[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: Binos in Forested Areas #27306

I don’t use them. It’s just more crap to carry, and I always felt that it’s an unfair advantage. Just like the slogan says “use the quads God gave you”, I just want to use the eyes God gave me! Slightly rigid thinking, I know! 🙄

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in reply to: 2014 Hunting #21977

Smithhammer wrote: [quote=Steve Graf]S Hammer – what happened to using that straight gripped longbow? I thought that was “the one”…

😳 😳 😳

Umm…well…by “The One” I think I actually meant that it is in a very small rotation of 2-3 bows that I consider to all be “The One” depending on my given mood, the solar azimuth angle, Toltec calendar date and who’s hosting “The View” this week.

You need to learn to be faithful in a committed relationship!

:P:P:P

I too “look at the menu”, but I just don’t order! 😀

[Alexandre Bugnon]

in reply to: Backcountry College #10 – Knots & such #16730

Thanks, Clay!

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in reply to: Auction? #10008

I would definitely go to a good gun shop. Anecdote:

I bought an old 30-30 Winchester from a hole in the wall shop. For $500, I suddenly became jack palance!

I had this gun for a few years, occasionally shooting at the range. I kept shots in a 8″ plate at 100y but it kicked like a pissed off mule! A friend of mine took the serial# and researched the history of it. It was a 1932 trapper model custom made for the owner! I went to a reputed gun shop in Carmel, NY, and they informed me that it was worth $4500 and that they already had an interested collector!!

I sold it on the spot!!!:D

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in reply to: First Impressions #9482

growing up in the Swiss Alps, my earliest memories are mostly about chamois. I remember being around 12 and stalking these mountain goats early in the morning where they could be found feeding on the first sunny ridges and slopes. The game would end when my pine cone found their butt! In retrospect, this was clearly a case of illegal game harassment! I still harass them today, but with my iPhone! Not throwing it at them, of course!:P

I’ve never been able to resist approaching wild animals!:shock:

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in reply to: Ethical Shots #9472

Doc Nock wrote: Reading such posts, I always key in on the “ethical” question that is raised.

I once read something that stuck with me: Ethics are what we do when nobody is there to see us

That about covers it for me.

People like Ishi hunt to survive…next meal, life sustenance and all that… I’m pretty sure I’d do a lot of things if I were starving or very hungry that I’d like to believe I’d not do, “if nobody was there to see”.

As for killing shot? Well, I think most of us would agree that the neck or TX Heart is a “low percentage” kill shot. Sure, it can happen, but it’s not what we would want to count on…

Sums it up for me! I don’t need to kill an animal, and I don’t want to kill an animal so bad to gamble on a shot other than a broadside lung/heart shot.

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in reply to: Number 1 destination for first day of hunting this fall? #62955

Well, since it’s more and more unlikely that I will be able to go Elk hunting this year since I’m working every weekend in September, my first hunting destination will probably be in New Jersey, along the Delaware Water Gap. Very pretty country, but lots of hunters and the New Jersey hunting regulations book is like a penal code book. By the time you finish reading it, and understand it, you won’t feel like going hunting at all anymore! :shock::shock: You’ll become a non-hunter!! Hhhhmm, maybe I’m on to some here… maybe that’s “their” goal! 😀

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in reply to: Catskills base camp fun! #61537

Great camping partner indeed. That girl backpacked all over the Rockies, Europe and Middle East before she was even 20 years old! 😀

toasting bread! Hey I’m French, I need my toast and butter in the morning! What d’ya want from me!!! 😛

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in reply to: Catskills base camp fun! #61004

More pics! Lauren’s famous steel cut oats

Hiking. Sometimes it reminds me of the steep canyons of the San Juan forest in SW CO! The difference is the age and color of the rock

1773 settler’s house

Sam Adams time!

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in reply to: Catskills base camp fun! #60986

David Petersen wrote: Alex, please clue us in on the “silent” piano??? You hear it through headphones only?

Do they have campground bears in the Daks? 😛 Sleep well.

No sound at all, just mechanism for dexterity and muscles. The lever action is the actual key on one side and spring loaded coil on the other. It was the rage back in the 70’s with traveling classical pianists. They all had this thing.

People are pretty good keeping their camp clean up here.

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in reply to: Best Natural Cover Scents #58121

My own body-produced wind. If I can’t smell it, it tells me I’m hunting in the right direction! 😛

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in reply to: A day in the woods…At last! #57499

adirondackman wrote: Alex – Come on up the river sometime and hunt the beautiful Adirondacks. Your always welcome to share camp with me.

Adirondacks! Love them! Backpacked in summer and winter but never hunted. What an adventure that would be. I might take you up on that, brother!! 😀

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in reply to: Food for a Backpack Hunt #53488

Jason’s got it right. Also, I like that he went back to more simple food like bacon, cheese, bagels and peanut butter instead of these over-prcessed friggin’ protein bars! I did the same. I pack peanut butter/jerky sandwiches and dark chocolate bars.

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in reply to: Trad Transport #51647

pothunter wrote: Subaru forester, pre face lift without all the techno crap. Tough, reliable, economical and fixable by most competent mechanics.

And you get 4×4 just in case.

That would be my choice too.

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in reply to: What are your favorite trad pictures? #51483

colmike wrote: Alex

Those are some great photo’s!

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

It doesn’t get much better then that.

Mike

Thanks Mike! Yes we are, and indeed it doesn’t get better than that! Looking fwd to hook up with you in the Fall!

Alex

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