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in reply to: Pulling my hair out over quivers. #40268
James, there are a lot of great ideas above and from some very experienced heads. Of all the side quivers I have seen (though never used) the Asbell looks like a reasonably priced ($70?), utilitarian option. Nothing fancy, but functional, versatile and robust in design. Perhaps worth your consideration.
Jim
in reply to: Just a thought (on technology)… #40198Dave, we’re on the same page. My assertion is that a high powered rifle/optic on a hilltop is a much more effective killing machine than a bow and nvg fumbling around in the dark. Not that I’m suggesting that is a justification of using nvg to hunt game, just that there are already less sporting things accepted in the hunting world.
Alex, I also acknowledge that this is a diversion from your original post as you were talking about using the tech to track downed game. Apologies 😉
Jim
in reply to: Just a thought (on technology)… #38915JamesG wrote: “Also, I absolutely detest the hi-tech militarization of hunting gear and wish all electronics were outlawed. It’s just awful for the sport, IMHO.”
I thought for awhile on how to reply to the topic when I realized I could not say it any better than Mr. Petersen.
James, I share that opinion with you and Dave, but in terms of effectiveness, if I were a deer, I’d rather a bowhunter or riflehunter shooting iron sights trying to sneak around in the night with a crappy NVG (a noisy affair) over a guy in full daylight sitting on a hill with a powerful rifle and powerful optics and a laser range finder. One is a much more effective killer than the other.
Jim
in reply to: Just a thought (on technology)… #25130Alex, great to see you back. A hint to the limitations of nvg is that if we ever lose something important at night on an exercise, we take off our NVG and pull out our petzl’s. If it’s tactical I still take off my nvg and look by star or moonlight. My experience is that they’re not great for detail.
As I understand FLIR it’s just an IR torch that provides a light source that the nvg can see, rather than a thermal capability.
Some of the thermal imaging gear is excellent, but I doubt the good stuff is available to civilians anywhere in the world.
Jim
in reply to: A different kind of pay-to-play hunting #11564colmike wrote: I wonder if anyone has ever traced the paper trail and reported on where that money really goes. It smells to me like politicians and insiders, laughing at us.
Mmm, when the guy running the show says
“We believe we’ve fulfilled our obligation” to bring in convention dollars and support wildlife projects.
That doesn’t sound like a fellow passionate about supporting wildlife, it sounds like a guy who sees that as a burden that must be carried to achieve his real goals, what ever they may be.
in reply to: Tuffhead testing #11556We’re on the same page Jans 😀 Our next trip to the states will be a long one and you may very well get a visit from an obnoxious half Australian, half Kentucky family 😉 I’d certainly love it 😀
in reply to: Tuffhead testing #9510My biggest drama Jans is that I generally spend fair whacks out of every year away with work so I find it hard to justify going away for days at a time and leaving my wife with our 2 little kids. I feel like I’m trapped a bit by them sometimes, but they’ll never be toddlers again, so I figure I should spend as much time as I can with them until they’re a little more independent. It would definitely be true to say if I were anywhere else in the world right now, Alaska, South Africa, where ever, I wouldn’t be getting much hunting done 😉
My city’s mayor is trying to get a bill passed at the moment that would allow members of the Australian Bowhunters Association (like me) to hunt council land. Which would be awesome. I can walk a km into the scrub from my front door and find pigs. It’s just on council land that I’m not allowed to hunt 😕
in reply to: Tuffhead testing #8499David Petersen wrote: Ozzy James — And many Alaskans dream of OZ.
Sure, if you like an endless array of beautiful beaches, bars, women and free hospitals, Australia is all right I guess. But if you want to be cold, alone and scared of a big predator, I think Alaska would be hard to beat. I guess the grass is always greener. Silly Alaskans, they don’t know what they’ve got.
in reply to: Tuffhead testing #8491vintage archer wrote: I am in the process of having a adapter/insert for a 5/16 arrow made from grade 5 titanium tentative that will weigh 200 grains but will hopefully be 3 inches long so it would be an adapter/insert/internal footing. i am excited about that hopefully it will test well……
That’s exciting news Joe. Matched up with your existing range of heads that would give a reasonable weight range of heavy front ends with a minimum of fuss. Two glue joints and you’re ready to rock’n’roll. Keep us posted on how it goes please 😀
Jim
in reply to: Bent 100grain brass insert #8482I haven’t done it myself but have heard of it happening to a few folks on glancing blows.
Joe Furlong just mentioned in another thread in this forum that he is working on a one piece titanium adaptor/insert. That would be spectacularly robust I think.
Jim
in reply to: Yote Robertson #8128Nat Geo’s youtube channel has last years episode up, they may add this years eventually?
in reply to: Tuffhead testing #64100colmike wrote: Jim
So buy the business. Move to the states. Look at the money you would save in postage 8)
Mike
I have day dreams about that kind of life change all the time. I find myself thinking about Alaska just about every day of late.
In other news I took the plunge and 24 hour epoxied (I like making up verbs) some one piece brass adaptors into some carbon shafts today. I should get the chance to do some more testing over Christmas.
in reply to: Arrow Integrity #64073forresterwoods wrote: My entire shafts are footed.
That was one of the conclusive findings of the Doc’s studies as I recall, that quality hardwood shafts had daylight between them and the best carbon shafts in terms of structural integrity.
in reply to: Yote Robertson #64066I just watched it down here (don’t ask me how I got it, it involved an eye patch, peg leg and sailing the seven internet seas) and it actually looked pretty darned challenging. I was very pleased to see the hard charging military team take the first leg though 😉
Jim
Everything here is about fighting heat and dehydration so as much as I love it I try to steer clear of jerky and other dry/salty snacks. A recent discovery of adventure goodness I made (doubtless made by other, brighter sparks in the past) has been babybel cheese. It’s a specific brand (I’m sure I’ve seen it in the states) but the point is they are little individual serving sized cheese wheels sealed in wax. The wax keeps them in good condition and also makes excellent fire starting fuel once the cheese is eaten. Two birds, one delicious stone 😉
Jim
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