADS of perspiration coursed off our B foreheads and dropped lightly on sweat­ soaked shirts. The morning sun was warm on our backs even though a crisp breeze caressed the glaciers surrounding us. A fantastic panorama of color lay before us as Mount Hayes thrust its snow-capped peak high above into a cloudle11s blue !:>ky. A hanging snowfield on steep slopes clung desperately, then, with a voice of thunder, slid into a narrow valley joini ng the giant glaciers which surrounded our emerald h1land of grass. We stood spellbound by the stark beauty of this scene, unable to drink in· all it.c; Kran

would go a g-ood full curl, or irt the forty-inch class. signals so that we could help guide each othei· during The last day of the hunt broke clear and bright. few steps and dropped in his tracks. He fell about We hunted hard for the remainder of the day. How­ a difficult stalk. It was well over an hour before I As Ron emerged from the tent he announced that, sixty yards from us and never moved a muscle. Ron ever, due to circumstanccl:I such as inexperience, bad spotted Ron casing over the ridge behind the ram. I "today is our last day and I don't want to leave Alaska was elated and we slapped each other on the back and luck or you name it, we were unable to get close enough always get a kick out of watching someone else make a without a ram." danced a half-crazed dance. The sheep wa1m't a record for a decent shot. stalk arid was enjoying myself when I suddenly had He had given in and was going to hunt with his buster but still a pretty fair head. At this stage of the The second morning of the season found Ron and a horrible realization. Ron was stalking the wrong rifle. Had I had a rifle I might have been tempted game even a ewe with her tiny horns would have looked me high above camp. We had been climbing for several boulder. I grabbed the aluminum foil our lunches had myself but I didn't. Before we started this hunt I good to me. hours and had not Sl!en so much as a ground squin·el. been wrapped in and frantically signaled him. He promised myself that I would get a sheep with my bow In a couple of hours, we had the ram back in camp. At lunch time we were stopped on a "''ind-swept ridge caught on and I directed him to the. sheep much as or I wouldn't take one. I must admit however the temp­ Miller still was jubilant over his kill, but sensed my munching a sandwich when Ron nearly choked, the flight officer on an aircraft carrier guides planes tation born of frustration was great. disappointment. He suggested we fix: a quick bite to "There's a dandy." We put the scope on the ram and onto the deck of his ship_ Footsore and weary after days of climbing and eat, then try to locate me a ram. By now I was pretty sure enough it was a full curl. Within minutes he was in position, but.Old Lady rough hunting, we decided to hunt at a lower elevation skeptical of my chances but agreed to give it a try. "He'll go over forty inches for sure," Ron ex­ Luck kicked him right in the cheps when he slipped on than usual. Traveling up a small glacier stream about "There must be ram around here someplace," mut­ claimed. a loose rock and startled the ram. The sheep made one an hour out of camp, we stopped to rest and check the tered Ron. We were about an hour out of camp and The ram was directly across the canyon lying at jump and was running full speed when he came into hills about us. We were glassing the slopes above when, glassing the steep canyons and open meadows when I the base of a huge outcropping of rock. "He's your Ron's view at about forty yards. He left the first to our surprise, three rams came walking out of a detected a slight movement. ram," I said. "What's your plan of attack 7" arrow in his wake and the second hurried shot passed small canyon slightly below us and about eighty yards "Got one!" I announced. "Put the scope on the big Ron studied the Rituation for a few moments and over his back. Before Miller could get a third shot, the away. rock just below the notch on the crest of the hill." :iaid, "I'm going to drop off of this ridge, completely ram was gone. None of the 1·ams were full curl ; however, one was The twenty-power spotting scope revealed a nice circle around the slope he's on and come up from Two dead t ired, frustrated bowhunters staggered a mature animal with exceptionally heavy horns. ram with what appeared to be a full curl. Evidently behind." into camp that evening and even our usual excellent "The last one looks the best," I remarked as the he had been lying down and had just sta1ted feeding "That's a good idea. That way you'll be behind dinner and rowdy heart game couldn't shake Ron out blast from Ron's rifle drowned out my words. when we spotted him. He was moving toward a small cover during the cntirt? stalk," I agreed and he started of his black mood. Our bad luck continued for several The shot startled the sheep and two of them took saddle on the ridge several hundred yards above us. out. Ron and I previously had worked out a series of more days. off up the steep hillside. Ron's ram managed only a Continued on next page

16 17 To get a shot at this ram, I would have to be on the exhaustion but because my ne1-ves were playing hop­ crest of the hill when the sheep reached the top. scotch up and down my spine. I forced myself to sit The saddle lay several hundred yards up the ridge down, have a cigarette and wait. I didn't move from from where we were standing but the ridge offered that spot for about fifteen agonizing minutes but it good cover all the way to the top. All I had to do was seemed more like fifteen years. beat the ram to the saddle. The ridge was covered with I had carefully marked the trail where the ram caribou moss and low bush cranberries which made had disappeared and in a few minutes I could see the travel easy and quiet. In a matter of minutes I was in entire valley and glacier below. I glassed every inch of position behind a strategically situated pile of rocks on the glacier and surrounding terrain and could find no the far side of the saddle. All I had to do was wait, trace of the ram. which proved to be more difficult than climbing the I inwardly cursed myself for not following immedi­ mountain. From my rocky blind, I could not see down ately as my instincts had dictated earlier. Another the mountain nor could I watch the progress of the systematic survey of the area revealed nothing. ram. "What do I do now?" flashed through my mind as •• In my hunting career I have taken upwards of a I stood on that lonely, empty mountain. hundred big game animals with bow and rifle, but I The ram had been traveling on one of the several must admit that I was experiencing a sensation never deep worn trails when he disappeared, so I decided to felt before. The only explanation is I was getting a follow along it. I had moved only a few feet when I touch of buck feve1·. discovered a large splotch of blood. Throwing caution My knees began to 11hake, my hands trembled and to the wind I hurriedly moved along the trail. There felt damp and my mouth became desert dry. Thoughts was sign everywh~re and his route was clear. ricocheted through my mind. What if the ram should It was just a matter of minute11 before I spotted go the other way? What if he should take a different him barely visible behind a boulder far below and out trail? on the glacier. Cover was non-existent but the wind I could stand it no longer. I had to have a look. was in my favot'. The ram lay with his back to me I eased out from behind the ro

ichigan, using a Pearson bow. He still hvnts Florida area. This popular Randall-made knife features a seven-inch blade and stag handle. Each knife

