[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Great nock set #45239

Thanks for the link. If I weren’t about to head out for some stumpin’, I’d be stuck to my desk chair watching the whole collection of videos from these folks. Great stuff!

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: River Monsters #45228

Oh, you poor unsophisticates in the Colonies. You simply have no idea what a true delicacy is. 🙄

Fit for a Queen

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Webmom's Day #42297

Hope you had time today to smell the flowers!

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Stalking #37481

I made a real bad mistake stalking a flock of turkeys last fall for the first time, which some of you might recall hearing about. I put an arrow smack under the feet of a nice tom, number two in size in the flock. Nope, that wasn’t the bad mistake.

I had only the single arrow with me. I had to hold my sides in as I watched the number one bird in the flock and then a parade of another dozen birds follow in the footsteps of the first one. Nope, failing to be properly equipped wasn’t the bad mistake.

The real bad mistake was ever putting a stalk on a turkey in the first place. There’s no turning back now …

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Fred Bears Memories of the Hunt. #26520

Very nice work!

(lyagooshka, you will want to think long and hard before spending the time and money to go to Prudhoe Bay. Just ask wildman, or you can find a nearby wet swamp and imagine it dotted with pipelines and oil tanks.

I’d go to Bethel before I’d go to Prudhoe Bay, and that’s sayin’ sumpin’ … 😉 )

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK #18689

Looks like almost anyone could find a recipe here to their liking:

Learning to Love Canada Goose

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: 40 yards, Kodiak Mag, elevated rest. #18512

A most excellent demonstration and lesson.

An archer needs a lightweight bow when carrying it as far into the “field” as that. 😀

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Does this sowbelly make me look old? #18021

Smithhammer wrote: Wow – that’s a helluva score! Beautiful bow!

Thanks. From the little checking I’ve done, the condition is superior to similar ’58 Kodiaks that sold recently for two to four times what I paid for it. I’m going to try to get in touch with the consignment seller, to express my appreciation for the chance to own this bow.

For any who might wonder: IT’S NOT FOR SALE AND IT WON’T BE. (Just thought I’d get that out there …)

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Does this sowbelly make me look old? #17993

Threw a half-dozen arrows for a photo shoot. They hummed along noticeably faster than from my longbows, even in comparison to the one that is just three pounds lighter. Shoots nice and straight. Having started on a recurve as a kid (and foolishly lapsed), followed by taking up the longbow six years ago, it won’t be too tough to switch back and forth. A new string, a camo bow sock, and beware ye gobblers of the world in two weeks …

The pics:

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Question for David Petersen #54051

Ahem. My Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish forebears would not allow me to let this one pass. 😉

Helle knives, like many knives from Norway, Sweden and Finland, have a so-called “Scandinavian” bevel. They should be sharpened according to the instructions in this handy guide from Ragweed Forge, one of the leading U.S. distributors:

Sharpening Scandinavian knives.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #28715

From left, Roselli Hunter (old style, which I prefer), Helle Fjellkniv, KJ Eriksson/Mora 746-G and Brusletto Speiderkniv (again, old style):

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: I need some advice on stalking and getting close to game #20468

When I was a kid I practiced a version of “foxwalking” that has paid dividends in later years. I knew an area where foxes hung out. I would go there after school, slide quietly into the woods and wait. Sometimes I was rewarded with the appearance of a fox. Then it was game on: Follow the fox without it being aware of me.

The same thing can be done for any game species you care to mention, and it is as close to hunting as you can get in the off season. If you want to hunt deer/turkeys/elk/moose, etc., go “hunt” them in all seasons. You’ll eventually teach yourself how to be quiet and limit your motion. Each time you spook an animal, you’ll probably know why. Pay close attention to your scent, the wind, your movements, your noise and your outline against a background. Then next time you won’t make the same mistake.

Personally, I think the biggest challenge is to find a bear and follow it. I’ve never succeeded for any length of time, but it’s a real kick when the opportunity presents itself. But I advise against doing that in Alaska …

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Interests #60738

Constantly since I was a kid: Camping and backpacking in all seasons (winter is my favorite!), canoeing (kayaking was added recently), Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, birding. Intermittently since the onset of adulthood: outdoor photography.

For seventeen years I was a volunteer SAR dog handler, the demands of which meant that I got started as a hunter fairly late in life.

I used to fish fairly often, but living in Alaska spoiled me and I find it hard to get excited about doing that here in NH. I buy a combo hunting/fishing license annually, but the latter part usually ends up just being a donation for habitat and stocking measures by the NH Dep’t of Fish and Game.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Boots? #39612

BuckyT wrote: Are the LL Bean Boots made in China??

“Each pair is still handstitched and checked for quality right here in Maine.” Men’s Maine Hunting Shoes®, 10″

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Oldest Regular Equipment #33641

Pretty sure I have all of you beat for the oldest bow being used. The one in my avatar was made for my dad when he was sixteen years old. That was a couple of years before he went into the Navy … to fight the Empire of Japan. I haven’t taken a deer with it yet, but I hope to next year – when it turns seventy. It was made by a bowyer and archery mentor of my dad named Buck Doran, in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1943. And yes, I shoot it constantly.

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