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Any bowyers?
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hfm
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hfm
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Thankswow, i don't blame you, he's nice!
Are you ready for deer season?
hfm
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We have the same issues driving here. Like moths to a lightbulb, drawn out and dumbfounded. I went and sat a couple hides, but it was so hot and the skeeters were terrible both times. Skeeter proof clothing now there's an idea worth something.i have to dodge the dang things while driving here. i could kill my antlerless quota by being "slow on the brake pedal", but that is hard on grills and front quarter panels/hoods etc... but, no. aint got my bow out to practice yet.
bow season opens here Saturday morning. i prefer sitting afternoons until full dark, but my Vols will be kicking it off against Oklahoma at 7:30, so ... 
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hfm
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Thats rad! I got busted in the almost dark last night.Had a bug net on which makes seeing anything difficult during the last half hour of visibilty and a little weaner snuck in behind me, all I heard was a couple leaves crunch and a bunch of sniffing,turned to look and realized I was outlined and in full view of a wide eyed little doe. She scurried of in bounds and never snort/weezed at me.bow season opens here Saturday morning. i prefer sitting afternoons until full dark, but my Vols will be kicking it off against Oklahoma at 7:30, so ...
Enjoy your foosball
acorns/food are everywhere, but water? it's a more concentrated commodity. if you've got their watering hole staked out, life (for you) could be good.
i STILL haven't gone into the woods to hunt. a couple of years ago, i watched park rangers here trying to find a fawn one of their captive does had given birth to...in late September! if i shot a doe, and then saw a tiny fawn chasing after her as she ran, i'd probably quit hunting. so, these days, i'm waiting until i am pretty sure that the fawns are all weaned... i could go and only try for a buck, but this early it is a crap shoot...
if i shot a doe, and then saw a tiny fawn chasing after her as she ran, i'd probably quit hunting. so, these days, i'm waiting until i am pretty sure that the fawns are all weaned... i could go and only try for a buck, but this early it is a crap shoot...
hfm
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Then it started rainingacorns/food are everywhere, but water? it's a more concentrated commodity. if you've got their watering hole staked out, life (for you) could be good.
hahahaIf we waited here the season would be over. Seems like lots of early and late cycling doe's, not so much of an average center time.i STILL haven't gone into the woods to hunt. a couple of years ago, i watched park rangers here trying to find a fawn one of their captive does had given birth to...in late September!
We had three different orphaned fawns with their spots still, show up and two of them made it. One probably was birthed when mom got hit on the road or something similar but it always had the swollen belly and was really bad off.
Did you know Sloths are weaned or can be in only 30 days?
that's a pretty stave! the color of the wood, even unworked, is very nice. it's gonna have little snake to it, guessing from pic. found a piece/stave of oak the other day. gotta replace my vise...does mulberry darken with age after working like osage does ?
hfm
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That's rad you found a stave, any idea what you'll make?
I got a new vise also. Here's some white oak ones that got worked. Had a natural D curve, added some antler tips.
Yes it will color similar to osage maybe goes more brown then orange.
a large pile of shavings at the least (great kindling!) and most likely splinters before i'm done with it.
but, trying is the only way to learn. although, i have to admit...there ARE established self-bowyers that have schools from time to time. found a fellow nearby that gives (free!) lessons in flint knapping. you bring cold beer, a folding chair, and an open mind. i have (or can get) ALL of those!
hfm
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Beer for lessons, sounds like the type of people worth knowinga large pile of shavings at the least (great kindling!) and most likely splinters before i'm done with it.
The value of mistakes is underrated. I blew 7-8 up in a row before figuring the sap wood was to thick and chasing rings should be my focus, with these staves from bigger trees
rut going wide open here! was at a friends house, burning one on his deck, and watched over a dozen does, a handful of fawns, and at least seven bucks in his pasture/hillside. four 6 pointers, two nice 8s, and one was a ten or better with a spread about 6 or 7" outside of his ears, a dandy! the does scattered and ran for their lives when the bigger bucks closed in on them...
