[W David McLendon]

in reply to: New bow wait has started #48444

Wow,that bow is sold pending funds already…I didn’t even have time to feel bad about it. It’s a good thing the new one is in the works or I would be risking some serious withdrawal. Guess I’ll be shooting a recurve for a couple of weeks.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: New bow wait has started #47619

I’m really dreading getting rid of Ron’s old bow but a day or so after he called the A/C in the house took a dump, and you don’t live in the now “gobally warmed” GA without A/C. Selling it would ease some of that pain but if I get through the repair ok without the bow leaving then it will likely stay. I killed my biggest turkey with it recently in addition to a ot of deer last season so I am kind of attached to it.
I’m looking foward to the 54″ takedown, phenolic riser like the one that I have but carbon foam, curly maple veneers stained gray and a super dull finish, gemsbok tips. It should fade right into the background.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: How do you find your arrows? #37543

I have a lab that will sniff out a cedar shaft in just a minute but if it is carbon I am out of luck and pull a hook through the grass or leaves.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: Sad to say….. #20631

Well I live in GA and am not in favor of baiting, but looking at it from the WRD stand point, hunting is a management tool here and I mean all hunting not just bowhunting. There are a lot of deer in GA and also a lot of population growth and loss of habitat and when it comes to the value of land andits use frequently wildlife are at the end of the line.
We have long hunting seasons here in GA, in my county about 4.5 months of deer season with a limit of 12 deer, 2 antlered and 10 antlerless. That is a lot and for the past three years I have taken close to my limit since we don’t like buying drugged up raised beef but that is another rant. In my county there are an average of 55-60 deer per square mile, they are not starving and there are some huge bucks but that is a staggering number per square mile and the state of GA wants to reduce the number due to crop depredation and danger to people and automobiles from collisions. The bottom line is that the hunters are not getting the job done to WRD’s satisfaction. So like it or not they see baiting as a way to make it easier for hunters/killers to reduce deer numbers and numbers is all they are looking at. So as much as I hate it we now have baiting and instead of a hunting season we will have a killing season, the killing of habituated formerly wild life.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: Does this make you feel as bad as it does me? #19759

Homer I’m thinkin’ it was a rock, but I agree that was a little hitch for me leaving him for the buzzards. Fresh meat, I’d have scooped him up and roasted him over a fire and toasted to him with some George Dickel.
Ed would have been a hell of a cool guy to know though I’m sure. DP is lucky in that respect.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: Does this make you feel as bad as it does me? #18564

Funny you mention that because I placed recently SCA on the top of the pile on my end table for a reread when I finish my current read which is a reread of Desert Solitaire.
In my opinion lot more can be learned about dealing with some situations and the shaping of attitudes, ethics and philosophy by looking back to men like Leopold, Emerson and Stuart than by looking foward for guidance or inspiration these days it seems.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: Does this make you feel as bad as it does me? #18372

Dave that Leopold quote is from “A Sand County Almanac”, February, Good Oak, page six I beleive.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: New TBM, question for Don Thomas #25161

Very true Dave, but unfortunately we are but a small voice being rolled over by a jugernaut of maketing hype and BS. Unfortunately the dollar speaks, and is heard by the none hunting voting public that will determine our future for us.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: short longbow recommendation #13966

I notice some RH and LH Shrews listed on the TG Classifieds for anyone who might be interested.:D

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: TBM's Ol Dave Petersen got his Coues #8306

Congratulations on a great accomplishment and thank you for th photo of tha Arizona sunrise. Now on to the matter of the Antelope, the quest and all those little things along the way (like George Dickel white label) which make life worthwhile.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: String flew off #8099

Check to see that you don’t have a twisted limb, be mindful not to torque the string with the drawing hand. I have seen a string jump off due to the bow being canted while the hand at anchor was not causing the limb tips to be pulled out of alignment and the string loop to pop off upon release.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: short longbow recommendation #56642

I’m sorry that folks have to wait so long for a new Shrew, Gregg and I both would like to change that. Unfortunately the only way I can think of to make that happen is to get Hop Sing over there in China to help us out..:lol:

No Hop Sing, we wait just fine.:D

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: "Auf wiedersehen, baby." #53286

I kind of think of my bow as a spring, except when I draw it and then I prefer not to think of it at all.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: New TBM, question for Don Thomas #51406

Yep, you are where you need to be, and that is a comfortable thing to know whether it be a forum group, the company that you keep or your state of mind.

[W David McLendon]

in reply to: "Auf wiedersehen, baby." #51217

WIcanner wrote: I agree with Steve on it being a machine. When most need a mechanic to work on their bow, then it is a machine. And most compound shooters that I know, do not work on their own bows. It’s amazing how so many today who do not want to or cannot do for themselves. Canning and preserving food, growing a garden, hunting, collecting the bounty of the woods, all lost arts on so many. Food to them comes in a bag, a box or is wrapped in saran. Leaving a compound behind is to maintain another piece of ones independence. At least that’s the way I feel about it. No need for extra parts and the complexity. A stick and string will do.

So true, more than a small portion of society will have taken the the streets in desparation mere days after the power goes off and the microwave stops.
I have friends that come by after I have made a kill to see me process the meat. They are amazed that I know how to break a whole animal down into portions ready for cooking by myself in a very short time, conversely I am equally amazed that they don’t.
I have friends imprisioned by the wheel, they see my Shrew as having too many limitations and unnecessarily difficult. I see their compound arrow launching machines a having far more limitations than my equipment. I can shoot sitting,crouching or standing from any angle and not just straight up and down, I don’t have sights to not be able to see when the light fades, distances to measure or angles to check.
They clamber through the woods with all of their stuff and scratch their way up their chosen tree and are bound to a very limited set of circumstances. When an opportunity presents itself it becomes a panic situation with them struggling to line everything up, range it and get all the bubble levels lined up while all along being an alien to the hunt unfolding before them.
I have never had anything but a stick bow and would want to give up the feeling that I get with it being free in the woods trying to be quieter than what I hunt.

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