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in reply to: Teardrops #35092

Thanks Dave. As a pragmatic thing, it is way down my list. Still, something about a hard roof over my head when miles from home by myself feels good. Here in Southern Mi. it’s over hunted public land or hit the rd. Most of this area is private in little fiefdoms where if sitting in a tree on 20 acres is your thing…you’re in luck if you’re family:D

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in reply to: Let's See Your Fletching #34886

I use the ones with the red and black now. I thought I had too much white going on with the other. I had help from a local “trad guy” with these. I haven’t fletched my own yet…unless I can count my kid days glueing on discount store barrel arrow fletch:?: Lame, I know…

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #28384

Mohawk13 wrote: Musk Ox Hunter..Made By Yours truly Burns Green Obsidian blade, Axis Deer antler handle, sinew and pine pitch glue.Musk Ox leg sheath still in the process of being made.

Forgive me. Jesus! What a rockin’ piece of work! That’s beautiful.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #25019

colmike wrote: Paleo

Linda wants to know if you fell on your face:lol:.

Grasshopper, I have learned when the ladies invite you to do something be prepared to have your butt kicked or embarrassed. Or learn something–which we can never admit:shock:.

Watch out for those MI knife and gun shows.

I didn’t fall in my face:D I’m a stump jumper extraordinaire, but when it comes to balance without lots of movement I think it might help. I do wish there was some contact though. Guys just wanna hit something!

Mike

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #23980

OK…my wife wanted to do something together…so I got dragged into a tai chi class. I felt out of place at first but am starting to “get it”. This could be very helpful with lots of things related to generally sneaking around the woods. It is uniquely humbling when you think you have mastery of your own movement to try it anyway..

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in reply to: Lyme Disease #15055

colmike wrote: Paleo

No but my wife was miss diagnosed with it about 6 months ago–long story made short–blood test said yes–3 bouts of antibiotic and still positive—then we went to a specialist. After 2 hour interview she said–well you don’t have Lyme, your blood test clearly shows that (and she did another to confirm). Seems if the doc isn’t experienced they can make a mistake.:shock:

We do a tick check every time we are out there–lots around here. It takes about 3 hours for the little buggers to attach so check every 3 hours–that signal mirror comes in handy for checking those area’s you can’t see:D They are easy to flip up and remove before they attach. Yes it’s a hassle but it’s a better alternative then not being out there or in my opinion using chemicals. Having said all that we have found 3 ticks on us in the last 10 years–3rd one was on me this afternoon after returning from stumping.

Hope this helps.

Mike

Yes, it does help! Anything that helps defeat their attempts does. We had a “bug man”, entomolygist, come speak at one of our Dept. meetings last year. He said there is a Raid product containing permethrin that’s essentially the same ingredients as commercial tick repellent for a lot less and more of it. I’m not sure which one though and haven’t checked it out. Spraying anything that says “Raid” on me though would be something to get past mentally….

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in reply to: Rubber blunts, horses and far north queensland #12162

You don’t all do that as regular practice????:lol:!

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in reply to: Morels #9160

I’ll be a son of a bee! I took today and Monday off to just do nothing and odds and ends around the house. I found a frying pan full while cutting grass. I have never seen or noticed them in that spot.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #8808

Any of you Texans need ice:lol:? Here is a pic of Lake Superior ice near Marquette, Mi. on 5/13. It snowed just N of here yesterday and was down below freezing last night.

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in reply to: Update on Larry Fischer vs The Bastard #8802

I don’t even know you Larry, but your story strikes a chord to get out of our own heads and unwrap life for the gift it is. I wish you well.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #61432

Ralph – hadn’t seen news of the fires until this evening. I’m glad you got missed. Up here seems a good year for tree frogs with all the moisture we’ve had. They’ve been making those loud chirps they do from all directions. I love the sound of spring. Even walking out to my truck in the pre-dawn to go to work on a nice spring morning is not 1/2 bad.

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in reply to: Quality Deer Management #60133

I live in Michigan and I vote with my license. It’s been archery only for more than a few years now. I wouldn’t even buy a license if I didn’t live here because of the baiting. But, you can still have a good hunt here if you choose to avoid the practice, and for me that’s the October season. The best time of the year anyway.

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in reply to: Camera Vs Phone #52292

Well, for no other reason than to get my head out of it, I went back to a “dumb phone” today. I still have plenty of connectivity thru the work phone and laptop. I will post a pic with an arrow through the dang thing. Sorry if this thing sounds grouchy, I’ve just had it with the intrusiveness of this tech. Now I’ll have to figure out how to post a pic w/o it:?!

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in reply to: The Ugly side of Spring #51854

BTW, I want to add I’ve had a lot of fun hunting around clearcuts before they reach pole timber size! On a smaller scale, interspersed with intact, non-monocultural native timber tracts, they can make a nice interspersion and juxtapositional jigsaw puzzle of habitat. They do wreck a hunting area for some time though before they recover any sense of a place you want to be.

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in reply to: The Ugly side of Spring #51836

Really, much only in the sense that at least it won’t be built over. I was edumacated as a Forester, and even then I knew the mission was to feed the hungry mill. Wildlife, while foremost in most of our minds, was subordinate to the industries we served, though it was given lip service and spun when useful. We all thought it would beat working in a factory or an office, and as usual, we were indroctrinated when we were young and dumb. Now, Forestry can be a rewarding bank of knowledge, but on an industrial scale, in the big picure, it’s a tough reality. Unless you’re a red squirrel in a pine plantation:D!

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