[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Our X-gun friends and bowhunting's public image #23265

Wexbow wrote: What motivates people to decapitate domestic pets? Zero degrees of empathy is a scary situation.

Sorry, dead horse, but the lisinopril hasn’t kicked in yet…

Wex, it’s worse yet. Around me about a year or two ago the owner of an animal “shelter” was being investigated for cruelty. Turns out it was more a puppy mill than a shelter. By the time investigators went in, this degenerate had shot all the dogs he had “sheltered” there. Over 20 if memory serves. Pretty bad, right? But here’s the kicker… He faced no charges. Turns out that you are able to care for, or dispose of, domestic pets in any way you see fit (thank you very much Old Yeller). There was some uproar over lack of laws, etc, but then there was a plane crash or multiple homicides or some other junk and it was all forgotten. Wild Turkey Federation is going on in our world these days? I just can’t imagine. Be well.

Alex

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Our X-gun friends and bowhunting's public image #23242

ALCON,

Stories like this are going to be everywhere and we all have one (unfortunately). This is even more true on a slow news day when no one is killed, raped, blown up, and when there are no “juicy bits” of racism, sexism, or some other “ism” the press loves so much. Here is my issue, IMHO: we are not policing ourselves, and we are busy discussing how to further divide ourselves (gun, bow, crossbow, spear, etc) giving the antis a perfect chance to “divide and conquer”.

Here is a bit from my neck of the woods:

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101120/NEWS/11200303

Now, Dave, I have to ask you, only because you posted the thread. I am not singling you out or any other such nonsense. If it were the same situation that you wrote about, or especially the one in your link, but the weapon had been a rifle, or spear, or [FSM forbid] a longbow, would it have been any different? How would you have felt if it were a nice POC shaft with turkey feathers and a custom cresting? How would the puppy have felt? Would you still have posted it? Who is in the wrong here? I despise poaching even more than I despise PETA. I don’t think laws are anywhere harsh enough when dealing with them. But first and foremost, this person (in your elk example) should be identified as a POACHER and not a ______________ HUNTER (fill the blank in yourself, x-bow, rifle, hand grenade, it don’t matter. The weapon choice does not a poacher make). Second, as is the reply to the link I posted here, the hunter (in my case) was absolutely right, and the people feeding the wild animals were actually breaking the law. But is that what got reported? This was a bowhunter (again, in my example) who probably used a compound. Even if he used a crossbow, I would be right there by his side defending him for making a LEGAL and ETHICAL kill and congratulating him on his trophy. I would be there condemning the people who fed this animal and the idiot press who mis-represented the situation. I would do this with no regard for what this hunter was hunting with. It is a fellow hunter who hunts legally and ethically (giving the benefit of the doubt). When we start doing the “look at those __________ hunters (again, fill in the blank with the flavor of the week, x-bow, compound, etc), we open all of hunting up to the antis and if they have their way, we ALL will lose, animals included.

Again, your example was of a POACHER and the article about a sadistic IDIOT. I couldn’t care what they had in their hands. A kitchen knife would have been just as bad. Again, IMHO, we need to distance ourselves from this type of scum. They are not x-bow hunter or gun hunters or any kind of hunters. They are poachers and scumbags and should be called as such. Second, we need to police our own ranks and set some real priorities. I didn’t reply to the “canned-hunt” thread again as beating dead horses only spreads germs, but I am forced to bring it up in example. The statement was made” If we stepped up as a group and condemned canned hunts as we know we should have we would be in a much different position. Now we’ve just shown the nonhunters that we can’t manage ourselves so someone else will.” Well I must humbly disagree. I would take a well-managed preserve (Africa comes to mind, along with many “fenceless” ranches that are simply the only watering holes in a 100 square mile radius, so every animal there will eventually come) over ANY poacher and any sadistic lunatic any day. We have bigger fish to fry. We need to remove ourselves from association with these “people” and we need to support those who follow ethics and reason, no matter what they hunt with or even if they don’t hunt. Well, I’m off to take my lisinopril, thank you very much. Again, IMHO… Be well.

Alex

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Tents #20955

A guy I know went to the doctor. He told the doctor every time he tried to sleep we was awakend by bad dreams. First he would dream he was a Tee Pee, next he would dream he was a Wig Wam. The doctor told him he’s just two tents.

(Sorry, just had to throw that one in there. Really slow news day on my end.)

