[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Harvest is not a 4-letter word. #15945

Sorry for the tongue-in-cheek response above, George. Your post caught me at a moment where my ability to take anything seriously was minimal.

While I don’t believe that there is anything inherently wrong with the definition of the word “harvest,” I have come to have reservations about how a lot of wildlife mgmt. terminology has evolved to describe what I still view as a deeply personal act. For example, referring to what I do as “harvesting a resource” feels very sterile to me. This is something I’ve given a fair bit of thought to, and wrote a short essay about last winter which further explains my thoughts, if you’re interested:

The Words We Use

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Harvest is not a 4-letter word. #15930

Ok.

sincerely,

– Edith.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Strung or unstrung?? #15898

I wonder how much of that is a hold-over mentality from older bows and older methods of stringing/unstringing them. Seems to me that when using a stringer properly, on a quality-built modern bow, the chance of damaging the bow is very slim.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: My New Bumper Sticker #15168

We wants one.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Disappointing performance (not mine) #14803

wildschwein wrote: I wonder what type of head was he using?

That was my first question as well.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: My first Deer is down! #14241

That’s awesome. Great job and thanks for sharing the story. Enjoy that venison!!

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Jungle Hammocks. #12941

Just bought an ENO. Can’t wait to use it.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Strung or unstrung?? #12895

I guess my question would be, “what’s the point of leaving a bow strung when you’re not using it?” It only takes a few seconds to string/unstring a bow.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: How’s the outlook for deer in your area? #61693

Due to a heavy winter (over 200% of normal snow) that carried well into spring, a lot of animals seem to have been born late in my area. I’ve been seeing lots of very young deer, antelope, grouse, etc – far too young for this late in the summer. I’m hoping fall will be fairly mild or I think that yearling mortality is going to be pretty high this year.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: So dang funny!!! #59178

David Petersen wrote:

And Bruce … Chuck Norris? I didn’t know you could sink so low. 😕

You don’t sink low to find Chuck Norris. You wait for Chuck Norris to pull the rest of the world up.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Millennial mark #58731

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the ‘expert’s’ mind there are few….”

– Lao Tzu

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: So dang funny!!! #58291

Well done.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: 10 Days and counting… #54407

14 days for me. Feels a little surreal, since it seems like our summer just got going about a month ago. Hard to believe that elk will be bugling in a couple weeks.

Still sharpening and need to fine tune. Decided to step up a 225gr. point in order to bump my FOC to just shy of 21%.

Can’t wait…

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Horn Hunter Slingshot Pack/Quiver? #52100

If you look at the 4th pic w/ the interior shot – just above the pockets there is a another large zippered pocket for a hydration bladder. The tube runs out of the black neoprene flap on the top of the pack.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Posting Pictures in the Forums #50240

Using Firefox 5.0.1 on a Mac. It’s not all the time for me by any means, but it seems like I do see the little “image failed to load” Photobucket icon more than from some other hosting sites.

Are there image size parameters on this BB that might limit the ability to link to huge images that haven’t been resized?

Any particular reason for encouraging Photobucket over other hosting sites?

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