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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #59754
[quote=Ben M.]I bought a brand new Buck 112 Ranger for my son. (Pictured next to my 110.) I’m going to surprise him with this knife as an opening day gift. Three more months–how will I be able to wait that long?! He’ll have this thing forever.
That’s awesome Ben! Those gifts from father to son are real treasures.
Bow type and Make: Samick Sage
Bow Length: 62″
Bow weight@ 28″: 60#
Your draw length: 28″
Arrow type ( material,brand,spine):Carbon, Easton Powerflight .300
Arrow length (throat of nock to tip of shaft): 29″
Feathers number and length: 3 x 3″
Insert weight if applicable: NA
Adaptor weight if applicable: 100gn
Point weight: 300gn
Footing weight if applicable: NA
Total arrow weight: ~700gn
FOC (as measured by AMO standard..measured throat of knock to end of shaft……tip not included): I don’t remember.. I’ll measure it when I get home and edit this part of the post
Doc Nock,
I appreciate the point you’re making but I’ve been interested in what other folks have been coming up with too. Not as a recipe for success but maybe as a broad kind of template or starting point to work off. I hope everyone who’s tried this posts their info 😉
in reply to: Noteable Quotes! #57326Just read this cracker by Don Thomas in his rattling article in the latest (AS14) TBM:
Don Thomas wrote: I use the real thing for pretty much the same reason I shoot wooden arrows, which shouldn’t require further explanation.
He was talking about antlers, but I think that spirit applies to just about anything we might turn our hands to eh?
in reply to: August/September TBM #57320Fellas, I just read part 2 of Borland’s backpacking story and have to agree, one of the best bowhunting articles I’ve read.
Bruce, I did read one “extreme”, but he wasn’t talking about himself, he was talking about a jetboil 😉
in reply to: Watch covers #57030brennanherr wrote: Washed of course!
Haha, it quickly becomes one of the filthiest pieces of your field attire! But it also acts as a sweat band keeping your bow hand dry 😉
in reply to: Field packs, loads etc #51385Paleo, the shemagh is the green and black scarf next to the water bottles. It is one of my most used items in the field. I use it as a scarf, tea towel, head wrap, shaving cloth, cup cleaner. It gets pretty filthy, but then so do I 😀
Doc, I think I’ve seen the same video, where John and his young mate are using a filter pump to fill their camelbacks? It’s probably fine, and if they chlorinated it after pumping definitely fine. They were also probably somewhere properly remote. After a lot of work I’ve got access to some nice bits of land, but a lot of the better waterways run through military training areas before they get to where I’ll be. Soldiers s#!t in creek lines. I’m happy to hump my own water 😉
Anyway, if that pack was packed for work there’d be another 20kg of optics, ammo and weapons in the pack, so when it’s packed for play it always feels pretty light.
Shucks, thanks fellas 😳
I’m back for two weeks before going out again for about another month or so. Finished this last field exercise with an overnight 40km pack march which was a little tiring!
PS Mike, I returned to a new book to read which was a very pleasant surprise 😀
Dave for my own selfish reasons I think that’s great news about the ebooks.
David Petersen wrote: That does not detract, but simply adds another dimension to the man
I had a brief falling out with TR after reading some very valid criticisms by his contemporaries. But I’ve come to appreciate his flaws in the spirit you suggest, adding depth and humanity to his story. As well as being a reminder to always be reflective and self critical… if the best men and women of history are so deeply flawed, how deep are the cracks in my character!?
Sorry to derail the thread Cameron 😉
Cameron, what a great post and I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been horrified at the sheer rudeness of people on youtube comments and elsewhere. The humility and thoughtfulness of discussion here is a truly refreshing change from what I encounter in most of my life. I too am thankful for all of your company 😀
David Petersen wrote: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt
Dave, that is probably my single favourite quote of all time. It not only introduced me to Theodore Roosevelt but is probably the inspiration for every act of serious effort and daring in my adult life.
I’ve seen the same notion paraphrased and attributed to TR as follows, although I don’t remember ever finding a source reference:
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
I’ve just gone from reading Dawkins to Churchill and am now on another about TR (my favourite American). Powerhouses of ideas and action. No pressure but when your next book is published it’s just going to butt into my reading list and get read 😉
in reply to: Arrows for Blacktail Bow? #18506Welcome aboard mate 😀
3rivers is a good start if you can call them. For folks here to help they’ll need a little more information. They’ll need to know what draw weight your bow is and how long your draw length is.
All the best,
Jim
in reply to: What ya got goin? #17185Thanks fellas 😀
Bruce I haven’t heard of Duff but Southern Exposure is now on my reading list.
I read a story (don’t remember if it was in TBM or an Aussie mag) of a fella hunting elk in NZ. He got to the hunting ground by water and I’ve been dreaming of an NZ hunting kayak exped ever since. Stalking around Hollywood’s Middle Earth for deer bigger than I’ve ever seen with no roads or people within cooee sounds pretty spectacular to me!
This isn’t about History Channel, but I was reading an article about Mad Jack Churchill (the British officer that plugged some German with a longbow launched arrow in 1940). The article included this about Jack’s bow:
Poor Misguided Article wrote: Based on images of Churchill, (weapons historian) Loades suspects he used a lightweight bow with a draw weight under 40 pounds, versus the 100-pound of medieval bows and 180-pound modern warbows. But, says Loades, “unarmored German troops during WWII present a softer target than men in armor during the middle ages. Consequently a really heavy bow would not be necessary.” Modern bowhunters say a 70-pound draw bow can drop a deer easily at 20 yards, and a 40-pound bow would have a greater range, if lesser impact, so its killing potential in early modern times was still notable.
🙄 Where did this guy do his research??
in reply to: What ya got goin? #17059Ben, you’ve racked up some serious fletching experience by the looks of things mate! Well done, no wonder we haven’t seen much of you lately 😀
I’ve been wheeling and dealing all week, I’m run pretty ragged (that doesn’t take much, I’m pretty lazy!), but I’ve got myself signed up to be a guide for a 700km sea kayaking expedition through tropical Queensland for Aussie veterans who received serious physical or psychological injuries in Afghan/Iraq. The best part is I’ve got my CO’s approval which means I’ll be getting paid by army for the pleasure. Sometimes I seriously love my job 😀
I’ll leave in late August and be gone pretty much all of September. One of the guys who lost his legs on the trip with me in 2012 did a similar paddle last year with the same organisation and loved it. I’m really looking forward to it!
in reply to: What ya got goin? #16370Ralph, I know how beautiful the clean smell of rain can be on a dusty day, but I think what you’ve been going through is a whole all ball park. Must be a relief 😀
in reply to: Side quivers with arrow grippers #14947Smithhammer wrote: That’s a little concerning. I hope you didn’t already send them payment?
The EFA quivers is my favorite bow quiver I’ve tried. Very light and unobtrusive.
It’s ok, the email was asking for a shipping quote, I hadn’t put any money down yet.
Yep, I’m very happy with the EFA. On top of being so small and light it is also very nice to look at. I know that shouldn’t be important for hunting kit, but there is a definite aesthetic appeal to bows and it’s a pity to ruin it with a perfectly functional but bland quiver. In my little opinion 😉
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