[James Harvey]

in reply to: a video of a "outside of the box" hunt #62785

Excellent video Jason. Like Mike said, different lingo perhaps but your terrain analysis is just the same as a soldier looking to set an ambush. Just another animal to hunt.

On a different note, I asked you after another of your videos about tree stands vs ground blinds to which you gave me convincing explanations. The start of this video though was an excellent example of that shot angle opening up that little sapling area you showed us. I could imagine on the ground having very limited fire lanes through that, but up in the air you have a lot more opportunities. It may have been an unintentional education but I appreciate it all the same 😉

Cheers,

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: "Looking for Lagomorphs" trailer #61567

That’s a wonderful still taken from the vid! I love arrows in flight 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Blackbeard Bound! #61557

Etter’s pics! I’ll label the pics with numbers so you can post after mine and tell us what we’re looking at if you like mate 😀

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[James Harvey]

in reply to: Co -Editors Note #60182

I’ve just finished an Army Adventurous Training (AT) leadership course and the lead instructor on the course was a 60 year old fella who’s been running AT for a couple of decades now. He told me a lot of his peers (old soldiers) say things like ‘they don’t make soldiers like they used to’. He reckons that’s true, we’ve all grow up in suburbs not farms and we all while away our youth on couches with xbox controls in their hands, not digging in fence posts and throwing hay bales (I spent a fair smack of time with a nintendo control in mine).

But he said all they need to meet the old standard is a little exposure to hardship (beyond normal Army training) and leadership from hard men. That’s why he loves AT and what it can do for young soldiers.

I reckon TBM is another rare example of that kind of exposure and leadership. We all know it and love it for that very example it sets. I hope with all my heart that every now and then a young man or woman whose parents can’t provide that kind of leadership picks up a copy of TBM and gets some of that exposure.

As Don said in his op-ed, substance over style, actions over appearance, these are dwindling values. Thank goodness TBM and it’s contributors still show people what it means.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: "Looking for Lagomorphs" trailer #59015

Hahaha, that’s excellent. Was it a shock proof camera or were you just very lucky?

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Blackbeard Bound! #57892

Post some pics you selfish jerks 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Backcountry College – Navigation II #56772

Clay that was excellent mate. If someone told me they were going to address those nav concepts in a video I would have said ‘you’re wasting your time, you need to get guys out in the field’. But you did a good job of it, clearer and more concise than our army nav lessons on the same subject.

The use of landscape over lays while looking at contours on a map and and overlays of contour maps with routes being marked out on them while you’re looking at terrain and discussing your planned route I reckon would be super helpful for people trying to tie it all together in their mind before getting out in the field to give it a go.

Well done.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #55990

Hahah, your poor bow Ralph!

Here’s a neat Christmas tree I found on the Internet…

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Grip vs form #53452

Handi, can I ask what has made you suspect the wrist position as a cause?

handirifle wrote: shot my carbons with high FOC setup that problem went away, at 15yds anyway. At closer yardages it’s still there

If changes in your arrow (and presumably arrow trajectory) and changes in range have an impact on this issue it suggests to me a point of aim issue rather than a form issue.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #51633

Clay’s reasonable concern over questions of style aside, I reckon the author hit the nail on the head…

Unrelated to Dave, Petersen wrote: You know why Fred Bear didn’t do it? … he was a grown man.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Update on Larry Fischer vs The Bastard #51615

Thanks to Smithhammer, Crush the Bastard has gone intercontinental…

I reckon that’s the best anti-cancer message I’ve ever heard and it takes place alongside my wristband for wounded vet’s. More power to you Larry!

Sincerely,

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Rookie Mistakes #50166

I saw a little herd of goats on a steep, scrubby hillside and put a stalk on them, getting within about 10-15 of the billy, shot about a metre over his back. That story repeated itself about 45 minutes later, identical shot and miss.

I thought ‘I am fast and I am fit, if a little African guy can do it, so can I’! I dropped my bow and quiver, took my knife and just started running after the billy. You wouldn’t believe it but goats are actually better at running around rocky, scrubby hills than I am 😕

After running my little legs into the ground (with goats seemingly laughing at me from every little ledge on the hill) I spent about an hour trying to find where the heck I had left my bow 😳

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #45731

Ben, none of the trainees (my peers and I) knew and while the old sea dogs running the course knew they gave us no hints beforehand so it was still a magical discovery for us 😀 The old fellas were quite jealous of my untouched cabin though, none of them had found it before!

Here is another pic because it is just so nice. Except all the tiger sharks. And irukandji. At least you get to see them coming in that water 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Cougars, livestock and hunting #45723

You’re right Dave, it seems entirely counter intuitive. The explanation in the abstract gets traction in my mind though:

Peebles et al wrote: We suggest that increased young male immigration, social disruption of cougar populations, and associated changes in space use by cougars – caused by increased hunting resulted in the increased complaints and livestock depredations.

Reasonably compelling support of that suggestion can be found down in the discussion of results:

Peebles et al wrote: Very heavy hunting (100% removal of resident adults in 1 year) increased the odds of complaints and depredations in year 2 by 150% to 340%.

I wonder if this effect of dominant individual removal, leading to irregular predator behaviour is most significant in clever, learning predators like cats. A fascinating, counter intuitive consciousness raiser that’s for sure. Hopefully it leads to more comprehensive studies across varied predators and like you say, effects on wild prey as well (although I’m not sure how that could be measured).

Who needs fantasy/fiction when we have such a fascinating and mysterious reality eh?

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #44494

Geeze Ben, make me some arrows 😀

I’m going to try and restrain myself from posting too many pics from my little adventure as there isn’t a spec of hunting in there… But there was one place that was pretty special that wanderers, outdoorsmen and romantics can all appreciate I think.

We came paddling up to this bay and couldn’t believe our eyes….

You may not be able to see it in the above photo so here’s a close up…

It was like jurassic park. So this place was a high end eco-resort to the stars. But in the last 10 years or so we’ve had some epic cyclones and there are only so many times you can afford to repair and rebuild. For the last two years it’s been abandoned. Windows are smashed, the jungle has overgrown staircases, parts are falling down, cabins have been looted and destroyed by idiots.

Right at the top (out of view in the close up shot) after an Indiana Jones style adventure including bypassing rotting stairs by climbing a cliff face, battling snakes (ok it ran away when it saw me… because it wasn’t a snake it was a goanna) and some other misadventure I found one perfect cabin, untouched by tropical storms or filthy looters.

It was a truly special night, staying in this tiny piece of civilization in the midst of destruction and decay, all framed by some of the most beautiful wilderness I’ve had the pleasure of seeing.

Here’s a shot looking across the bay..

Another expedition next week 😀

Jim

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