[Kees]

in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2024? #166501

Just ordered some new sights for a couple of flintlock rifles, and working on a cup of joe.  I think I’ll get out and fling some arrows in a little while, after I fill the bird feeders and bring in wood to get a fire going.  Took down the tree and decorations this morning.  Have to get busy on a pumpkin pie also.

Have a HAPPY, everyone!

~Kees~

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Kees.

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in reply to: Happy New Year !!! #166499

Ohio has gone to licenses expiring on birthdays, plus offering 3 year licenses so I’m good for a while.  Hope your new year’s celebrations went well, and I wish everyone all the best in 2024!

~Kees~

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in reply to: Over the top cool #166498

The brain is going on 80, asking who wrote the article or even which magazine it was (Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, Archery?) is out of the question!  Wish it was different, but such is life as my dad used to say.

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in reply to: Over the top cool #166389

Long time ago, it would have been 1968 because I was on the island of Shemya at the time, I read an article in a magazine advocating shooting a bow in the 30# to 35# range for practice, then moving up to the heavy bow 2 weeks or so before you were going to be hunting.  It made a certain amount of sense.

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in reply to: For those who shoot more than one bow…. #166388

I traded off the Montana to a friend who built a longbow for me (hickory self bow), 43# at 28″ and it is a dandy.  I’ve shot it most of the summer and am pickled tink with it.  So I still only have two bows but that is all I need.  I’m actually getting rid of a lot of my “stuff”.  I’m pushing 800 and the kids don’t want it so I may as well get it to someone who does.

~Kees~

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2023? #166387

Thank you, and the same to  right back at you and everyone else!  As we used to say in the Islands (I think they still do, but haven’t been back there for Christmas since the mid 1970s),

Mele Kalikimaka e ka haole makahiki hou*!

~Kees~

*Merry Christmas and a happy new year

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in reply to: Very Short Draw Length and Form??? #165601

I’m 5’10” and my draw length is 25″.

Height doesn’t really say much except what the average draw length is.  My father was 6’4″.  When we sat side by side, I was about as tall as him.  I have shorter arms and legs, so standing I was 1/2 foot shorter.

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in reply to: First Buck with a Bow #165600

Nice buck, good eating there!

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2023? #165552

An inversion table might be good for what ails me!  Orthopedic doctor looked at x-rays and MRIs of my back and said there is little to be done.  He gave me a booklet with exercises to do, but mostly just taking it easy seems to be working okay.  The injury happened either in High School basketball practice, or when I slipped off a log and fell 6′ in a V-notch while laying out road in SE Alaska (1985).  I knew better: never walk on a moss covered log because the bark may slip, but I had to see if that was true.  It was.  Several weeks later I had a lump in my lower spine which comes and goes and usually doesn’t bother me.

Speaking of trees falling, I was out walking with the dog this morning and a dead tree fell down across the bicycle path, 75′ ahead of us.  Surprised us both!

[Kees]

in reply to: Planting Seeds #165551

That is great!  Hope he continues down this slippery slope….

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2023? #165544

Sounds like a good time!

I’ve been taking it easy for a while.  I have a lower back problem from many years ago.  A while back I was taking a box of kitty litter out of the car’s trunk and bent wrong.  For a couple of weeks it was all I could do to get my right foot high enough to get into my trousers while sitting on the bed.  Consequently I haven’t done anything heavy like splitting firewood, or stomping around the hills looking for a suicidal deer.  It’s a lot better now but still, I’m giving it a rest.  I do get out every couple of days to fling arrows in the back yard so I’m not totally crippled up!  A friend made a self longbow for me, 43 pounds and it shoots like a dream if I do my part.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2023? #165139

Yes sir, Saturday opens archery deer season here in Ohio.  I don’t have green & black, but red & black will work well enough.  Unless I do something productive like split firewood….

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2023? #164502

Wish I were that lucky!  I can get 25 yards to my back fence, if I open the gate and shoot from the alley I can stretch it to 35 yards.  Not that I’ve done that; at 25 my accuracy goes to pot.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2023? #164453

That works! Definitely old school.  Like me with my Smoky Bear Pocket Calendar.  We had a ranger who was inordinately fond of his Blackberry and would pull it out whenever an occasion arose.  “Let me check my Blackberry.”  Then I would pull out my pocket calendar with a flourish….

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going 2023? #164443

I got tired of the lose-the-password problem when MS updates Windows, so I made a word document wherein I listed the site name, user i.d. and password in that order:

Site name A – Winter Hawk / Upthecreek&9

Site name B – my email address / GoofyPW^5

I listed them in alphabetical order and it is saved on the hard drive.  Whenever I get a new log-in I add the information in the appropriate place alphabetically and save it again.  It could be set up in a spread sheet but I haven’t used one since I retired in 2011 and it would tax my brain to figure it all out again.  Anyway, when Microsoft does its thing and I need to log in somewhere I just open up the document, copy the user i.d. and password, then paste them in on the site I’m logging into and all is well with the world again.  It also helps that I am using Firefox for my browser so I rarely lose my bookmarks.

Hope this helps someone to negate some of the frustrations Windows upgrades provide….

~Kees~

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