BQ RANDALL: ARCHER \KNIFEMAKER By Milt Lewis

HEN I started some research to find out what Florida, plus making kniveE-. His only complaint is that knife. This one didn't last long either and before Joni;>; foxhole at night. A few Marines carried their Ran­ W constituteR a good , I was told to he can get out only occa!lionally to hunt small game he was making more. dall!! into the South Pacific, and it wasn't long before write to W. D. (Bo) Randall of Orlando, Florida. The and target shoot. The tempering and shaping of steel blades has for the demand for his knives was on. One Marine pilot suggestion came from a noted knife collector and an While in Michigan in 1936, Randall a friend centuries been recognized as an art.. Ancient craftsmen had hii-; shot out from under him, ditched in the expert on , knives and swords. He said, "ThiR scraping the bottom of his boat with one of the most have jealously i;i;uarded their secrets, and the sword­ water, then couldn't get the canopy open. With his Randall really knows his craft and I'd say he makes beautiful knives that he ever had seen. It was a Seagle, ma.kers of old Japan were treated as nobility. Damascus Randall, he hacked his way through the aluminum the finest knives in the world. All his ¥ives are hand­ made by a man Randall considered one of the greatest steel and the famed Toledo blade became bywords. fuselage. A short time later he had to use the knife made and you can tell their quality by the great knifemakers that ever lived. Thel'e are only a couple Similar acclaim came to Randall, as the word again and it hadn't lost its edge. On Iwo Jima, Major amount of priile and workmanship that goes into the hundred $eagles in existence today and these are col­ spread about his knives. Hunters from all part!! of the Richard Bong, the air ace, bought a Randall knife for making of each knife." lector items. After seeing the Seagle knife, Randall globe used them and found out that they not only were three bottles of Scotch and three British pounds. If During our correspondence, Randall mention ed that concluded that he must own one. He managed to buy beautiful, but held an edge that none other could you can remember what a bottle of Scotch went fol" he also shot both hunting and . While one with a six-inch blade, and after studying it close­ come close to. Jn 1938, Von Lengerke & Antoine of during the , this is an eloquent testimony to the attending Ohio State in the Thirties he became inter­ ly, decided to try to make one like it. Chicago ordered some knives; soon Marshall Field, knife. In Bo Randall's files are hundreds of letters ested in archery anrl won a few medals in the target In his Florida garage, he ~et up his knife-making Brooks Brothers, and Abercrombie & Fitch sent in desct·ibing their uses from hunting stories to hand-to­ events. in his shop, which really wasn't adapt­ orders. Knifemaldng took a rapid turn upwards, and hand combats. Today, as during the Korean War, he Years later he started to hunt and spent many able for work. Randall started looking for an assistant. He found one is making a special knife just for jungle f ighting seasons trying his bowhuniing skill in northern He .started with an automobile , which he in Bill Platt, whose father and family had been knife. in Vietnam. · Michigan, hunting for whitetail deer. still considers good steel for a knife. It took twenty­ makers in Sheffield, England for generations. Togeth­ The hardness of steel is determined largely by Hs He said that this was one of the most challenging four hours of hard labor to shape it out. With a piece er they put their talents to work as World War II carbon content. Alloys such as nickel, manganese and types of hunting, where one must outthink, outwit of elkhorn as a handle and some leather washers, he broke out. vanadium add special qualities and are essential to a the most elusive whitetail. made a good looking knife. He took it on one of his The Marines in the South Pacific found that the blade. Nickel decreases grain size and improvP.s the In 1954 he downed his buck with his fifty-five­ hunting trips and a number of men wanted to buy it. knife was not an obsolete , but one that could shock resistance. Vanadium decreases grain size and pound Pearson Palamino. Since that time he has been One person was so persistent that he finally sold it to save your life where a gun or wasn't the increases toughness. Manganese adds strength, but the busy managing his six hundred acres of oranges in him. Upon his arrival back home, he started another quickest way to dispatch an enemy creeping into a carbon content is the main ingredient that determines

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Actor Robert Middleton, currently in ABC's "Monroes" TY series, uses this knife for many purposef. (Below) In forging, Swedish steel is used to form the rough blade. It later is hardened, then tempered in oil bath. Randoll (right) and son Gory inspect the knife which was carried into outer space by astronaut Gordon . This is one of seven blades ordered for astro use.

