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in reply to: Custom Bow Makers #42857

John if you can attend any of the major Trad shoots you can find many different bows and bowyers. I would give as many a test drive as possible. There many different styles of bows and and bow shooters. Not all are a perfect fit for each other. Find what feels good to you and go for it. And do not worry about finding the perfect bow right off the bat. As everyone here can attest to 1 is just not enough.:D

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in reply to: Merry Christmas bow hunters! #34023

Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day Jim. Feel free check back if you need help with the Cognac and cigars. I have had a little practice.:wink:

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in reply to: A celebrity talking about hunting… #33792

Thanks Jim, I am going to have try and find the entire interview.

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in reply to: camo paint removal #33791

You could try “Goof Off” also. I would start with regular stuff first though. The Pro strength stuff may cut into the clear coat on the bow depending on what was used. I have used it at work and it will soften paint.

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in reply to: Interesting arrow info #33785

Shreffler, If you read any of Monty Browning’s articles in T.B. you will find he has no trouble surpassing 800 grains. He uses solid fiberglass fish arrow shafts for everything. If I remember right his arrows are around 1100-1200 grains. 😯

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in reply to: Wolves relisted #33574

Minnesota may have a larger number killed by hunters because the season runs the same time as the firearms deer season. I do know it gives cover for those that despise wolves to illegal pot shots.

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in reply to: Neck Knife #33540

Smithhammer, I did not make the knife but I did reshape the blade profile and I did make the sheath.

DWCPhoto,I always seem to use both hands when putting a fixed blade back in the sheath. The only knife I can use one handed is an assisted opening CRKT folder with a pocket clip.

I find the neck knife is handiest for me when I am sitting in my canoe. When I have life jacket on it is harder to get at my pockets and belt knives get caught under the jacket. It is also a very lite thin blade for delicate work.

Dave, maybe this one is more to your liking.

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in reply to: Neck Knife #31809

Here is mine, the blade is only a 1/16 thick at the spine. The handle is Juniper. It weighs 650 grains, light for a knife but reasonable for a arrow.

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in reply to: Could this be the best knife sharpener ever? #31267

Dave is correct you sharpen at home and reset the edge in the field. I have a small steel that the rod slide into the handle. I got it 20 years ago for Christmas. I have never seen them in a store since.

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in reply to: Wolves relisted #31261

When the wolves were delisted there was a headlong rush to kill them. In Minnesota they listed them as small game and instituted an emergency order so they did not need to follow any of the public input rules. The only population information they have are computer models. They ran the season in conjunction with the firearms deer season to maximise the kill. Limited permits were issued but because they listed the wolf as small game the maximum fine for illegal take is 500.00. Many did not pass up an opportunity to gut shot a wolf. In 3 years I have not seen any reports of of anyone ticketed for the illegal killing of wolves because the DNR leadership wanted it that way. If you called for a CO on a wolf issue it was 3-5 to day before anyone came. Unfortunately this has become a black eye for all hunters reputation.

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in reply to: 70lb recurve or longbow #27530

I used to shoot a 65 lb Sentman long bow. I now have a 56 lb RER longbow. The RER is by far faster. The limb design creates the difference in speed not the draw weight. If you are interested in the Sentman send me a PM. I have no need for it anymore.

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in reply to: Arrow Weight & Paradox? #25254

As far as I know your typical Olympic shooter is using the lightest arrow weight possible to flatten the trajectory. So are we looking at at arrow that is on the low end of the spine chart for a given draw weight?

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in reply to: Can I get a recommendation? #19729

The form fit for a base layer will wick better. It can not move the moisture if it is in mid air.

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in reply to: Garbaging for Bears #15837

In Minnesota the annual kill on bears has been dropping for several years. And it is not because the population has dramatically dropped. Baiting is getting less effective because the bears have learned that baits are dangerous places in the day light. It has been stated on several occasions that people who spend a lot of time in the bear/deer woods deer hunting or walking do not see bears so baiting is the only viable option to kill one. My thoughts are if you are not hunting them you will not see them. No one here has said that spot and stalking them is easy. You must find the food source they are keying on that day and pursue them there. When they move you must move also.

Unfortunately the baiting mentality is working its way into deer hunting also. Baiting deer is illegal here but the ATV manufactures and the Firearms deer hunters in this state have pushed to make it legal for cross country travel with ATV’s on state forest lands from October thru December. Under the giess it is needed for game retrieval and stand maintenance. What it has started is a dramatic increase in illegal baiting. They build permanent stands on public lands also legal in Minnesota. When the forest changes and they do not see deer from the stands they start illegal baits and food plots. Why? Because they do not what to hunt deer, they want to kill a deer. The constant barrage of big racks being taken by prostaff deer harvesters on TV has lead to the mentality that big bucks are and should be easy. Step 1 plant a food plot. Step 2 set a stand. Step 3 Shoot Big Buck. Step 4 Take hero photo.

In the effort to make hunting politically correct we have introduced the term “harvesting a bear/deer” instead of hunting and killing a bear/deer. So now Joe Newbie Hunter thinks it should be simple as walking out to the garden and pulling a bunch of carrots. We are results orientated society and new hunters are lead to the believe if you spend hours/days in the woods and come home without a animal you have failed/wasted time. No value is given for the mental regeneration and satisfaction of the chase.

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in reply to: Les loups et les moutons #63271

“On an other side from long time the shepherds were in the habit of taking their animals spend the summer in the mountains let them fend for themselves and recover in the fall”

This seems to be a common theme in the wolf issue here also. Now that the wolf is back ranchers and herders need to tend their flocks and herds year round as opposed to turning them loose and letting fend for themselves. Unfortunately there is no desire the change there methods whether we are talking about farming and ranching practices due to predators,prey, or climate change. When wildlife biologists and ranchers talk about animals the term carrying capacity will come up. It never seems to come up in reference to humans though. There is only so much room on this rock no matter what you are talking about cows,sheep,wolves,deer, or humans we are going to have to find a balance or Ma Nature will do it for us. And she has no favorites.

Oh ya I went for a 3 mile hike in the snow yesterday saw 5 does no shot opportunities.

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