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in reply to: What happens to your string at release #36631

Whew. I’m relieved that this isn’t what is actually happening to my bow upon release (check out the lower limb):

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in reply to: Hunting canoe #36404

Jim –

In 2001, my wife spent 8 weeks leading a canoe trip on the Drysdale River in the Kimberly. Someday when we can finally lure you Stateside for some proper American whiskey and elk hunting :wink:, she’ll have some good stories to tell you. In short, they were never too worried about the freshwater crocs, but lower down on the river, the salties were a serious, continual concern. She’s spent a lot of time in grizz backcountry, both in the GYE and up in the Yukon/Alaska, and she said that salties were far more unnerving….

But I don’t share any of that to dissuade you! Canoes are a fine way to travel, and I’ve always dreamed of doing a hunting trip by canoe. Let us know how it goes!

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in reply to: COULDN'T HELP MYSELF #36185

grumpy wrote: I’m back. All is well, no surprises. Naptime.

Excellent. Naps are highly underrated.

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in reply to: High FOC stability #36168

Nice. I’m currently shooting just shy of 28% as well. And I’ve noticed a similar thing numerous times when shooting out in the open and my arrow happens to get hit by a gust of wind in flight – the nock end might “kick” out a bit, but then the heavy head pulls it right back inline again, and it keeps tracking.

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in reply to: Cougar tips? #36129

etter1 wrote:

I recently read that there are more “problem” lions killed in California now than there ever were when they had a regular season.

Unfortunately, I’m not surprised. And, as Preston pointed out, it’s usually not the cat that is the “problem.” I wish that Ca (and many other states) would start instituting serious fines for people who do stupid things that attract animals to their property, and then call up and complain about the “problem animal.”

I know that such regulations exist in some states already, but it seems very rare for people to be fined, and at that point, the damage has already been done to the now-habituated animal.

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in reply to: Sacred Places #35399

I think that the biggest struggle I’ve had lately is how much location info I share with other people, lest I “lose” my sacred places to overcrowding and competition. Unfortunately, I’ve had to become very protective about giving out details of where I hunt, even with friends. I don’t like having to do this, but I also hate it when people don’t bother finding their own places, and instead just go directly to hunting the exact same spot that I’ve made the mistake of divulging. I don’t want to be a jerk, but it’s bitten me in the butt too many times now. My ‘inner circle’ has gotten very small, and requires a lot of trust-building first…

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in reply to: Good luck! #35385

Thanks, and I wish everybody the same!!

I’m planning on working my @$$ off for it this year, and I plan to be out there every possible minute of every possible day. Yesterday’s scouting hike got me very pumped…

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in reply to: Organized work area? #34956

By necessity, my work area needs to stay pretty contained. This is where all my arrow building, fly tying, knife sharpening, gun cleaning and sundry other little projects happen:

And that’s about as organized as it ever looks. 😀

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in reply to: Noteable Quotes! #33987

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #33965

More productive scouting this morning:

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in reply to: Orion Rising!! #32029

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in reply to: Anti attack! #31746

Card-carrying member of PETA, no doubt. 🙄

I like the new quote in your sig, btw.

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in reply to: Topics #31687

Thanks for the reminder, Robin!

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in reply to: Orion Rising!! #31602

Duncan wrote:

So rise up like Orion and draw back your bows. May you always know where you are.

Great post, Duncan! I thought I might be the only one who gets ‘distracted’ by such things…

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in reply to: Treed Partridges and trail cams #31452

I can see trail cams being fun for simply getting a non-intrusive insight into wildlife, and possibly spy some cool animals that one doesn’t normally see otherwise (like cats). And I’ve really been enjoying Dave’s (and others’) trail cam pics posted here on the forum.

But when it comes to using them for hunting, I just don’t get how they are all that useful. Maybe it’s where I live, or the species I tend to focus on – it’s big country and the animals are highly mobile. Even if a nice bull came wandering by the trail cam, it wouldn’t necessarily mean anything several days later – he could be thirty miles away by then. Am I missing something?

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