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in reply to: outdoors/backwoodsman Class #10682
I 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.
in reply to: New Broadhead #16938Personally, I think we should just let nature run its course here.
Consider the effect on breeding success for the purchasers of these. To the extent they actually attempt to use them, it will reduce the likelihood of bringing any meat home. In addition, the money spent (at $27 a pop!) will not be available to buy food otherwise. This nutritional deficit will result in smaller and less frequent litters.
And perhaps even greater is the effect on the ability to attract and hold the interest of the opposite sex: “You spent WHAT on those?”
Over time, natural selection will take care of this.
Finally, if they do actually succeed in reproducing, their offspring will most likely reflect on the purchase choice and say to themselves, “WTH was he (or in the rare case, she) thinking when buying these?” and will be quite unlikely to follow the example set.
in reply to: Turkey Talk 2015 #15622Now THAT’S what I’m talkin’ about!!! Thanks very much for sharing your story and photos, and good luck next time.
in reply to: Mitten's article in the current TBM #63687If you ain’t usin’ an atlatl, you ain’t traditional ’nuff. 😛
Sorry Mom, but someone had to speak the truth to these poseurs.
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