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in reply to: What ya got goin? #15972

Hey cpbiv- that’s a really slick little stove. Very cool.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #15932

Last ones…..Quickie tarp shelter from pm thunderstorms

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #15929

Molly, the kids, and I spent three days and 34 leisurely miles on the river. Not much better than a river trip. Some pics:

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in reply to: New books #10906

Anybody read “In the Shadow of the Sabertooth”, Doug Peacock’s new book?

Also by Peacock….good, current article below on threats to wilderness.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/06/american-wilderness-faces-the-firing-squad.html

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #10899

Leaving on a three day river trip Tuesday, camping on sandbars. The best part of summer.

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in reply to: thoughtful reading #10895

Thanks for the link. I’d read some of these awhile back and couldn’t remember where.

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in reply to: List your FOC arrow information for wood,carbon & aluminum/REFERENCE 4 SELECTING NEW ARROWS #9763

David Petersen wrote:

Hammer, re your sign-off quote: True, unless it’s Flaco Jemenez!

Or Garth Hudson

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in reply to: List your FOC arrow information for wood,carbon & aluminum/REFERENCE 4 SELECTING NEW ARROWS #62865

Bow type and Make: Apex Predator

Bow Length: 66″

Bow weight@ 28″: 51 @ 28

Your draw length: 26.5

Arrow type ( material,brand,spine): carbon, GT 3555

Arrow length (throat of nock to tip of shaft): 27.75″

Feathers number and length: 3 x 4″

Insert weight if applicable: 10gn

Adaptor weight if applicable: 200 gn

Point weight: 135 gn, 345 gn total point wght

Footing weight if applicable: –

Total arrow weight: 591 gn

FOC (as measured by AMO standard..measured throat of knock to end of shaft……tip not included): 27%

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in reply to: Using pecan for a selfbow? #62860

Pecan is essentially another species of hickory…..they are in the same genus. I’ve never made one from pecan, but folks I know who have say it is a little more brittle than hickory, but still makes a pretty good bow. Like hickory, use the wood right under the bark for the back….no chasing a ring required.

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in reply to: August/September TBM #56218

Great, great issue. Really enjoyed the canoe article, among others. And I too enjoyed Ptaylor’s article on tracking. Nice job all!

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in reply to: Keeping the "hunt" in hunting #55483

I understand, Harmon. Sometimes I scan so fast without re-reading previous comments.:oops: I understand your point, and agree.:D

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in reply to: Keeping the "hunt" in hunting #54709

You are saying taking a picture with a hunter-killed animal is wrong and worthy of pity?

I respectfully disagree. I cherish all my hunting photos….yes, including photos of animals. I don’t see it as much different than the worldwide examples of prehistoric cave art depicting the hunt.

Hunting is an ancient art and is historically socially and culturally important, though nowadays in smaller social circles. As long as we have been human, there seems to have been a desire to remember, share, and honor the hunt through recording it as art or tale. I see tasteful hunting photos as a continuation of that.

For me personally it is not a matter of boasting about a conquest, or or self promotion. It is a way to honor and remember that day, the animal, and the hunt.

With that said, I agree that many hunting photos plastered all over the net and in magazines are absolutely awful and send exactly the wrong message. But that is a relection of that person and their unfortunate hunting worldview (the influences of which are another discussion), not a general condemnation of hunting photography.

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in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #50473

Fantastic. I’m so excited, bro. I look forward to this hunt so much…..it’s the kickoff for the fall/winter hunts.

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in reply to: Most Embarassing Shot Anyone? #50173

Smith,

That’s one of my favorite quotes by him. Nice.

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in reply to: Most Embarassing Shot Anyone? #50171

I once missed wide open shot on a nice hog at about 4 steps.:oops:

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