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in reply to: most challenging animal to hunt? #30183

For me, it’s the illusive perfect woman! To parafraze Bearclaw Kris Lap in “Jeremiah Johnson,” … “I just can’t find no track across a woman’s heart.” Same problem then as now: “But darlin’, it’s HUNTING SEASON!” Why can’t they understand? 😛

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in reply to: Predators and A Hunter's Conscience #29068

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. 😛 ttf

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in reply to: Grunting 101 #29061

Mittenm — thank you for sharing your obvious expertise with use here! ttf

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in reply to: Appropriate discussion? #26611

Good points, Dr. Thomas (and it’s always nice when you show up here on the forum). Indeed we need to think about how we talk of hunting in publications that may wind up in the hands of nonhunters. Even more true with photographs — the “cowboy” macho pose with hunter sitting on game gives me the creeps and when it is used is the marker of a sloppy magazine. But on a “family” website such as this we have more latitude for detailed and descriptive discussions of such touchy bits a wounding loss, but still we should never speak, even to one another, in a way that disrepects the animals we hunt. For an extreme example, see Kingwouldbe’s very bloody kill photos, and consider their purpose. He is not “showing off” with these nor is he being sloppy, but rather these are anatomical graphics showing the effects of various arrow set-ups on various game. It has a purpose and is positive here, but would be unthinkable in a publication (unless the article was on the topic of arrow lethality, and even then it’s touchy). Anyhow thanks for joining the conversation Don and TBM is proof of your good work in editing and TJ’s in photo selection. ttf

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in reply to: Too old to hunt? #26604

As Edward Abbey liked to say in his later years, “He’s old, but he ain’t dead!” Then he died …:(

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in reply to: muck boots #22125

Wahoo — I’ve used them in AK, where they’re essential, or else hip waders which are generally more practical and most hip-wader boots are more comfy than most muck boots (aka clamming, milking, breakup, irrigation boots). The are uninsulated, heavy and frankly not at all comfortable. The soles are stiff so they aren’t real quiet on gravel or rocky ground. And because they are basically hi-topped “loafers” they want to pull off in sticky sucking muck. In my experience, the only reason to wear them is because the wet terrain leaves you little other choice. I tossed mine out last year. IMHO, ttf

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in reply to: Beman Bone Collector Recall #19142

Good on Beman for fessing up that they have a problem … so long as their recall includes full refunds for all postage costs from first order to return and replacement, so that us who are impacted don’t lose a penny. Stuff happens, and no blame or problem with that. But how such missteps are dealt with tells us everything about a company. I think Beman will get it right. ttf

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in reply to: Too old to hunt? #19138

Bruce — sounds like arthritus to me. If so it’s worse in the mornings when you first get up, and in the cold. A combo of ibuprofen and Sports Cream really helps (me) a lot, plus hand warmers in both pockets and hands in pockets as much as possible. The big A comes with the territory. To a large extent we can get used to the increasing aches and stiffness of age, but eventually we’ll all be full-body stiff. So I sez let’s over-ride it while we can and have some (more) fun with life while we can.

Now, in desperate situations — like medical marijuana, this applies only to those who seriously need it — has anyone ever used a trigger release with a trad bow? ttf

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in reply to: Grunting 101 #53229

KS — I like your conservative attitude in calling! Whether deer, elk, or turkey, the call makers put out these videos making it look like we just go out there and plop down in one of that manufacturer’s blinds and start calling and the game comes on the run. My own experience –just as with music and serious human conversation — says that what we don’t say is easily as important as what we do say. This is a cool thread and maybe sometime before next spring and fall we can do like wise for turkey and elk. Calls are great but ain’t a panaseeuh. ttf

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in reply to: Nock left? #47828

Adcock?! Well shucks, what “sounded” like good info just “became” good info. Both O.L. and his lovely wife are world champ flight-arrow shooters … which requires a level of fine-tuning so precise it might as well be rocket science. Now to find an uninterrupted hour to read it as it deserves to be read. Thank you, ttf

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in reply to: Appropriate discussion? #45542

“What’s old is new again.” Been a while on this one, Morris, but I for one always admire folks who dig back through older “dead’ threads and revitalize them. For as it happens, I couldn’t agree with you more. Another name I’ve read for the “big tent theory” is “bunker mentality.” Like (as I interpret it) “Let’s all hunker down close together until the critics go away.” Don’t work for ostraches, and never worked for us. Thanks, ttf

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in reply to: "Handy" idea #45536

Shaw — sounds like a good idea and thanks for sharing, with photo. But don’t that nock snag your string on release? ttf

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in reply to: pop-up ground blinds #45534

Bruc and Ray — I personally find the advice both of you are offering on ground blinds and tree stands to be solid. Many mor ways than one to skin a cat. Like Ray, I like my butt solid on the ground. And like Bruc, I’ve been around enough to see that sometimes it’s a treestand or nothing.

Going back to the beginning here, I’m waiting to hear how Mr. Peterson likes his ground blind for his upcoming AZ whitetail hunt. I’m betting he burns it after a few days and returns to his beloved brush blinds.

But in the end, I don’t care enough about another hunter’s “elevation preferances” to post an argument. May we all be safe and comfy, high or low. ttf

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in reply to: My first shot at a deer #40692

Indeed, if we shoot at game, sooner or later we miss or get a bad hit. If you’re truly freaked about it, my humble advice, the advice I give myself in such spots and try to follow, is to hold for a closer shot next time. I’ve been doing this a long time and still consider 20-25 a stretch for my shooting skills under the pressure of buck/doe fever. Good luck, keep the faith, worship self-restraint. ttf

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in reply to: Boots For The Bold #36929

Sure would be cool if there’s a plumber or such among us who can inform us what’s in these rings except wax. ❓

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