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in reply to: Ancient Edges #16822
I guess the value is in what they add to our knowledge of the maker, method of manufacture and culture beyond that I agree with Steve.
I find it disappointing that vast numbers of these artifacts are cataloged boxed up to rarely if ever see the light of day again languishing in the bowels of a museum.
Steve, I wish you good luck in finding a cooperative deer.
Mark.
in reply to: Ancient canyon #16810Tailfeather, enjoyed that thank you.
Mark.
in reply to: Ancient Edges #15698Never found a stone point but have handled a few and agree with you all they fire the imagination. Once camped by some guys knapping stone, no peace from dawn til dusk like camping amongst a flock of stonechat’s.
I do have a small stone bead and often wonder where it came from and who it belonged to.
The pros and cons of living in a ‘simpler’ earlier age I don’t know, I like the idea of penicillin/antibiotics, thank you Mr Jenner. And the 1’000 and 1 other things I just take for granted.
Oops Flemming discovered penicillin, Jenner small pox vacine but who knapped the first blade, was he using a flint nodule to crack a nut when it flaked or even trying to get a spark to start a fire I would like to see that moment in time.
Rambling now, Mark.
in reply to: New Job= New Bow #49696Congratulations Andrew, some Christmas present!
Mark.
in reply to: Takedown from a one piece bow? #56159The Stotler bows are made as a one piece and then cut down.
Mark.
in reply to: Takedown from a one piece bow? #54906I have a Stotler takedown 3 pc. it looks and handles just like a one piece recurve. http://www.stotlerarchery.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
I was lucky and found a used bow in as new condition, and have no hesitation in recommending one.
As for making one with my limited woodworking ability could result in a shed full of kindling.
Good luck, Mark.
in reply to: The funniest archery story ever? #54091Only heard this described, in the good old days felled trees were bored with an auger from the cut face, black powder was then packed into the hole and a fuse lit. The resulting excitement would split the tree. Dont know if that helps.
Alternatively is there anyone in your area that demolishes structural steel they use linear shaped charges, comes in rolls, makes a really weird noise, aside from bang.
What ever you decide please take a camera.
Mark.
in reply to: Scrappy one down #54061An ATV Dave approves of 😯
Well done Stumpy and thanks for recounting the tail.
Mark.
in reply to: Are these broadheads legal??? #42472Barbed arrows legal or not might be one for the ethics committee?
Mark.
in reply to: Dog Question #41333Best dog I ever had was a complete pain about the house.
I agree with all of the above, shock collars have only one place and that’s on folks that think they are a training aid.
You say she is about a year old has she been in season, phantom pregnancy or has she had hormone injections to suppress a season, these can lead to anxiety.
Just googled Walker dogs as its not a breed I know but if their temperament is anything like the hounds I know they don’t do well indoors, they are happier as part of a pack. It maybe that the older dog should be more dominant and she just does not know where she fits into your pack.
Good luck, Mark.
Just reread this thread, my perspective is that to hunt with trad gear we must refine every aspect of the hunting process in order to close the gap and kill an animal, we must also be prepared to pass up or miss opportunities (in my case most opportunities) that a hunter armed with a firearm or even crossbow would not think twice about.
Using traditional hunting methods to me is more a philosophy (just checked the thesaurus and I think that’s the right word)
A guy next door at work tells me he wants to hunt, what he really wants to do is kill something and have a trophy for the bragging rights and there are plenty of PH’s that will facilitate this for him, in my mind this does not make him a hunter and I don’t want to be associated with him as a hunter.
These are the target customers that xbow manufacturers prey upon promoted by TV and the big stores who must have something new to sell this year, we can only hope that occasionally they find someone that wants to become a hunter.
From my side of the pond there is every combination of hunting restriction you can dream of and in some cases no restriction to the point where I can shoot certain species of deer and wildfowl all year round without a permit, no bag limit and no formal instruction just need access rights.
In many European countries we still suffer under the inherited view that hunting is for nobles and the rich however many of these people have never ‘hunted’ but they have killed lots of animals.
As for education I have mixed views many folks taking to hunting in latter life have no idea about safety, fieldcraft or how to prepare an animal or even take care of themselves outdoors.
I always considered myself competent when it came to butchery until I spent two days with a master butcher, boy did I learn a lot. Even had some praise from the wife, no more ‘how fast were you going when you hit this then’ or ‘it might make a stew’ she can be very cruel sometimes. Which goes to show that there is always something to learn.
I’m looking forward to The Good Hunt and the reaction I will get from the guys at my hunting club when I get to show it, I’m the only bowhunter and considered something of a curiosity or a bit mad.
Mark.
in reply to: Have You Gotten Lost? #37482‘No matter where you go – there you are’
Confucius.
Always liked that quote from the Mountain Men.
Mark.
in reply to: What Have You Forgotten? #33861Kind of related, three of us once shared a billet with a compulsive ‘packer’, he would wake up in the middle of the night and repack something in his rucksack.
It starts to rub off after a while and I began doubting what I had packed, no names but someone superglued all the buckles on his rucky, not very funny at the time he went ape.
in reply to: Answered Prayers… #29549Nice one, looks like a trophy to me.
Mark.
‘…any regrets from yesterday?’ No, but I have a few, but too few to mention, I feel a song coming on.
Good reply Col. Mike ‘be true to thine self’ the man ounce said and I guess if you can do that you can look anyone in the eye.
As for allowing folks to die in peace perhaps they had something that modern society finds difficult to accept but might be better for it.
My apologies for wading in, my grandmother would have given me hell for being impolite, welcome to the campfire sir.
Mark.
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