The and cutting edges of knives are impor­ tant and should be shaped to give maximum strength and be capable of holding a razor-sharp edge. A hol­ low-ground blade, shaped and sharpened like a bar­ be1"s razor is unsatisfaclot·y for a hunling knife be­ cause its thin edge is likely to chip or break nnd dulls l'apidly. The blunt -type wide V bevel often fo'und on some commercially produced knives will not take a keen-edge. Handles are very important. Leather is the mosl These knives differ from standard Randoll patterns in that each was designed by customer, built to his order. popular and is durable. Stag handles are Randall's fa­ vorite, because one cau maintain a good grip on the knife while cleaning out a deer or animal, no matter how bloody Ws hands and knife gel. real hardness of the metal. Randall uses a Swedish the greatest. reputation and to bear the name of Shef­ ished Randall knife, it will take from eight to twelve Randall's biggest cmnplainl about. knife sheaths is tooling 8teel with .9 percent carbon. field or 8oligen, a knife must be good. But these months for delivery. · that most uen'l well designed and the leather is of "There is probably just as good steel made in the knjves l'eprese:nl the wo1•k of hundreds of factories, The demand is great and many famous people have poo1· quality. A good shealh should have a pocket for USA, but there isn't any better, so I use the Swedish and there is no way lo determine individual quality. waited the time to obtain one. To name a few: Gen­ a sharpening stone, be made of good, sturdy leather Dannemora tool steel that I have used for years." Some are hand-made, others are mac;hine stamped erals Curtis Le May, Westmoreland, Wheeler, l\Ic­ with thongs to tic down lo your leg if you get into Randall says, "Your basic steel is really the heart from a wide variety of steels. In Germany, about Donnell, Armstrong, Picker; writers such as Ian heavy brnsh. Knives should never be thrown, especial­ of yout· knife, so start with a high-grade steel." eighty pe1·cent of all cutlery made in that countty Fleming of James Bond fame, Warren Page, Town­ ly a good hunting knife for they are not balanced or Tempering and forging, along with grinding and comes from ovei· 1,000 firms in Soligen employing over send Whelen, Elmer Keith, Erwin Bauer, Ken Purdy; designed for throwing. 1f you like to throw a knife, sharpening are the fine arts that go into making a fine 14,000 workers. The plants make everything from din­ movie stars Robert Taylor, Bob Stack and Robert buy one that is designed for throwing. Always clean knife. lle has no super secret for his tempering pro­ nerware to screws. Middleton. your knife after each job, especially cleaning an ani­ cesseA, as did the old swordsmiths of Toledo blade Randall, since 1986 hm; made just over 30,000 When you buy a knife, Randall suggests, buy the mal or fish, for the blood and animal acids wilJ cor­ fame who used only water from the Tagus River. knives. He doesn't claim his knives are the best, "but best one that you can afford. Don't rush into buying rode and stain the metal of a knife. Never use a dry Others through the years held goat's milk or even hu­ thev are the best I can make. If I can learn how to one because it is pretty or the firm has a good ad­ grinding in sharpening a blade. It will destroy man blood as the key. To all of these Jegendi> and se­ improve them, then I will." vertising campaign. This is your most important piece the edge. Never use you knife to cut bones, metal 01· crets, Randall says, "Konsense. Proper cooling is im­ If you're getting the urge to make your own knife, of hunting equipment next to your archery tackle and pierce dollus such as illustrated in ads. Most knives portant, and I simply follow the advise from the me­ before you start, by all means send twenty-five cents boots. The most practical blade size is about six can cut bolts or metal, but their cutting edges must be tallurgical scientists who have developed and used a for Randall'i; catalog. In it he gives a step-by-step inches. A thin-bladed knife can be sharpened more changed to do this. A hunting knife is designed and special oil designed just for quenching hot .steel." process, and if one follows instructions, he can make a quickly, but loses its edge faster. A thicker blade takes sharpened for cutting flesh. Keep your knife sharp Among modern knifemakers, the cutlery of Shef­ good knife. I got the bug and made a beautiful knife, longer to shat·pcn, but will hold its edge three to four and remember that a sharp knife is safer to use than field, England, and Soligen, Germany, have acquired but I put in close to sixty hours. If you order a fin- times longer. a dull one. •

22 23 S\\AFT, SQUARE HOLE By C. R. Learn

With A Minimum Of Time And Materials, You Can Rack Your Arrows For Convenience And Safety!

The author selects arrows from rack in background which keeps shafts straight, points sharp, fletches unruffled.

ou bought 'em, now what are you going to do with all the and makes an att.-active r·ack when fin· Y 'em? I'm talking about those shiny new shafts I shed. clutched in your hot little hand. They may be a dozen T he size of the rack depends upon how big you want woods for rabbits, a batch of new glass by Gordon or· to make it. For a few shafts or a rack in which to put Microflitc or did you go all the way and get those long unfinished shafts while you work them, a small size dreamed of XX75s? They might be a special order o! works up just as well as a larger one. The only thing Forgewoods. that governs the size is your need. If you think big and Now that you've got th.cm the problem o[ where to keep a large supply on hand you can cut the plastic keep them becomes just that: a problem. You could sheet in half and make a big rack. This size will hold leave t hem in the box - if they came with a box - or eight hundred shafts! For more practical reasons the you could put them in your to Jet them hang lxlO wlJl make one large enough. Once again the size of against each other and ruin the fletch, or you could the rack in widlh is governed by the size board you use build, in a matter of only a Jew minutes, a rack to hold but the length is up to you, it can go the full twenty· your new and your old shafts. four inches if you like. ThA arrow rnclc C'..an he made from almost any mate· I picked a mid-Point and cut the decorator plastic to rial. Many take ordinary peg board, merely out the fit the width of the board, then cut the length of the holes and use this to make a rack. If you have the pa· plastic in half to give me two finished pieces that tlence and know-how, plcxiglass can make an attractive measure 9xll inches. This size will hold 288 shafts; arrow rack but you have to have a drill of the right large enough for most of us, r believe. pitch and the speed of the drill can't be too fast 01· the One thing I have found with the plastic materials plexiglass will shatter. So why not do it the easy way? is that they break easily. Care must be taken when Hunting through my clutch pile, I found a piece of handling them and especially when cutting them with good lxlO and some scrap sheets of 3mm hard· a saw. If you plan to use each hole Jn the rack it works wood ply le!t over from some forgotten project. well for unfinished or partially finished work but I Another short piece of lx2 and I had most of the found that by spacing my fletched shafts in every othel' materials needed for a good arrow rack. The needed ma· square and alternating on the next row it left plenty of terlal was some decorator plastic that is made In sheets air around the fletch to keep them from hunching and 24x24 with square holes one-half-inch wide. This saves getting pushed out of shape. Conti:mied on next page

