[JodyS]

in reply to: Who Hunts Alone Most of the Time? #34099

I usually hunt alone too. I did share camp, er cabin, with a trad bow buddy this past deer season. We hunted different areas on my property, but had dinner and good conversation every night. It was the best of both worlds: solitude in the woods and good company at dinner time.

Dave is telling the truth, it is hard not to stay up late telling campfire stories…and he does.

It seems like a common theme in this thread that causes us to hunt alone is the desire for solitude, but also a lack of folks who have the same mindset/views that we do, albeit our spiritual, hunting, or ecology views.

One of the things that makes this website, and TBM, so engaging is that a good number of us share many, but not all, of the same views. There is common ground yet room for open mindedness. 💡 Rare indeed today…

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: Short Bows #33548

I am a member of the “Shrew Crew” too. Let me toss in another bowyer/bow that, to quote Dave, “speaks” to me too. In addition to the Shrew Classic hunter, I also have an “Apache” by Roy Hall of Navajo Bows. It is 8 inches longer than my Shrew, so, while it loses a point or two for length it also makes those points back for feel, quietness, and beauty. I have ordered a shorter Apache, 56 inches, so I will get to try it alongside the Shrew Classic Hunter in a few months. I suspect that they will both perform flawlessly. Roy makes great recurves too, check him out at http://www.najavobows.com. So many choices, so little time…

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: Fantastic Armguard #29641

Hey Wide Angle,

Welcome to the TBM site. On this site you will find good advice, good folks, and very interesting discussions.

Indeed, Tim’s craftsmanship and execution of the knife/armguard combination is excellent and practical.

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: "The Grey" #29613

Hmmm….

Both Howard Hill and Kevin Costner had a role in a Robin Hood movie. If I recall correctly, Howard Hill did the major shooting scenes for Errol Flynn in the old B and W Robin Hood. Kevin Costener played Robin Hood in the 90’s version Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

That is about as good as I can do on a Thursday night at 10 pm CST.

If we can’t find a suitable location, let’s go with somewhere close to you and Dave so that I can hunt quail, chukars (not native here), and Merriam’s turkeys all in one trip. 😀

[JodyS]

in reply to: "The Grey" #29602

Well done. Tombstone is hard to beat for one liners.

Was that the connection between Howard Hill and Kevin Costner that you were looking for?

I propose that we continue this conversation somewhere in a central location to all of us, so that we can burn a lot time around a campfire with stories, grilled red meat, and no recording devices or cell phones; all after a day of chasing longbeards.

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: "The Grey" #29590

Wow, now that is a challenge. Thanks Smitty!

I am going off pure memory here, and responding quickly, so here it goes:

a. In Howard Hill’s book, Hunting the Hard Way, he describes a buffalo hunt in which he hunted, shot, and killed a buffalo on horseback on the Great Plains.

b. Kevin Costner, playing Lt. John Dunbar, had a scene in Dances with Wolves in which he too hunted buffalo on horseback on the Great Plains.

Dances with Wolves is a great movie!

That may not be what you are looking for but it is a connection that I can make from memory.

As to great movie quotes fellas, where did this line come from: “Nonsense gentlemen, I not yet begun to defile myself.” Hint: a great western from the 90’s.

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: Fantastic Armguard #29571

Dave

I agree with you completely based on my experience with Tim, his great armguards, and the personal service.

I hope to break it in and get some deer blood on it this weekend. The Lord knows that I have tried, but the deer, and weather at times, have been uncooperative. Being in the woods is enough, long bow in hand, to satisfy. But, I need venison for the freezer and the satisfaction of arrowing one. Time is running out…just two more weeks.

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: "The Grey" #29383

Thanks Smitty,

Yes, Dave it is the off-season. It appears that the dwindling, and slow, bow season, as well as catching up on tying flies for fishing this spring, has resulted in me being a bit stir crazy.

For the record guys, I have only seen two of those movies. I remembered the people in most of them from movie trailers over the years (photographic memory), but got a little help from the internet too.

I think that we have exhausted this thread…:wink:

[JodyS]

in reply to: "The Grey" #29049

Here goes my dignity…

Phoebe Cates to Sean Penn in Fast Times at Rigdemont High; Sean Penn to Kevin Bacon in Mystic River; then

Liam Neeson to Natalie Portman in Star Wars: Phantom Menace; Nataile Portman to Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks; Jack Nicholson to Kevin Bacon in a Few Good Men.

There you go Smitty: the lovely Phoebe Cates to Kevin Bacon and KB back to Liam Neeson.

Dang, I feel like I just lost come IQ points by doing that…:cry:

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: "The Grey" #28556

This is hilarious. This thread was pretty quick to abandon the themes of man vs. wolves, afterlife vs. no-afterlife, and such. I am glad that our administrator has allowed this thread to roll on.

First, as 12 year boy who saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High when it landed on cable TV, I barely recall Sean Penn being in it; I seem to just recall, vividly, Phoebe Cates taking the cake in that flick.

Second, and on a more serious note, the Abbey film that Dave recommended is a good one. I watched it after he informed me of it. It is a good tribute with great scenery and thoughts from those who knew Mr. Abbey well. There is a scene of a young Dave Petersen, grinning and gangly, that is worth the price of admission. 😆 Sorry Dave, I couldn’t resist.

Did I mention how good Phoebe Cates was in Fast Times at Ridgement High?? 😳

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: How were your Coues' deer hunts,Mr. Petersen? #59186

Dave

Great Coues buck! Congratulations on a wonderful deer.

I don’t know if you will post the bruised back end picture, but for the record, as a medical professional I can state that the bruise is “remarkable and impressive.” Strangely, the bruise looks the same size as Carolyn’s shoe size stamped four times across your rear. 😳

Glad you are ok and had a successful hunt. If only the whitetails has been so cooperative this year….

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: thank you #31085

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good hunt.

Jody

[JodyS]

in reply to: Who's Hunting the Late Season? #58949

Dave

Thanks for the info on the lead. I had read a study a year or two ago about the trace amounts of lead that show up several inches away from the bullet’s travel path.

As to the non-lead bullets, I have purchased some to use if I use my rifle. For the casual record, as a pharmacist and chemistry kind of guy, I would offer that there is no such thing as any good heavy-metal being ingested. While heavy metals do not do instant damage, a long term ingestion of them causes an accumulation in the body. While it may not have any effect upon some, it will on others. There isn’t really, in my opinion, any good/safe metallic element to ingest in meat, whether it is lead in deer/elk or mercury in fish.

All the more reason fellas, to carry our trad bows and non-fragmenting/non-spreading steel broadheads!!! Even science favors the traditional bowhunter. 😆

[JodyS]

in reply to: Who's Hunting the Late Season? #57754

Bow season here runs through January. Rifle season is still going on. I am holding out on taking the .270 to “gather meat,” as Dave calls it, until absolutely necessary. Lord willing, I will get a doe with the longbow and be able let the .270 hibernate. It may be my imagination, but venison taken with a bow seems to taste better than that taken with a rifle, and is more satisfying.

Nice picture of your bow and Tuffheads Steve.

For the record, neither the weather nor the Arkansas deer are cooperating this year, at all. 😉

[JodyS]

in reply to: hunting boots #55264

Brennanherr

LL Bean suggests that you pay close attention to the size your purchase. They have recommendations for choosing your size on their website. I wear wool socks with mine deer hunting. I ordered a half-size smaller than the boots that I usually wear and they still fit perfect even with the wool socks. If my memory serves me correctly LL Bean recommends that you order one size to a half-size smaller than your normal shoe/boot, as they are made a little big.

Jody

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