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in reply to: Aussie turkeys #48267

Thanks…I never knew of this bird before.

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in reply to: What broadheads do you like? #40681

skinner biscuit wrote: Magnus 2 blade 125gr. with 100 gr. brass insert…

Same here. Before those Bear Razor heads that I think were 125 gr. also? Had a bunch and they did fine for me. Like Archie Bunker would say “I hate change! It’s never the same”! I stick with stuff forever if it works.

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in reply to: Our X-gun friends and bowhunting's public image #24493

Wexbow wrote: Paleo and Ralph, you’re probably right. But I think the urbanisation of our population is having two effects on our relationship with animals – we’re humanising pets and yet totally detached from meat production. I think this has the effect of creating crazy peta types and over the top animal welfare activists (including anti-hunters) on one hand and unfeeling cruel thugs on the other that will microwave cats, put x-gun darts in puppies and decapitate dogs as illustrated above.

Wex – your comment touched a nerve:) I don’ t hate animals of course, but pretty much believe they belong in barns, not the house…my wife has 2 cats, one a nasty puker that I’ d like to ” take for a ride”, but they are like kids to her. I joke she’ s like a shark with her little remoras always near her. Animals have somehow become human around here for sure 😀

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in reply to: Our X-gun friends and bowhunting's public image #23332

In general I don’ t buy into the world is getting sicker stuff. We’ re all basically %$$!house crazy in a world that makes no sense. It’ s incredible it’ s not worse! Some fraction of the 7 billion of us can’ t handle it and act out and it’ us all over the world in a minute. I think the 20 th century broke some “sick” records too.

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in reply to: Tents #20902

sinawalli wrote: Canvas if you don’t pack, nylon if you do. That said, nothing and I mean nothing beats coming back from a long hard day of hunting in the cold to a wall tent with a wood stove in it!

The only thing that beats that is a pre-cooked meal bubbling away on the stove! Have hunted with a friend many, many times out of a classic wall tent set-up. He’ s out of state in Wi., and as much as I love going up there, I drive through way too much opportunity here in Mi. that I need to explore.

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in reply to: What's in a Name? #14257

I guess ” paleoman” because I fantasize life was more of an adventure even though I wouldn’ t really want any part of it:) Also always having my eyes on the dirt for artifacts I’ d pee myself if I ever found a paleo point!

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in reply to: The War of Arrows…. Great movie! #9833

Not to hijack the thread…..anyone see the movie Black Robe? I think there was a scene in there where a grouse got an arrah in the neck or am I dreamin’? Anyway I always thought that was a good one…

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in reply to: Still in the dark ages #9807

And how to size them quick and easy too!

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in reply to: Being followed #9797

I too have some long walks in the dark. Coyotes don’t bother me nor do distant wolves howling. But when they start that nonsense 50 yards away from you in the dark, well, some dormant gene from ancestors long gone wakes up! You see these shows with guys on foot in Africa with lions roaring in the dark…Holy Maria the heck with that!

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in reply to: I need some advice on stalking and getting close to game #61940

Get in some thick stuff the critters are using the best and most quiet way you can. Assuming the overall sign is what you want, scope out some potential shooting lanes. Even 1 or 2 3′ openings will do because they won’ t move fast in that stuff. Use that little folding saw you always carry to cut out the stray sapling or two, but only if you have to and cover up any ” shiners”, the little stumplets with a little dirt, mud or other debris. Find some natural depression, combine it with natural cover, enhanced with just a very few pruning cuts for bow clearance and/or just a little enhancement to the cover if needed. Watch the wind and get in there early and be prepared to sit all day. Have a few spots like that and you’ ll ” bushwack” one eventually. If the cover is right you’ ll be able to draw before they step in the lane. Best I can offer since my one pecker finger on this phone is wearing out! Such a huge, fun subject a person could go on and on…

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in reply to: Just Better With A Daypack On #61563

I’ m with ya up there. I have nothing against treestands but they are like a judge said to me “10 hrs on the stand son and we’ ll call it good”. Then add a week or more to that and it’ s no fun to me. I’ m to the point I mostly don’ t care about ” scoring” anymore anyway which explains my choice:D

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in reply to: Interests #60646

David Petersen wrote: To answer this truly I must come out of the closet and admit that I’m extraordinarily fond of pretty girls, or any girl that will smile at me at this advanced age … and Patron tequila, and a local-brew kolsch … and of course, since I’m not running for office, I always inhale. 😛

So..now that we know you’ re normal:wink:, when you were in K’zoo checkin’ out the does….do you find any shooters in the herd or is this trad world pretty much a guy gig? I mean you see women compound shooters but do they inhabit this little subculture to the same extent as the wheelie world?? I dunno..just asking…

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in reply to: Interests #59019

dwcphoto wrote: Looks like I’ll be the third PA archer to chime in. These past few years I’ve been doing a lot of this archery thing, but I got steered here by going more traditional with guns. Several years ago I built a flintlock out of a kit my neighbor gave me. Always loved shooting and hunting and the flinter gave it some new life.

My main hobby these days is spending time with my wife and kids and getting them outside, doing art, and just goofing around. I’m my son’s den leader, Webelos I, and having a good time with it. Birding, fishing, canoeing, all good. At the end of the day, watching a movie with my wife knowing the kids are resting peacefully tops it off.

The upside of a slow economy for a freelance photographer is more time with the family.

All the best to you. peace, dwc

Sounds like at least a few of us came here via the blackpowder route. I still love basic black during the one firearm season I do hunt. I love remote places too..and still fondly think of the rugged New England hills that formed me and the local history that surrounds them…23 years later and I’ m still homesick!

Guess I’ m a sucker for beauty in form and function.

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in reply to: Giving It Up #53969

David Petersen wrote: Dude, you can’t quit before you fall out of one of those suckers! You haven’t lived until you almost die! 😛

I was actually reported as dead by local news years ago after another gravity induced incident! But my hard Slavic head kept me in the game:D Just curious…did you feel the slow motion effect when you fell or could you even think “aw sh-t” before you hit?

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in reply to: Off Season #53862

Would like to report I don’ t go dormant in winter but I do. I work outside a fair bit so I honestly have no need for ” fresh air” this time of year. I don’ t get into shooting until the cold and snow have left the building either.

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