[John Dilts]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #37888

Steve Graf wrote: John that sounds really great! What will you be bowfishing for?

Your stories remind me of Igor Ruhds (sp?) adventurous life. Salute!

Trout at first then in a couple weeks arctic char, once the rivers start moving.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #35335

Things are finaly starting to thaw and i mean starting still freezes hard at night and gets really slushy during the day. I leave Satarday for my annual spring trip to the cabin saved some vacation days last year for this year so i will be out at the cabin for 5 straight weeks. This will be my longest trip on the tundra. Should be out there for prime bow fishing this spring. The geese are just starting to show up. I’ve seen 2 so far but about 10,000 will soon follow. Will do my best to take some pictures to share this time.

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in reply to: Window and arrowrest #21331

We have a lot of lemmings here I find to works really well and the kids catch then all the time during the summer when the hair is short. there a lot like moles.

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in reply to: Just my take #21115

DK wrote: I would really like to shoot wood but I cant find any that are 33.5 inches. After I taper the nock and the point they are to short. I know forrester shafts sells some but I am not in a place where I can afford them. Not saying they are over priced, I just have a young family and carbons are cheap and durable. If you know of any Sitka spruce that are long enough let me know. I love working on wood arrows.

DK

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=42331&cat=1,180,42288

You can always make your own

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #21017

Down to about 6 hours of dark 24hour sun will be he soon temp is all the way up ti -17. where about 4 weeks away from Geese so time to nock the dust off.

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in reply to: Good Movie #56139

Fast Runner is on itunes along with other great Inuit movies I posted a list in another thread.

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in reply to: Target launcher #41895

1roger1 wrote: [quote=john dilts]I would love to see any target launchers people have built. I made a couple of attempts last year both nothing really worked out.

I made this one years ago still the best one out there IMHO

http://www.footbridge.org/TakeDownModel.html

Thanks for post i will get the plans and see if I can get the parts next week when i go south.

[John Dilts]

in reply to: Target launcher #53187

Thanks for sharing this this is one of the best i have see and i should be able to build one out of the things i can find here.

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in reply to: Takedown longbow recommendations please #43971

There’s a guy here that Caribou hunts buy bike.

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in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #51926

LOL I have fallen a sleep a few times in random places on the land after working all day and hunting all night

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in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #30017

grumpy wrote: Looks like it was a loooooooong winter up north. IS there a social life up there?

Was a long winter we still have 3 months of it left and no their really isn’t much of a social life compared to the south most of the socializing is done during spring summer and fall (as short as they are) out on the land as we call it. But at last count between me and wife we have about 10 dozen arrows each ready for this season and i still have 70 or so cedar shafts to waiting to be completed so i fill the time. once spring comes there’s no dark so there’s lots of time to make up for it.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #63699

Steve Graf wrote: Ralph, that is some sound advice! Reminds me of the old Fred Bear Africa movie where he trades with one of the locals for a hat made from some elephant hair or something, next scene he’s in the river trying to wash off the lice 😳

Alex, I’m a pinhead, at least that’s what my wife says. Not sure what she means really, but there is some small chance it has something to do with hat size. Not sure why you’d give up such a classy cap, but what kind of trade you have in mind? size?

David, I figured it wasn’t the bow for you. Thought I’d throw it out there anyway… Stick to one bow, that is the best path.

Lidz sells thats style online i have a couple made by Kangol there good hats

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #18752

paleoman wrote: How does Musk Ox eat? Bet something like a Woolly Mammoth:)

Not bad but it has a high water content so it shrinks a lot when you cook it.

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in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #16250

Steve Graf wrote: NIce! I guess you use black nocks ’cause everything you shoot at is white?

April to mid or late may yes it is. Easier to find in the snow. Last spring after the snow melted I Went back to one of my Favorite roving spots It’s a nice long sandy point lots of Sik Sik and Fox. I found a half dozen lost arrows that where in deep snow a couple weeks before.

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in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #62262

Here is my latest fletching and my first cresting

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