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in reply to: New TBM, question for Don Thomas #33553
Duncan wrote: [quote=Chiloquin]Might I add, I worry about the future of our lifestyle, as the trend is to make hunting a SPORT, something that is won. People who deal with Nature as a “game field” have missed the point! If our lifestyle turns into mere sport, along the lines of MMA, Hunting will turn into something dark.
Well said! And another cyber handshake!
And to you Duncan.in reply to: She's finally gone… #30508gidaddy911 wrote: Well, I sold my Parker Compound bow yesterday. She’s finally gone. After learning to shoot my recurve there is no way I’m going back. The cool thing about all this is my wife has noticed my passion for my new hobby and is starting to get interested herself. I sent her to the bow shop to pick up my flu flus and the guy told me she was admiring the beauty of the bows. Cross those fingers and throw some prayers my way. I would love to make traditional archery and bowhunting a family affair (although with 5 kids thats a lot of green equipment).
Just wanted to say thanks to the guys on this site. I have picked up tons of helpfull info from you guys by reading your posts and will have tons of questions in the future as I start to get ready for hunting.
I hope they take it up.
in reply to: Predators and A Hunter's Conscience #29224Treetopflier wrote: Chiloquin said, “they have out grown the wilderness.”
Well it seems to me that we have a logical, if not easy, fix here: get more wilderness! I like the way you guys “argue” so politely and I’m trying to learn to be as good as you at this tough stuff. And like you, I’d sure rather be hunting. 😛 ttfMy point is if they are coming in town to eat, what are they doing to the elk and deer in the woods!
I have a TON of respect for Dave, He is doing great things promoting the way hunting should be. There is no way I would “argue” with him, but the situation in Oregon is a hard one due to the ban of dog and bait hunting–and I was offering information for an open mind to chew on, as our circumstances here are out of balance.
I will not poke at anyone here!
Nate
in reply to: Non-chinese Wool Shirts? #29100Reddwarf wrote: I find myself looking more and more for products that do not carry that “Made in China” label.
Currently I am looking for a quality wool shirt that is made in the USA or Canada. Any recommendations?Thanks
Red Dwarf
in reply to: Predators and A Hunter's Conscience #28758David Petersen wrote: J — I hope not. I much like what you just had to say.
I’m just back from 2 weeks camping and hunting desert whitetails in remote AZ near the Mex border. Coyotes were my nightly entertainment. One morning a 35-pound yote came in and playfully chased off a ton of longhorn steer at the pond I was ambushing, then he/she drank with joy and the gusto of a life well lived, like me at happy hour. Another morning a family/pack of 3 came through and the last one sat down “Santa Fe style,” and barked and yelped his/her heart out for a good long while. “Oh, the joy!” In their turn, the deer still came. Why would anyone want to trade away the special thrill of being in the wild presence of coyotes or wolves or grizzly bears, for a few more deer or elk? I hunt to experience wildness, within as well as without. It’s all good by my dim lights. Up with diversity. dave
I absolutely agree Dave. I would hate to enter the woods that have no, yotes, cats, or bears, but the balance here in Oregon is disturbed, and we are losing our blacktails. Cats, which normally are hard to find, are stalking the low lands as they have out grown the wilderness. I saw more bears last year then bucks, and I’m not alone. Odfw has tried to curve the problem by offering residents the chance at 3, count them 3 bears per person per year! Oregon is over ran with big predators. I’m afraid they are going to eat themselves out of house and home. I do not want to live in a world without these animals, I almost feel a kinship to them, but if their numbers aren’t controlled I feel we will eventually lose them.
in reply to: most challenging animal to hunt? #28749Blacktail bucks of the rain-forest make an idiot out of me every season. They are like a turkey with a nose. I hope ODFW gets a handle on the predators in the state, or our days of chasing these critters are limited!