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A Simple , sheet. and lattice-work decorator panel of plastic are all you need to bui ld an arrow rack. The job should not take more than a single E afte rnoo~. B Wide cuts a re for the plastic separators, and narrow cuts are for thin plywood sheet forming the bottom of the rack. Be sure to mark boards so dado cuts wil l be even when assembled . C Note that ~adoe ~ are not. cut all .the way. Grooves are squared an~ trimmed with a chisel, forming a tight shelf into wood chisel and cut the end of the dado cut square which the plastic separator will fit. D Use only a fine· and to the same depth. tooth saw or the brittle plastic will break. Support the If you are using the t1uartcr round, it on at the work flrm ly on both sides of the cut while sawing. E Af· marks. Take the ply and cut a bottom fo r the rack to ti;r assembly _the author applied red stain to the fit the plastic after it is inserted in the dado g rooves. pine board sides and the plywood back and bottom rubbed with steel wool and stained again. Any finish The ?est procedure is to assemble roughly the sides and Is suitable, including or no finish at all. It is best plastic, then make some quick measurementi;. The same howeve~, not to attempt painting the plastic lattice'. goes for the quarter round. Cut the bottom from the work grid. ply, then take the lx2 and cut two pieces to fit the length of the bottom ply between the sides. These will be glued and nailed to the sides of the rack to form a support for the bottom and to keep the sides in place. Insert the plastic 11ieccs that have been measured , a nd care.fully cut with the fine.tooth saw - a coarse B saw will break the plastic - into the dadoed grooves, then measure another piece of ply to be used for the back of the rack. ThiS will give the rack support and als? keep the plastic in place. If you prefer, you can s tain the pieces before assembling with t he plastic or assemble first, then stain or paint. The tools for this p1·oject would include a fine-tooth When the back is In place and nailed on the rack saw for the plastic, a standard saw for the wood, a ham­ is co:nplete except for the addition of the a~rows you mer, a few nails and glue. If you have a portable saw have purchased recently. There will be room in a rack or saw attachment for a drill, or better yet, a bench of this size for many more dozens of arrows and for saw, :yo~ can dado a cut the width o1 the plastic and unfinished shafts as well. I keep finished shafts in one slide 1t mto 1.hc grooves, put a section of ply on the rack and have another for the raw materials of Port bottom and one on the hack and you have a finished Orford cedar, glass and Forgewood. When I need an arrow rack. arrow I have a straight shaft that hasn't been warped If you can't dado, the small strips of 1x2 wHI work by having it in a box with something heavy placed on as well or perhaps some quarter round left from that top of it. It makes it faster to work since they are at last ~roject might be better. There is no weight on the hand when you need them and can be placed back in plastic so all you need is something to support it and the ra ck as you finish one oper ation such as cutting hold it in place. the nock taper, then the tapered brnadhead cut. Cut. two pieces of the lxlO fifteen inches long. Mark The size of materials and type of const1'U<::tion can each piece .from the bottom so the plastic will be paral­ be with your own modifications but this gives a fast, lel and at right angles to the sides and back. If you convenient a l'row rnck for storing maximum numbers dado, cut at the marks and don't cut all the way of shafts in a small space. • th rough. Stop about a half inch from the end. Take a 27 Here's A Youngster On The Move In The Direction Of An Olympic Medal!

Profile Of A Champ: JAMES S. STAMETZ

I By Joe Higgins I AMES S. Stametz iR seventeen y

With this kind of arrow grouping at extended ranges, the teenager can afford to smile even during practice. Left: Jim Stametz has learned to hold his Wing Presentation bow in a loose grip. Sight is Accra with ifs bubble.

The youngster favors the bottom of the chin anchor for some shots, al­ most bisecting his nose with string.

in competitive archery, even though he retained his 524-510 field rounds, for an aggregate total of 2067. hunting desires and despite the fact that his hunting A young man-on-the-move like Jim Stametz pre­ so far has netted him veni~on in the form of a good sents a clear picture to the public. But somewhere sized doe. along the line, the1·e has to be somebody helping. In All this was just three years ago. Later, Jim had this case, it is Paul Marcks of Allentown, a member other boosters, clm;er to home, in the figure of his of the Professional Archers' Association, who has PLAN YOUR INDOOR dad, Arthur, who now is active in tournament work coached Jim and usually accompanies the young cham­ RANGE AROUND and who holds a 480 average after shooting for only pion on the tournament circuit. a little over a year. "Naturally I'm indebted to my family," says Jim. The jump from hunting animals to spotting arrows "I've received nothing but solid encouragement and in targets was a short one and Jim made the leap with help. But I'd like to give a lot of credit to Paul as a vengeance. He started shooting instinctive barebow well. He has been a tremendous help and inspiration. llllllOWMll Tit,~ and shot that way for approximately six months and I guess that's aboui the way you'd put it." in ,January, 1964, began shooting on the Izaak Walton To win his most rece!lt title, Jim scored 525-527, WRITE • WIRE • CALL range located on the Izaak Walton Rod and Gun Club field; 538-519, hunter, and 516 animal, for a total of I in nearby Allentown. 2625. To accomplish this he used a bow that's well on His freestyle shooting with a sight started in July, its way to becoming his favorite, a Wing Presentation 1964, and .Jim began to pick up quite a few points, II, drawing thirty-nine pounds at twenty-seven inches. ~ llllllOWM,Tlt,·'/nc. ~ shooting then in the early 400s. The combination of He used a Hoyt. Flex Rest and Klicker and Easton [" • _ MANITOWISH WATERS, WISCONSIN S454S ·= .:::J basic interest in the sport. and developing ability jelled 245RT shafts, fletched with Deer Flyte Vanes with and he picked up the PAA Field and Target Inter­ channels. His sight is an Accra, with pin and bubble mediate Boys Title in 1965, shooting field, 489, hunter, level. WORLD LEADERS TAR G ET SYSTEMS 495 and a 504 animal round. He was on his way. He wears a Kini:< shooting glove and a Jim Picker­ IN AUTOMATIC RE Tu RN His highest field round has beeen a 54~ in practice ing arm guard, a comparatively new product on the and a 532 field and a 538 hunter round in competition; market. shot at the Izaak Walton Club champions hip. Mean­ What faces a young man of seventeen who has just while, he· didn't ignore his hunting; he feels that phase reached the top-most pinnacle attainable at his age? of archery keeps his target shooting edge honed. At the conclusion of the nationals, Jim's purpose The SPIRAL His victories continued; he managed to win the was plain; he planned to head for Flagstaff, Arizona, KILLER Mid-Atlantic Championship in 1965 at Watkins Glen, to compete in the men's amateur N AA Target Cham­ a:.raedhaed New York. Last year, at the same site, he was beaten pionships. And, of course, he planned to keep on put­ only by John Rudy, former national champ, who also ting in hours of daily practice, using and perfecting won the Mid-Atlantic Championship this year. But his methodical and somewhat slow technique. that destroyed no incentive for Jim. WORLD'S MOST "You're never so good that somebody won't come His future academic plans at·e as yet undecided; ADVANCED AND along and outshoot you," he says, with an insight rare he doesn't plan on college just yet. What he's got his MOST DEADLY for a seventeen-year-old. sights set on is an Olympic medal - and after that he BROADHEAD I Jim kept on the move. He placed seventh at the plans to join the Professional Archers' Association. (Ntw 11>-0•.) • Must rotate 0$ it penetrates Pearson Open in Detroit, and on a team with G€orge Adults who have watched the teenager perform $3.75sir1t1ght Bt•dt Slinzer, Sherwood Schoch and Ernie Lehan, won the think he'll go a long, long way in competition - right • Conriot windplane Indoor Open Amateur Team title. And he also shot a to the to'J). • Helical bla des (l or R) match fea1 hers • Ultimate accuracy 290 PAA round at this time! And th() t eenager involved, Jim Sta metz by name, He won the amateur division at the Gray Eagle listens and grins and is pleased. He has a few ideas MILLER SKI CO. OREM1 UTAH Open at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, with 507-526- along those lines himself! •

