[James Harvey]

in reply to: SHEDS! #31167

Wow, those are awesome Preston!

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Wolves and Rivers Video #31164

I didn’t think the following deserved it’s own thread but might be of interest to those interested in wolves…

A wolf was caught by a trail cam in Bohemia (Czech Rep.). The first confirmed wolf in that part of the world since the 19th century. They reckon it was probably a visitor from Germany or Poland, both of which apparently have ‘strong’ wolf populations.

Here’s the article (in English):

http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/photo-confirms-return-of-wolves-to-bohemia-after-over-century?fb_action_ids=10152359767504328&fb_action_types=og.likes

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #30481

Well, you’re not allowed to hunt roos with bows. You’re not allowed to hunt roos on public land. Strictly speaking, you’re not allowed to hunt roos on private property either, with one exception. That being if you’re a property owner (or his/her agent) and you consider that a population of roos is reducing your capacity to produce livestock/crops etc. In which case you can cull them with rifles.

The upshot of that seems to be that there is little government management of roo populations, no ‘recreational’ hunting of them and widespread shooting of them on private properties (generally spot lighting).

There is fortunately a legal capacity for commercial harvesting for food/leather which means we can buy it (cheaper than beef). The big roo harvesting business here says that they entered the US market about a decade ago briefly before a PETA campaign got a US federal ban on selling their roo meat in the US. Go PETA.

I wrote up a little eating guide to roo in Dave P’s recent thread ‘darned elk’. Probably safer to read that than get me writing about it again 😉

I’m keen to give the paddle and stalk a go… something that I can’t figure out is how you’d keep your rig on the deck of an exped kayak like mine and keep it quiet. It’d be easier with a fishing style ‘yak. I think maybe an unstrung longbow strapped to the deck could be out of the way and could be quickly/quietly strung on the river bank before the stalk. Experimentation required 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #30327

One of the things I enjoy most about sea kayaking is getting in real close to rocks, where the waves etc are and playing around with fine control skills. Well, I’ve discovered an almost analogue to that in rivers. Paddling up little tributaries until you just can’t paddle anymore, it’s not quite as exciting but it’s a fair bit more peaceful 😀

Some guys I’ve spoken to use this in what they call ‘paddle and stalk’ hunting. If you’re careful with your paddle you can be very quiet. I sense… possibilities 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Blood Moon #29985

Raplh,

we packed up the kids and drove up the biggest hill around here for a photo as the moon rose over the ocean. Between one kid being sick everywhere and the other one throwing a wild tantrum we chose the better part of valour and ran home before we caught sight of the thing.

I’m sorry I missed it!

[James Harvey]

in reply to: "The Good Hunt" film update #29976

colmike wrote: An Aussie infantryman discussing art?:shock:

To be fair, I just resorted to name calling 😉

David, you are so right about the wonderful pool of talent here.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: "The Good Hunt" film update #28533

Dave,

I got Christopher’s email the day you posted this I think and was very excited to hear it’s moving closer to completion.

I understand that art won’t be rushed, but in this instance I think art is being a selfish jerk and should rush for my benefit 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #26924

Well, I had been planning on a day trip kayaking and bowfishing today…

But I’m sitting in the eye of a little cyclone right now so there’ll be no paddling 🙁

I did just watch Clay’s new vid about serving your bow string and figure I might as well give his nocking trick a go, so the day is not a complete loss 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Purple Heart #26730

Beautiful work from Kevin there. What a wonderful thing for him to do 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Update on Larry Fischer vs The Bastard #25604

Give em Hell mate

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Backpack Hunters–Check In #23581

That REI ultralight link seems like a pretty good benchmark. So much of what is necessary depends on where you are going and when. What comforts you are willing to sacrifice for are obviously a personal choice. For instance I usually have very utilitarian food when I’m backpacking but I almost always carry one flavoured coffee sachet for every day and that’s my ‘treat’. I’ve had some properly rubbish days that are recovered by the smell of a vanilla latte as night is setting in. It’s good to have a little morale in there somewhere 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Historic Examples of D/R Longbows #23458

Here’s an interesting one about the Egyptian’s arrows Bruce. I’d love to learn more about their arrow design, this guy is talking about really light arrows (150-230 grains) with very weak spine.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070212222317/http://tilde.snt.utwente.nl/~sagi/artikel/egyptian/egyptian.html

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Historic Examples of D/R Longbows #22772

Bruce,

A chap posted the following article about short Egyption composite bows on another site and thought it may be of interest to you and anyone else following this thread…

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_N7B2Rx9-45eDY2dWdyZmdweWc/edit?usp=sharing

If the link doesn’t work let me know, I’m new to sharing things with google drive, setting permissions etc 🙄

Jim

PS

Another video too…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXj-Gb8ptUQ

There’s a very optimistic arrow speed estimate in there, but some nice footage all the same…

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Zebra Bow #22746

Here are some close ups

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Caroline & David Petersen #22677

You and Caroline are in my thoughts here Dave.

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