in reply to: ID Traditional Day — come if you can! #28724David Petersen wrote: On Feb. 5, the ID Traditional Bowhunters will host a “Traditional Day” in conjunction with their annual banquet. The location is Meridian/Boise. Vendors include Archery Past, Traditional Bowhunter Magazine (full staff will be there), Eclipse broadheads, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Don Thomas Books, and more. There will be a shooting area, seminars, social and dinner with speaker Norm Johnson. This event is a very welcome effort to replace the old TradBow West Expo that died a few years ago. I’ll be there and hope you can make it too. For more info and to reguster go to http://www.idahotraditionalbowhunters.com dave p
great, thanks for posting, I miss the trad west expo! Im going to try to make this one!
in reply to: New TBM, question for Don Thomas #25060J.Wesbrock wrote: [quote=Chiloquin]Might I add, I worry about the future of our lifestyle, as the trend is to make hunting a SPORT, something that is won. People who deal with Nature as a “game field” have missed the point! If our lifestyle turns into mere sport, along the lines of MMA, Hunting will turn into something dark.
I haven’t received my copy yet, so I haven’t read the editorial. But I wanted to respond to the above quote. Chiloquin, if I could reach through the computer screen and shake your hand, I’d gladly do it. Well said!
While we’re on the subject of Don’s writing, I think he summed up my feeling quite well in a piece of his years ago. I’ll have to paraphrase it from memory, and I hope he forgives me if I butcher it, but it was something along the lines of bad things happen when people bring copetition to bear on pastimes where it doesn’t belong.
Heaven help us if bowhunting ever turns into the circus that bass fishing has become.
Consider hands shooked!:lol:we enter the woods to learn, not to teach!
in reply to: New TBM, question for Don Thomas #25055rnorris wrote: “However, the immediate impetus may have been a cover letter from an intended new contributor–well known in non-TBM bowhunting circles, or at least trying to be–explaining that he wanted to write for the magazine in order to enhance his prestige and reputation. How do you spell DELETE?”
Don, that answer makes me like TBM all the more. Thanks for taking the time.
Roger
Double Ditto….TBM is still a honest hunting publication. I don’t read many anymore, but I never miss TBM.
in reply to: muck boots #22750I wouldn’t be caught dead without my muck boots!
in reply to: New TBM, question for Don Thomas #20962Might I add, I worry about the future of our lifestyle, as the trend is to make hunting a SPORT, something that is won. People who deal with Nature as a “game field” have missed the point! If our lifestyle turns into mere sport, along the lines of MMA, Hunting will turn into something dark.
in reply to: New TBM, question for Don Thomas #20946rnorris wrote: I just read Don Thomas’s editorial in the new TBM about trad bow celebrity. I was wondering if something happened specifically, or if this was just a general warning about hero worship?
Regardless, great words Don. We should remember them in our every day lives, not just with respect to bowhunting. Thanks.
Don is one of the most down to earth guys I have had the pleasure of dealing with–with that said — he can write, and I look to his writing as something to aspire to in my own writing. That is called indirect mentor-ship, something that has happened among men for thousands of years.
With that said I think it is healthy to have mentors. Don, and many others, is one of mine!
in reply to: Boots For The Bold #18936Larry O. Fischer wrote: Forty years ago I purchased my first pair of White brand boots and followed the instructions from the retailer to only used Sno-Seal. After a couple of months the leather started to dry out and split. Whites looked them over and determined that I had starved the leather of oil, the retailer was not to happy when he had to buy me a new set of $100 boots.
You need to use something that has both a wax and oil blend, Montana Pitch Blend or Obenaufs are two that come to mind.Wow a $100 pair of Whites–Wish I could find a deal like that!I usta wear them when I worked in the woods. I have two pairs of Danners, one highly insulated and the other has no insulation at all! I wish they still made the Old Pronghorn as the new ones don’t look like they will hold up! In the wet snowy stuff you can’t beat my muck boots, and wool socks!
in reply to: New to the Trad Scene #18822ssumner1 wrote: Thanks for all the continuous help that I have received thus far. It is amazing that I have been a member for only one day, and already have had more info given than I ever expected and so quickly as well. Thanks again.
Welcome Ssumner1! There is nothing like the wood aarow! I use magnus heads, and have never had a problem with them, but any well made head will do if it is scary sharp and put in the right spot. Traditional Archery is more about the archer and less about the gear. Welcome!
in reply to: My neck of the woods. #32417your neck of the woods are nice!
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