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in reply to: Hunting season is so close #50798
Yeah, I used to get all worked up like that:D Now I wait until the the weather cools down and the skeeters get scarce.
I understand the land thing, so far I have a 45 acre plot I’ll be sharing with anther hunter that the landowner says does not hunt much and is not a bow hunter. So probably won’t see him until muzzleloader starts. Then I called another friend who has let me go on his land which has a couple hundred acres in various plots but he regretfully informed me he has leased the plot I wanted to go on. I know the guys he leased it to but I’m not sure yet if they will let in on it. Anyway on the upside he is planning to lease across the road and so much as offered it to me as soon as he works out the details with his uncle. It backs up to hundreds of acres of public land so I am excited about that proposal. And while there are tons of game lands near me you have to find places others won’t walk to if you don’t want to hunt too close to other hunters. I’m excited but maybe not quite as much as the younger guys.
in reply to: Preserving Snake Skin for Bow Backing? #49772Troy Breeding wrote:
My biggest problem right now if finding the last 6 skins I dried (two copperheads and four timber rattlers). Knew right where they were when I lived in MO. Since moving to OH I have yet to find them. They have to be here, I’d never throw something like that away.
Troy
Yeah but my wife would:wink: She threw out 2 of my best copperhead skins, said they creeped her out. Now I keep em where she can’t see them.
in reply to: Preserving Snake Skin for Bow Backing? #48658I’ve purchased skins that appear to have just been air dried. I live in a fairly humid area so I use Borax on mine. Borax can be found in the detergent section in most grocery stores. It will dry any type of skin. I plan to just rinse it off of my skins before use. I think it would be OK to use your skin thawed out right from the freezer if you are going to use hide glue or Elmers. Just apply glue to the limbs and position the damp skin, then lightly wrap with rags to keep it in place while it dries. After it is dry remove scales with masking tape. Be sure to remove all scales before applying your finish or a missed scale will appear milky under the finish.
in reply to: A little off topic… #48310Catherine MacRae was lost that day. Coming to work early that day to her new job at the Fred Alger Co on the 93 floor. Everyone there on that floor died that day.
Cat was a cousin on my fathers mothers side of our family. However distant a cousin, all MacRaes are my family and MacRaes never ever forget.
in reply to: Quiver identification #47540Codger,
I’ve got one I’ve had since I was 12 with the Shakespeare logo on it. I suspect a general manufacturer makes them and they have been sold over the years under various brands. Mine is also tan and exactly as you describe. Glad you found a replacement.
Duncan
in reply to: Today was a good day . . . success:) #47527Ah the smile says it all! Congrats!:D
in reply to: Found treasure #44899Nice! I like surprises like that. I’d like to find one about 45# left hand.
in reply to: Mr David Boland #44893That is a fiberglass target bow. I would not pay that much for it. I think British Pounds convert to about 1.60 something in US dollars. 100.00 pounds sterling = $160.00 US. I might offer $40.00 depending on how scarce they are to come by.
Looking forward to more and wish you well on your season. I don’t have the experience you guys have but I did get a taste of it in Quebec during the bear rut. Leaving a stand at dark after hearing three boars roaring and popping their teeth at each other all evening was exciting to say the least. They did this all evening but never came in where I could see them. I waited until it had been quiet for a while and exited quietly. Some stands were known to be frequented by a sow and cubs and wolf tracks were everywhere. Yeah I traveled the trails quietly but in a hurry too.
Don’t know why I thought I was safe down by the road 85 miles from nowhere waiting on my pal to come by in the truck. So quiet there the skeets where the loudest thing around.
in reply to: Un-Duco-ing nocks, best removal method #42620You can tighten the classics by dipping them in a pan of hot water just long enough to get the very tips warm. Then pinch them close a little with your finger tips. It won’t burn you as plastic is a non conductor but they will get warm enough to move. Then dip in cold water to set them.
I remove them by cutting into them from the bottom of the taper with a box cutter taking care not get into the wood. A couple of cuts and it should pop right off. Sand of any residue on the tapers and install new nocks.
in reply to: Homemade steel broadheads? #40554Yeah, Bountyhunter was making some single bevel trade points to mount on cane arrows. They were really nice but it did look labor intensive. He was going after hogs with them the last I remember. Never did hear how he made out on the hogs.
in reply to: Scentless body lotion? #39244David Petersen wrote: Thanks for the research, Jody. I will indeed check ’em out. But I’m left to wonder how we got from “dry skin due to arid climate and a month without lotion,” to alligator skin. 😛 It’s more like snake skin. 😆 Seriously, thank you. Dave
I may be responsible for the gator skin getting into the posts. Since I mentioned Lubriderm brand lotion and their sales pitch goes something like “say goodbye to gator skin” I could not resist using gator skin as a reference but not necessarily to your skin. 😳
On another note, seeing Wildschwiens post about rendered bear fat and knowing how much he loves to shoot woodchucks it reminded me of an oil made by folks in the Appalachians out of rendered Groundhog fat which was used for a number of ailments including dry skin, if one could call that an ailment. Don’t know how many groundhogs are needed to get a quart of the stuff though.
in reply to: A little bowfishing film. #39234As always I enjoyed your video and am looking forward to some more.:D
in reply to: It is almost time! #39196NC Archery deer season opens in 5 days and we are drenched here from remnants of Isaac. I’m ready for the heat and humidity to be gone. But yeah, looking forward to this season. Good luck to you all.
Hey Limblover! That is the good stress! Congratulations!
in reply to: Scentless body lotion? #33051Lubriderm unscented. Well it isn’t totally scentless but at least it does not reek of some fantasy chemical flower that exists nowhere in nature. Probably the lanolin in it that has a slight scent. Better than going around with gator skin. You will keep downwind anyway right?
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