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in reply to: Backcountry College – Survival Snares #21567

cool video!

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in reply to: The new magazine got here yesterday… #16075

I make sure to get everything I can out of it. Total opposite of you Critch! The first day I get it I read the editors note and the campfire philosopher. Then I save the meat of the magazine for the morning with coffee. But I make sure never to read every article that morning, so I will have some to read the following morning. This way I get every mile out of it!

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in reply to: Tracking #14377

dfudala wrote: Great video Preston! Those woods of the Pacific Northwest are a pretty special place. You just feel like they wrap their arms around you, eh?

Yeah, I’ve come to really love the thick canopy and shade of these forests.

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in reply to: Grilling Game Meat #13783

Definitely grill deer up! With bigger cuts, like the muscle groups off the femur, I don’t have a band saw and usually bone out the meat. So I cut each muscle out, you know how you can kind of separate them by sight from the silverskin. Anyway, my friends Matt and Shannon showed me an awesome recipe from a doe he killed last year.

Take one of those big roasts, roll it in olive oil, then roll it in crushed black trumpet mushrooms (also called black chanterelles, any very fragrant mushroom would work). Put it directly over hot coals so the outside sears. This will lock in the juices. Then move it off to the side and cook it with indirect heat at a lower temp for a while (not exact on time, cause it will depend on size). Keep it rare-pink inside. It will be tender and delicious!!!

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in reply to: outdoors/backwoodsman Class #12892

I think it would be good to learn how to identify and deal with the hazards of your area. Poison ivy identification and how to treat it with local plants, like jewelweed. Definitely the danger of ticks and lyme disease. Hypothermia was already mentioned, shelter and fire building. Not sure what else is a real danger your way, but the hazards would be good for the to know.

Sounds like a great course. I wish I had a year long class like this in high school! Have fun and good luck!

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in reply to: Tracking #9060

colmike wrote: Preston

Great video well done. How is the new business venture working out?

My best

Mike

Mike,

We ran a bunch of courses, elk and bear tracking and traditional hog hunting. They all went very well. This summer I am scouting out some areas and we are writing up a schedule for next year, when we will start offering courses and adventures throughout most of the year.

The paperwork side was new to me and kind of a pain. But have to do it.

Cheers,

Preston

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in reply to: Who has been saved by a clicker? #8032

R2 wrote:

“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt”

>Honore de Ballad

That’s an excellent quote R2, I can think back on my life and apply that to many situations.

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in reply to: Clickers #49600

Mom, the article by Jason was excellent. I don’t think I need to put a picture up of mine. His modifications were really good, and I’ll have to try them.

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in reply to: Clickers #49539

Hey folks. I didn’t expect so much of a response, but its great to hear how clickers have helped other archers.

Cameron, that’s an interesting idea with the feathers, I may have to try that after the clicker.

I never even contemplated hunting with one. It has intrigued me that so many people do hunt with one. I was wondering what would happen to my form and shooting after I remove it.

Someone asked for a picture. I’m out of town until the end of June, so I’ll put one up when I get home.

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in reply to: Brace Height #44272

Thanks Steve. My bow tech said custom bows are made so a specific brace height will shoot best..? But your advice is probably my best bet, just try out different lengths and see how they shoot.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #23477

Pretty fish Cameron!

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in reply to: Dead Ash #19132

Doc, that white stuff on hemlocks is called an adelgid, it’s a type of insect. And yes it’s wiping them out. Unfortunately it seems like all regions have their own form of invasive fungus or insect destroying a native tree. Here is Cali we are battling sudden oak death. I tremble to imagine what the landscape and wildlife would look like without our oaks.

A great, yet depressing, book is “The Dying of the Trees” by Charles Little. Worth reading if only to light a flame under your feet.

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in reply to: Robin Hood #63674

Haha! Nice shot!

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in reply to: The Untamed #62617

Bruce,

How were you able to watch the entire movie?

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in reply to: poor performing EFOC arrow #56950

Kingwouldbe,

Yep, you’re right. I’m not trying to make excuses for my mistakes. And definitely not blaming the equipment as the only reason I didn’t kill that buck. Mostly, I wanted to share an experience which did not go well, with an arrow set up for EFOC-Ashby style broadhead.

It was a tense minute, every second waiting for that guy to smell me and bust out of there, having him feet away but a hanging bunch of leaves blocking his vitals, then he’s steps out pst the leaves and the shot happens. Who, but the gods of the hunt, really know what my form looked like in that moment.

I’m not quitting on EFOC arrows Ashby style broadheads. Cause it has worked for me. But we have to share all experiences with them, not just the good ones.

No disrespect felt. I enjoy your input.

Preston

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