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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going On 2026 #173072

Today’s project is going to be installing an electric fence barrier around the bird feeder.  The squirrels will get on it and sit for over an hour and eat all the bird seed.

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in reply to: Happy New Year 2026 #173038

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

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in reply to: Anyone Into Gold Melting and Archery? #173009

I’ve got a nephew that does aluminum and brass casting.  He built his own furnace and if I decide I need yet another hobby I can use his rig.

As for archery I build my own gear.  Only thing I haven’t done yet is knap my own points.  My wrists won’t hold up to it.

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #172834

A massive sweet gum tree was planted on a hill in Cades Cove in the Smokly Mtns byGolman Myers on Dec 7, 1941 in recognition of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  In the past 84 years it has grown to over 60 feet tall.  While the Myers farm and home on the site are long gone, Myers Patriotic gesture lives on.

I heard about this tree a few years ago but never knew how to find it.  A few months back I saw a youtube video where a guy pointed out the spot in Cades Cove.  There is a small pull over just big enough for one car that is marked by a large rock.  There are no signs showing where it is.  A short up the hill and you are there.

I am planning to go back to the Smoky Mtns again next year and ride my bike through the Cades Cove loop (11 miles) and place a flag in honor of my dad, uncle, and aunt who all served in the Pacific theater.

https://imgur.com/a/EVCJxqd

For some reason I can’t get a photo to post

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #172763

Congrats on a great hunt.

I used to chase turkeys here every season but the numbers have dropped considerably.  Now seeing a turkey is a chance encounter.

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in reply to: Newby from Clinton Missouri #172639

Greetings from SE Ks Rickey.  Two events you need to attend are the annual MOJAM (Missouri Ozarks Selfbow Jamboree) held in Marshal, Mo every July and you can learn how to build your own bows, strings, arows, etc, along with shooting the 3D course.  It’s a 3-day event and their info pages are on facebook.

Also just west of Stillwell, Ok is the OJAM event every March during school break at Lake Carl Blackwell.  It’s the same as MOJAM and we’ve had attendance over 1500 people.

Check out http://OKSELFBOW.com

Look up Three Trails archery.  They have a nice 3D course near Pleasant Hill, Mo and also Prairie Traditional Archers and their 3D course at Desoto, Ks.

https://www.threetrailsarchery.com/

https://www.ptarchers.com/

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in reply to: What is the consensus of the Best String Wax for a Recurve??? #172638

Hello Rickey, and thank you for your service.

I use straight beeswax because I was a bee keeper and have a lot of it.  Like Richard I also have a partial tube of Bear string wax from years ago.

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in reply to: Off the shelf question; #172610

Good luck Richard.  I hope it works for you.

Here’s a link to a Leatherwall forum thread telling about the shoulder replacement surgery he just went through.  He’s going to do a recovery report.

https://leatherwall.bowsite.com/tf/lw/thread2.cfm?forum=23&threadid=352711&messages=6&CATEGORY=9

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in reply to: Off the shelf question; #172595

I hope your shoulder fix will be good.  My cousin had rotor cuff surgery a couple of years ago and it was about 6 weeks of rehab but he’s back to normal.

I just had surgery for a torn bicep tendon and 6 weeks of therapy.  Hardest part for a while was putting on socks and tieing my shoes.  I’m slowly working my was back to shooting.  First was shooting a slingshot and then my lightweight bows.

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in reply to: Off the shelf question; #172570

I don’t know Richard.  I’d just have to try it to find out.

My bows are all just a leather rest with a toothpick under the center of it and the back plate.

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in reply to: Flemish Twist String #172460

I’ve only used B50 and never have padded the loops or had a failure there.  I take special care to make smooth nock grooves on the bows that I make and also make sure the factory bows I have all have smooth nock grooves.  Also, all the strings I have made are three color, 12 strand.

Some of the guys I know use the low stretch string and pad the loops on those.

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in reply to: Flemish Twist String #172415

I started making them about 20 years ago.  My first few were nothing to brag about at all.  Now all of my bows have flemish twist strings and I haven’t bought a string for many years.  FWIW red GB-50 will turn your fingers and everything it touches red.

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in reply to: Byron Ferguson has Died #172177

Thanks for posting the Obit Stephan.  I hadn’t seen it anywhere else.

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #172157

Short update on my arm.  I finished therapy last Thursday and still have a follow-up appointment with the nurse practitioner on the 26th.  I’ve been doing my yard work and gradually getting back to using my arm more.

The only pain I have had is in my wrist when I twist my hand.  The therapist said that she had never had anyone have that symptom.  Now I have a 2″ scar to remind me about the event but as the saying goes “scars are like tattoos but have more meaning”.

Good luck to everyone one your hunting.

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #171986

This is typical of the trail to Spruce Flats Falls.  There’s nothing flat about it and it is rated as moderate difficulty.

This is Spruce Flats Falls.  It’s a popular destination despite the rugged trail.

This was my fourth trip to the Smoky Mtns and I’m planning on going back next year.  They close the Cades Cove road (It’s an 11 mile one way loop through the valley) to vehicle traffic on Wednesdays and it’s only open for bicycles and foot traffic.  I’m wanting to ride the loop on my bike.

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