[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Zwickey Delta Giveaway #10214

Lbhunter63 wrote:

Seems the story told at camp that night was that the youngster had gobbled a good two pounds of the real stuff before they found any that was fresh enough to ” mess with worrying about.”

LB

You know, I’ve pulled that trick before (with brownie batter) but I’ve never been able to convince someone else to try a little for themselves. Well done!

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Zwickey Delta Giveaway #10211

paleoman wrote: Well, here’s one off topic but it’s had a long run and involves hunting. I had an Uncle and his friend who were old school hell raisers. They thought it was pretty funny to poison a poor kid with too much gin. So we get back to camp and hit the bunk beds. I got green shortly after, rolled over in the dark and heaved. Right into a pair of their boots. The lights came on and my Uncle had quite the laugh telling his buddy it was his boots.

paleoman wrote: NOW I see when this thread started and the end date:oops: Serves me right posting a drinking story..

Even better.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Number 1 destination for first day of hunting this fall? #62695

My first day will be spent somewhere out here:

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Diet #61804

jczieske wrote: Down 40lbs and counting. Do a lot of walking/hiking, All of which have given me a big boost in energy! When you live in North Idaho, you owe it yourself and the game you hunt, to be in your best shape.

No diet, just eat real whole foods, not man made food. Has made a big difference in how I look at food now. Food is medicine, or poison depending on what is in it.

I can eat what ever I want, but I just choose not to.

Good luck all, and that goes for your hunting this year also.

Strong work, John!!

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Best Natural Cover Scents #58162

AlexBugnon wrote: My own body-produced wind. If I can’t smell it, it tells me I’m hunting in the right direction! 😛

We have a winner…

But for today’s high-tech hunting world, it really needs a catchy name if you want it to become popular…how about something like, “Tootzonic Flatulax 5000 by Mossy Oak?”

“As more and more hunters take to the woods, I need a cover scent that not only tells me which way the wind is blowing, but also ensures that there are no other hunters downwind of me. The Tootzonic Flatulax 5000™ does both, and now has a permanent place in my hunting kit.”

– Traditional bowhunter, pianist and occasional dabbler in wind instruments, Alex Bugnon

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Trad Transport #57330

ausjim wrote: I’ll tell you what not to get Paleo. I spent a couple of days driving around in a new Jeep Wrangler. There was so much wrong with it it’s hard to know where to start, but the funniest comment was “I think this car’s engine is so powerless because it’s basically a life support system for all these ridiculous speakers”. It’d be an awesome car for a tailgating college student of uncertain sexual orientation 😉

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Zwickey Delta Giveaway #57117

Thanks to all who played along with this! It was stiff competition among the (*ahem*) 4 entries, and no easy task picking a winner. So I decided that the only thing to do was go down to the basement and dust off my old Texas Instruments RCS™ (Random Chortle Spectrometer).

I then converted each story to a punch card, and fed it through the RCS™ three times to avoid any false positives, and with the help of TI’s infallible technology, a clear winner emerged…

R2!!!

Thanks again to everyone for sharing their stories – every one of them made me laugh out loud. Expect more such giveaways in the future…

And Ralph – PM me your addy and I’ll get the broadheads out to you on Monday.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Come on Feather Joe. Tell us a story #57041

Well done, Tailfeather! That’s a fine accomplishment.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Fear the Pizzly Bear? #57037

A very interesting article, David. Thanks for sharing. This excerpt really stood out for me as quite thought-provoking:

“Recent genetic analysis has highlighted, to a degree that is impossible to ignore, the fact that the barriers between species have never been impermeable. As Brendan Kelly, the chief scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, told me: “The dirty secret of biology is that the fundamental unit of science — i.e., species — in fact can’t be adequately defined.” Clearly, there are powerful forces that drive life-forms to differentiate, to speciate. If not, sameness would prevail on earth. But just as clearly, evolutionary pressures push not only toward fission, as Peter and Rosemary Grant put it, but also sometimes toward fusion.

That realization is more than one of scientific clarity; it goes to the heart of conservation efforts, offering new ways to think about what we’re trying to conserve…”

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #57024

Nice work there, Wolfshead! Those look like very useful littls knives – I like the blade/handle ratio.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Bowhunting Alaska #55116

I’ve wondered the same thing! A paper reprint might not be able to justify overhead for such a small market, but at the very least an e-book reprint should be pretty easy, if the copyright holder would be willing to cooperate.

I’d love to have the entire Massey collection, but the market prices I see these days for the out-of-print versions is a little rich for my blood.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Food for a Backpack Hunt #55111

Steve Graf wrote:

Well now Mr. Hammer and Mr. Eidsvolling, I am not usually a fan of processed food, but for me a trip like that is a once every 3 or 4 years kind of thing. So I appreciate the quick and easy and light nature of the freeze dried stuff. I am sure if I did it more, I’d be finding a better way. I may have to get that cookbook and see what it’s all about…

But come on now, have you tried the lasagna? I bet if you did you’d be singing another song 😆

Ha – you know I’d eat the heck out of that lasagna, Steve! And of course, we’d follow it up with my homemade backcountry cobbler…

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Buying used recruves and longbows #54390

I will say that the only bow I’ve bought on eBay (though I’ve looked at many) was a 1970 K-Mag, and it was in excellent shape, just as described by the buyer.

I think that a lot of times you can tell whether a seller knows what they are talking about or not simply by the item description, and what details they have included, and what they haven’t. But don’t hesitate to ask them questions such as, are you the original owner? If not, do you know how many owners the bow has had? Do you know if it has ever been dry fired?

As eidsvolling said, the Buyer Protection Plan is a smart way to go.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Food for a Backpack Hunt #54370

eidsvolling –

Thank you. As someone who taught for NOLS for more than a decade, it’s good to see that some still think it’s ok to go into the wilderness without a bunch of highly processed, pre-packaged meals.

There are certainly backcountry trips where you may just need a quick meal in order to be able to focus on other pursuits, but one of the things that NOLS taught me (and that I consequently saw many other students realize over the years) is the joy of cooking and eating well in the outdoors, as well as the importance of slowing down to take the time to do so. And the costs you mention are no small issue either – an extended trip with nothing but freeze-dried meals is a significant expense. Heck, I could almost buy a new bow that I don’t need for that amount… 😀

I’m sure not everyone agrees with this, but I think it’s somewhat symptomatic of a certain newer approach to the outdoors that you need “quick” meals in order to be able to save time to rush to do the next thing that you’re out there to do. As trad bowhunters, I think most of us have realized that there’s a lot more to the experience than that, or we probably would have chosen other implements to hunt with from the outset. 😉

[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Buying used recruves and longbows #54094

colmike wrote:

Now I just have to convince the banker of the family that I really do require a “new bow”.:lol: Or as I say “trying to keep up with the Smithammers”.

Seriously, though – if you can’t inspect the bow personally, then at least purchase from a reputable seller (personally, I’m leer of used bows on eBay, for example – you may not have any known history of the bow). And don’t be afraid to ask for additional pics of the bow, if needed. Trad archery shops like Rocky Mountain Specialty have an extensive selection of used bows and stand by what they sell.

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