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in reply to: Backcountry College #6 – "keeping warm" #58138
colmike wrote: Why do you have beard and mustache to collect the snot and moisture to freeze on your face? 😆
It helps cool my tea, and the melt water keeps it topped off for a while:D Oh, and it makes me purdy..
the wrap is rawhide. Two years ago I slipped while side hilling a steep slope. The gun just happened to be tucked under my arm and spaning two big logs. The neck snapped when I fell. did a field repair which held for the rest of the trip. put the rawhide on when I got back.
in reply to: Why the increase in hunters? Study results #58068This was sent to me earlier today. These guys really turn out some good stuff.
I’d never really considered the slack in home building being a driver in hunter numbers. Makes sense.
in reply to: Backcountry College – Navigation II #57128tailfeather wrote: Anyhoo….if it is ok (and I assume it is), I plan to show these two vids in class to drive the point home and break up my monotonous instruction. Thanks.
That’d be fine by me.
Good suggestion Dave. I think I could put together a pretty neat vid on “other” ways to find true north, etc. All sorts of cool tricks our there.
While out hunting a few weeks ago I decided to try’n find the time by using my compass. I’d never tried it before but figured that if you could find true north with a watch, you should be able to find the time with a compass. Once i had it all drawn out in the sand, i checked my estimation and was about 10 minutes off. not bad..
in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #56524Clay Hayes wrote:
Bitter weather can sure clamp down on the late fun, but here are a few tips to help keep you warm and comfortable when the mercury drops. We’ll talk about the importance of layering, as well as different clothing materials and then move into some other tips.
Oops, I cut and past a little to much. I guess you know what the next backcountry college is going to be on.:oops:
in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #56521Smithhammer wrote: It’s all contrived ‘reality show’ crap these days.
Bitter weather can sure clamp down on the late fun, but here are a few tips to help keep you warm and comfortable when the mercury drops. We’ll talk about the importance of layering, as well as different clothing materials and then move into some other tips.
Ha, ain’t that the truth. Do viewers really think these shows aren’t scripted? Anyway, these to will pass. Then they’ll be on to something new.
Back to the topic though, I think the hunting hero as described in the article is quickly becoming a thing of the past. The newer hunters, the one’s that’ll keep hunting alive, aren’t buying it.
I’d like to see the Smithhammer/Elkheart duo on the next reality show. Duel philosophizing, Unscripted… And a bottle of bourbon for good measure:D
in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #50478you’re right steve, it’s not an accent. It’s dialect. But that’s besides the point.
I am ignorant… of a lot of things, maybe even the english language but I think not. It’s hard to break 27 (that’s when I left the south) years of emersion in southern dialect even if I wanted to. But that’s besides the point as well.:roll:
I’m not really sure what the point is, other than regional dialect, dress code, choice of camo, etc. doesn’t make the man. It’s a little deeper than that.
I think TV personalities are a little like politicians. They’re a reflection of the people that support them. So, until the hunting culture at large changes for the better, we’ll continue to see what we see.
But, I think we are undergoing a shift, something along the lines of Don’s editorial an issue or so ago. Something about a paralel with the Michael Pollan crowd (The Omnivore’s Dilemma is a great read btw). And please forgive my spelling, they didn’t teach that down yander:D
in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #49451colmike wrote: PS. Clay you will never reach the heights of those teevee heroes as long as you persist in using that silly magnet and piece of paper with squiggly lines to find your way.:D
Quickly after hitting the submit button it occurred to me that I should have said depths instead of heights… Oh well.
What Mr. Schobe had to say made me chuckle, especially the last part about Fred Bear chest bumping with St Charles. That’s a mental image.. It’s also refreshing to see this in a mainstream hook & bullet pub. We do need more of this. I do, however, find some level of agreement with the comments at the bottom. I’m not defending the idiot behavior of most TV personalities, but the author does take some liberties and seems to say that his way is the only respectable way. If I say y’all, does that make me a dumb, disrespectful redneck? If I hunt in jeans and a flannel shirt does that make incompetent? If I blacken my face with charcoal, etc, etc. All of which I do on a regular basis.
It’s more about what’s in the hunter’s heart, and what comes through the television set. Unfortunately, idiot behavior is more sensational than a calm, respectful hunter and sensation is what gets ratings. Just look at the Jacka$$ phenomenon and reality TV. But, the outdoor channel ratings are going into the toilet, or so I hear, so maybe they’ll get the picture.
Kudos to the author and the mag for publishing this. The author was just a little to sure of himself for me to fully back.
ch
in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #48243Dang, I guess I’ll have to change my vernacular if I ever want to reach the hights of Outhouse channel stardom. Y’all
And, for the record, that’s called southern ease, not redneckese…
in reply to: Backcountry College #4 – navigation 1 #26123Fallguy wrote: Great Job Clay. I always tell our Hunter Ed students that there is nothing to fear about spending the night in the woods that is what “Grandpa called that Camping”.
That’s unless it’s in grizzly country and you’ve just spent the evening up to your elbows in deer carcass:shock:
Kidding aside, fear of the woods is mostly just human nature expressing itself through fear of the unknown. The more someone learns, the more they understand and believe your comment. That’s partially what this series is about – giving folks some of skills and knowledge needed to be confident exploring off the well trodden trails.
ch
in reply to: troubled grizzly #16745Here’s a short vid if you want to sharpen by hand. http://youtu.be/5umxVy7uhLM
in reply to: Backcountry College #3 – "hangin' around" #60036Here’s the link if you have trouble seeing the embedded video above.
in reply to: Backcountry College – Episode 2 "to build a fire" #44334If you’re having trouble viewing the embeded video, you can also see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7Plfdd5zKhA
in reply to: New vids on woodsmanship, etc. #30755Dave, good questions, and I’ll do my best to answer. First the demensions. As I stated in the video, this 9X10 is minimal. The inside is about 4.5 X 6.5 (at the peak, plus a little with the flaps extended), so just big enough for one guy. My feet touch the back where it slopes down to the ground. And, as you say, that can be a problem in prolonged wet weather. I’ve got another lightweight silicon treated polyester tarp that’s more like 12 X 13. It weighs next to nothing and could stuff easily into a daypack. There’s plenty of room in that one to stretch out. You could get a cheap plastic tarp and set it up this way just to see if the demensions would work for you. Or, you could get some old bed sheets from the goodwill and mock one up. The diamond configuration gives you a lot more room, but the front is open. That’s sometimes nice because you can build a small fire out front and make coffee while you’re still in your sleeping bag. I’ve used mine late season in near zero weather and that’s a real benni.
I had mine out a week or so ago and it rained and blew for a day and a half. I was in a down sleeping bag atop a thermarest inside and stayed dry. I did have to trench around one side to avoid rain coming in under the walls.
Mine also has button holes along the front flaps so you could thread a long narrow stick and close it up tight. You could solve that problem in a number of ways.
I don’t pack stakes. They’re easy to cut in the woods. And a rock works well to drive them.
ch
in reply to: Selecting the best feathers for fletching #30002good points, and cool podcast site. Some good stuff there.
I don’t think they’re all that bad if you can get the ones with pasta dishes. They tast a lot like the canned ravioli and such, but dryer. The chicken and eggs are just plain nasty. When I lived in Florida they handed them out for after big storms knocked out the power. I’ve still got a few boxes and I keep a few behind the seat of the truck. With that said, I’d much rather cook somthing worthwile.
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