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Cover photo of latest TB magazine #20000

Real nice looking stuff. I’ll PM something similar in case you are interested. Heard good things, but to be honest, have never tried. Just another option for something similar. Be well.

Alex

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Spine Weight #19887

I don’t think there is one correct answer other than what works for how your bow is tuned and how you shoot. Number-wise, here are 2 starting points, but as I said, it could be totally off based on how you shoot, etc. Sometimes numbers and real-life just don’t jive.

http://www.3riversarchery.com/pdf/ArrowCharts.pdf

http://www.3riversarchery.com/spinecalculator.asp

Hope it helps. Be well.

Alex

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Finding bigfoot #18784

Now THAT is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Finding bigfoot #18582

Is that Dave??????

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Good for Illinois ?? #18383

colmike wrote: …Wtf–Wild turkey federation…

Oops! 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Finding bigfoot #17326

😆 LOL!!! 😆

THAT’S Funny!

Y’all talkin’ from experience? 😉

[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Finding bigfoot #16681

mhay,

That’s great! 😆 I was never quite that elaborate, but one time a buddy of mine made the mistake of telling me where he set up his game camera 😯 . Let’s just say he didn’t make that mistake ever again 😈 . LOL.

Just to keep on topic, what kind of broadhead would you use on a bigfoot? ❓

Be well.

Alex

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: from the home page #16673

David Petersen wrote: All I know is that Dr. Ashby says that Vaseline — the old standard — is “a mild anti-coagulant.”

Dave,

Not sure I follow. Anti-coagulants make you bleed more. Isn’t that the idea? Be well.

Alex

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Good for Illinois ?? #16670

Sir,

(I know, “stop calling me sir”, sorry, habit 😳 ) I have actually had that happen before. I hit the “back” button and was able to recover it. But, there is another way, if I may be so bold as to suggest. If I find a particularly “juicy” thread (or any thread no-a-days), I open up Microsoft Word (after reading the thread) and start typing my reply. After I am done, I copy (not cut) and paste to the forum. I then add any smiley faces 😀 and hit “Save” (on TBM not Word). If something should happen, I can then just go back to the Word document and re-copy and paste (after I post the comment, I don’t bother to save the document). Word also has a nice feature in that it auto-saves every now and again, so even if your power goes out, you will be able to recover most of what you typed so long as it’s been long enough to get auto-saved. A final feature (and reason I use Word for pretty much all my posts) is the spell-checker feature. If I posted directly to the site, no one would be able to make out what the hey I’m talking about as I would probably misspell my own name. In school, my answer to every question on every spelling test was “F7” (command in Word to run the spell checker) 🙄 . Needless to say, I didn’t do well in that class. If it wasn’t for math and computers, I may not have made it through highschool. Anyway, I hope it helps. Be well.

CPT Frog

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Yea,,, I know I'm pushing the limits #16364

Troy,

I may have missed something, but what was the “unfair advantage” that this bow would have given you in a primitive class? It’s all wood. Something talls me wood was available in ancient times 😕 . Was the issue that it was a take-down? You wrote that those are allowed now as well. I think I am just missing something. Be well.

Alex

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: '59 Bear Kodiak replica #16357

I look at it in a more spiritual (I love how I can just use that word in place of “disturbed” and get away with it 😈 ) way. Bear (Fred) did quite a bit for traditional archery. He is one of the OGs. Yes, his company has moved on into more modern things, but it has kept its roots as well. The only Bear bow I have ever owned in a wheelie. I recently gave it to a friend of mine. He will continue to make good use of it, but I have chosen a different path. Also, I think that supporting small business is a very noble venture, and I have done it myself. But I think Bear (the company) is to archery what a hybrid bow is to longbows and recurves. I don’t think I will ever own a bear again (unless I pick one up at a garage sale), but I would definitely not discount giving them my business if there is something I need and they sell (strings, parts, whatever) and the “locals” are out of stock. Now an X-Bow company that decides to put out a trad line just to “capitalize on the growing trend” is a different story. IMHO, of course. Be well.

Alex

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[lyagooshka]

in reply to: Best Fletching Cement? #15266

I’ve only made Al arrows, so that is all I have experience with. When I read your post, I went to the video out of curiosity. It seems the person is using an arrow wrap. Thanks for the input. I was actually going to try to make some of my own woodies, so it’s something to keep in mind. Be well.

Alex

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