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3 3 2 The Hawaiian lava flows support thousands of these animals: Some billies carry horns meosurin lo three feet.

Hawaii's Bowhunting Is Virtua'lly Un rest.ri cted, And Game Is Plentiful Even For The N eophyte! VOLCANOLAND

By Frank Hulce

\Vhen my good friend and hunting part­ ner, Bob Snelson, passed away November 17, 1965, he 1.cft behind some. unfinished business. Bob had wTitten several articles for BOW & ARROW praising the bowhunt­ ing we have here in Hawaii. · I am an Upper Peninsula Michigan farm boy, transplanted to Hawaii, so I have some pretty good country fo1· comparison. When I first learned that big game was plentiful here, with no closed season and generous bag limits, I thought surely this was the happy hunting ground at last. Where else on public hunting grounds can you buy a license fol' $7.50 and legally kill a deer and six sheep a year, plus two pigs and two goats a day? On private lands there is no limit to the game one can kill. The best part of all is that there is game to match the laws. Our most recent hunt to the so-called Big Island, Hawaii, is a casP. in point. We planned the hunt fol" X P.W Year's weekend, bonowin.a; the last three days of DP.cembcr to make it a five-day hunt, Four of us made the two hundred-mile trip from Oahu by plane and were greeted in Hilo by my dentist, Dr, Sakamaki, who was raised on the Big Island and was hack for a visit Doc agreed to go alo.ng to film some of the hunt and ahw try his hand at hunting the hard way.

34 Apart from myself, a twelvP.-year veteran of bow­ hunting in Michigan, Wisconsin and Hawaii all were i·ookies on this hunt. Dave Green and Fred Escher, college students who had been shooting only two months, were eager for the trail. Lew Walter had made a few short trips with me for deer on the isle of Lanai but had yet to draw blood. Arriving in Hilo, we obtained our permits from the local Fish and Game office, rented a state cabin a nd got keys to the hunting areas. Doc already had picked up a week's groceries, so we were off to the mountain. The best archery are11s are on the slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii's highest peak -- 13,796 feet. The cabins are at 7,100 feet and the diffor ence in climate from s7a level is unbelievable. I always feel like a completely d1ffe.rent pen;on at that; altitude. Of course, being in huntrng country has some bea1·ing on how I feel, I think. Lew Walter inspects sow and boar, both of which were From left: Dove Green, Fred Escher, Fronk Hulce and Lew We reached the cabins at three o'clock Tuesday, token on the first afternoon of the hunt. In island's areas Wolter, with the die-hard boar that tried to evade the December 28, and lost no time getting to pig and sheep where water in plentiful, boar weigh 300 pounds. hunters after it had been hit, but was located in dark. country fourteen miles from the cabins and between 8,000 and ~.ooo feet elevation. Lew stayed down in the middle of the area, which is five miles square, while the lw,t of us took the jeep to the uppe1· boundary. hundred sheep. He shot a nice ewe, followed the band and we finished up with three sheep and a pig. It A half-mile from the top we ran into two small bands a while and missed a couple shots. I was still~hunting was nearly midnight when we finished skinning and of sheep on the jeep road. Fred and Dave we.re anxious all morning, saw about fifty s heep and missed several had our evening meal. to stalk them. 'I'hese bands us ually move only a short tnies none big enough to climb, glanced back and saw long shots. We met at the jeep after lunch and parted Friday we decided to try the Lava F lats for goats. distance and stop again, so I felt the boys had a good that. he had stopped where I had been. I turned around for the afternoon hunt. I went back to look fo1· the We gained several sorP. nnkles and a few close misses chance. and put three more arrows in that pig, in the neck sheep and the rest elected to hunt pig near the boun­ but no meat. Doc had to leave us that afternoon, so Doc and I proceeded to the top, left the jeep and and s houlders, and each time he would just stagger a da1·y of the hunting area. we quit hunting early and tried to rest for the next parted company. Because it was the time when most little and shake his head. About the time I ran out of I came upon a large herd about five o'clock and day. animals were out feeding, I was on the alert from the arrows he ran out of blood, rolle

Each arrow was carefully checked and scored before being pulled. Any scor­ ing question was settled by target eoptain, whose decision was final.

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The tournoment wos held in the convention hall of the Saharo Tahoe Hote l. All rounds were shot at 20 yards.

