[Patrick]

in reply to: Wintercamp / Pics #18897

Awesome! 8)

[Patrick]

in reply to: Hunting Binoculars #16772

I understand very well the design and manufacturing principals. I’m saying there is no perceptual difference between the very best roof prism (IMO: Nikon EDG) and the very best porro prism (IMO: Nikon Superior E). I don’t have enough experience to have an educated opinion about scopes.

Roof prisms are GENERALLY more durable, easier to waterproof, more compact. So it isn’t for just some frivolous aesthetic reason that roof prism binocs are popular.

[Patrick]

in reply to: Hunting Binoculars #16677

Theoretically, you are correct, but only theoretically. We are only talking about binoculars here. I haven’t had enough experience with scopes to have an opinion about any percievable differences, but that’s not the case with binoculars.

[Patrick]

in reply to: Hunting Binoculars #16035

With all due respect, if his EL’s are “blown out
of the water” by your Discoverers, his EL’s need to be repaired, as they are clearly defective. Not that the Discoverers weren’t great, but a good roof prism binocular with phase coating is every bit as good as a good porro prism binoc, albeit at a considerably higher price.

[Patrick]

in reply to: Avatar (The Movie) and Longbows #15695

johnny2 wrote: Someone needs to do something before Montana Ford pees all over himself!:DLOL

:lol::lol:

johnny2 wrote: O.k., Montana Ford is all but chomping at the bit for it and I know Patrick’s thinly veiled attempt to sweep it under the rug is really a cry to be heard:lol: so let it rip Patrick. I wanna know what you really think about the movie. Maybe I’ll even chime in.

Na, I think I’ll abide by a Mark Twain quote:
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” 😉
(Well, that, plus my hands and arms KILLING me, due to tendinitis. 🙁 ).

[Patrick]

in reply to: Making a Better Forest For Deer (Hunting) #15371

Clay Hayes wrote: It sounds like you’ve got a great project going. I do have one suggestion concerning the oaks and beech. You can offen increase the mast production of a few trees with dominat canopies by taking out the lower quality trees surounding them. I’m not sure what your stands look like but that may be something to consider.

ch

That is part of what we are doing.

The trees we just took down are scotch pine. My dad checked and there is no market for them (They only took red and white pines). When you guys refer to pilling them in wind rows, I’m not sure I know what you mean, could you expound on that some? Thanks

[Patrick]

in reply to: Avatar (The Movie) and Longbows #15366

johnny2 wrote: I’ll bet Patrick is wondering how ol johnny2 feels about the political and social undertones(overtones?)of said movie.:twisted: haha!

Rest easy friend, I won’t open that can of worms. And yes, I did just refer to myself in the the third person online.:D

Who’s Johnny2? 😆 (Likewise, but you might be surprised at my feelings about it. I don’t fit very well in a box. 😉 )

[Patrick]

in reply to: Making a Better Forest For Deer (Hunting) #14232

The primary goal is to enhance habitat.
One block is 40 acres, 10 acres of woods, mostly mature beech, maple, and oak. That’s the one I want to focus on. It doesn’t hold any deer. I want to plant pines on a sandhill that is currently farmed, by my dad. As well as clear cut approximately 1 acre in a corner. There is a large river bottom that we used to hunt nearby this section, but don’t have permission to hunt anymore.

The block we are currently working on is 65 acres. My grandpa, and great uncles actually planted the 40 acres of white and red pines that makes up most of the block. They average about 80 feet tall. There is a HUGE sand ridge with oaks as well. Yesterday we felled about seventy-five 60-80 foot pines. About half what we want to accomplish in a 1 acre section. There are already some clearings in the block because my dad had it select cut 2 years ago, and those are already showing promise.

The largest block is, about 400 acres (I might have to change that one after consulting with my dad). Most of it is tillable, but it has the largest section of woods, and is the most diverse. There is a creek running through a part of it, which has a thicket adjacent to it. Then a large oak stand with no underbrush. Next to the oak stand, on the other side of the thicket is where we’re going to cut maybe 1 to 2 acres. I know this section will improve quickly. It was done about 20 years ago with this same section, and it was amazing how it went from useless (for hunting) to the best of the sections.

It’s just my dad and I with 2 chainsaws, a chain, a tractor, and a brush hog (that we probably won’t use).

I’ll probably fix some typos later as well as expound a bit more, and add some google map snap shots to give a better idea of what it looks like.

In the mean time a question:
Would you recommend we pull those pines out or leave them where they are at?

[Patrick]

in reply to: Avatar (The Movie) and Longbows #12649

Carbomask wrote: choosing NOT to see this movie for political reasons. too bad for me i guess. i’m being a consciensious objector, as I heard its antiAmerican, pantheistic, anti corporate, anti military, and ethnocentrically villianizing against all non-colored species ? you wouldnt hold that against me though would ya?

Nope, won’t hold it against ya. 😉

I have to say that I was reluctant because of things I heard about it too. Frankly, I don’t like being preached at by Hollywood. It has its good points. It also has its bad points. All, in my opinion.

[Patrick]

in reply to: 3Rivers Archery Catalog: FOC Recommendation #11208

Good grief people, you don’t have to apologize. I was just wanting to clarify, to be fair to 3Rivers.:lol:

[Patrick]

in reply to: 3Rivers Archery Catalog: FOC Recommendation #9953

MontanaFord wrote: 3Rivers, if I remember correctly, owns the patent to the Woodsman head, so, of course, why wouldn’t they be partial to their own product? Just a thought.

Michael

To be fair to 3Rivers, this thread has somehow morphed into a discussion about 3-bladed broadheads, but there was no mention of 3-bladed broadheads in that section of their catalog. FOC is only about weight distribution, not the number of blades a broadhead has.

[Patrick]

in reply to: test #8070

wtpops wrote: test

123(?)

[Patrick]

in reply to: Custom building a 2 piece stainless steel broadhead #8062

SB: Peer pressure worked, eh?!!! 😆
2 cents worth:
Dave’s: The Wild Edge
HalfaHun’s: The Attila

[Patrick]

in reply to: Avatar (The Movie) and Longbows #7801

Bloodless wrote: Ah, Patrick. “You’re a wise man…

You must be confusing me with…well…take your pick.

[Patrick]

in reply to: Avatar (The Movie) and Longbows #63150

There’ll be no spoilers from me. 😀

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