[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Last minute Arizona advice for Bruce and I #49292

Have a good trip and I’m with you in spirit, Scotch that is.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Merry Christmas bow hunters! #35298

Merry Christmas to you all, thanks to Robin for all her hard work and good luck to Jim.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Assumptions and Biases #36201

The other side of the coin, one of the best trad/primitive archers I have ever met makes bows, knaps flint, tans hides all the things that you would expect from a dedicated trad/primitive archer, hunts compound. We discussed this at length he said ‘I get to hunt rarely and don’t want to leave anything to chance’, kind of sad but I accept his reasoning.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Quiver ? #29606

Kilts, midges, mosi’s no thank you.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Campfire Cooking #27283

Smithhammer, any thoughts on a solar cooker? Ive no experience of them but have read that they work.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Campfire Cooking #26390

I have a hang up about chicken and food poisoning, keeping it cool is always an issue, unless you have that sorted.

Beef’s always a safe bet, thin with seasoning in the bag give it a shake an skewer it, I love to eat but cooking aint my thing.

After a long days hunting most anything tastes good.

Have fun and I’m looking forward to reading of your adventures.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: ASH #26379

Consider it work place therapy, that will inevitably lead to improved productivity and a happier employee.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Binos in Forested Areas #26301

Not only do they magnify they bring in extra light this is what allows you to see into the darker understory, this is improved the lower your position in relation to the area your looking into.

Always go for the best optics you can find, within your budget, external appearance has no bearing on optical performance. Some of the older Ruski bins and scopes had lenses made in East Germany and Yugoslavia and were darn good, always look thru the objective lens to check for any grinding marks at the edge of the lens, look for the internal finish this should be mat and uniform with no glue showing on the edge of the lens, any errors cause light to be deflected internally and can result in difficult to focus bins and scopes, I saw this recently on a Schmidt & Bender scope (not for the first time) that in good light caused the cross hairs to appear to be different thicknesses.

I’ve got a soft spot for Docter Optics, I have both bins and rifle scopes and have never been disappointed, only draw back is cost but they do appear on evil bay. If you can find the old 10 x 25 B, asherical they are exceptional.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: ASH #26272

Hi Grumpy, we have religious folks on every street corner now, they would probably be considered ultra conservative now.

Looking forward to seeing how the bow turns out.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #21854

Reminds me of the book ‘Dunkem Dunnies’ I think. Outhouses of the Outback.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: ASH #21844

Hi Grumpy, Worcestershire, UK. Kids are convinced I live in the dark age.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: ASH #18606

Grumpy

This explains better than I can http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing

Most of the oak where I live was coppiced for charcoal.

Ash was often used for carriage shafts, baseball bats etc.

And then there is Yggdrasil, the tree of life.

Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: ASH #14952

I have an ash bow, shoots nice but the draw weight changes with humidity and if its left strung too long. To unpredictable to hunt with.

Friend of mine made one and backed it with rawhide, very nice, but at 70# to much for me, this you could confidently hunt with.

If the ash has been coppiced you’ll get some nice straight grained timber if its from a wild grown tree it can be all over the place.

Interested to see what you make of it, Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Backcountry College #10 – Knots & such #14940

I’ve tried all sorts to get tension into my hammock, truckers hitch just never occurred to me.

Probably due to some of the dubious company Ive camped with but I always drop the tag end thru any loops just in case someone ‘accidentally’ pulls them.

Another great chapter, Mark.

[Mark Turton]

in reply to: Not this year… #14935

Forager, needs must, I have one of those squeeze balls that climbers use in the truck and use it when driving to exercise my forearm muscles.

You might try the release aid on the bear.

It’ll come, Mark.

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