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in reply to: To burn or cut is the question? #52216

3blades — great picture … but not, we presume of your ownself? Please enlighten us to the source!

Mr. TJ — excellent info and photos. Thanks for taking the time to help us out! Your’n truly, Snuffs

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in reply to: Traditional Bowhunter Magazine Digital issues #49928

I agree! Took a few minutes to figure out how to flip pages, and wait for the focus to come back in each time, but after that it’s a great easy way to access older material and be the first one on your block to get the new magazine each issue. Way cool. 8)

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in reply to: HUNTING PARTNERS #49927

Over the years my favorite hunting partner has always been myself. I just “work” better and take in more, learn more, think more, when out there alone. On the other hand, I love sharing a hunting camp with a good pal. My most enjoyable hunting partner ever was my wife’s best friend. I basically taught this young lady how to hunt, and once she had learned everything I knew she took to going about alone and learning even more. She’s long gone now, married a lawyer and started hanging out with real estate salesmen. I guess we all have hidden weak genes. 🙄

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in reply to: The anatomy of a broadhead's edge #47681

Good stuff, StandingBear, thanks! Keep it coming, and I hope you’ll spend some time on the top-end, harder steel, single-bevels such as ABS Ashby and Abowyer Brown Bear. Zwickeys are so soft I don’t use them any more, and I wounded so many elk with Thunderheads (not cut on contact) I don’t use them any more. Looking forward to what you have to show us on the “next generation” heads. Thanks, Snuffy

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in reply to: Edge bevel and the all soft-tissue hit. #47673

Ed — Another great explanation of the “invisible” working of physics, thank you. So, in addition to offering a slight penetration advantage in soft tissues, I presume it’s also true that we also have the considerable advantage of a longer cut channel insofar as the broadhead is “screwing” its way through the tissues rather than punching straight through. And finally (?) you’ve spoken of the enlarged exit wound resulting from the head twisting-up the taught skin around it as it passes through. Thus, it’s hands-down single bevel no matter the density of tissue impacted. Thanks! Snuffs

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in reply to: Donating meat? #45553

Greatree — thanks for starting this important and compelling thread! Mr. Thomas — we’ere honored to have you here conversing with us! You two and all other posters make it hard to add much, though this is a problematic topic I’ve worried over for many years myself. So here are my insignificant thots, boiled down hard:

1. “We should eat everything we kill.” Our own Dave Petersen said that, and I have always believe he means to say that we should not kill animals that generally are considered inedible, such as prairie dogs, if we care about the opinions of an ethical nonhunting public … not necessarily that we must eat every bite of every animal we kill.

2. I too fear that not only SCI-type trophy hunters, but also those among us who just want to hunt and kill endlessly, have used “hunting for the hungry” programs to excuse our actions.

3. But then, whitetails are becoming a real problem in some areas, with game departments forced to respond with multiple-doe tags, in some cases virtually endless. So here we have a 2-1 ethical ratio in my humble view, insofar as we can feel good about killing many aninmals we don’t eat because (a) we can give the meat to good causes, whether homeless shelters or nonhunting friends who need and appreciate it, and (b) we help the auto insurance companies reduce their deer collision claims. On the other side of the teeter-totter … are we letting ourselves off too easy re ethics? I don’t pretend to know, but it’s all worth thinking about.

I guess that in general I would say that if we really care about ethics, self-respect and nonhunter respect, we won’t kill animals that nobody will eat. Yet, if we live in areas where certain edible animals, most notably whitetails, are over-abundant and causing problems, and if we can find friends or other worthwhile consumers for the excess meat, and so long as we eat as much of it ourselves as we can reasonably use … well there you have it. What I personally must avoid is the feeling that I’m killing just to kill, wasting that life for my own pleasure and ego. That’s my bottom line and yours is … yours. Snuffs

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in reply to: groundblinds #45187

I’m with Mr. Thomas: I can build a brush blind most anywhere in just a few minutes and don’t have to take it down and haul it off with me when done. To me, so much of what is considered “essential” hunting gear these days is more an albatross than an aid. Different strokes … Snuffs

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in reply to: A Case Study: How the 'stories and experiences' thread helps us understand arrow design. #44264

Thanks, Doc. I’m new here and what a great find this forum is, especially when you personally contribute. The final paragraph of your post above, in particular, sums things up and speaks multitudes. I hope you’re recovering well. Snuffy

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