[David Coulter]

in reply to: Matter of Balance #62243

Hey Alex,

I had to look up Takeshi, but I get it. Must be fun. All is good here. Glad for spring, but I miss the snow in the woods.

Okay this one has nothing to do with archery, but skill is skill, right? Since you asked for it Alex. Enjoy.

http://www.wimp.com/emptybottle/

[David Coulter]

in reply to: On The Wild Edge #62202

I have yet to read On the Wild Edge, but look forward to it. Last Child in the Woods is excellent and in my opinion should be ready by everyone, parent or not, teacher, or anybody who pays taxes to a school system. How that for a humble opinion?? dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Matter of Balance #62191

Glad you like it. I echoed your sentiments exactly while ramming my forehead into a branch while watching my step this afternoon. I heard that on that same site there’s a video of someone picking up a dime and putting it in a bottle, with a front end loader. It’s interesting to see how many ways skills can be demonstrated.

All the best, dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: what quivers do you prefer? #52537

I’m using a safari tuff quiver. When I’m on a stand, it comes off and gets put on a hanger so that I can very easily pull an arrow from it as needed. You can probably do the same with your back quiver. I love the back quiver for target shooting, but I’m way to clumsy in the thick woods with it. I’m always hitting it on a branch or tree when I’m moving. The safari tuff is easy to move as I need it to and I still get to use a bare bow which I really like. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #51779

Love this thread. If I didn’t already own enough knives for forty lifetimes I’d have to go shopping. I suspect most of you are in the same boat.

What all is in that bowhunter’s kit? dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: fletching #51574

A pleasure. I tried a small variety of fletching, starting with the 3 x 5 inchers. I cut some square off at 4 1/2, 4, and 3 and now I’m using 4 x 3 inchers. I have had good flight with any of the above, with no problems of any sort that were noticeable. The 3 inchers now are parabolic style and I use tape to hold them on. All good. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: The Non-Trad Knife Thread #51509

Shane,

I just went to the Havalon site. I can see the attraction of getting a sharp knife out of the box and the ease of switching blades, but I think I’m just too old school. At $29 each for replacement blades, do you just keep buying blades instead of toning your edges?

dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: fletching #51500

Guys,

Check out the link of A Long Look at Fletching,

http://www.tradbow.com/members/cfmbb/messages.cfm?threadid=C8EA4FBD-1422-1DE9-ED1A1C909376B7B6

It’s under the Tying the Threads Together that Troy assembled in the FOC forum. dwcphoto

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Browning Wasp #51029

Hey Andrew,

I’m hoping a bowyer will chime in here. I have a Wasp, which was my first real bow, from about 1973. It’s still in pretty good shape and shoot pretty well. It probably shoots better than I can shoot it. I think it’s about 56 inches and is 45#.

I look forward to reading your replies.

Good luck with it. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Chris Maynard feather art #48831

That’s a great piece. I’ll have to check out his website. Thanks for posting it. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: The Non-Trad Knife Thread #48828

I don’t think any of the knives I posted in the other thread are truly trad, but they do the job. I didn’t post this one on the other thread. It’s a Brusletto “Lap Knife” or so I’m told. A Marine buddy of mine went to Norway to learn how to shoot machine guns while skiing and he brought this back for me.

[David Coulter]

in reply to: what quivers do you prefer? #48808

Here’s a few photos that Grumpy took of his homemade quiver. I’m just helping him get them posted.

Looks like a good way to save a few bucks. dwcphoto

Grumpy says…

CLOSED CELL FOAM QUIVER

Short ugly old man with a white mustache.

I made this from a knee pad (bought it yrs ago and didn’t like it). I put it in the microwave for 10 min, and that warmed it up enough to flatten it, perhaps should have flattened a bit more. I just cut the knee pad down the middle, the holes for the straps (kneepad) fit my bow just right. I made slits (‘bout 1”) for the arrows with utility knife. Thought I would have to make a hole in the base of the slit, but didn’t. Kind of hard to put arrows in at first, but better with a little breaking in. Also made one from the foam framers use to seal between the sill and foundation, didn’t hold the arrows as well, and wrong color (white).

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Armguards #44148

Mine’s a Double Stretch from 3Rivers. Inexpensive and has worked well for four or five years now. dwc

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Ohio making a big mistake,possibly… #43124

The PA early season is pretty short, but it’s sort of laughable. In the beginning it was to let guys with percussion rifles have a turn, but then inlines showed up. It’s just an end run around the rules and the game commission is all for it to get more guys in the woods. I supposed there is a matter of getting more money into the system, but it’s too bad they are not promoting hunting as much as they are promoting new and easier ways to get a tag filled.

I’m not opposed to firearms, by the way. I shot a buck in rifle season and before I got this traditional archery thing in my veins I hunted a lot with a flintlock and I expect to do more of that. But the idea is to make it a good hunt. I don’t know that the inline crowd has actually put any hurt on hunting here. By happenstance I ended up hunting a wood lot with three other guys, using inlines, several years ago. It was a tight space with lots of deer moving through. At the end of the short hunt, three of us took shots and my flintlock was the only gun that went off. Apparently nobody told them that they still have to clean their firearms. I took a nice doe home that day.

[David Coulter]

in reply to: Angry cow vid AND Ben's hilarious deer story! #41552

Great story. Now to watch the first video while the kids are having lunch…

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