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in reply to: Rain Gear #24569

I’m like MontanaFord and usually head for the truck. I refuse to shoot at any game while it is raining.

If I happen to be a fair distance from the truck I put on an ’emergency poncho’ from Wally-World, basically a trash bag with a hood. Cheap and it works.

Dennis

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in reply to: spline tester #24557

I have one made by Kevin Gerlock. I don’t know if he still makes them or not but he used to be on TradGang with the handle ‘cupcake’. I used it the most when I was making and selling shafts and I have spine tested literally thousands of Poplar and Hickory shafts with it. I also have a Don Adams and one that I made with an aluminum frame and dial indicator. I use my home made one to cross reference the others.

Dennis

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in reply to: Anyone else hate gun season? #24547

I have nothing against the people who choose to hunt with a rifle as long as it is legal. I do have issues with the methods some of these ‘hunters’ use. There are a lot of road hunters around here along with the trespassers who will do anything to get a deer. And although it is legal here,I do not like deer drives.

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in reply to: Sounds of a Whitetail #11565

I think it is called the ‘snort-wheeze’ and I’ve heard it one time in the woods. I watched a big buck do that just before he started stiff-leg walking toward a slightly smaller buck. He got the total attention of the smaller buck when he did that and he looked quite intimidated by it.

Dennis

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in reply to: Campfire and friends #55326

I like that picture. I have a 16′ that is the most comfortable camping I have done. I’ve never been able to build a fire inside without choking myself half to death on the smoke though.

Dennis

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in reply to: God's Dog… #55318

I have read that the indians referred to them as ‘Song Dog’ and brother coyote.

Around here there was three groups of guys that hunted coyotes with dogs. One bunch just chased and seldom shot any and the others shot every one they could. A lot of coyotes were shot every weekend and quail and rabbit numbers were high in this area then.

Because of fuel costs there hasn’t been any hunts like that for several years and the coyote numbers are sky high. It is a rare occasion to see or hear any quail around here now.

I have seen first hand what coyotes can and will do to a newborn calf and a cow that is in labor. I personally will shoot at every one I see but hold no misgivings at all for others who don’t.

I listen to their singing every night and quite often they are close, and like David said, they are trying to lure our dogs out of their pen.

How close do they get? When I leave for work and see coyote poop in my driveway, that’s too close.:shock: They are losing their fear of man, and that ain’t a good thing.

Dennis

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in reply to: Traditional events #37896

Hi Bill,

The main one I go to is OJAM–Oklahoma Selfbow Jamboree–held near Stillwater, Ok in March. We do it during spring break so kids can come with their parents.

Here is a link to a slideshow/video I did of last March. OJAM V.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQAO9araDc

Dennis

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in reply to: Take down recurve #23597

GreatTree, you might have some luck looking around for a bowyer that is reasonably close by. I am sure one would let you observe/help in laying up a bow so you would have a good idea of the process involved.

If you lived close to SE Ks. I’d invite you to help.

Dennis

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in reply to: Grip Inspiration #21326

I was a little concerned about the slope too but this bow is just 30#@28 so I don’t think it is going to matter too much with it. I am going to make the next one with the same riser design but I am going to make an insert to put in the form that will make the curve a litle shallower. That will allow me to lessen the angle on the belly side of the riser so it isn’t so ‘flat-backed’ without making it longer.

I like the finger grooves mainly because it breakes down the sharp angle of the riser edge a little more. I think it actually helps my grip a little more on this bow.

I’ll try to get another picture of the riser for you.

Dennis

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in reply to: 4 wheelers, Dave Peterson #19582

I habitually carry a digital camera with me and if I do see such things going on it is an easy task to take a few pictures or video and send a copy to the officials along with a formal complaint on the matter. If I do not get a reply or see any action I send the information up the ladder another notch with two complaints.

Dennis

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in reply to: Call it what you will #19453

I don’t really know what got me interested in archery. All my family hunted and fished but nobody shot bows. I asked for a bow and arrow set one Christmas and actually got it. I was the happiest kid in Kansas. I set up a hay bale and started practicing and a week later shot my first rabbit. That was 43 years ago and I still have that bow.

Since then I’ve had three nephews get into bow hunting and a couple of cousins and I try to pass along anything that I have learned through the years. I mainly learned the hard way, on my own.

Dennis

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in reply to: Hello to all–just signed up #19436

Welcome Nick!:!:

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in reply to: Mountain lion vs deer #19216

Cool picture. I am not one to say real or fake on it.

Not trying to steal your thread but, as for the feeder…. Not everyone who sets up a feeder hunts near one. My nephew sets one up every year just so his parents can watch the deer from their deck. And I set up a mineral lick and trail camera to see what is in the area but never hunt by it. What irritates me is people who trash the use of a feeder and then plant a food plot to hunt around.

Just my .02.

Dennis

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in reply to: Like Blind Man Chop Wood! Field Dressing Advise #19212

Looking forward to all the input on this thread, especially a video from Lance (go kill sumthin’ already).

Dennis

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in reply to: Grip Inspiration #19205

I decided to try a straight grip on the last bow I made and really like it.

Dennis

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