[Ralph]

in reply to: Into The Wild #58989

Been better off using a paddle to stroke with uh? 😛 What’s that old sayin, “Trying to paddle a broken kayak upstream”? Aussie style?:lol::lol: Glad your friend survived OK Jim.

I watched the movie when it first came out (back to the topic) and have read the book. There’s something about having a stubborn streak and a bunch of self pride but there’s a bunch more to not going off half-cocked. The man had issues, don’t we all, some just more and different than others. Not a good way to pass, no family, no friends. IMHO there’s a limit to solitude.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Into The Wild #58849

How comes it is ya suppose that I takes everthins’ I needs and I still ain’t got it whens I needs it? :lol::lol: Needs more schoolin’?:?

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in reply to: Hi #57552

Howdy :lol:.,Glad your here. Ralph

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in reply to: Resealing shafts? #57549

The beauty of spray poly. If it is poly you use as I do. A bit of work with really fine sandpaper or some steel wool, spray and let dry.

Just think, if sloths were predators they’d be undetectable until the pounce :D. Might be a thought to another thread on here.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Getting in shape #55179

Jim, there was a time that I would’ve drank to that, now I “salute”. 🙂

[Ralph]

in reply to: Close encounters and backup #54656

Just some info I found that I thought was interesting to go along with this thread. Being careful, common sense, knowledge of our surroundings and sometimes just plain dumb luck are all that keeps us out of trouble.

” You are 12 times more likely to die of a bee sting than a bear attack (120 times more likely compared to a black bear)

You are 10 times more likely to die from a dog attack than a bear attack (45 times more likely compared to a black bear attack)

1 person out of 16,000 commits murder but only 1 grizzly bear out of 50,000 ever kills someone and only 1 black bear out of one million does. So people are much more dangerous than bears! Fear people and respect bears.

There are about 750,000 black bears in North America and on average there is less than one black bear killing per year.

For each person killed by a black bear attack there are 13 people killed by snakes, 17 by spiders, 45 by dogs, 120 by bees, 150 by tornadoes, 374 by lightning, and 60,000 by humans.”

[Ralph]

in reply to: Getting in shape #54058

I’m assuming you guys pour with the opposite hand occasionally in order to keep a balanced look about you. Or after a few does it really make flip? 😆

[Ralph]

in reply to: My first "harvest"… #51858

Around here they probably got thorns on them!

Good find, good luck, good trip :lol::lol:. Hopefully not. Gotta eat right kind for sure.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Naming your bow #50858

If my bow could talk, the names I probably would have been called for the misuse of it’s capabilities by it’s so called “master of the bow”. 😀

[Ralph]

in reply to: best fletching jig? #47532

My Jo-Jan multi fletcher is as old as dirt and still works great for me. I’ve been able to fletch any type or size of shaft so I see no sense in changing for my business.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Stumpin' #45682

Pods, full of seeds, from a type of yucca called “bear grass” around here. They burst, seeds fly, cool noise, excellent stump shooting fodder. Mule deer eat them in winter also.

A field of stump shootin dreams.

How about ‘the green of spring’? Ain’t happening around here.

[Ralph]

in reply to: River Monsters #45435

You mean there was more to it than tea? 😆

[Ralph]

in reply to: Great nock set #45163

Me like it too.:P Just put it on a bow. Simple!

[Ralph]

in reply to: Stump Shooting Day #44357

Some days a million things need to be let lie and some rest for mind and soul need to be shared with God and nature.

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in reply to: River Monsters #44349

The show pointed out that some of the Native North Americans on the upper west coast prefer them to salmon. I don’t drink anymore but that might be a case of throwing the meat away and drinking the wine. 😀 Those things bout as appetizing to me as skunk or worse. I’d rather eat crow as I’m pretty used to that. 😆

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