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in reply to: "The Good Hunt" update #54842
Alex, bowhunting in Europe is becoming more popular and accepted, if memory serves it was the fastest growing method of hunting in France two years ago.
Strangest thing Ive seen in France was a line of gun hunters waiting for driven boar with a bowhunter at one end.
Spain, Italy and Portugal have well established bowhunting communities and eastern Europe is opening up, regulations and understanding of bowhunting in the east can lead to some interesting situations.
Most of the guys I know either go to the US or Africa and its down to cost most European countries are VERY expensive to hunt and language can be a problem.
Finland and the island of Alandic are on my list of possibles but then so is US, Canada, Alaska……and lots of other places I have read about.
I belong to a small hunting club, about 60 members, and as the token bowhunter am treated as a slightly dangerous nut which is fine. I’m looking forward to showing The Good Hunt when it is released to see their reactions.
If you read French or use google translate (be imaginative with the results) try http://www.archasse.com/ there are some really talented artists and a lot of trad hunters amongst our French cousins, rags are coypu took me a while to figure that out.
Mark.
in reply to: You've got to be kidding me!!! #53528Jim, a blank on impact is really going to ruin someones day if not life. These things are just recipe for disaster. Is there even a safety pin?
Mark.
in reply to: Angry cow vid AND Ben's hilarious deer story! #43659Ben, thank you for that its made my day a whole lot brighter.
Mark.
in reply to: Had the day off #36423Pigeons always good eating but specially after the grain harvest, the secret appears to be not to over cook it although I’m the last person to give advise on cooking.
Like brennanherr, says squabs are a delicacy and expensive if you can find them in a restaurant, BB gun is the way to go when they are getting adventurous sitting on the edge of the nest.
Not cat, damn things are full of worms, in an urban survival situation head for the petting zoo, anyone know what panda tastes like?
Mark.
in reply to: Favorite Traditional Web Searches #36411Add Clay Hayes Twistedstave to your Utube list.
in reply to: Had the day off #36406My favorite is to take the breasts cut into thin strips and stir fry.
Squabs where I come from are flappers, kind of like pigeon veal.
Mark.
I would add plan each leg of the stalk even if its a few meters look closely at the ground to chose the best route so as to avoid briars, thorns or dry vegetation if possible, also be aware of birds and know their alarm calls, look up don’t move if there are corvids that might spot your movement.
If you have a good view point always watch birds crows, magpies etc. you may see where they are feeding on a carcass or remains of someones field dressed animal and will often see other hunters before you do
Also before you move use binoculars to look into the dark areas of vegetation where an animal might be lay up.
If you get that sixth sense telling you to stay put, stay put, if only for a few minutes and look again before you move always better to look and plan twice rather than bump something.
Enough said about ghillies, if vegetation is thin I use some well weathered skrim netting I use it to make hides add background or just over my shoulders when I’m sat quite.
Mark.
in reply to: Best Fletching Cement? #16201I use tape on wood, ally and carbon with no problems but the shafts must be clean I use neat alcohol, impatience is my only problem.
Mark.
in reply to: Arrow of Light #14910My side of the pond you could try Will Lord http://www.beyond2000bc.co.uk/index.html
Look forward to seeing the finished article.
Mark.
in reply to: Anyone eat coyote? #12876David, a local guy that catches carp puts them live in a tank of clean water for a few days to get the mud out of them and says they then eat well, never tried it myself, very popular in eastern europe.
Dave, crows ok but go for the young ones when they begin to sit out on the branches, very tender.
Mike, husky, the original trail food or so I read, its not on my list.
I had snake in Korea and enjoyed that, thought it was eel at first. Turned down coypu in France didn’t smell good.
Mark.
Wex, seven injured and one suspension but what happened, No.12 Marshall that boys quick, what happened to O’Gara messed up and switched off, never been known.
Our second half went well, Ill leave it at that, after party was good, didn’t do much sunday.
Leinster, anyone play for them I should know.
Good luck with the French.
in reply to: Gas Prices Keeping Me At Home #7921My brother ‘acquired’ about 2’000 liters. of cooking oil and has been running a Toyota Shogun on it for months, I’m tempted but don’t want to be sat on the side of the road hundreds of miles from home when I’m told my warranty is invalid.
Wahoo, didn’t like the Hilux, do like the Patrol pickup but we don’t get them here and Nissan parts out of area can be expensive.
Mark.
in reply to: Gas Prices Keeping Me At Home #63277I got that beat Jim, $8.33 US, and most of that is tax.
Etter, what mpg do you get from your Titan, I have a Navara same as the Frontier and get about 26 mpg combined but would like a bit more cab space. Would like an Amazon but HOW MUCH:shock:
Mark.
A Prius pickup there’s a thought……….I wish I had not had that thought:oops:
Wex, I’ve never been to Lansdown Rd. but will one day would have liked to have gone to Croke Park that would have been a privileged.
Been a long time coming but we’ve got some good young lads, we had to fight for the win, its the kiss of death to mention the grand slam with France on Saturday.
Ill be at Worcester, France v England under 21 game followed by a session with the lads to see the big match.
Good luck with Scotland, you’ll win but it might be tough.
Looking forward to Italy v Wales.
Mark.
I’m going to sound sad but I really enjoy work, with that out of the way.
Hunting waterfowl, but only on the coast.
Any small game with bow or shotgun.
I’ve two springers and work them for others, ones quite good the other follows but between them they do a good job.
Clays with 10 and 8 gauge, sold the 4.
Canoeing but sold the boat it was to big for me on my own looking forward to choosing a new one.
Fishing passed me by when I was a kid and only started fly fishing recently, loving it but have promised myself not to start fly tying.
Family, I’m blessed that they are all fit and well and enjoy what they do, wife retired at Christmas and I’m benefiting from her undivided attention, lost about 10 lbs so far!
Just a natural curiosity for all things outdoors, natural history hunting now fishing.
Working towards a serious hunt this year no plans in stone but it will happen, to many things have been canceled over the last two years.
Beginning to ramble now, Mark.
Forgot the rugby, don’t know how that was possible and beer, will be combining the two on satuday, cant believe how many folks are drinking IPA but that’s a good thing, bit of a thing for scotch from the western isles.
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