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There was an article in TBM a couple years ago about hunting on Kaui – I’ll see if I can dig up what issue it was in when I get home.
You might also want to check out Ryan Sanpei’s site:
He gets after it on the Islands.
Hawaii is definitely on my dream list right now…
Nice looking country, Cameron.
john dilts wrote: My new bamabow came in monday. Really happy with it. Shot it last night….
Let’s see some pics of the Bama when you get a chance, John!
No matter how crazy the day, a good walk in the woods and laying waste to old stumps along the way can make everything alright. From last night’s session on the local NF:
Doc Nock wrote:
Seriously? Eat a brick, Kemo Sabe! 😈
Doc Nock wrote: But there is no one HOLY GRAIL in all this and that will raise my hackles when someone says “it’s this way or ELSE!” Nah…
Truth.
Thanks for all the thoughtful input in this thread, folks. This is why I like this forum so much.
Agreed – I have seen it far less here than elsewhere, and that’s why I choose to spend most of my forum time here.
And I think there is a difference between maintaining a critical eye and just being critical. Certainly, there are many things lamentable in the current state of hunting, but tearing down our own for things like passing up many animals in the quest for a particular one, or ridiculously trivial things like what one chooses to wear, whether or not one uses a pop-up blind, what they carry in their pack, etc. seems to me like far more of a reflection of the critic than the recipient.
I really don’t intend this to be negative at all. Instead, I want it to be a reminder that we should focus on our common ground rather than on nit-picking every little thing, simply because someone chooses to do things a little differently. We’re all “brothers of the bow” in my opinion, and if you bring that spirit, then you’re welcome at my campfire any time. I guess Mitten’s article just got me thinking about all this on a snowy Sunday morning, because I’ve noticed it at times as well. But now I’m going to go shoot my bow and remember what is truly important.
I’m back to shooting with a glove again, and I think I’ve finally found the glove for me. For some time now, the BW Stick-Tite glove has been my favorite, but about a month ago I decided to try the “Super Stick Tite” which has nylon overlays on the stalls. I’ve never had a slicker release from a glove, and it’s the first glove I’ve used that both fits me properly, and gives a release smooth enough to be comparable to a tab in my my experience.
I prefer this style of glove to the ‘Berlin’ type, which I find more bulky. But the usual problem with this style of glove is that the stalls tend to twist and rotate on the fingers when shooting, and continually need to be re-adjusted. The Stick-Tite design eliminates this.
My other challenge with most gloves is that I find the stalls are often just a little too short for the deep hook that I like. The Stick-Tite has good long stalls that I don’t have to worry about when I hook the string.
I also think that part of what makes the release so slick on this glove is not just the nylon surface, but the fact that it is raised off of the leather and is narrower than the full width of the finger, thereby limiting the amount of contact with the string. At the same time, this isn’t one of those gloves where the stalls are so thick that I lose all sensitivity – I can still definitely feel the string with this glove, which I like. As I said, I’ve only been shooting with it for about a month, but so far it is holding up really well, giving me the performance I’ve been looking for, and it is a very reasonably priced glove for the quality (about $22). If you like this sort of glove, I think BW has produced a winner.
