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in reply to: Thoughts on camo, fabrics, etc. #18757

I think camo is definately a guilty pleasure we all enjoy.

I also think many forget the actual concept of camo which in my opinion is breaking up a large solid object. which is why I prefer the ASAT and predator designs. but do I ever get the third degree from my buddies who prefer to look like a “photograph” of well,….the plant, tree, hillside du jour.

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in reply to: Bigfoot caught on trail cam! #20491

Bigfoot?? you can’t even see his feet:wink:

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in reply to: backpack hunts #20487

I love backpack hunting. but above all else you have to plan for success. you have to realistically assess your strength and ability to get the animal out. I think above all else.
I’m with Dave here, I take camping gear and hunting gear, camping/hiking clothes and hunting clothes, so it does add to the weight.

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in reply to: Recurve or longbow your choice and why? #45760

have both and am currently shooting the recurve fairly exclusively. I don’t miss the hand shock from the longbow but, for some reason, I actually shoot the longbow better.

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in reply to: Recurve or longbow your choice and why? #45759

have both and am currently shooting the recurve fairly exclusively. I don’t miss the hand shock from the longbow but, for some reason, I actually shoot the longbow better.

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in reply to: When The Compound Was Born… #38152

grew up on recurves. bought my first (and only)compound in ’79. a jennings split-T. I remember telling my friends “why would anyone shoot the old stuff?” that lasted 5 years. I cannot believe I made that statement.:oops::oops::oops:

now of course I cannot imagine why anyone would NOT shoot the “old” stuff:wink:

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in reply to: "Wow, now THAT'S a VERY old bow!" #32970

while on a trek last year with my “brand new” .62 flintlock fowler, another backpacker said “wow, how old is that gun?”

I said about 2 weeks.:P

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in reply to: Points vs. random drawing hunts #30797

I do not like points. I don’t believe they work. but I also think it has become the 800 pound gorilla with no easy way out.

just spin the wheel, if someone gets a lucky break so be it. I can live with some realistic waiting periods as a control method but just spin the wheel

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #51144

johnny2 wrote: How do you know I do the same thing? Are you super intuitive? Do you have ESP? Do you truly think you’ve gotten in my head with these few posts on this forum?

Don’t, I repeat, don’t be so arrogant as to think you know me and my thought process as well as your own. This little forum right here in front of you should nip that idea in the bud. We both hunt and own guns and can’t even agree on the NRA.

Please….

What you’ve got here is the NRA in a Don Quixote situation. Fightin’ a windmill calling it a dragon. Ain’t that how that story goes?

Thanks for giving me the option of NOT joining, I won’t.

nope, I don’t have ESP, I say that because realistically everyone does have a single issue. tell me you don’t have SOMETHING that trumps all. sad, I guess, if you don’t

I’ll tell you what, I won’t be so arrogant to assume to know what is in your head if you can pony up and stop being so arrogant as to assume my every move is dictated by FEAR from the NRA. fair enough?

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in reply to: Wood Arrows???? #50072

ralphs wrote: I just started with the trad bow and have been using carbon arrows. I’m wanting to try wood and have been thinking about buying some from 3 Rivers. Looking for some help. I’m currently shooting Aerodynamics Tradtional Lites and with 150gr Woodsman and they fly great. However, I’ve broken several while stump shooting with field points. Would wood do any better. Any suggestions.

I use wood almost exclusively. no particular reason just seems right for me. I did win a dozen aluminum arrows once that I had fletched with feathers but that’s it.

as far as breaking, I find them to be extremely resilient. and when they do break 90% of the time it shears cleanly behind the head. which is nothing to re-taper with a new point and back in business. I don’t hunt with these former broken arrows but they become “rock arrows” on 3-D courses. it extends their life a bit.

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #50054

[quote=johnny2]Hawg, you really gonna say your right to own a gun is the number one issue you vote on?? Really??😯

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in a word “Yes”. really.

and don’t flatter yourself, you’re making the wrong assumption that this has anything to do with the NRA scaring me,or that I’m here to dabate you or change your mind.
you asked a question, I answered it, RESULTS. that’s what I get out of the NRA
if you don’t like them, don’t join them.

it’s very simple really and you can pretty much bet that most people really are single issue voters. because when it comes right down to it, no one candidate can be everything to everybody so it comes down to one or two items that are most important to you. I know you do the same thing. at some point something has to be number one. if a candidate cannot 100% support something as important as our constitution and it’s amendments then why would I believe he’ll support anything else I consider important. it’s a litmus test. and I know you do the same thing

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49145

johnny2 wrote:

[quote=hawg][quote=johnny2] My point is my freedom to own whatever gun I want takes a back seat to all of these.

mine don’t

That is precisely my point, when your right to own a gun comes before everything else, when your right to own a gun is the very first thing you think of when it’s time to vote, something is outta whack! The NRA is the face of this mentality! It’s a pretty juvenile attitude actually, “I want my way regardless of the consequences” is something most of us grow out of.

my post stands. you, of course, are free to toss YOUR rights away however you wish. what other rights are YOU willing to sacrifice to the Gods of political correctness?

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49064

johnny2 wrote: Why do you think they are “the best way”?

maybe I shouldn’t have said “best” but rather “most effective”, at least currently.

and it is very simple why. I stated it earlier. legislators do not refer to virtually any of the other fine gun rights or outdoor activity organizations.

whether praising their successes or demonizing those same successes, they mention one group, over and over and over. the NRA. I don’t necessarily bow down to every conceivable word they utter any more than I bow down to every conceivable word utterd by my religion or political party or even by employment or any other organization I associate with.

but when donation funds are limited as they are, I want results, and right now the NRA gets them the best for me. you can join and donate to whomever, but why demonize the NRA?

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49050

johnny2 wrote: My point is my freedom to own whatever gun I want takes a back seat to all of these.

mine don’t

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #46853

johnny2 wrote: We are discussing the idea that there is a better way to protect that right.

and perhaps there is a better way. but as I stated above the NRA is more effective at it than pretty much all the others combined. so in the course of finding that “better” way don’t throw out the currently best way.

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