[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Mountain Cuisine? #20644

TMS wrote: Having been on a long trip with National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), I can attest to the usefulness of their cookbook, “NOLS Cookery”. You can usually find a copy at a used bookstore. Has chapters on preparing your meals ahead and packing multi-use food items for some menu variety. A sample can be seen here:

http://www.nols.edu/alumni/leader/07summer/recipe_box.shtml

as well as their You-Tube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8805D4A15F0C4B2C

If you are creative, there’s alot of relatively inexpensive dried/quick prepare food available in large grocery stores. Pasta with sauce from canned concentrate, all kinds of noodle-and-sauce dishes, dried mashed potatoes (add real bacon bits – yumm!), dried soups, commercial bagels, tortillas, cheese, sausages, etc, etc.

If you go to a large backpacking store, they should have plastic squeeze tubes (like toothpaste tubes) that you can fill with peanut butter, honey (great food value and first aid uses, too), and other semi-liquid items.

One of my colder weather favorites is hot Jello. Mix it up as directed using all hot water and drink it in the evening before bed. Sugar and protein to help keep you warmer throughout the night via digestion. Not recommended for the “tiny bladder club” since it makes about a quart of liquid.

I am in the woods a ton and haven’t eaten commercial freeze dried in years. Too expensive, too much salt (as already pointed out), and not much variety. Usually for my first two days I’ll freeze some meat and tuck it inside extra clothes or sleeping bag. Fresh veggies lets you make a stew the first or second night and fresh fruit (apples or oranges) makes a nice dessert. Eat it up in the first two nights, then get into the more lightweight stuff.

Also, as recommended above, take two water filters. Never know when “Mr. Murphy” will make an appearance. I would also recommend taking some variety of commercial water treatment (iodine, chlorine, or UV). If you bring a metal cook pot, you have a fourth way to prep water as well.

And here I thought I was going to have write up all this. Instead, just a big:

+1

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: You would never guess who dared me!!!!!!!!! #18723

Before our Mom shows up and (rightfully) takes our fun away, let me just say this:

Holding a plastic soda bottle pressurized to 200 psi in front of your unprotected eyes, forehead and thorax is almost certain to earn you a Darwin Award with oak leaf cluster, sooner or later. :shock::shock::shock:

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Rare Alutiiq quiver found among Kodiak family's heirlooms #52512

There’s a bit more detail in this press release from the museum, including the fact that the fletching is eagle feathers.

https://alutiiqmuseum.org/press-releases/1242-rare-quiver-donated-to-alutiiq-museum-march-10-2016

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Hello everyone. #40665

Webmother wrote:

The article was called The Senior Citizen Years by Gene Wensel and it was in the Feb/Mar 2009 issues. Unfortunately, the paper copy of that magazine is sold out, but Premium Members can view it here.

I just took a look at that issue; I have it here in both print and digital versions. It is one of the finest among many good ones. If you don’t have it and you don’t spend the $10 for a Premium subscription for access to more than two dozen back issues of TBM, you’re nuttier than an oak forest. (I can get away with being crotchety, because like Gene Wensel, I’m old enough not to care all that much what people think of me. 😀 )

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: 9" Rinehart target ball #40319

Cameron wrote: [quote=eidsvolling] What has been your experience with arrows skipping off, if any?

I read about that being a problem…the solution is just don’t miss lol 😀

Actually I have had a number of deflections off the ball…I shoot it mostly with a backdrop or hay bale etc. I like to hang it from my hay bale by the rope handle. I have taken the ball out for a hike in the foothills and the deflection shots don’t go far, but if you are in tall grass it can be hard to find the arrow. I have not had a deflection shot off the top of the ball- I suppose that might result in a launched arrow.

Thanks. The woods are a wee bit thicker here in NH than out there, so I will stick to stumping.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: 9" Rinehart target ball #33899

I have the 18-sided target and love it. But I held off on the ball because of reports of arrows skipping off. The sole reason I wanted one was to take it into the woods. What has been your experience with arrows skipping off, if any?

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: The Best Buck I Never Killed #14662

Kudos to the author and the publisher.

Mom, you and “Pop” are doing something right and have been for a long time now. Hope you know how much we all appreciate it, beyond our sending the occasional payment.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Your most memorable misses…. #48486

From 2012 – “ALWAYS bring two” https://www.tradbow.com/members/cfmbb/messages.cfm?messageid=6B02BA63-1422-1DE9-EDF91F106A638097#6B02BA63-1422-1DE9-EDF91F106A638097

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Tuning stiffer spines than expected #30683

Just for kicks – has the draw weight on the bow been measured by an accurate means at your draw length?

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: light pound bow dilemma #13861

There is a possible beneficial aspect of that long arrow length. There’s some support for the notion it might allow use of shafts that would appear to be mismatched in spine. I have seen this myself and this article supports it as well: http://www.alaskabowhunting.com/Matching-Arrows-W16.aspx

I know nothing about building non-wooden arrows, so you’ll know better what shaft options are available to you. But I think it’s worth experimenting while ignoring the charts or spine calculator.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Recurve Bow Upgrade #53137

I resisted owning a Kodiak Magnum for years because I was leery of the 52 inch length. But a couple years back I succumbed and bought a used 1966 model in 52# on eBay, and I will never be without one again.

This is an enormously handy bow and it shoots well. They are not the quietest bows out of the block sometimes, but that can be tamed by the judicious application of your favorite silencer arrangement.

I took a friend who was getting out of compound bows to look at recurves this past summer. He didn’t like the grip on the new ones, and I agreed with him. But when he held a 70s era version, you couldn’t pry it out of his hands.

There are all kinds of the Grayling-era K-Mags available in very good condition almost every day on eBay for under $250, and frequently for under $200. You can almost have your pick of hunting weights if you’re patient.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Christmas gift in the mail! Arrived in time! #14679

If I weren’t already happily married, I’d find a way to marry into that family. Beautiful piece of bowmaking exceeded only by the generosity behind it.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: I draw the line way, way before helicopters #14616

Okay, I’m going to cite a cartoon distributed by one of my favorite law school professors. Two men, apparently members of the French Foreign Legion, are standing in the desert. One is dragging a sword point through the sand and says to the other as he passes: “You have to draw the line somewhere.” The arbitrariness is the whole point (no pun intended.)

A helicopter is a very noisy intrusion on the top of a mountain that facilitates easier access to game than that provided by riding a horse, walking, skiing, snowshoeing, and yes, even riding a seat on a bush plane. It’s too easy and too intrusive for my taste.

YTMV, and there’s little or nothing that anyone can cite that will make it anything other than a matter of personal choice, other than the potential adverse effects on animals.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #41173

Dang El Niño is messing with our winter. The tenant back in my archery range is none too happy with his snowless situation.

<img src="[img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5702/23412281549_38aa8d2cd0_z.jpg” alt=”” />SNOWLESS HARE by googletops, on Flickr[/img]

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Seats vs The Ground #17870

Patrick wrote: Not the greatest photo quality, but here’s a pic from tonight’s setup…a bit unorthodox, but it worked well.

In addition to the usual arrangement, I’ve done this as well. It can be a great way to exploit the concealment available at old slash piles. And it has the advantage of not constructing anything obviously new to the neighborhood.

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