The trophy shoat's first round was well has all the makings for succes, as they put all of their hotels or resorts, especially in Nevada, is that they in the woman's division. A group of California free­ underway, the contestants w~re past the knowledge and resources behind it. The only question have so much going on at all hours, such as shows, style shooting men came to make sure that Pickering halfway point, when several of the waiting mark in the whole 1:1cheme is the attendance. Such was music in the lounges, fine food - and gaming table::i had some competition. They included Vic Leach, Dar­ the case with the new Sahara-Tahoe, the late.st addi­ - that most archers are simply overwhelmed by the rell Blair and the aforementioned Clarence Kozlowski. money shooters came up and one asked, tion to the Del Webb chain of resorts. pace and forget that they have a tournament to shoot. From Oregon came Arnold Manning and Everett "Who do you think will win the top Earlier this year the Sahara-Tahoe staff, looking For many it is relaxing and full of fun, but for the Gish, and still other archers traveled from 400 to 500 money?" for a sporting event to sponsor, contacted Archery, seriou::i contender it takes more concentration and de­ mi les to shoot. Incorporated, to see if it was at all possible to hold termination not to over-indulge. When Kozlowski entered the trophy event, I asked I looked up, frowned a little and said, "I believe it an archery shoot at this new hotel. They contacted The 161 shooters who registered had a ball, and all him, "You mean to tell me you don't have enough tro­ will be Jim Picke1·ing from Utah, then Kozlowski or Archery, Incorporated because of the organization's enjoyed themselves as they shot in one of the lar ge phies sitting around your house, that you have to com­ Leach for the second spot." I no sooner made my com­ fine track record in conducting successful tournaments convention halls. The black-and-white PAA targets pete in the trophy shoot?" ment than I felt a hand ~rah my arm and as I turned at Las Vegas, Mammoth Mountain and Catalina were set out at twenty yards from the shooting line "It isn't that," he explained. "I just have to get around I looked squarely into the smiling, but deter­ Island. With a big area from which to draw archers, and scored 5-4-3-2-1 on a sixteen-inch face. more practice under the pressures of a tournament. mined face of Clarence Kozlowski, one of California's including the four states of Oregon, Nevada, Califor­ The shooting arrangements inside the convention Otherwise I just can't get myself in the proper physi­ top archers. nia and Utah, the Sahara people wanted a successful hall were such that the archers had to be split up into cal and mental shape." "You musl be kidding. I'm going to win. I didn't tournament from which they could build better and three shooting groups: two for the trophies and one Later he told me he needed all of the top-flight travel all this way just to shoot at-rows into some hay." bigger archery shoots in the years to come. Following for the money. competition that he could find to get himself into con­ The Sahara Tahoe's First Annual Trophy and Archery Incorporated's format and using a combina­ Several archers had traveled from as far as Salt dition for the big Colt-Sahara-Easton $15,000 Tourna­ $1000 - Money Tournament turned out to be a b ig tion of local archery talent from nearby Reno, they J,ake City and this contingent was Jed by Jim Picker· ment in Las Vegas in February. His two rounds of success. Anytime thal a large resort area gets out and launched their first archet·y tournament. ing. Louise Snyder from Las Vegas and Lou Shine 288 and 291 out of a possible 300 gave him a total of sponsors a sporting eve.nt, you can be assured that it The main drawback to having it at any of the big from Los Angeles were the leading free-style shooters 579 to take first place in the trophy shoot. Scott Ed-

