[SteveMcD]

in reply to: I fish #13853

Nice pile of Rainbows!!! I like to cook them in the oven, flake the meat off, then mix with instant mashed potato mix and seasoning and make fish cakes out of them. Then freeze and cook any time.

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Scents for Hunting #12763

hrhodes wrote: I see that deer communicate with scents… it is their language. If I start spraying scents around where I am trying to hunt, it would equal someone jumping into a conversation in a foreign language when they only know a word or two… I prefer to hunt into the wind, keep myself and my gear as scent free as possible, and try not to be noticed.

Amen, Brother! 8)

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Hunting setup for 2011 season #12754

Well, I’m going to take out my NM Whisper Reverse Handle Longbow at the start of the season. Going to try and shoot one more animal with her, then she’ll be retired except an occassional shoot. Then I plan to switch to my Northwind Flatbow for a while,

Northern Mist Whisper Bow is Bamboo 51# @28, will be shooting my doug fir surewood footed shafts, 60-65, with 145 gr Journeyman / Eclipse arrows.

Northwind Flatbow is Red Elm 55# @28. Same arrows.

I did put some 160 gr Journeyman’s on those Doug Fir arrows I just made with natural turkeys feather passed on to me, I suspect strong mojo in those arrows, So I plan to use one or two of them as well.

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: A few pics… #12325

Quartered Rabbit in a skillet with sour cream and onions… YUM! YUM! YUM! 🙂

AND NO LEAD PELLETS!!!! :lol:8)

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Who names their bows? #12194

This is Blonde… Northern Mist Bamboo Whisper Longbow

Beautiful Brunette… Northern Mist Elm Baraga

Gorgeous Redhead…. Northwind Red Elm Flatbow

Autumn’s Whisper…Howard Hill Yew & Bamboo Halfbreed

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: New Arrows completed for my Wife. #60947

Thanks, Dave… I am running into that problem too. I wanted to exploit the overall “White” here. Since Gayle is not an experienced shooter, my theory is that white fletch shows up better than most color in the sight picture when watching the trajectory of the arrow. Trajectory imagery is key to “instinctive” shooting – whatever that is! :roll::lol:

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Woodsmanship….. #59674

Smithhammer wrote: We tend to focus on the ‘technical’ skills, but I think that continual awareness and observation, with all the senses, is the foundation of all backcountry skill, and often doesn’t get emphasized enough.

BINGO!!! 8)

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Shrew in Sherwoo.. huh, no, Manhattan Forest #59531

Inwood by the Cloisters. That is where my father grew up. Used to be an Irish neighborhood, for most who came off the boat. Somehow I don’t think the NYPD would appreciate you you stumping in the park! Well, you are not far from Fahnestock and the Hudson Highlands for deer season.

Best of luck! I am really glad to see you touring again.

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in reply to: Does arrow length affect aiming left or right instinctivley? #58439

I read Steve G’s post too. And found the arrow length question interesting. So my thinking is that if you are using a full length arrow of 31 inches and drawing say 27 or 28 inches, you are in effect “short-drawing” the bow so to speak. Not really but from an arrow spine perspective you are. Which means you are having an effect of being over-spined. Canting may remedy that. I’d be interested in other comments because I am just speaking theorically.

Now, when you look at the arrow you see two of them? Stop looking at the arrow! You need to be looking at the target. Yes.. I have always shot Hill Style bows and I too shoot split vision, but as Byron Fergeson theorizes, “Hill was a Gap Shooter”. And I will admit to that too. Yes I SEE the arrow shaft but my focus is on the spot.

As Fred Bear once said… if you see the arrow shaft when you shoot, and it helps you.. use it!

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Woodsmanship….. #58431

Along with all those wonderful skills. We all have to realize that the backcountry and / or the back 40 is bigger than you or I. Not being able to do something like hike 10 miles in a day doesn’t make anyone less of a man or a woman. It is not about competition. It is about wisdom and knowing the signs.

Of all the skills survival is the most important. Orienteering, map reading and using a compass. How to make a fire, dressing in layers, understanding hypothermia and the warniong signs, or for that matter heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Woodsmanship….. #57627

Dave.. I agree with everything you said. I really think that the modern techies do not feel they are short cutting anything, which is really the sad part, because without modern gadgetry – they are literally lost and helpless babes in the woods. It amazes me.. and I am not that old.. (well certainly younger than some of you!). But I still get the question at 3D Shoots, “Can you hunt with that?”.

Many have not been down the long and winding road in the wood. Because technology has provided all the short cuts before they even started. Technology may pre-empt the skill, but the skill is never truly lost, only masked for those who do not understand.

I had a Compound friend of mine who spent a week in the allegheny mountains with me a few years ago. He couldn’t wait to take out his new GPS Device Which after five hours in the woods only told him.. he’s lost in the middle of friggin nowhere? I found him and all I used was the sun and a compass.

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Looking for a PA bow maker. #57441

All the PA guys I know are pretty religious about Leon Stewart. And yes he does make a great bow. Among the best I’ve seen.

http://www.stewartsarchery.com/

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Woodsmanship….. #57341

I have to agree with you there, Roger!

Be careful now our Web Moderator is partial to Tullamore Dew! 😀 At least that’s what he takes on his antelope hunts with stick & string. (Trying to keep this Traditional Bowhunting oriented or risk getting pulled!). 😆

[SteveMcD]

in reply to: Woodsmanship….. #57298

Templeton Rye! 8)

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in reply to: Woodsmanship….. #56557

Irish Whiskey and Woodsmanship.. I’m in. 😀

Nope don’t need no stinkin’ GPS either. I got my Brunton and my Silva back up and I know how to use them too! 8)

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