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in reply to: Hunting in the heat! #47203
The bacterial count in wild meat is very very low. This means that the meat will not spoil as fast as industrial feed lot meat.
I looked around for some links to show this, but was unsuccessful. I did find a link that talks about spraying harvested meat with acetic acid to preserve it while it is in the field:
http://outdoorsdirectory.com/magazine/citric_acid.htm
You could buy their stuff, or just spray it with apple cider vinegar. Same thing, only apple cider vinegar has other anti-microbial properties too. A better option in my opinion.
I’ve a great idea: I’m going to bottle apple cider vinegar in a camo bottle and sell it in cabbala’s as a game preservative. 😀
in reply to: Planning an Elk Hunt #47192Every state is different. That said:
If it was me, I’d stay in Michigan and get to know your local herd. Talk to your DNR people.
Not having a huntable elk herd in NC to hunt (yet) I go to CO as I have a friend there that likes to go. Colorado has a really good DNR website with tons of info on elk including their migration routs and harvest statistics broken down by hunting unit, weapon, season, etc. That said, I’ve killed 1 elk in 3 years of trying.
Even though CO has the largest elk herd, I’m not sure it has the best hunting. The beetle kill is really bad there and I think it is affecting how the elk move. I’ve hunting the front range (eastern side of the mountains). So can’t say much about the backside. I don’t like hunting in a dead forest. Which is what it mostly is now. Maybe farther north the trees won’t be so badly infected.
in reply to: Hunting in the heat! #45999I second what Etter says…
Biggest problem leaving an animal out over night is not spoilage, it’s predators. Around here the most common problem is opossums eating the a$$ out.
It can be a little stinky doing the field dressing in the morning, but the meat is fine.
in reply to: Get a grip! #43985Smithhammer wrote:
Don’t shoot! Whew, scared me 😳
in reply to: Free Class on Land Ethics #43981Well I just finished my last “test” for this class. I found it to be very interesting and learned a few things to boot. While it did take some time I didn’t really have to spare, I am glad I went through it. Have a few new books to read too…
I hope others that took the class enjoyed it too. What a great free service the college has provided.
in reply to: Get a grip! #43642What a great picture! There is something magical about an ASL…
Hard to say from the picture angel, but I think I cant my bow a bit more and try to bend my head forward to get it over the arrow better so my right eye is more aligned with the arrow. Which helps, assuming my eye is open.
There are those like Paul Comstock that claim a vertical bow is best as it is easier to come to anchor (which is true in my experience, the anchor part). And there are those like John Shultz who claim the bow must be canted to get the eye over the arrow correctly, which is equally true in my experience.
in reply to: Get a grip! #42981If you really grip an ASL like a snake, it thumps more (just like a snake would too I bet).
It will be interesting to hear how it go’s over the next couple weeks. Whenever I do something new, it usually works well for a while, and then the benefit fades a bit.
I heel my ASL and put the lifeline sort of on the left edge of the handle. I break my elbow just a little bit. I think people overdo the broken elbow. Just break it a bit. I loosely wrap my fingers around the grip. Not tight. Just enough to keep it from getting away from me. And I really try to keep the push/pull thing going so that the bow arm isn’t being lazy, and my release hand snaps back (just a bit) on release. I don’t like a dynamic release and tend toward a more dead release. Freshly dead. Still twitching.
I shoot with more of a closed style. Say 90% closed.
The most important thing that I do is I only make a good shot once in a while. mostly I like to keep the arrows sticking out of the target in all sorts of strange places / angles. Otherwise I might not be the wonderfully humble bloke that I am 🙄
in reply to: The "Form" Thread #42970Another difference is that Howard’s bow has no shelf, and thus he is shooting off the knuckle…
Howard’s description of how he holds the bow is that he said you pick it up like a suitcase. So his hand is more on the side of the bow.
I think Byron puts the weight of the bow against the life line in his palm. That’s how I do it too. I never could get used to holding the bow on the side. It puts a lot of stress on the thumb when you do it that way. Basically the whole weight is against your thumb then. I can shoot well that way, for about 4 shots. Then it’s over.
Not sure what to make of their string arm elbows. I think both these fellows could benefit from some lessons 🙄
It just goes to show, there is no one right way. For myself, so far I’ve only managed to find a bunch of wrong ways 😳
in reply to: Micarta risers? #41824Patrick wrote: …You learn something everyday. I didn’t know how micarta is made. 8)
Linen micarta is made by pressing multiple layers of linen soaked in resin together. Let it cure, and you have a hard material that can be shaped however you like. Ditto with paper micarta.
Micarta and phonelic are the same thing.
Some guys make their own out of all kinds of things, even old blue jeans. lay it up with epoxy, and press or clamp it flat till it cures. Cheaper than buying it if you have the time and materials.
in reply to: Micarta risers? #41394I can see why you are so smitten. If you take her under your roof, treat her with respect!
in reply to: Shooting the Sage #41386We blowfish mostly at night. So I don’t know that heat is a problem. The bow defiantly doesn’t get babied though… Banged around, wet, etc… I’m calling it bad luck is all.
Although,tThe bow is stored in a shed when not being used. So maybe humidity is a problem.
in reply to: Micarta risers? #40649oh tease me some more! What do her long slim limbs look like? strong with just a supple curve? When she is braced, do her tips hold against the string with grace? When drawn to the cheek do they please the eye? Do tell…
When her string is loosed, does she go about her business like a wise and knowing lover, or is she all over the place like a young and over excited filly? Do tell…
just a smidgen of cabin fever here 😳 🙄
in reply to: Asbell Anorak #40167I have the jacket in the same pattern. I love it. Been wearing it for several years now. I can’t believe the prices on these garments.
I almost feel like buying 10 of them to keep and give away to the grand kids, etc. in another 20 years. These things are good quality and affordably priced. A rarity these days.
in reply to: Shooting the Sage #40159I think their one piece recurve is a really nice looking bow. It shoots really well too. I’ve been thinking about getting one for bow fishing…
Although… the fellow I blowfish a lot with uses them. He had 3 delaminate last season.
Not sure what that’s about.
in reply to: Yana Robertson – Hunting Vid #40154So being somewhat goofy, I didn’t get the part about all the signs… Are all those companies really located out there, or was that a sponsor add thing?
I’l be out in Montana for some back country trout fishing / ground squirrel thumping this July with my boy. Hopefully I can thump some ground squirrels then. Haven’t looked into it yet.
I’m such a winer, but the sound could have been better. Had the volume turned up all the way to hear it. But I am a bit on the deaf side.
But it got me all torqued up to go hunting, so it was a good one.
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