38 39 HUNT WITH KITTREDGE Continued f 1·om page 8 My hunti ng partner, Jack Howard, remained high on the opposite canyon wall so he could direct me through the maze of brush. All of a sudden, from his violent arm mo· tions, I realized that 1 must be close to my quarry. After freezing for a few moments, I cautiously started around a clump of black and found myself eye·ball to eye·ball with a beautiful buck not fifteen feet away. He had me riveted with his eyes, his muscles tensed, ready to leap away. I didn't dare so much as bat an eyelash, let alone start my draw. Jack's application of an attention getting sound saved the day. He started whistling softly and waving his arms. The buck immediately turned his head to look up the can· yon at Jack and I was left with the most perfect broadside shot a bowhunter could ask for. For the record, I missed . . . but that's another story. Hunting partners often can make use of a whistle, a grunt or other sound to get the attention of an animal away from a partner, or use an alarm noise to move the critter towards the other hunter. All sounds mean something to a Here's the quiver your arrows and you have been wild animal. He pays strict attention to every sound he waiting for-the beautiful new #409 TAR&ET KING. 2 colors: Cedar Gunstocll or Black Grirzly oil· hears. If the sound is recognized as dangerous and close to tan ned leather for extra long wear . . . extra hand, he bolts. If farther away, he moves off more slowly. softness .•• extra water resistance, too. Strap· If the sound is normal to the area and time of day, such end belt·hooks make for easier wearing and re· as the squeak of a mouse, a movement of other deer, call moving. 2 pockets for added convenience: acces· sory (zippered) and pencil. Easlly holds 18 arrows. of a bird. he pays no visible attention. When the sound isn't For archers who know superb quality. See your recognized, the animal comes to full attention and remains KING DEALER or write: motionless until he determines whether it is friend or foe. A sound which the animal immediately associates with ~ man is highly frightening and will cause him to move away: a cough, voices, ticking of a watch, bumping a metal object. A sound he doesn't understand, like the soft twang of a 1(,NG SPORT· LINE co. jarred , will bring him to full attention untll he 210 W. Del Mar, Pasadena, California determines what the sound was and from where it came. Animals can be brought toward a sound through curios· Final winners of the $1000 money ity. Soft sounds of which the animal does not know the source and can't explain often can cause him' to investi­ event were {clockwise!: Jim Pickering, gate through natural curiosity. An oldtimer I once met in the second; Kozlowski, first; Vick Leach, back country told me he could sit down patiently in rabbit third, and Arnold Manning, as fovrth. country, and by pecking and scratching the ground gently lead. Finally, with time running out, he faltered and with a stick, often would have a rabbit or other small a ni· dropped a point, then another, and in the meantime mal sneak up to see what was going on. The ticking of a Clarence held his two-point lead and won it with a. clock left under a pile of pine needles will cause deer to total of 586 to take the $150 top loot. Pickering's sec­ closely investigate during the night as evidenced by' the ond spot was worth $100 with 584. Vic Leach 578 for number of hoof prints found the next day. The use of a third, Manning with 568; Blair, 568, and sixth was high-pitched varmint call for a wavering bleat can call up Van Marshall from Utah with 567. all sorts of animals through curiosity - animals which are Louise Snyder from Las Vegas started the wom­ not predators, such as deer, antelope or pigs. I carry a Burnham close range call in my pocket when hunting in al· en's money round with a 267, a seven-point lead over most any area. It can be used to call up a coyote seen feed· Lou Shine. She never gave up her advantage and Ing ln a far-off meadow, to soothe an alarmed doe, to spook went on to win the free-style money event with a score up an area when used as a hawk call, to cause unseen bed· of 538. Shine had 519; England, 469, and Epperly, ded game to rise up and for many other useful sounds. 389. Most commercial game calls normally work by imitating TROPHY WINNERS: the actual sounds of the animal being hunted. By talking his MEN'S FS . . . A - Kozlowski 579; Edwards 563 ; language, you can tell him to come in and see what's going Marshall 546. B - Moyer 530; Langham 526; Foster on. You appeal either to his hunger for food , sex, or other Jr. 523. C - EJliott 476; Collins 464; Anderson 458. animals of his type. There are game calls on the market for MEN'S BAREBOW ... A - Roach 460; Ga1·ner 410; just about every species of game. The best way to learn to use one is to buy a record of the .actual animal sound, Boylan 382. B - Edson 549; Matzen 498; Diehl 459. listening first to the record, then trying to imitate the C - Capps 480; Bauer 439; Adamson 431. D - Bauer sound with the call. Like learning to play a musical instru­ 440; Matheus 384; Sturgill 378. ment. it takes a bit of time and practice, but the results can EMINENCE IN WOOD wards wa11 second with 563; followed by Van Marsh­ WOMEN'S FS .. . A - Snyder 551; Rea 208. B - be more than worth the effort. A continuous effort by Stem to main­ all's 545 for third. Matzer 448. C - Collins 372; Blair 325. A sound which creates a situation of interest in the mind As soon as the final r ound of the $1000 money WOMEN'S BAREBOW ... A - Williams 385; Hob­ of the hunted animal also will bring him in. Rubbing and tain bold inventories of hardwood shoot started late Sunday afternoon, people gathered son 361; Langham 247. B - Mills 266. knocking together of antlers during the rutting season can lumber and sliced wood ranging from to watch. Most of the spectators were archers and JUNIOR FS ... Klaurens 542; W. Klaurens 530. be a magnet to a pugnacious deer or elk who thinks the friends of the competitors. Leading after the first JUNIOR BB ... Ashby 379; Akins 295. sound comes from a couple of his fellows butting heads. domestic Ash to exotic Zebrawood round was Kozlowski, 294; Pickering, 292; Leach, 291; The growing sport of calling up predatory animals such as AMATEUR MEN ... Brinkman 577; Tone 564; Mc­ bobcat, coyote and fox is based upon making the sound of assure you a reliable source for over Blair and Gish, 288; Manning, 285. Cormick 557. a seriousty injured and frightened small animal wh ich the 100 species. Within five ends, Jim Pickering had picked up two AMATEUR WOMEN . . . Chevalier 450; Good 395 ; predator could capture easily as a free meal. Here you make points to go into a tie with Clarence Kozlowski and Brazeal 356. no attempt to sound like the animal you are after, instead CHESTER B. STEM, INC. my prophesy started to look good. Pickering kept up A Sahara vacation was won for the highest score you try to sound like the animal he wants to eat. Just the the pressure on Kozlowski, but never could take the by Kozlowski; A Bear bow by Ken Moyer. • Continued nn page 43 1100 GRANT LlNE ROAD • NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, U.S.A.

