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in reply to: Noteable Quotes! #41284
How about this – “I can fart better than I can sing”. My dear departed grandmother. Sorry but I had to:wink:.
in reply to: What Have You Forgotten? #40085Oh, here’s one I forgot about a watch that Daves’ post about leaving a Swiss Army knife on a mt. reminded me of. I’d gotten back to where I’d parked one year and noticed a little something shiny in the hard packed dirt, so I scratched it up and beheld an LL Bean pocket watch that still worked! Well, I carried it for years…one year having set it on a rock hunting high in the Adirondacks and leaving it there, came back down the mt., and said “aw s–t”, went the 2k feet back up and every damn rock looked the same, but eventually I found it! It survived one trip thru the washing machine but the 2nd one killed it a few years later:cry:. I hate it when stuff I’m fond of “dies”!
in reply to: who carrys a backup gun #39711paleoman wrote: A good idea in Alaska no doubt, but here in Michigan you really don’t need to, unless you’re afraid of wolves and bears and I’m not:wink:. That said, to each his own!
I should say black bears..and I do respect them. Now grizzlies and Browns and Kodiaks, they would make me nervous to be honest and I have no experience with them.
in reply to: who carrys a backup gun #39707A good idea in Alaska no doubt, but here in Michigan you really don’t need to, unless you’re afraid of wolves and bears and I’m not:wink:. That said, to each his own!
in reply to: The Amish and the Traditional #16153I’m not saying I reject the modern world, no way – too many enjoyable vices! It’s less a direct comparison I was thinking about than maybe there’s a grain of something in common in limiting ourselves?? I dunno, I was watching a program on the Amish and it’s a nice, slow day:)
in reply to: "The Grey" #15982It’s so easy to find fault or virtue wherever someone decides it is. Unless you want to be a professional critic and not enjoy anything anymore, hell, it’s just entertainment and I think most people get that. Just my couple cents…now as much as some people can’t stand Sean Penn, I just love a lot of what he’s done – Into the Wild had beautiful imagery and love it or hate it I thought Tree of Life was thoughtfully done too. I don’t think this stuff is off topic for the site. Lots of thoughtful people kicking around here!
in reply to: Personal Philosophies #61470Smithhammer wrote: I tend to gravitate toward things for which the process is at least, if not more, important then the ends. Fly fishing is like that for more me, and so is traditional archery. Both have given me a great excuse to go to amazing, remote and wild places, spend time in them, and learn. And at the end of the day, that’s really what it’s all about for me – lifelong learning and spending as much time as possible in wild places.
I also feel that in this day and age, the outdoors have come to be viewed too much as some sort of personal gymnasium. Climbing, mountain biking, skiing, even hiking at the pace that most people do it, has become too frenetic, too about the “person” rather than the “place.” I partake in these activities too, and I realize I’m making a sweeping generalization here for which there are lots of exceptions, but I think most of you get my point – the whole “push your limits, extreme, on the edge” culture that has come to define what so many view as being outdoors. Fewer and fewer people go into the outdoors simply to sit, listen and observe as quietly as possible. Bowhunting does this for me – so much so that it’s what I prefer to do even outside of hunting season, to simply hike out somewhere and sit and listen and watch.
I’m amazed at how much people miss, being so focused on moving fast and “pushing their limits” while traveling outdoors. The funny thing is that I think for a lot of people, having to sit quietly and observe for extended periods of time in the outdoors would probably “push their limits” more than anything. I have friends who simply can’t do it, and don’t understand why you would.
In addition, I’m a Sagittarius – we’re born to have a bow in our hands…:wink:
Well said. Reading it, I remembered something I heard somewhere about the difference between the whites and the Native Americans. When asked what the difference was, whoever it was stated that the Indians just wanted to “Be”, and that the whites wanted to “be” someplace else. I’m not trying to impart nobility to our choices, but I think we just want to “be”:)
in reply to: Can I Use Same Arrows? #60213David Petersen wrote: Just shoot a few and see what happens. But first, find a reliable scale and check the true draw weight of the Bear. The old ones are notorious for being off, sometimes way off, either direction. You may have to go up or down in point weight to compensate, but I’ll bet they’ll work. Cheap and easy to find out.
Good advice! I never even thought of the weight issue:(
in reply to: Mr Petersen hits one out of the park!!! #47698If it’s the one on ground blinds, that was a good one. I like going light too, but can someone tell me how you can sit on the ground with a longbow and shoot without a stool? Every time I try and practice that the dang limb contacts the ground and my shot goes flying off the shelf like a drunk stumbling out of a bar. Maybe I need more practice???
in reply to: I missed you guys! #47696Just another miss on a decent 8 for me this year. I need the 9 months off to practice and recover mentally:wink:
in reply to: Personal Philosophies #47691Does anyone think a little part of it brings back the freedom of the “kid days” too? I roamed the woods with my 30lb Stemmler fiberglass bow (which I still have) in gradeschool days. Without even thinking I could hit or come close to things crazy distances away. I was this dumb once (well, I was dumb a lot growing up!) – with a grade school friend after school with our bows, family dog way ahead of us in a field – I bet him I could come close to the dog. At over 100 yards I came within inches when I realized I might injure or kill the dog! Brainless! My best arrow wobbled like a knuckleball and was missing a fletch, but I could make the dang thing go where I wanted. Go figure! All I want to do now is recapture those carefree days and that ability.
in reply to: Personal Philosophies #45304Northener wrote: I suppose one could say Traditional Archery is, What it Isn’t.
I can not take the credit, I saw that saying for a Whiskey add. Made me think, about Traditional archery, seems to fit pretty good.
I really like that! The replies up there are another big reason I took to these waters – good people with a good sense of sportsmanship for the most part. Even though I don’t personally know any of you, I’d bet most of us would get on pretty well out in the sticks.
in reply to: Personal Philosophies #44612CareyE wrote: I can echo most of the reasons already given. But honestly, I believe it is similar as to why I love my wife of 27 years; there is just something about it I can’t explain. Its kind of like why you find certain music appealing. In my opinion, if you can give a list of reasons, maybe you’re just trying to justify it to yourself.
I’ll give you your last sentence. To an extent I know that’s true for me. I do value meat and antlers as a huge part of my success and since I’ve gone this trad route I’ve been in the dumps with that. So yes, I do try to justify and understand why I went down this road sometimes.
in reply to: sheds allready #40939tradhunter1 wrote: That kicker helps make it look forked instead of grown out from the main. Thats still a nice trophy even if its not connected. Good luck finding the other side
GEE WHIZ WALLY THAT SURE IS A SWELL SHED!
in reply to: Who's Hunting the Late Season? #21286I’ll be out with the bow once or twice I figure after muzzleloader ends this weekend here in Mi. As for all this talk about lead, I’m not planning to pull the round ball out of my .54 any time soon. I’m sure I’ve already been poisoned by 6 dozen other things I don’t know about too:)
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