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      We got lucky with the storm and was just on the south edge of it here.  Got a little ice on the windshields and then a dusting of snow.  The gravel road in front of my house does look a little slick.  I’ll find out when I go get the mail.

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        The timber I hunt in is thick enough I don’t need binoculars.  I use a Dawgware quiver that has two pockets and carry the items I need.

        Small first aid kit, fire starter and ball of lint, paracord, signal light, compass, granola bars, small water bottle, license.  At my age I have an In reach I carry on my belt along with my cell phone.  I still hunt through the woods and use the deadfall trees as a seat to hide in for a blind.  I carry three broadheads and one target point in the quiver and my favorite selfbow weighs just 14 oz total.  I go as light as possible.

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          Not near enough shots for me.

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            Happy New Year to everyo0ne.

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              in reply to: Deer season !!!! #170051

              I never tried the Deadheads.  Pearson made some good equipment and I have two of his bows in my collection.

              My favorite broadheads were the Muzzy Matadors.

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                in reply to: Happy Turkey Day #169861

                Back at ya Richard.  We had a good time.  Now I need to rest up some more.

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                  Thanks for the book report Richard.  I am an American history fan.  Not the ‘Columbus sailed the ocean blue’ era but the history before and after the civil war and native American times.

                  I have picked up a couple of books over the years that, although somewhat informative, I couldn’t finish them because of the writing style of the author.

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                    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.

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

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                          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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                            It’s right there.

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

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