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in reply to: Pushing the limits #46524

We all have a line that should not be crossed. I had a good talk with her. I did not leave a mess. I’ve cleaned fish, partridge, hare, deer. I’ve always cleaned up and disinfected. If she dared throw a hissy fit after that, well. We all have a line.

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in reply to: Stalking #35862

I may be wrong but I believe that few of us have the opportunity of hunting pristine areas. I share my hunting area with hikers, dog sled enthusiasts, and those noisy motorized beasts. So my opportunities of stalking some unaware prey is zilch. There are a lot of “innocents” in many urban areas that I’m not permitted to hunt. You climb a pole and hope for the best. Not my preference mind you, but….

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in reply to: Arrow weight #41621

David Petersen wrote: There is “good enough” and there is “good as possible.” My limites are 10 grains max from lightest to heaviest with most clustered in the middle, and 5 pounds spine. Usually in a dozen shafts, more or less half will be really close and shoot good groups. Those become hunting shafts and the others practice, stumpers, small game, etc. With wood shafts it’s definitely “you get what you pay for” insofar as it costs more for someone to sort out matching straight shafts and that cost is passed along to us. An arrowmaker friend recently went through more than a hundred shafts to find fewer than a dozen that met my specs.

Thanks. Never thought of grouping. Makes a lot of sense. For a simple tool there are a lot of variables and really the bottom line is performance. With carbon and aluminum you don’t worry so much about variables.

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in reply to: Arrow weight #40859

Gigglemonk wrote: I try to keep mine within 25 grains. So the lightest might be 380 and the heaviest 405.

Thanks. My current batch of cedars are 49 to 55 spine and 355 to 375 weight. So I should be OK. Of course these are bare (oiled) shafts. There’s a lot to go yet. I’ve done aluminum and carbon in the past but this is my first time with wood. I’m retired now so I can afford time for the better things in life.:D

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in reply to: Dog Question #40820

Etter1 wrote: I have two walker dogs and I love them both to death but my younger one (little over a year) is incredibly anxious. She circles a chair in the living room crying for hours. She has no idea what she wants to do. I open the door and she just barks at me. She barks CONSTANTLY. I’ve had her on three different medications for anxiety and none of them have helped much. I’m going to start dosing her with the shock collar to try and calm her down, but I hate to do that. The only other option we have, though, is me taking her for a drive and it will absolutely kill me if I have to do that.

I’ve never seen a dog like her. When she gets tired, she’s the sweetest dog in the world and my other walker is in love with her, but we are at our witt’s end and expecting to start trying for a baby before long so this can’t go on. I am looking for any options here.

And before it’s mentioned, exercize doesn’t affect her. I’ve ran her for many many hours in the mountains, taken her home and she sleeps for an hour and goes back to her craziness.

Please chime in, especially houndsmen.

I’m not a houndsman, but I do upland game with pointers. Questions;

Have you hunted her and if so, how did she behave?

If not, are you willing to wait and then wait to see if it’s all worth it? I’ve put up with a lot of garbage from a pointer who could nail a grouse 50 feet away.

If yes and it was medeochre, ask yourself, do I really want to put up with this? Your passion, I expect, is hunting, not spending your life babysitting a neurotic dog. May sound unfeeling, but I’d put her down and start again. I’ve done it, and somehow I feel it was better for both of us. Besides, breeding a dog with problems isn’t doing the overall breed any good. There’s a responsability associated to this.

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