[James Harvey]

in reply to: Surewood Shafts #133012

I can also vouch for surewood shafts and I had the extra complication of being overseas. Very good to deal with and a very good product.

 

As advised the pencil sharpener style taper tool is no good for Douglas fir.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: New Backpack Quiver #133009

Steve,

 

its a fine looking quiver mate. You really should do the socially responsible thing and take some photos as you go. Not everyone can look at a piece of a leather and see a quiver waiting to happen 🙂

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #133008

Hey guys and gals,

I’ve been offline and busy as all get out for far too long, which has kept my archery tackle in the shed and me off the ol forum.

Well I’ve missed it all so much I’ve actively decided to refocus myself on our beautiful pursuit. Where else would I start but checking in here? And lo and behold webmom welcomes me back and asks to hear about what’s been up.

I havent got much to tell except that I’ve been commanding some very big artillery pieces in some of Australia’s first genuine amphibious efforts in quite a few years (read: since ww2). It’s been busy and rewarding but I’m back on dry land and should be for some time.

I can’t wait to have some more archery tales to share here. And I very much look forward to reading all yours!

 

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Books for Traditional Bowhunters #132918

Great idea Robin.

Top of my list will always be Man Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett. He didnt use a bow but he hunted hard and sets a very fine example for writing about hunting. Don Thomas wrote on these pages something like “Corbett always put the tiger first, followed by the natural world he was in, followed by the courageous Indians who lived amongst them, and somewhere around the bottom of his priorities he mentioned himself”. I paraphrased/butchered that but you get the idea.

Saxton Pope’s “Hunting with the Bow and Arrow” is the best book I’ve read by a bow hunter. It’s hard to beat for romantic appeal and adventurous spirit.

Jim

 

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Pigs and Poison #119461

It does seem problematic fellas. You’d like to think that whoever approved it considered the flow on effects and maybe the environmental cost of letting the pigs alone is worse (e.g. down here one of their big points of environmental damage is eating wetland birds eggs) so the cost of 2nd and 3rd order poison effects is still acceptable on balance.

But who knows?

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Weight Tubes #118080

Stix, I remember seeing a post on here a couple years ago where a fellow had been adding weight to his carbon shafts by running a length of cord (like paracord or some narrow woven cord) down the shaft. Adds weight without adding stiffness anywhere.

 

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: My new baby #117507

Alex, I’ve just been going through some old posts.

 

Congratulations mate, she looks like a beautiful little girl. Good people making good people makes the world a good place to be.

 

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Backpacks and Bino's #116847

Steve,

 

that looks good to go mate. Very similar to contemporary rifle sling design. I want one!

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #99166

Hey guys,

I’ve had a really busy couple of years and am really looking forward to getting my fingers on a string a bit more this year. And maybe getting to post here a bit more again.

I hope everyone had a great holiday season!

 

Webmom, the new site looks awesome!

 

Jim

 

 

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Camo Face Paint #58208

Paleo I reckon a camo/dark neck sock that you can pull up to your eyes is better than paint. Add a hat for shadow and you’re sorted. Now all you have to do is stay up wind and not make any noise 😉

Edit:

And yes, there’s definitely a psych component. It’s war paint (or hunter paint, if that’s your context). We often put it on for competitive events, not just field training. Sort of becomes a pavlovian response. ‘Paints on, time to fight’.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #13108

Beautiful photo Ralph. Have a great time at the shoot. Throw up any photos if you get any from the event 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Best target #28719

Those rhinehart(sp?) cube things that look like a big dice are about the most popular I see other guys with (you can pick em up and throw them on the seat of your car for example). But if you want a more permanent one, I’m sure if you did a search for “home made targets” or “target build along” you’d find some great ideas.

I remembered Steve put up some pics of his target.. try this thread:

https://www.tradbow.com/members/cfmbb/messages.cfm?messageid=804A1617-1422-1DE9-ED77786BC9184DBB#804A1617-1422-1DE9-ED77786BC9184DBB

Good luck!

Edit:

Here’s a photo of my old target.. same idea as Steve’s except I went to the local carpet store and they had rolls of old carpet out the back to go to the rubbish tip, they were happy for me to take them for free. I cut the carpet up into tiles which stack on top of each other. The whole thing was made from scraps so was just about free. Lasted a couple of years of regular shooting (but it’s no good for broadheads).

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Watches #24458

Not sure if it’ll help but our little army trick for stopping the reflection of watches is cut the top 3-4 inches off a green sock and slip it over your wrist to cover the watch. Then you just peel it back when you want a look. Might muffle any obnoxious ticking 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #24391

Hey guys, long time no see. I’ve graduated from our humble little officer college and been posted back to my home town of Brisbane. There’s a good looking archery club 15 minutes away from my new apartment which should see me out shooting again soon!

Here’s a photo they put in the local paper from the graduation with me and my dad:

I’m looking forward to scouring the pages and catching up with everyone 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Things That Might Bite #35721

I don’t have anything serious to add, although last year one of my soldiers was bitten by a snake, on his hand, while he was holding his pride and joy to ‘water the horses’. That’s my new working definition of a ‘close call’ 😉

We have a variety of ticks here, I’ve bedded down in long grass in the dark, only to find my torch and turn it on to see ticks crawling through the grass like ants towards me. But the worst tick bite I’ve seen was when one of my dogs was dragging his legs around behind him like he’d been spine shot, thanks to a paralysis tick living up to it’s name.

My favourite bitey animal story though is from a Christmas maybe 10 years ago. It was Christmas eve and I stumbled, drunk into my bedroom. I’ve always been a fairly neat person and was immediately befuddled as I distinctly remember not leaving a belt lying in the middle of my room. Sure enough, even in my stupor I figured out pretty quick that the belt had a distinct slither to it. I have a distinct memory of looking at it with bleary, drunken eyes and deciding I had no idea what kind of snake it was. I was too drunk to even figure out if it was a python or something more concerning.

Honestly, at that point I would have just circumvented it and gone to bed confident that he was looking for rats, not bed buddies. Except the same little terrier that would later fall victim to a paralysis tick was roaming the house and would doubtless try and make friends with my new reptilian compadre. So I reached into my cupboard and grabbed what seemed like a practical solution. My newly purchased samurai sword. That was a nice moment to discover that the sword was about exactly as sharp as a spoon. So there I was, 6′ of drunken moron with an angry snake pinned under an enormous Japanese butter knife wondering what the hell to do next.

I didn’t want to let the snake go as he was definitely wearing his cranky pants by this stage. So with one hand stretched out using the big knife to keep mr snake at bay my other hand was stretched out in the other direction fumbling through a draw for a little folding knife I knew (hoped) was there. Sure enough the knife appeared, unfolded and dispatched el snako (that’s Mexican for snake).

Christmas day saw me wake up and discover my enemy was a juvenile carpet snake. About as dangerous as a safety pin. What a tough guy I am 😉

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