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in reply to: Mountain Bikes #38378
A kickstand is the next accessory I need. Back when I was a more serious rider I never used one to save weight. Yes I was a “weight wiener” and kept my bikes minimal. But now its more about function than weight.
Man, I love that Bob Trailer! If this works out this season, I may think about getting one for next year. I do have a game cart but that Bob looks like it is really the stuff!
Thanks for all the great responses.
in reply to: Mountain Bikes #37252Not unless they want a big surprise because I probably won’t be far from it. 😈
in reply to: Filled A Tag! #25268Well at least its tongue is not hanging out. But we remove the arrow and place a leaf over the hole before taking the pic……so just remember next time. 😀
Now all ash may not be equal but I’m no expert on which is best. I just know I have some growing on my lot so I cut a small tree and split it in quarters. Once dried I made one of the prettiest self bows I ever made. Shot it three times before it exploded and whopped me on the head. So then I made another one (glutton for punishment) and backed it with rawhide. It also chrysalled but the rawhide saved my noggin this time. No more ash self bows for me! Doc, I made some long lasting arrows from the same tree, heavy but great stump shooters.
in reply to: Update on Larry Fischer vs The Bastard #16852Just read “Ambushed” and am sorry to hear of the Bastard’s extra stubbornness. As I gather with family this weekend I will not be able to eat or drink without thinking and praying for Larry and his family. Sending prayers for Larry.
in reply to: Empathy for wildlife #15783Agree with ColMike, If you are given a shot and take the animal it is absolutely a gift.
The empathy comes from your efforts to know the animals you hunt and where they live. Then it becomes akin to killing something you love very much which flies in the very face of all those who possess a conscience.
I love all of the animals that inhabit this world, each in its own place and there to do what they do. I cannot say that one is bad or good or better than or “worthy” of my arrow. I have no true dominion over anything in this world but instead accept my place in it beside my brothers.
We shall feed each other, indeed, we very much need each other. This is where my sadness and my joy comes from when I am given such a priceless gift of life.
So few understand this today or even want to hear such things that I feel completely alone except for the few of you I find in these forum pages.
Happy Hunting to you All!
Duncan
in reply to: Trad Transport #55377Over the years I’ve had pick ups with and without 4WD and I’ve never been able to go to the downed animal with the rig to pick it up. My hunting ground always had no roads and a drag was in order to get it to where the truck could reach it. My point is that 4Wd was not necessary in most cases. There were a few times when weather conditions created a challenge with the roads and 4WD became necessary to get into the camp or to the GL boundary. As a general rule when it snows deep enough to make the roads slick you will need it at my house just to get out to the main road and that is only because of the steep hill coming right out of my driveway. If the road were flat it would be no problem with 2WD. But to me a truck is just more useful. I tend to like the smaller or medium sizes versus the humongous models that are offered now. That is why I’m still patching my old 1991 Ranger XLT. It is small enough it can go about anywhere a jeep can go and its lighter weight is a plus when crossing wet areas. It has enough power to pull my small camper so I’m happy I just don’t know how long I will be able to keep it going.
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dwcphoto, I’ve been thinking I could get by with a Forrester if I had to let the Ranger go. I have longish commute so I drive a Matrix daily. Saves gas and mileage on the Ranger. With retirement approaching one vehicle makes sense and the Subarus are tough vehicles. Our first new car was the 4×4 LX wagon in ’88. The wife slipped off in the ditch during a snow. 11″ of snow later and the next morning I drove it out of the ditch. Forget calling a wrecker!
Steve Graf wrote: Speaking of past alternatives, my wife just got this thing called a spiralizer. You can stick a zucchini squash in it and spin it and it turns into spaghetti. So you just make your usual sauce, drop the zuc pasta in it, wait 10 minutes and its good to go.
Yet another use for the dred zucchini 😀
Dreaded zucchini is right but I may try that. Thanks for the idea. Reminded me of a garden we had when I was about 15. A drought set in and everything dried up but the zucchini. That stuff grew like weeds. So much zucchini we had it almost every night, cooked every way you can imagine. Turned me against it until I got older. I eat it now but always remember how that zucchini fed us when nothing else would.
I went gluten free almost 2 years ago and I lost about 20 pounds and went down a waist size. We do read labels and do much of what has already been said like cutting out processed foods and eat meat and vegetables with less breads and pasta. There are a lot of good gluten free replacements for bread and pasta if you live in an area where it is available or can make it your self. In case you are wondering I’m not just following the current fad, I have developed a sensitivity that took a while to figure out but going without gluten has pretty much fixed my digestive problems. If I accidentally ingest some gluten? Well its just rather uncomfortable if its just a small amount but I have had the hives from ingesting too much so I keep some benedryl handy. But that is usually not a problem.
in reply to: Using pecan for a selfbow? #22071Probably should get the bark off of it and store it indoors. If beetles get in it its all over and it will just be some stove wood.
I’ve got a pecan that needs a lower limb taken off this winter. I may try some myself.
in reply to: Congo Kitabu #22061I have not read that one but would love to as it sounds like it is an account of days gone by much like the biography of John A Hunter which is titled, what else? “Hunter”. It’s long out of print but may be found in old book stores. I happen to have copy which was among my favorites, the stories filling my youthful dreams of hunting. Hunter also went to meet the pygmies but they did not shoot him.
Is your book still in print or will we need to look for a copy?
in reply to: Gotta remember to watch my back #22055I have 0 experience with lions but it makes sense to me that a cat or any predator that lets you see it is not at all afraid of you and is a very good reason to be vigilant. The ones that you never see are avoiding you and all you will see of them is tracks.
in reply to: What ya got goin? #22047Dave,
I find they can be difficult to kill when they are above ground like these are. They will build their entrance looking down and the nest will actually be above the entrance so you have to get the spray to go up into the nest. That cardboard is blocking the hole so I’ve got to get that off. I always go after them after dark as you said when they are all in. I’m not afraid to get up close with the spray at night to be more accurate.
Duncan
in reply to: What ya got goin? #22031Battling the yellow jackets on 2 fronts. Eliminated the threat next to the septic tank lid but they still reign supreme in my foam block. I’ve absorbed 2 stings and they drank 2 cans of spray unfazed. There’s piece of cardboard partially covering the opening. Working up the courage to run by and snatch it off 😯 I’d burn it but that foam would probably burn down the woods so that is out as a tactic. Once they are gone I’m thinking I’ll replace it as this is not the first time they took it over.
in reply to: Robertson 'Primal Styk' #17504Beautiful bow Smithy. I really like the juniper too.
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