[James Harvey]

in reply to: lessons learned #42090

grumpy wrote: Extra batteries are silly. How are you going to change them in the dark?

Haha, that’s why the gods gave us moonlight and starlight, to change batteries with. Anyway, if a clutz like me can strip and assemble a machine gun blindfolded, a normal, fully functional man can surely pop a battery cap and fit a couple of batteries 😉

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Bow building Goal Accomplished! #40245

Congratulations Cameron, what an achievement!

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Filled My Buck Tag #40069

A beauty mate, and very neatly done by the sounds of it. Best of luck to your girl, it must be edge of your seat excitement hunting with your kids 😀 Hope she gets a shot this year!

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: lessons learned #39692

maddawg wrote: change all batteries before the season starts (flashlights’)

And bring waterproofed spares 😀

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Orange Co. NY #36885

Lovely photos. I like the frost melting snoozer right below you. The personal history must be very special as well.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Introduction of new member #34339

Welcome Paul 😀 R.M.’s stomps across the Falklands and Apache borne rescues in Afghan are stuff of modern infantry legend. A great organisation to be a part of I’m sure.

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Don Thomas Spot On! #33596

Webmom my choose to delete the following as it contains rifle hunting, but I thought it was appropriate to this discussion… A news story about confronting the reality of the food on your plate and a well bred foodie getting involved.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Arrow trajectory #32096

Here is the average of a couple of rounds yesterday:

Graphing

The end is a bit misleading.. it was point on at about 42.5m which would see a continuation of that steep drop off at the end.

Jim

Edit: I forgot to say too, my draw was 28inches and shaft was 30 inches nock to base of head.

2nd Edit: I shot split finger with mid finger anchor in corner of mouth. Blackmon said in another video that he reckons the best combination in terms of the gap is the fastest arrow with the highest anchor, so I might give 3 under a go next time to see what kind of difference it makes with the gaps.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: MREs #31116

Paleo, something else I reckon would be worth considering is that in my experience, the more people have to eat them the more they dislike them. So Mike et al’s bitterness comes from a depth of experience of mushing the same textureless muck for days on end that you don’t have 😀

I genuinely enjoyed my first few days on rations. They were fun. Also I’m a seriously not picky eater. I was born in the chinese year of the pig and there may be something to it 😉

The guys are right about cost. You’re paying a big premium for a little convenience.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: MREs #29924

Paleo, our’s are pretty ordinary compared to the American ones, but I don’t mind them and have lived off nothing else for weeks at a time.

Four weeks is the longest I’ve gone without a break. You get sick of them eventually, but a week I reckon is ok, especially if you’re able to supplement it with a bit of fresh meat.

Some guys bring out a little bottle of tobasco to supplement flavour, but that’s not my thing.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Killed a Beautiful Bear Today! #29732

Well done Etter! I enjoyed reading about all your pre-season stomping around, it’s great to see it pay off.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Carbon arrow saw #29133

In a typical spat of toddler like ‘I know best’ I decided to go against all conventional wisdom the other day and cut a carbon shaft in a mitre box with a hacksaw. I only used the back stroke to cut and it worked perfectly.

The shafts were Beman MFX Classics, which have some kind of internal tube of something (maybe just a different carbon pattern or something?) which may have helped produce the nice result, I’m not sure.

I ended up doing half a dozen like that and they were all fine. Ran a file crosscut across the ends to clean them up and voila, ready to shoot. It was even easier than the file.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #28788

Great photos and tales guys.

Bruce that photo of the guy (not sure if it’s you or your hunt buddy) walking up the snowy hillside… I’ve taken enough photos of hills to know if it looks steep in a photo it was properly steep in real life, and that looks steep to me!

Alex, I love that pic of the moon rise over your camp.

[James Harvey]

in reply to: Practicing the "Cold Shot" #28772

Ralph, what has spurred the change to 3 under?

Bruce, that is a properly cold shot and a fine shot at that 😀

Jim

[James Harvey]

in reply to: My first Traditional Deer Harvest video #28099

jasonsamko wrote: That is priceless!

So let me get this straight…..

First deer.

Shot with trad equipment.

From the ground.

Caught it on video without a camera man.

Just awesome!!!!!

Ditto, amazing effort 😀

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