[grumpy]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #50406

Lots of snickering……

[grumpy]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #10538

Seems the furkeye in NY have been talking to the deer, bear, and turkeys around here. Do they have emails, cell phones too??? Social media could be our downfall!!!

[grumpy]

in reply to: Wanting to say Hi #10468

Welcome from beautiful West Brookfield, Massachussetts.

[grumpy]

in reply to: Watches #44573

Got a small black digital watch mainly because I got tired of digging the phone out of my pocket. Learned a long time ago that the smaller the watch the less likely I am to break it.

[grumpy]

in reply to: Best target #36303

We have a stuff bag (poly weave) stuffed with plastic bags. We got that after going through numerous Styrofoam targets. It has lasted us about 10 times the life of a styrofoam target.

When I worked in construction I used the same kind of bags for trash. Think they would be cheaper, but don’t recall where I got them.

[grumpy]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #36240

Cattle wallow????

I heard all of TX was under water.

Is R2 tall enough to keep his head above water?

[grumpy]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #26074

Thought you lived in a desert.

I have found myself…..

Or rather Garman has found me. I finally got a GPS, so I will always know were I am,and be able to get back there. Actually I was thinking I ought to have a spare compass. But yesterday I flushed a deer (and found a shed antler), and was thinking I ought to go back there next fall, but there was no obvious landmark to guide me back. My compass was NOT going to help me. We had a rain day, so Arwen and I went to Cabella’s. Of course there was a Garman on sale, so I HAD to buy it. Any guesses how long it will take to figure out how to use it?

[grumpy]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #14470

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[grumpy]

in reply to: Showdown of the Small Game Heads! #14441

I’m using carbon arrows with field points and the tiger claw. The tiger claw insert thing alone (without the head) is only $1 (Three Rivers). That is even cheaper than the T nuts I described in another thread. If you want to get even cheaper you can get what are called “Ceiling Buttons” they are used with a screw to hold up old plaster, so you can do a skim coat.

As for durability, I haven’t broken any of the three. Nor have I broken any field points. OK, they all get bent around a bit but they bend back. While hunting rocks isn’t popular around here, we do have a lot of rocks. (They made fences (aka rock walls) out of them before they invented barbed wire. They did that for over 200 years and never ran out of rocks.) I have hit a few, even found a few inside stumps. Never did significant damage to the heads, just shattered the carbon shafts. They frequently ricochet if they hit even a small rock. But I find them lying on the ground nearby. I have not lost a single arrow with any of the three.

[grumpy]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #42797

The snickering continues….

Last week a bear went thru the back yard, and took down the bird feeders, snickering all the way.

A turkey casually crossed the road as I drove to work. I swear he stuck his tongue out at me.

Saw a doe and yearling while on a rove. She casually got up, yawned, and stuck HER tongue out at me before trotting away.

Somebody my age should get more respect.

I did note that the bow deer season starts on my birthday. 😀

[grumpy]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #8620

Grass is getting green here, mixed blessing, nice to have green grass, but here we have to mow the stuff. RAIN is NOT the problem. But at least the snow melted, rain washed it away. 🙂

On a rove 2 weeks ago I came home with 2 ticks, seems they come out the same time as the spring peepers, and the motorcycles. Gotta get the tick check every time I go out now. 🙂

Then it snowed!!! We got 6 inches, so I went out to follow tracks. A bunch of deer bedded down between 20 and 40 feet of a stand I had last fall. Just to spite me. They were snickering in their sleep.

I think I have the same stove R2 has. Nice lobsta pot. Mine is stainless tho, and prolly gets a lot more use. Best to cook them outside so you don’t smell up the house.

[grumpy]

in reply to: Hello, newbie here #46677

Hi Jake.

[grumpy]

in reply to: Easy fire starter #46568

Gonna stick with the birch bark. Been using it since before most of you were born.

[grumpy]

in reply to: Fun at the range today… #46357

I like my Fred Bear 48″

[grumpy]

in reply to: Longbow speed #22978

It is even worse when there are a couple feet of snow for the arrow to get lost in….

[Author]

Posts