[Bruce Smithhammer]

in reply to: Outdoor Backstops #39689

Ralph, your yard looks a lot more pleasant than mine at the moment. It’s been snowing sideways here all day. I’ll be right over, with my bow…

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in reply to: Noteable Quotes! #39548

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in reply to: Outdoor Backstops #39224

Steve Graf wrote:

Sounds like a good and easy idea to me except of the honeysuckle part. That there is a curse word around here. Honeysuckle is an invasive that out competes all the natives. It should be illegal to sell/plant imo.

Well, I’m a long way from N. Carolina and honeysuckle doesn’t exactly run rampant on its own at 6200′ in the Rockies. We have some in the yard, along with other “non-natives” like apple trees, potatoes, hops, beets, and snap peas, none of which would survive for very long without my attentive green thumb. But I’ll keep an eye on it, and if it starts to unionize and concoct plans for world domination, I’ll get medieval on it. 😉

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in reply to: Outdoor Backstops #38684

dwcphoto wrote:

Sounds like a good children’s book, “Grumpy’s Furry Neighborhood.”

Uhh…I think I’d steer clear of that neighborhood….:shock:

New idea for my backstop – the brewery nearby has tons of pallets sitting out in the backyard. I might just build a frame out of those, stick the targets and a stall mat inside, paint it a pleasing color and plant honeysuckle or something similar to grow all over 3 sides of it. A year from now it will look good enough for “Better Homes and Gardens”. 8)

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in reply to: Value of Reviews #38675

dwcphoto wrote: If you guys make team shirts out of those things, you ought to cut the sleeves into fringes as a mark of distinction. Hate to see you blend into the crowd.. dwc

Nice. I think that terry-cloth headbands would accessorize nicely with those as well.

If I was on another archery team, and you guys showed up dressed like that, I think I’d be intimidated into forfeiting.

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in reply to: Signs of Spring #38667

Webmother wrote: A sure sign of spring in the high desert of Southwest Idaho is the Western meadowlark. A while back I ran across words to the meadowlark call, but I can’t find it now. Bruce, have you ever heard of such a thing?

I haven’t heard a translation for the meadowlark call, Robin. But it’s a call I really like. We haven’t seen them here yet, but with this weather, I bet they’ll be showing up soon. We’ve been hearing Sandhill cranes in the past week – another sure sign of Spring for us.

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in reply to: Where is your anchor? #38652

Last time I checked, my anchor was weighing down the arse end of my drift boat so that it wouldn’t hold snowmelt. But this is a good reminder – I haven’t checked it since I put it to bed last fall…

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #38372

The Better Half and I got out for a little rove this afternoon (at her request!):

GBPs:

A good stretch of the legs climbing the hill behind the house, some shooting, and kicking back under a juniper taking in the view and eating Easter chocolates. It was a darn fine Sunday with my favorite stumping partner.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #38368

john dilts wrote:

If i waited tell the snow stop flying i would only shoot 6 weeks of the year LOL

Ha. Yeah, she’s not quite as obsessive as us weirdos are. But she absolutely lives for winter – loves to backcountry ski, etc. But I’m glad to see her getting back into it with the coming of spring. I’m hoping to coax her into coming along to a trad shoot this summer – I think she’d have a great time.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #37399

The Better Half got her 1970 Bear Alaskan out today, and we shot for a while this afternoon. It’s her first time shooting this year. In yet another demonstration of how much infinitely wiser she is than yours truly, she waits until the snow has stopped flying to consider it “archery season.” 😉

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in reply to: Outdoor Backstops #37203

Dang server hamster asleep at the wheel again…

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in reply to: Outdoor Backstops #37136

Steve Graf wrote: Tried to post pictures, but I keep getting the “waiting for Tradbow” message and then I get kicked out 😈

Tried 4 times, maybe I’ll try tomorrow…

Usually a sign that the server is going down. Which it did. Seems to be working again.

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in reply to: turbulator variation? #36808

That’s my understanding as well, Doc – it’s on a “need to turbulate” basis. 😉

However personally, I’d just as soon add the required fletching for stability (plus a little extra margin for operator error), and I don’t feel that a loss of a fraction of percent of FOC as a result will make a lick of difference. But to each his own.

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in reply to: Noteable Quotes! #36800

“….Many archers think that if they hurry a shot they lose accuracy, and in some cases they are right, because to hurry a shot means to shoot an arrow faster than one’s normal rate of speed. However, it is just as easy to learn to shoot fast as it is to shoot slow. In fact, I believe it is possible to shoot more accurately by shooting quickly, once the archer becomes accustomed to it. There is less time to think, and the less thinking about how and why one shoots a bow, while he is actually shooting, the better. Too much thinking is bad for concentration on any given operation which one is trying to do, provided of course that the archer already knows what he is doing. A man does not worry about where he is going to place his feet when he walks or runs, yet he places them perfectly.”

– Howard Hill, “Hunting the Hard Way”

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in reply to: turbulator variation? #36766

April Fool’s is over, my friend. 😉

I used them with 4 x 2-1/4″ and 4 x 3″ fletch. And maybe they were having a stabilizing effect, but it wasn’t anything I could observe. My inconsistent form was probably a mitigating factor…

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