[James Harvey]

in reply to: New acronym or catchphrase needed for improved lethality #23330

Doc Nock wrote: I often wonder if the tremendous wealth of information that Doc generated doesn’t over-whelm some, and they start to mind-meld different studies into one???

With all due respect, I’m not sure that re-branding the intricate concepts will do much for those who are either unmotivated or do not have the “capacity” to delve into and understand the relationships to his work and varied conclusions.

In our INSTANT GRATIFICATION society today, if it’s not spoon fed, pre-digested and pre-packaged in instant consumption format, it seems to be rejected…whatever it is!

I can’t help but think, rather than sluggish minds or short attention spans keeping people away from the Doc’s studies, it might be those same virtues that keep people away from compound bows, pin sights and laser range finders. A desire to do it the old way (keep in mind for people my age that could be anywhere from the 1970’s back).

We have all made conscious decisions to reduce our overall lethality by hunting with stick and string, instead of using all those modern, technical crutches. I think it’s an attachment to that spirit that closes many minds to FOC. If it was good enough for Mr Bear and Hill, why isn’t it good enough for me?

And I suppose the answer to that question is that unlike all those modern accoutrements that we avoid, a well made arrow won’t do a thing to help put itself in contact with an animal, it just makes sure that when you do everything right to make that contact, the arrow itself doesn’t let you down.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #23301

David Petersen wrote: The front ends, however, are still at significant risk of breaking behind a 300-grain head, which is all I shoot any more. The splines help but don’t cure the problem and the risk is too great,

Dang, I thought you’d found a sitka spruce solution 😉

J.Wesbrock wrote: The one on the left is mine. The three on the right are from the last set of huning arrows my grandfather made before he died. I’ve been using this cap, crest and fletching configuration on all my hunting arrows for many years.

Jason that’s a lovely tradition and brings a whole new meaning to ‘family crest’.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #22217

Dave those are beauties. Really neat that the feathers came from Steve too. How have the footings held up on the Sitka Spruce?

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #22068

Smithhammer wrote: Were you just using the rudder for steerage when under sail?

The rudder is another thing I’d never used before really. I quite enjoy paddling without one, you pretty quickly figure out if you have a stroke imbalance between left and right. The only time I found it a pain to not have a rudder is in quartering seas, as just about every other stroke is a sweep stroke. This trip we had quartering, following seas pretty much the entire journey, so I pretty much used the rudder the whole time 😳

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Practicing the "Cold Shot" #21235

Bruce, I always shoot a bit low too when I’m sitting. I don’t know if it’s because I’m physically lower or because my draw is a little shorter or what. I’ll do a sitting one next time and see what happens.

Tiger, maybe I’m lucky that my daughter interrupted me and I couldn’t finish the group… maybe that one right on the money was an outlier of a terrible group that was about to get spread all over the target 😉 A group is always more honest than a single shot 😀

Nice shooting David!

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Backcountry College #10 – Knots & such #20936

That’s full of great stuff. I love the little sliding knot on the peg line at the end. Thanks mate 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #20928

In the spirit of outhouses… here’s one I found on my recent kayak adventure… on a private island no less…

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Practicing the "Cold Shot" #19877

Haha, 30km where I live isn’t so bad… The great barrier reef’s out there protecting us from pacific swell and the water is warm. Pretty safe all things considered 😉

The bow is my 70# Barta bow. I can’t shoot it as accurately as my recurves out at long ranges where I’m gap shooting, but at instinctive ranges I seem to shoot it quite ok. I love the way the string is ripped from my fingers too… it tricks me into thinking I have a good clean release, haha.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #19861

Bruce, I’d never used a sail before and this thing was awesome. Our biggest day was 55km, which was a long day, but I’ve worked harder paddling 20k’s I reckon. Once there’s a bit of tail wind, even quartering wind, and you’re in paradise!

The only downside is that if you capsize with the sail up, you need to take it down, underwater and upside down, before you can eskimo roll. That’s a hassle 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #19380

Two4, I love those all white, white fletched, Hill style arrows. Just beautiful simplicity.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #19321

Ben, you’re going to need a bigger table mate 😀

Ralph, I love those rocky hills you’ve got. I bet you could hit one of those rocks if you really tried 😉

I’ve been pretty flat out with work lately, but got away for a 2 week kayaking trip. I had originally packed my take down bow but as one of the guides I pretty quickly started having to jettison my own gear to make way for various safety things. In place of my bow was this reverse osmosis pump in case we got stranded on a deserted island somewhere 😕 . Oh well, it was still nice paddling.

This was a nice beach we pulled up on for lunch…

There were so many beautiful points where we were paddling… but as a guide I was too busy usually to take many photos, but this was a nice one…

And a view of my office for the two weeks out there… tough life eh?

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Practicing the "Cold Shot" #19308

Steve, we don’t have a season here in my State, but there’s no public land hunting either. It’s prime pig hunting time though, before the spring and summer rains come. And I found an uninhabited island about 30km’s off the coast here that’s full of feral goats. The bow will be packed in the kayak next time I go out there 😉

Mike, I got the kayak trip in but it was cut down and brought forward in typical military fashion. Only 2 weeks but very challenging conditions and awesome scenery. I’ll put some pics in the What ya got goin thread. And yes, very busy at work too… in the last 2 months I’ve spent about 6 weeks in the field.

Anyway, I did another cold shot vid this arvo after work, still sweaty from riding my push bike home! My daughter interrupted me so it was only one arrow and from about 18 yards instead of 20. Aiming at the yellow peg. Another miss, haha. I was going to sell this bow to fund a big jim’s take down that a fella was trying to sell here, but I just love this thing.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Practicing the "Cold Shot" #18281

I haven’t done one of these for a while but did a cold group this arvo after work. With my supermag at about 20 yards. Point of aim was the pink thing you see at the end… about 5-6inch group I think… I don’t shoot the supermag as well as my bigger bows but man I love it 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Trad Transport #57338

Hahaha, Bruce, that gif is perfect :lol::D

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Trad Transport #57312

I’ll tell you what not to get Paleo. I spent a couple of days driving around in a new Jeep Wrangler. There was so much wrong with it it’s hard to know where to start, but the funniest comment was “I think this car’s engine is so powerless because it’s basically a life support system for all these ridiculous speakers”. It’d be an awesome car for a tailgating college student of uncertain sexual orientation 😉

I’ve always liked the look of those Suburus.

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