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in reply to: Personal conservation #58025
When you try to feed your family from the meat you kill, you will find it takes more deer than you thought it would… Which in turn adds to the costs… An extra freezer to hold all the meat, maybe a grinder to process the meat and save the money / time spent on a processor, if it’s warm where you live, you will need a cooler / fridge to age the meat in… The list goes on.
I know right now it doesn’t seem so. But just wait and see.
The rewards for feeding yourself are multiple. If you do feed your family by your own hand, you will discover that it adds to your life, and your family’s life, in ways you hadn’t expected. So much so in fact, that you will find it hard to go back.
Building your children from venison instead of industrial meat will, I believe, make their bodies stronger and more durable.
But above all, don’t forget to enjoy the adventure!
in reply to: …AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! #24292Cameron wrote:
Happy New Year everyone! I am looking forward to a great year. Steve I hope you plan to post some pics of your string follow bow when you build. I have a desire to build one as well. But first I want to build a sinew backed osage following Mike Yancy’s process from Pine Hollow Longbow.
I will…
I like Mikes work. Good looking stuff. Are you taking his class? I planted 12 oasage trees a few years back. The best of them is maybe 5 feet tall and 1 inch in diameter now… Should be ready when the grans come along 😳
in reply to: let me show you my home made wool jacket #24256Looks comfy, Like the pockets.
Strong work!
in reply to: …AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! #61920Boy this holiday season went by fast!
Started out the week before Xmas duck hunting, then my boy came home from school, then my sister and her family and my folks all came for a few days. Then New Years and now I have to take my boy back to school Sunday 🙁
Whew!
Deer hunting is over for me this year. Have a deer my boy shot Tuesday in the cooler along with a sheep that we put in there to keep her company. Will process them in a couple weeks.
This is Bow and Arrow making season for me now. Thinking of making some spruce arrows and a string follow bow…
Happy New Year to All!
in reply to: Personal conservation #57947ssumner1 wrote: …I have been supplementing venison to my families diet, and so far my family sees no difference…
They see no difference? Do you mean they taste no difference?
For the last 12 years or so, I’ve been lucky enough to keep my family fed 100% on game (deer) and home grown chickens, and salmon we get from friends in AK. The last few years we’ve had home grown sheep too. They see a big difference between the deer and beef. Venison wins every time.
Committing to eat only what you catch, kill, and grow is a big challenge. And have no illusions, it can never be cheaper (in the short term) than buying from the store. But I harbor suspicions that having built my kids from deer will make them live longer / healthier lives then they would have had they been made otherwise.
Good luck with the challenge of feeding your family by your own hand!
in reply to: Personal conservation #57882Ptaylor wrote: …This fall I submitted a petition to the CA Fish & Game Commission to address 2 issues. First, that our buck only harvest has skewed sex ratios and that we should institute an antlerless deer tag. Second, to create a primitive or traditional archery season, because he spirit of the archery season is eroding…
Good luck with the petition! How many signatures did you get?
in reply to: I draw the line way, way before helicopters #39194Oh come on R2, you know its always better to throw out a bunch of assumptions and then just go ahead and judge it right then and there 😯 😳 🙄
in reply to: ArrowMaster Side Quiver A+++ #23629Dang Ralph, you’re on a role… rollen bolers… 😀
I quiver at the thought, but I think Grumpy has bolder envy… 😯
in reply to: ArrowMaster Side Quiver A+++ #12121I like the bolder 🙄
in reply to: Seats vs The Ground #12077Never had that problem. Course I sit still 🙄
But seriously folks… Oh dang, I just can’t get serious… If I ever find I am being loud while walking in the woods or otherwise, I just turn my hearing aids off. Works every time 😀
I know these aren’t the comments or suggestions you were hoping for. But it’s the best I can do 😳
in reply to: Open stance or conventional ? #56941bruc wrote: …I’m looking for different opinions on this style of shooting ?…
Opinions on shooting style? How many of those could there be? 😯 😳 🙄
I’ve read all Fred’s books and have his video. Fred is a recurve shooter and his style works for him and his recurve. If you are a recurve shooter, you will probably get something good from his writings.
Before I say anything else on this topic, the most important thing to say is that shooting a bow should be fun. And it should be a relaxed activity.
I’ve seen too many people, including myself, get wrapped around the axel trying to do it the “right” way. This can only result in frustration and… the dread target panic 😈
What is your main purpose? To shoot dots, or deer? Fred’s style is more geared toward deer. I found that as I opened my stance a bit, my shooting got better for a while, but then it started to get worse as my stance opened more and more. You have to be careful with it.
Keep your eye over the arrow, never stop pulling, and above all have fun. Whatever else you do, is for you alone.
This is the perfect place for some wise words from one of those upon who’s shoulders we all stand: “…aim is a point of life rich with a subtle extract of delight. You condense all your capacity and press it hard there. Your lungs are full, your brain is drawn to a focus, and your steadfast eyes glitter.” – Maurice Thompson
in reply to: Christmas gift in the mail! Arrived in time! #37835Nice! Remind her to rotate that elbow around… ouch!
in reply to: Seats vs The Ground #34125Using the fabric over your legs is a good idea!
in reply to: Spreading the Word #23154I like a fella that does what he says he’s gonna do. Good Job David.
Some kid that doesn’t even know it yet, is going to have a great adventure. What an interesting example of cause-and-effect. This kid will never know what transpired to get the magazine on that shelf for him/her to see. He probably wont give it a second thought. And years from now this same kid may have a positive impact on the land as a result of this start. And you wont know it either.
Who knows, years from now when you are a gummy old fart trying to hike your britches up enough to hop the creek and explore some new game lands, the opportunity might be thanks to that kid….
in reply to: Tuning stiffer spines than expected #56901When I switched from carbons to wood, I continued to bare shaft tune the arrows thinking that was the right thing to do.
Some old timers (I’ll never be an old timer 😳 ) patiently told me that bare shaft tuning woods doesn’t work. I stubbornly continued doing it till I had broken a bunch of good shafts but hadn’t made much progress shooting.
Finally I just went ahead and fletched some wood arrows up and shot them. I was surprised to see that shafts that would shoot weak bare shaft, flew just fine with feathers. Stiff shafts flew pretty well too.
Wood doesn’t recover from paradox as fast as carbon does. So it always looks wonky without feathers. Despite it’s wiggly nature, I find it is more forgiving of spine variation than carbon seems to be.
That bow you are shooting is cut to center I think. If so, it will want stiffer arrows. You might consider building the side plate out some to allow for weaker arrows. You might find that you get more consistent results.
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