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in reply to: Things That Might Bite #22742
pothunter wrote: I guess Jim will be along shortly with tales of antipodean wildlife, the stuff that Qantas doesn’t advertise.
It has been done already, to hilarious effect: In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson. Do not read this book in a public place if you fear embarrassing yourself when you wet your pants from laughing.
As for the topic at hand, I’ve once sat down on a wasp nest. Once. If I had been carrying a recurve instead of a longbow, I might not have been able to retrieve my pack.
in reply to: Longbow 276 compound 249 #22738Good for you. Walter had a saying for this:
in reply to: outdoors/backwoodsman Class #13177colmike wrote: Eids beat me to it. Couldn’t agree more that map reading, compass skills, and making it fun with orienteering is a great start. Heck that could be an entire semester.
I would add that the single best skill you can teach with it, is what I call “observation” don’t look- see- take time to study what you see. Do not have them naming plants and animals and birds, you learn nothing from that, but if you observe over the seasons you learn a bit. The naming of stuff comes later for those who are smitten by the experience of just watching.
Beat you to it again. 😉
“In addition to the structured activities, Ek noted that it is equally important for students to just simply appreciate being in the great outdoors.
“‘We let them just enjoy themselves outside,’ he said. ‘Just to be out and feel it, hear it and touch it means a great deal to these kids who might not have that opportunity.'”
in reply to: outdoors/backwoodsman Class #10682I ran an outdoor ed program for three years that served kids from K through 12. One of the cornerstones was orienteering instruction. If you want some curriculum and lesson suggestions, shoot me a PM with your e-mail address.
Having looked for lost hunters as a SAR volunteer and having communicated with many hunters on the subject, I can say without fear of contradiction that backcountry navigation is woefully inadequate among the VAST majority of hunters. Fix that for your charges and you will have served them well.
in reply to: Losing my concentration #10447Steve Graf wrote: Still waiting for my copy of the magazine. I think we must be on the end of the line. It’s usually two weeks after y’all start talking about it that I get my copy.
I’m a VIP and our Webmom makes sure I get my magazine weeks ahead of the rest of you. Or maybe she just sends out a general announcement that the digital version is available online in advance of the printed ones being mailed. I have trouble remembering which it is. 😉
Premium Membership – still available at the low, low price of just ten bucks annually! Snap it up before she changes her mind.
in reply to: Keeping it Cool #9875NH moose permit draw is in one week. Sharpen those tools and stand by the phone.
“You’re going to (build) a bigger cooler.” 😉
(Amazing piece of work!)
in reply to: Canoe paddling – Backcountry College #63441Colonel,
Just some notes from one who used to paddle a 17 ft Klepper Aerius II folding kayak (the one that launched the category 🙂 ) with his wife. She never liked the boat and I sold it eventually. :cry::cry::cry::cry:
She likes the 17 ft Old Town Penobscot that replaced it better, and I will NEVER get rid of that one. But one day I looked at her sitting in the bow and realized that she would really like to float her own boat. I should have remembered the forceful reaction many years ago when the idea of a tandem bicycle was broached …
And Mom, I’m actively scouting these days for places to paddle to and shoot an unsuspecting deer. Or at least enjoy the attempt.
in reply to: Canoe paddling – Backcountry College #61877I solved “the problem” by building her her own kayak. Just sayin’ …
in reply to: 2015 mast and fruit crop outlook #57961john dilts wrote: UPDATE: STILL NO TREES IN THE ARCTIC LOL
Coming soon to a neighbo(u)rhood near you:
in reply to: Shooting tips – video #55914Clay Hayes wrote: Rotate that phone so you’re capturing on the horizontal and you can avoid those black bars on the sides.:wink:
Indeed. It requires more effort than I could summon while lounging on the sofa.
BTW, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus record at 240 fps and play at 30 fps as well. Plus I can order a pizza, play the latest excellent vid from Twisted Stave Media and shop for deeply discounted GoPro Heroes all at the same time. 😉
in reply to: Shooting tips – video #54482Steve Graf wrote: I think taking video’s of yourself shooting really helps. I sure wish I had a camera that would allow me to slow the motion down… One of these days, I’m gonna hit that barn 😳 🙄
Any advice on a camera that will slow the motion down?
My iPhone 6 Plus records pretty good slow-motion video. I’ll try to post up some shooting video to demonstrate that. Meanwhile, here’s a ceiling fan rotating at top speed:
in reply to: Shooting Videos #52860Thanks for the tip. It reinforces something I saw today with my own shooting. I was checking actual draw length with three bows by recording video of marked arrows at the riser as they were shot. Holding the bow hand steady is essential for a good shot, and it sure is embarrassing (and useful) to see close-ups of it moving long before it should.
in reply to: Possibles bag #39844grumpy wrote: I bought one of those leather jobs in the 70s (for my wife) and it was called a purse.
Bought a canvas bag in the 90s (for my son) and it was called a courier bag.
I made bags to carry tools up on the roof in the 90s, and called them tool bags.
Audrey says the bag I carry to work is a MAN bag! 😀
Hope things work out better for you than this. 😉
in reply to: Possibles bag #33938And now for something (slightly) different.
Frost River was started by an ex-employee of Duluth Pack Company. I have no dog in that fight (don’t even know whether there was any ill-feeling involved or not). Both companies have excellent reputations, stemming undoubtedly from their proprietors being heavily influenced by the ethic of the city they both occupy and which happened to spawn me. 🙄 😉
I grew up using Duluth packs (that’s a style and a brand) on canoe trips, made by the Duluth Pack Co. My wife owns their large shell bag, their regular size all-leather purse, and one of their totes. These are used on a daily basis for hauling a load to her office job only slightly smaller than what a certain jarhead colonel used to hump around. 😉 None of these show any signs of wear (well, with the possible exception of said colonel, perhaps ..)
So, here’s my radical suggestion: Take a long hard look at the #200 version of the all-leather purse. This is identical in size to the large shell bag my wife has, which I just examined for its capacity alongside the regular (#50) purse: Classic Leather Purse. The #50 seems better suited to a minimalist hunter.
Feeling a little extra entitled? Have your spouse spring for the #200 Bison Leather Purse.
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