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in reply to: Trail cam time again #56705

Yeah bobcat feeding on a road killed deer I dragged into the woods.

I like seeing those bears walking on the logs. They seem wide and round, but can be so nimble and quiet if they want. Is this camera over a spring? Are they feeding on some plants over there in the back?

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in reply to: Trail cam time again #56173

Dave wish I could see a close up of that bear’s foot. I can’t quite tell what is going on there, but it looks funky. Nice pictures.

I’m currently taking videos from my remote cams, so not sure how to load those. But since you raised the bet, here’s one from 2 summers ago.

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in reply to: Boots #55105

Thanks fellas, great firsthand info!

Sinawalli- are the bottom of those Arrow Mocs slick? Its hot and dry here for most of the season, and those look nice and cool.

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in reply to: Low Poundage FOC #54504

ausjim wrote: Well, I shot it at twenty metres and didn’t really see where it landed so went out to the target to have a look. When I got there I heard a thunk and there it was! Talk about slow…

😀

Jim, watch out you don’t shoot yourself in the back:lol:

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in reply to: REAL primitive bowhunting! #54500

Sure thing!

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in reply to: Ancient crafts #53788

Very interesting video. I also thought it was going to a food dish and when the narrator said digging…:shock:. But, maybe it is used for digging soft sand, and like a snow shovel is better if wide.

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in reply to: REAL primitive bowhunting! #53687

colmike wrote:

Some time ago there was another video on u-tube–The Great Dance–all about the I!Kung and it documented a hunt where they ran a kudo to exhaustion in the heat of the day. Can’t find that anymore because of copyright issues, and the movie version is expensive. Followed by the book–The Art of Tracking–The birth of Science–out of print but supposed to be released again like last year:x

Mike

Mike, go to the following website: http://www.cybertracker.org This is site for the organization Lious Liebenberg runs, he is also the author of The Art of Tracking and offers a FREE electronic version of that book and his new one, The Origin of Science. Both are great reads for anyone interested in tracking and primitive hunting.

preston

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in reply to: Just playing the waiting game now #52371

Tailfeather, what kind of wood are you working with? Looks like great tiller!

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in reply to: REAL primitive bowhunting! #51296

That is a great video! i love how he just hoists the gazelle on his back, guts and all, and carries it back.

There’s a website called Documentary Educational Resources and they have a series of videos about the !Kung. One of the videos is called “The Hunters”. It is an awesome documentary of a 13 day hunt for giraffe. It’s expensive to purchase, but if you’re near a university or library they might be able to loan it from elsewhere. My school’s library has a copy which is where I found it in the first place.

Like you said Dave, the distance they shoot at, the use of poisons, the need to track the animal sometimes for days until the poison takes effect, and in the video “The Hunters” having to finish the giraffe with spears makes me contemplate what I’m doing out there with a wooden bow in my hand, as well as puts into perspective how tough I think I am on some “hard hunts”8). Most of us really aren’t subsistence hunting, if we were we’d probably be doing it differently. Native peoples used traps, drove bison off cliffs, drove deer into bays, and frankly most survived on acorns, pine nuts, or some starchy tuber. Foods that would difficult for us to get used to eating everyday. But, that being said, hunting played a critical role in the evolution of Hominids, and is probably why all of us on this forum have regressed to some form of “primitive hunting”. Its real and we can feel it in our bones even if we’re not true subsistence hunters.

There’s my rant for the day:D. Love those kinds of videos. I better get outside and pick some berries or do something real and not on this computer!

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #49534

Bruce, great photos. Looks like a nice place to hunt. And Dave good plant ID!

I spent the weekend up in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. Took my gal “camping” to a place I look for deer too…:wink:. And here’s a few of the many flowers that were going.

Columbine

Monkey flower

Lily- not sure which one.

Arrowleaved Balsamroot

Firecracker flower.

preston

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #38403

Jim,

Camels have a long track that splays a lot to help with traction in the sand. And the soft pad takes up most of the space in the foot, which gives the bottom of the track a wavy appearance (instead of being a flat footprint). The hard toenails are just a little of the track at the front.

Compared to cattle, which have a hard toenail that runs down almost the entire track, they rarely splay very much, and the bottom of the track is totally flat.

Hope that helps. preston

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in reply to: Let's see our Elk Country pics! #37845

Bruce,

Looks like those aspens you are leaning against have seen some elk use in the past.

These ones by the beach happen to be Roosevelt Elk, up here in Humboldt County.

I agree, most large-wild game lives where it can now, usually not occupying their entire prehistorical range. However, some animals, e.g., white-tailed deer, are possibly more abundant than ever before.

preston

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in reply to: Recommendations? #37184

So I put some 3″ brass footings on the arrows. These were hand cut so they are between 90-97 grains, which puts these arrows +/- 685 grains bareshaft (I haven’t weighed them with fletching on). Still at 29% EFOC.

This is my first time shooting an arrow with a really high FOC, and it is AMAZING! Just like you guys say, these arrows fly straight, quiet, and hit the target hard. I’m a believer.:D I’ll put some pics up later.

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in reply to: Let's see our Elk Country pics! #37113

Those are some great looking wild places. I’m not elk hunting this year, have to go out of state if I want to get a tag over the counter. But I thought I’d throw these pics in the mix. No photoshop here, these elk were down on the beach feeding in the dunes and looking out over the ocean!

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in reply to: Recommendations? #35673

Thanks for the info and help Troy.

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