41 COVY ARROW STRAIGHTENER MAIL POUCH Pat. 2,954.814 Continued from page a HUNT WITH KITTREDGE SO SIMPLE Continued from page 41 soe v.:cctR~~i can operate ill a representative of the Aust ralian Fredo~ feather Says .. . Bowhunter's A::isociation, it is unfor­ squeaking sound of a defenseless field mouse caught in the ~~!lly all top archers own tunate that Stephens did not make crotch of a sage bush can call up a hungry hawk or bobcat. SO COMPACT Often the sound of an animal natural to the area can pack It with regular tackle! himself known to us. We would have See Yol!r Dealer or given hi m every assi stance, welcomed act as a calming agent to game the hunter has accident· Order Direct ally alarmed. During a stalk, a deerhunter might unexpectedly $25 WITH ONE BUSHING t~e OPI>?rtu.nity of meeting hi m anrl State arrow diameter gwen hn~ introductions to any bow­ pop a small branch just as he is getting close to his quarry. ($1.75 for each extra bushing The soft bleat on a rubber band deer call, or the use of the - 9 sizes) huntcrs m the area or along the route he intended taking. close range Burnham call, can sound like a small deer to covv Recently two Amedcan bowhunters the herd ahead and reassure them that there is no danger. on. a wo1·king holiday used theil' initi­ There are noises a careful bowhunter should guard NO INI O...E-- AL_E_R_S_.· __L_~.: _g_~s_,A_~_i£_,~_rr_._~-~-~_2_ _J ative to make contact with the ABA against making. The wearing of hard surfaced clothing in· · ··(1-:t•• by looking- up the telephone directory vites a loud scratching noise when the hunter moves through "Pink Pages" undet· Clubs - sub­ brush, a noise game immediately associates with . heading, A rchery. T hey phoned me Wear soft woolens wit h a nap which deadens a scratching .'=. fUaN DUil IO DBTANQ" upon arrival in Sydney. branch and makes it sound more like brush against animal •MMe - " °"' PIAl For fast service in a complete line . Dick McClain of Texas anivcd hair. Several washings of the popular bowhunting camou· l":'.fANT ~Al~ SMANSHIPI Just.focus this re. flage suits will soften the material and greatly help keep the ~1sion. optical mst~ument on any target. bial of the finest archery equipment - first, followed by Joe Sloss. Oui· local bowhunting group soon had them in· hunter's movements quiet. instantly. shows d1st11nce in rds. Leu you A twig bumping your bowstring can cause an alarming ad1u~t. sights for. deadly accuracy every shot. doct1foated to Australian conditions FIRST IN Ternfrc for varmint hunters. ~MARTIN'S and they hunted nearly every week­ sound which carries quite a way during a still morning. The QUALITY ANO sound of the arrow being drawn is a real attention getter TEXAS FEATHERS IOCORPORRTED ARCHHY MODEL-just 8 inches long 13 to °7'~ARCHERY end out of Sydney with r easonable RESEARCH ' 8011. 11& • 810WNWOOO lUA\ lt.801 2~0 yd. range, _only $9.fS. Deluxe Mod~I . with success and boundl ess e.nthusiasm. just at the wrong time! Every hunting bow should have a soft telescope eyepiece and leather case, $17.IS. ~.COMPANY Sydney, with a population of over arrow plate and rest. A piece of buckskin, or simply a piece HUNTING RANOEPIN~ll - 12 inches long, 20 2,0~0,00 0, ii: fast becoming an inter­ of mole-skin corn plaster, will deaden against the side of to 500 yd. range, wrth telescope eyepiece & national bowhunting center. Fol' ex­ the bow, while a regular vertica l feather rest will do the job leather $29.95. Route 2, Box 432 case, ample, a recent Saturday morning':; on the rest. JO-D11y Mo11ey-ba,k G11a1·11111u. Send ched1. or WALLA WALLA, WASH. 99362 Some years back I read Francis Sell's great hunting mo11er order to events as they happened: .Toe Slo:;s and his fathci: left for Darwin foi· book, Advanced Hunting. A statement was made in the dis· U.1ler1: FEDlllAl INHRUMEtlT CORI'. Bll·J Sold through authorized dealers only. th1·ee weeks of bowhunt after buffalo cussion on sounds to the effect that one of 'the most fright· Writ. Ul. 114-06 ROCKAWAY ILVD., JAMAICA 20, "· r. Write for '66 Cotolog and c ~·ocorlilc, hoping to make con­ ening to wild game was "no sound." There always is sonie tact with the ABA t•cp, ~ff A1·nold, sound in the woods during any normal safe period of the who may have heen on safari in Ar· day. The only animals that move without making sounds are hem Land; n visiting New Zcalancler those hunting, such as a predatory lion or man, or those as well as a fellow conveit to bow­ who are frightened and quietly sneaking out of the area. Protect your magazines ... enhance your archery library hunting we1·e meeting a few local When a deer feels something is about, yet there is no sound howhunteni . a.nd completing anange­ to identify it, he immediately becomes alarmed. ments to v1s 1t the Macqua1·ie 1''ield Sound can be associated with an activity and the animal Rowhuntc1·s' course, on the Sunday; pays little attention. Fishermen working along a stream or ATTRACTIVE, two 1 eps from t he Cessnock Rowh unt­ hikers on a trail can be talking to each other and making ers, a hundr.ed miles north, atTived to all sorts of noise, yet run onto deer that pay little attention STURDY Pl'l'.Sent the inaugutal ABA inte1··club to them. I've seen one instance and heard of others where· tl'ophy, whi ch oui· club won l'ccently. in deer are intentionally walked right up to just by appear· Jill S IGHT P AId') INT[R('Hl\t~ Gol:.f· B U. ;rr-m rcr. I-Pt~ 'r-itl'll 1111FH ;·-- E On the same mol'ning, Noel Selig ing to pay no attention to them and talking in a normal Bl~n,D. ·~ R phoned f~i· a last minute briefing be· manner, or making some other sound normal to the situ· foi·e leavmg· by jet for a three-week atlon. A nice buck used to frequent the side of a fenced holds two-year supply of bowhuntinir hip to New Zealand as yard where a fellow would mow the lawn twice a week. A the guest of the New Zealand Bow­ local hunter heard of this buck and tried several unsuccess· BOW & ARROW Magazines hun~crs' Society. He was to pi·cpare ful times to stalk the deer. Finally he tried pushing the detail;; fo1· the five-man safari to deer lawn mower in front of him as he moved up on the deer. The b.inders are of heavy duty quality, hunt the?rc in Fcbl'uary. Result: venison in the locker. The minute the bowhunter did (ONTINENTAL featuring a pebble grain finish on rich . We maintai n the ABA is the best something that fit the pattern the deer was used to, the rn1r10N ~,11 brown leather·like material, with 14·karat informed and be:J t equipped group of buck paid no attention. gold stamping. Just what you have been bowhunte1·s anywhere, who can shoot One time I was working my way along a deer trail into a wanting to preserve those back issues! as. well. Personal contact, books, mag­ lush feed area during the late afternoon and was not pay­ Order TODAY! ~ '\"~ azmes, cor.resp~ndence a.n

43 This Man's On A Crusade To Prove That This Ancient Arm Is Needed Today In The Vietnam War!

Above: The bolts developed for experimental combat By Jack Lewis vse in the Vietnamese jungles were tri-bloded brood­ heads of familiar design. (Right} On the late.st 150- povnd crossbow developed for Vietnome~e vse, Benedict ha.s in.stalled this heavy· duty bows1ght. LTHOUGH Pentagon sources steadfastly deny it, A there is every evidence that thinking has lapsed back to the era of the Crusades in search of a weapon that kills silently but with deadly efficiency. That arm is the crossbow and it is being used on an the Army's Limited Warfare Laboratory procured and expe1·imental evaluation basis, at least, today in Viet- nam. tested several types of and conclud~

44 45 THE FINEST FLETCHING EQUIPMEN1' F'OR PERFECT ARROW MAKING o· 1 . Graduated scale on side of clamp for spacing l eath~rs or vanes No other fletching equipment gives you all these features: L ia accura5 tely from nock. 6. Allows clear vie':" of fletching work at your setting and you can fletch your arrows.diagonally, straight, all times. 7. New self-centering nock receiver fits a~~ n.ocks. See or true helical fletch right hand or true helical tletch left hand. the most advanced, versatile and acc urate fletching 11g in archery 2. Spaces feathers or vanes 1200. 900, 750 x 1050, or 500. 3. P ~e · at you r dealer's or orde r direct. with straight ~lamp $18.50. cision die cast, form fitted thumb co nt~olle

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