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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #169601

I was down in southern Arizona a few years back on a border watch OP and one evening while sitting around the campfire I saw an Iridium flare flash twice.  Only time I’ve seen one.

One of the other guys was watching the sky and said “What the heck was that!” so I explained it to him.  Everybody was looking up after that.

How to Catch an Iridium Flare

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #169588

We finally got some rain.  We were under a severe thunderstorm and tornado watch most of the afternoon and evening and the storm finally hit us about 8pm.  No tornadoes and we got a couple of inches of much needed rain.  This morning you can’t even tell it rained hard last night.  My yard soaked it up so fast.

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in reply to: Agincourt #169530

The sight of that many arrows flying up and toward you had to be terrifying.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #169505

I’ll zoom in a little bit.

This was a 3 second exposure at an ISO setting of 10000.  Any little vibration causes streaky stars and out of focus pictures.  I hang a 5 lb lead weight on my tripod to help keep the vibrations down.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #169504

It’s right there.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #169503

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I have spent many hours looking to the night sky.  I use the stars to find my way back to the  truck and just like to watch for satellites and whatever else is moving by.

Last Friday evening my granddaughter and I went out to see if we could spot the comet A3.  I told her to look for a fuzzy streak and she said there’s an airplane.  It wasn’t an airplane and was a satellite.  We watched it as it traveled east out of sight and started looking for the comet again.  She said she thought she could see it and asked for the binoculars.  She had found it and directed my gaze toward it.

I wanted to get a picture of it but was busy Saturday and Sunday evening.  I grabbed my Nikon and tripod yesterday evening only to watch a cloud bank move in.  I went out again tonight and was blessed with a clear sky.  Clear meaning no clouds.  We haven’t had any rain for almost two months and the air is thick with dust.

I started doing a grid back and forth taking pictures and finally found it.  It’s in the picture.  Can you see it?

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #169439

There used to be three packs of coyotes around my place.  My nephew and I were talking last light about not hearing them for quite a while.  Seems kind of odd not hearing them every evening.  Our calling has produced zero results for a few months.

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in reply to: Timberwolf bow company #169245

I can’t help ya there.  I’ve never heard of them.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #169106

We used to do long shots in the hay fields.  We’d play the ‘Horse’ game and some of the bales were around 100 yards away.

I just got back from nine days of hiking in the Smoky Mtn Natl Park.  No archery involved, just hiking.  I’ll post some pictures when I get everything settled back in here.

 

Aeronut

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #168885

Good luck and post some pictures of your trophy carp.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #168777

I’m with Richard on this one.  The cost of a dowel is not worth risking a skewered wrist to me.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #168746

When I was in high school a friend had an old car that was his hunting, fishing, everything transportation.  I was riding in the back seat on one trip and noticed the carpet under my feet was moving.  I lifted the edge of the carpet and watched the road going by below me through a fairly sizeable hole.  We cut a piece of tin and formed it with hammers to fit the floor pan and lessen the chance of someone doing a Fred Flintstone braking maneuver.

I don’t have a garden but with all the rain my apple trees are doing better this year than they ever have.  My oldest daughter is waiting for them to ripen so she can make pies.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #168733

I hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th.  We shot some fireworks and then at 9pm sat on the porch and watched a downpour for an hour.  The city postponed their fireworks show until this evening.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #168603

Good looking deer.  The bucks I have seen don’t have half that much antler growth yet.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #168377

No need to open the thread and scroll down Raymond.  Just go over to the right side and click on the date above the last poster’s name.  It will take you to the last post.

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