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I’ve gone back and forth between relying on my smartphone as I usually do and bringing a wristband watch when hunting to minimize arm movement. (I keep my smartphone in a waterproof sleeve in the field, and unlocking the screen is almost always a PITA with gloves.)
This got me to thinking that the folks in Gainesville might want to offer a watch as an alternative to a compass embedded in the riser. And to keep it trad, it should be an analog style, not digital.
But then I remembered that the market for trad bows is dominated by people of R2’s vintage, who are old enough to recall when “let your fingers do the walking” referred to something other than a method for aiming. 😈
So the watch dial would need to be so large to be readable by them (um, us) that the “C” handle would have to be brought back, and who wants to lug one of those around in the woods all day?
in reply to: Best target #31259Another variation on Steve’s concept is to use burlap or canvas bags densely stuffed with plastic wrap and/or bubble wrap, while still using the horse stall mat as a backstop. Arrows are easily removed with this arrangement.
If you save all plastic packaging material that comes into your home instead of discarding it, you may have enough in a surprisingly (and depressingly) short time. Retailers and other businesses that receive goods in plastic wrap are also possible sources.
I use polypropylene target faces in front of the bags, and these last a very long time: http://morrelltargets.com/target-faces/
Avoid the urge to use any foam for stuffing, as it has a tendency to seep out in small particles once you start shooting.
in reply to: Showdown of the Small Game Heads! #32546I have shot the Judos for several years and the Hammers for the last two years. We have a lot of tough trees and rocks here in the Granite Headed State (aka New Hampshire). I was not surprised to see that your Judo-tipped arrow did not break and the Hammer-tipped one did. This has been my experience on many occasions. The Hammer frequently ricochets off stumps and other targets, which is probably the reason the arrows break right behind the head as often as they do.
As a result, I reserve the Hammer for small game hunting, for which they deliver a devastating blow. The Judos are the superior choice for stumping, IMO.
in reply to: repair or not #14117Mountain Man wrote: http://bowhospital.com/
They do great work
Get it fixed right
$125 gets it done right tip to tip
How do ya beat that
Then youd never have to worry about again in your life time
IMHO
Yes, and the guy who runs this business, John Rafferty, is someone whose word you can trust. I sent him a Super Kodiak with a nicked limb. He worked on it and sent it back to me at no charge, saying it could not be safely repaired. I went ahead and shot it on a few occasions and sure enough, eventually it was ready to fail. (Which I avoided experiencing.)
Looking at your pictures, I think you may not actually have a serious problem. Trust John on whatever response he gives you once he has the bow.
in reply to: Mountain Cuisine? #14029[personal experience]
There’s a saying I used to hear in Alaska: If there are fish, there are bears.
Stay away from canned fish in the backcountry. I love canned fish. However, my brother-in-law and I once had canned kippers and sardines for dinner in a tent on a ski camping trip along the MN/ON border. It was February during a warm winter, and I broke my “no food in the tent” rule just this once.
A bear showed up at around 9:30 that night. I spent the next several hours holding back my Newfoundland dog while the bear tried repeatedly to find a way around the dog and into the tent.
[/personal experience]
in reply to: Mountain Cuisine? #20644TMS 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
in reply to: You would never guess who dared me!!!!!!!!! #18723Before 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:
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
in reply to: Hello everyone. #40665Webmother 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. 😀 )
in reply to: 9" Rinehart target ball #40319Cameron 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.
in reply to: 9" Rinehart target ball #33899I 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?
in reply to: The Best Buck I Never Killed #14662Kudos 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.
in reply to: Your most memorable misses…. #48486in reply to: Tuning stiffer spines than expected #30683Just for kicks – has the draw weight on the bow been measured by an accurate means at your draw length?
in reply to: light pound bow dilemma #13861There 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.
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