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in reply to: Wolves and Rivers Video #58724
I thought it was a good honest video. Nothing like a little Biodiversity. Most know my feelings, I admire the Wolf greatly. And I believe to this day a very misunderstood animal. I know, I’m just another darn Easterner meddling in Western affairs. But from the studies and what I see, I don’t see the wolf as the scourge of the West ( I’d be more worried about local governments giving preferential tag treatment to outfitters over the general public hunter). I was watching “Own Your Own Adventures” one day, one of the very few hunting shows worth watching, and they hunted for 5 days in Idaho and covered hundreds of miles before they finally came across one lone wolf to shoot. Sorry I don’t buy the wolf as the criminal of the West or anywhere else for that matter.
in reply to: Practice in Less than Ideal Conditions #58712Smithy.. Nice video! 8) Normally I do the same I will practice in cold and raw weather, because that’s what we deal with hunting anyway. I won’t practice in high winds though, only because then I can’t tell if it’s the wind or something I did wrong! But on yeah, cold raw cloudy weather, low temps, standing, sitting, kneeling I try it all. Especially kneeling because as a ground pounder most of my shots are going to be from a kneeling position anyway.
in reply to: Spring fever #58707Thank you, All! Gentlemen.. Sorry I hope not to hijack the Thread! It’s a good one! But Thank you! 😀
in reply to: Spring fever #58594R2 wrote: Glad you’re better Steve. Not quite the spring fever one looks to. I had a bout of that stuff a couple of years ago myself. Kinda hard on a guy.
Enjoy the spring, your bow and life!:D
Ralph
Thank you, my friend! I know you must feel the same — I am all the more grateful!
in reply to: Spring fever #58550It has been a long hard winter. I spent the good part of February in the Hospital in Respiratory Care and supplemental oxygen due to complications with Pneumonia. The outcome at the time, no one could say. But thank God I bounced back. I got out for the first time today and shot my Montana Longbow for the first time in three months. Amazing how muscle memory kicks right in! It felt Great! Even a bit Surreal! Extremely thankful.
in reply to: gap shooting #37660Yes I believe Rod Jenkins is a Gap Shooter
in reply to: poll on release #31871Split for 40+ years.. no need to change.8)
But I’ll stir the pot a bit. I think 3 Under is a natural progression for the recovering compounder. 3 Under definitely puts the arrow shaft directly under the eye – me thinks one cannot help but use the arrow for aiming 😯 when using 3 Under. 😀
in reply to: What's in your daypack? #28264I have open on top Maddog Pack about 1800 cc space, not including outer compartments. In the pack: Rain Gear, extra wool jac shirt, pair of socks, extra wool hat, game towel, deer drag, first aid kit, water proof matches, flint & steel, brunton compass, silwa compass, flashlight (spare bulb & batteries), accusharp, black arkansas fine stone, HC steel fixed blade, damascus steel neck knife, buck 110 folder, US Military fire starter pkg, two water bottles, parachord rope, St. Hubert’s Medal, Almonds, cashews, trail mix. Some hard candy (Butterscotch). Sometimes a sandwich.
in reply to: Well said! #51546That’s what we call a “Bronx Cheer”! 😆
in reply to: A different kind of pay-to-play hunting #15782I sympathize for you guys & gals in the west. I had often thought of the west for it’s abundance of game. I can understand a lottery draw, as long as everyone has an equal chance. I do not believe the North America Model is new to just the Teddy Roosevelt Era, it started with the Pilgrims, and the belief was the wildlife resources belonged to everyone. Having said that I have belonged to private clubs for over twenty years that although bought licences like everyone else, we did have access to better land, more animals, less hunting pressure. However, for greater than the past decade that has all changed, development has put a strain on access to dwindling private land as well. So much so that if you really want a quality hunting experience you’re better off doing the leg work and hunting public land, although we think of the east as being congested we have vast tracts of public land available, and anyone willing to put in the time and effort can do well. The European Model scares me, there is more to it than who just owns the wildlife, it controls who can hunt and who can’t (similar to what it is now becoming in the US). With all the recent firearms regulations in the UK, how come British citizens have to turn in their guns, but Prince Charlie and his brood get to go hunting all the time? If the common man can’t hunt, just another way for the government to step in and say “you don’t need a gun, so we’re going to take them away”.
I use to be a big advocate of snickers bars until I broke a tooth biting into a frozen bar one day. I always have one or two bottles of water with me, because not that I drink a lot of it, but in cold weather we actually dehydrate more. I am a PB&J fanatic!!! Besides Deer and Bear love the smell of peanut butter as well. 😀 On cold weather I like high carbs, particularly from flour which the body converts to sugar quite rapidly, which in turn fuels the body core.
in reply to: Merry Xmass to all #15210Merry Christmas! & A Happy & Healthy New Year to All from Hudson Valley, NY
in reply to: WOODSMANSHIP ON TV? #62289TurkeyCommander wrote: Look into the Fred Bear Hunting DVD collection. It’s grainy old timey footage but nobody to this day could hold a candle up to it.
If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and order the DVD collection if you want to see woodsman ship on tv.
INDEED!!!
in reply to: WOODSMANSHIP ON TV? #61176I have always been a huge critic of hunting shows for the obvious reasons we all know. Truth is.. the “average” hunter today never venture more than 100 to 200 yards from the road either. I am getting awfully close to 60 and still carry a back pack and I feel darn blessed about it, because of age and health there are many that cannot.
There are a couple good shows out there.. Eastman’s has always been top shelf in tradition of their Grandfather. And “On your own adventures” always is a quality show and on the up n up. The rest of them have nothing to do about hunting and everything to do about “selling”.
in reply to: Scent control? #30406I agree with all that was said. Especially David’s points. Many try to hunt the wind in the face, and that’s fine. But wind also swirls. for some of us, there is the additional challenge of hunting solely on the ground. Remember, Thermals rise during the morning and fall in the afternoon, animals particularly deer use these currents (Thermals) to their advantage for scent detection as well. The other thing about wind is think what would an animal do? For example in my area, there is lots of northern cedar swamps deer will bed down at the edge of the cedars and the swamp with the wind coming from behind them, so they can smell danger from behind while at the same time looking out over the swamp clearings so they can see danger coming that they cannot smell. I keep my clothes as clean as possible and at home store them in a foot locker away from other household smells, like the friggin dogs! And I do use an acorn spray, but there are plenty of acorns and oaks also where I hunt. Basically, I do not use attractants or any scents that is going to raise suspicion and even alert deer to come looking for something, cause the net is they are looking for you! I want deer to be feeding and moving as if nothing else is in the area. Having said all this.. a few years back I did try that stuff that is 99% effective? I got busted more than once with it! Guess I was just the other 1% all the time! :roll::P:lol:
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