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in reply to: What ya got goin? #17530

Well, since your bow is made from osage it’s alternative name is Maclura pomifera!

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #17512

Ah, good ole Solanum elaeagnifolium

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in reply to: Historic Examples of D/R Longbows #61560

Hey Smithhammer

I’ve had the citation for this book sitting in my “too read” list for some time. But working on a PhD thesis means I just can’t take on the amount of recreational reading that I would like to. In anycase, if you can find a copy at your library I’d like to know if it’s worth my time.

https://books.google.com/books/about/Brazilian_Indian_archery.html?id=LZwNAAAAYAAJ

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in reply to: Canoe paddling – Backcountry College #56713

Hey Clay, another good video

What you call a sculling stroke I always called the “fiddle widdle” if only because that’s what Bob Foote calls it. It is one of the most useful strokes for positioning the canoe while fishing to make that perfect cast. With a little practice it can be done one handed too.

http://www.bobfoote.com/bob/tips/fiddlewiddle.htm

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in reply to: Shooting tips – video #52533

Hey Clay, good video

Fundamentals are worth practicing and re-visiting no matter how far along an archer has advanced in there skill. I’m re-working my shooting after a ~5 year absence so this video is much appreciated. I like how you mention your blend of hill/ferguson styles; the reference is handy for those of us who have an understanding of how those archers executed their marksmanship. I also find that instinctive shooting is conceptually/philosophically easy to understand (e.g., throwing baseballs, rocks, apples, etc.), but very difficult to execute consistently.

I went out to the back yard today and tried to focus on a few of the things that you mentioned, particularly on consistent back tension, lining the form/body up with the intended point of impact and the bow arm/hand having a “jump toward” the target. All helpful elements to be conscious of during practice!

Funny side note, your fur silencer breaks free of your string at 00:09:04

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in reply to: Historic Examples of D/R Longbows #51355

Hey Smithhammer

thought you might enjoy this. There are several videos in the series and the host of the video claims that his parents and grandparents continued to make Comanche style bows and arrows to put up small game for the table.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #42774

R2 wrote: don’t get caught in the underpasses during downpours or in the playa lake areas around the south loop. A bunch of rain can fall in a hurry and nowhere for water to run off to. 😀

R2 I can’t hardly be convinced to drive down the block in Lubbock when it rains, the poor drainage is unreal, the streets turn into raging torrents and driving at any speed over 5mph results in a wave that is impossible to see through.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #41623

R2 wrote: Drew, you been around enough you don’t need to practice gettin rescued uh!!:D

I had to swim out of my toyota 4runner in a creek in the MO Ozarks in 2009, now my address is on top of the Llano, as you know R2 it’s rare you need to even wade out of anything up there.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #39135

R2 wrote: We good.

Everyone knows where the flooding areas are so they can go drive into them and get rescued out of them:roll::roll:

R2 for the past two weeks I’ve had to make several trips down 87 southbound to San Angelo and occasionally on to Del Rio for some part time work doing wildlife surveys. I’ve been living in Lubbock off and on for the last 3 years, first time I’ve seen it “flood” on top of the Llano Estacado; there has been a car stranded in a highway median “playa” that spans 87 for the last two weeks.

I’ve lived in Texas off and on since 2010, in that time, I’ve seen one of the worst droughts in recorded history, wildfires that blazed from Conroe to Monahans, and now some pretty epic flooding. That being said I lived near the Missouri river during the flood of 1993, so none of this is all that novel to me.

-drew4fur

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in reply to: Mitten's article in the current TBM #63187

R2 wrote: Judgements usually best kept within an open mind and behind a closed mouth. 🙂

R2, if this was FB (and I’m glad it’s not), I would “like” that.

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in reply to: Mitten's article in the current TBM #63163

Smithhammer wrote: keep from rushing to judegment on things that just don’t really matter.

I assume that I am a relatively young member of this forum; I just turned 32 a week ago. While age is certainly relative, I feel like Bruce’s words on rushing to judgement are a loose motto for my thritys.

-Drew

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in reply to: Mitten's article in the current TBM #62665

Bruce

Do you think this article resonates with you b/c you’re also a fly fisherman? The angling world is awash with ridicule and criticism; you know as well as anyone the ridicule that happens among fly anglers toward OTHER fly anglers and their target fish /methods of using the fly rod. Then there is angling in general, those who choose to chuck bait and lures to the same popular fly fishing targets are often snubbed by the fly flickers.

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in reply to: Mitten's article in the current TBM #61603

I’ve killed a whopping 3 white tail does in my life; 1 with a bow, 1 with a muzzleloader, 1 with a center fire rifle. When I got to undergrad I largely gave up bowhunting whitetails b/c I didn’t want to commit the time to practice while living in dormatorys and b/c I got WAY into bow fishing. Furthermore I was somewhat put off by the trophy hunters and I just wasn’t into swapping big buck stories with them.

Considering all of that I found that Mitten’s article was thought provoking b/c I’ve never had a personal relationship with a traditional bowhunter who really put the time in to take trophy animals. Additionally I’ve never thought about the roll reversal of a trad bow hunter who regularly passes up shots on deer to take a particular trophy and receiving ridicule for that choice. I must say I respect the effort, and I hope one day I again live in a time and place where I can have the luxury of using the bulk of a big game season to pursue a particular trophy. I know plenty of archers in my old home state who find little challenge in taking freezer meat with the bow, and I definitely agree with Mitten that trad/primitive gear isn’t an excuse to take whatever walks by and call it win; his suggestion of redefining failure is, I think, a great motto.

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in reply to: 2 fletch #61595

Smithhammer wrote: Cool pic. I’d be curious to know (roughly) where it was taken.

Drew – keep us updated on your 2-fletch experiments.

Bruce

I was hoping that you’d know who took this picture! Don’t you know everyone in the BHA?

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in reply to: Field vs Broadhead Weights #61049

Doc Nock wrote:

I like Ralph’s view, but the German in me won’t allow it! I NEED to know!

I’m kinda with Doc on this (I’m also of German lineage). I bought the 3 rivers pocket grain scale when they still sold it, and the digital grain scales are super cheap on Amazon. I’m a wildlife biologist who studies small critters, so I’m always up to my ears in ways to weigh things (is a pun hiding in there?) to the nearest tenth of a gram (15.4 grains).

All that being said, this activity is supposed to be about elegance; if you can get great flight and never buy a scale, you’re doing it right!

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