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in reply to: Wild Voices #38630

Last year at elk camp when I would get back at dark, there would be a pack of wolves howling nearby as I ate my super. Dinner and a symphony! Loved it!

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #38114

Smithhammer wrote: [quote=sinawalli]

Smithhammer, how about a few more pics of that knife? Looks very interesting!!

Here ya go:

7″ overall

3.2″ blade

CPM3V steel

Wow! Slabs are antler? Is the blade gun blued or just a real dark patina? How do you like the CPM3V? I hear its real tough stuff!

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #37349

Smithhammer wrote: Nice work, Duncan and Bill! I tend to prefer clean and simple pouch sheaths as well.

Wow that’s nice! Dave, love the simple design! Looks great!

Smith hammer, how about a few more pics of that knife? Looks very interesting!!

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in reply to: Sacred Places #35348

Unfortunately that happens every year I go into the bush!

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in reply to: Moose & Ticks #29225

Many, many years years ago I was out for a walk on my friends section of land, (winter), and I came across a young bull just laying there. He had so many ticks that his hide seemed to be moving! It was gross! He was unable to move, and died shortly after.

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in reply to: 2013 hunting rigs #28490

Wolfshead wrote: Sinawalli,

Is that a cat paw print by your foot?

Certainly not a house cat….:shock:

Wolf track, next to a elk track!

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in reply to: 2013 hunting rigs #28362

Chek Mate Beaver Creek long bow, #58, Gold Tip Traditional arrows, Arrow bush boots, Predator camo.

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in reply to: Quality, yet affordable knife suggestions? #25131

X2 on the Mora’s! If you want to save some cash, buy one with no handle for about $10, and make a handle yourself. Lots of vids on YouTube about that! Do some research on knife steel so you know what not to buy, stuff like AUS8 will get dull just thinking about cutting something! There are lots of knife makers out there that won’t charge you a arm and a leg for a good knife, look for a local one, and like AusJim said, small blade, big handle!! Have fun, good luck!!

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #24952

Here’s my version of a Helle Fire in 01 tool steel, RC 62, with blaze orange G10 scales, so you can find it when you put it down!

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in reply to: Colorado elk herd size? #20714

David Petersen wrote: CO has far more elk than the advertised number, which is consistently reduced to keep the public land welfare ranchers from complaining even more than they already do about the wildlife eating “their” forage. The bull:cow ratio is misleading because they count any branch-antlered bull as mature, which they definitely are not insofar as in a healthy balanced herd even 5×5 bulls rarely get to breed and the raghorns don’t have a chance. So biologically the mature bulls (5×5 and up) are less than half what they advertised. But then the average hunter is happy to bag any legal bull, so the deceit isn’t that harmful to hunters, but it’s very harmful when management claims they have achieved sufficient mature bull/cow ratios when they’re not even close and manage, or mismanage, accordingly . In that case it’s a damn lie.

The bottom line is that CO has more elk than any other state or province, and some really good ones if you can get away from roads and ATV trails, far away. The machines and technology are killing elk hunting here.

I was impressed that you guys have almost 10 times more elk than us, and you about a third the size!

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in reply to: Colorado elk herd size? #20486

AlexBugnon wrote: Colorado state wildlife says 265000 with a 23 bulls per 100 cows ratio.

It will be 265000 minus 1 after I kill mine, bull or cow!!!8)

Wow, impressive! Here in Alberta, herd size is estimated at 25000. Colorado is about 270000 sq. km, while Alberta is about 662000sq.km!

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #11590

Duncan wrote: Here’s a few of mine

Out of the sheaths. The ceramic insulator on the dowel serves as a sharpener similar to a crock stick

An Uncle Henry…

A few more. The Browning my boys gave me when I was Supervisor of Operations of a NG Distribution Company. The sharpfinger was my first real deer huntin’ knife. Picked up the uncle henry in a junk shop in VA.

Some favorite folders. one of them was always in my pocket when in the woods or just outdoors. The Buck Lite more so than the others, it was a gift from the wife. Folk lore says knives are bad luck if given to a spouse. Must be nothing to it. I’ve had her for 30 years and the knife for 25. Skint my speed goat with the one in the middle.

Nice! What are the ones in the first (top) pic? They look handmade! Ceramic insulator in a dowel= genius!! Good thinking!! Love that idea!!

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in reply to: Your first trad kill… #9834

My first trad kill was a full sized soccer ball….

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in reply to: state big game license costs chart #9704

David Petersen wrote: Bill — Right at $40. :D:lol::shock::roll:

Obviously don’t want foreigners shooting your elk!:))that’s a good thing! Interprovincial hunting here in Canada is expensive too!

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #9697

Smithhammer wrote: Very nice, Dave! And fine work, Bill! That looks like a very practical design.

The mosaic pins are a nice touch, and is that cocobolo on the handle? I’ve got a pretty good idea of size from the ‘in hand’ pic, but can you share the specs, Dave? And steel?

Good eye! Yes it’s cocobolo, steel is CPM 154.

Thanks Dave for the kind words, it was a pleasure making it, I hope it serves you well!!

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