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in reply to: Hunting & Spirituality #49379
I’ve stayed away from commenting on this thread, though read the posts with interest. For me it’s a deeply personal matter, and sharing it on an internet chat board seems a little strange. But it’s also caused me to think about this topic a little more, so what the heck. This is the sum of my approach to spirituality, with no intention of offending or denigrating anyone else’s beliefs:
Call it whatever you will – God, the Great Spirit, the Creator or a billion years of evolution – it’s proof exists only when we are outside and quiet, listening.
in reply to: Schulz Natural #43070bobmack11qq wrote: sure would love to see some pix of it
x 2.
Glad to see you’ve chosen a ‘traditional’ mtn. bike and not one of those new-fangled dual-suspension jobs!
Hook that baby up to a BOB trailer and you’ve got enough capacity for carrying camp/quarters.
in reply to: Kinetic Pulse #42594Smithhammer wrote: The third half of the equation (lol), and arguably the most important one, comes from real world experimentation, which sometimes seems to fly in the face of theory.
Steve Graf wrote: If experimentation and theory don’t agree,… then a new theory is needed… 🙄
Patrick wrote: Precisely! A theory is a theory, because it’s not accepted as fact. Once proven wrong, by any means, it’s no longer a theory. Well, there are some things that have been proven wrong but we still accept them, but I digress… 🙂
That statement was meant tongue in cheek. Well, mostly.
Lots of people have agreed that assessing arrow penetration capability based on KE is the way to go. That doesn’t necessarily make it an accurate premise, as we’ve noted. Yet it’s become a standard way of looking at the issue. Sometimes we let theory dictate results, or at least our perception of them.
You can theorize till the cows come home, but once you introduce the human element and myriad other real world variables, broad theories only seem marginally useful to me over first-hand experience with the actual equipment you’re using. If the experimentation yields the results you’re looking for (which might work great for me and not at all for someone else), then the theorizing is optional, imo. Personally, I’ll leave that to those who enjoy theorizing, and stick to what has already been well-determined, combined with personal experience.
Polar Bear wrote: I have only been hunting with bows since 1971 and the only theory I stand by is, Practice.
Exactly.
in reply to: Wolf observation. #42581gmccloskey wrote:
Let’s get some balance, and take activist judges, nutty Eco folks, and over zealous trophy seekers out of the equation in favor of balanced scientists who also understand the need to manage predator populations through hunting.I agree. But there’s another group that needs to be addressed as well. Let’s also bring the undue amount of influence that the livestock industry has over this issue down a few notches. In my opinion, if you are grazing on private land, you have a right to protect your herd however you want (within reason, of course). But if you are grazing on public land – our land – and typically doing so for a price/acre that was set sometime around 1940, then I’m sorry, but you don’t have a right to eradicating all predators from that land. You’re getting a very cheap deal, and using land that belongs to all of us – not just you, and some predation is a part of that deal that you’re just going to have to put up with.
Thinking that you can graze on public land, and eradicate all predators from it just to protect your singular interest, is just as extreme and unreasonable of a position as the opposite side of the spectrum that believes all wolves should be untouchable.
in reply to: Wolf observation. #41962Fallguy wrote: If you want a guaranteed meat supply go to the butcher. If you want to take part in life go to the woods.
Yup. I never cease to be amazed at people who desire nothing more than to see wilderness managed as an unbalanced, pseudo-wild game farm for self-serving interests.
in reply to: Turkey season starts this saturday #37943Strong work, FUBAR!
in reply to: Turkey season starts this saturday #37533It’s been really tough around here, and talking with a few others seems to confirm it. Haven’t even heard a single gobble yet, even being set up in places where there is fresh sign and/or where I saw turkeys the previous day (and this is not a place where they get a lot of pressure). Owl calls, crow calls, hen purring/cutting – no responses to any of it. The other morning, I decided to not call at all and just listen – nothing. They’re there, but they just seem shut down, silent and really spooky. Oh well, I’ve seen a lot of other cool wildlife, including a nice bull elk the other day and more mulies than I could count. When I’ve been bored, I practice sneaking up on them. Still have a week left, maybe the birds will “turn on”….
in reply to: My New Longbow #33963Sweet-looking longbow! What’s the length?
in reply to: Shorter Drawlength #31072Danny Klee wrote: A good friend of mine has a 64″ draw length…
So…the distance between his outstretched hand and his anchor point is more than 5 feet? I think you’ve befriended a Sasquatch. Pics please?
in reply to: Turkey season starts this saturday #25445T minus 36 hours here.
And it just started snowing again.
And as long as we’re on this topic, anyone shot Magnus Bullheads out of a trad bow before?
in reply to: String Silencers what is the best for you ? #24027I’m sold on llama wool. Very quiet, highly water resistant and I don’t notice any loss in speed.
in reply to: The New Addition – 1970 K-Mag #21952David Petersen wrote: Of coursre, most Americans eat way too much, so there may be some wiggle room even there. 😆 dp
Haha…
wahoo wrote: smith what kind of brace do you have on her??? Nice bow
At first I played around within the recommended brace height of 7″ – 8″ and it continued to be fairly noisy and a bit shocky. Then I dialed it up to 8-1/4″ and it suddenly became quiet and smooth (more so than my 60″ Super Kodiak, in fact) with more speed than I would have expected out of a “vintage” bow.
in reply to: Bald Eagles #21905aeronut wrote: Homer. The ‘geeks’ with guns is what concerns me with where the nest is. It is located right on the edge of a river. On our (company) side it is employee only access but the other side is private ownership and the sons of the owner have been known to shoot at anything and everything.
DennisMaybe a subtle note slipped into their mailbox reminding them that a criminal conviction of the ‘Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act’ is a Federal violation, punishable with both prison time and a hefty fine?
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