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  1. The showering tip is a good one. Ticks hate hot soapy water. I use a tea tree oil shower gel for an extra dose of GTFO.
  2. The other thing to remember is to avoid all skin contact with liquid permethrin. I use rubber gloves which I then hose off. Spray outside and stay upwind. I also spray boots, shirts, hats and tents, if camping. If you have cats, secure them from the area. Permethrin will kill cats.
  3. You should move this to General Hunting. His article was poorly argued, but there's some merit in it. The issue isn't killing shots; it's video that's nothing but killing shots taken to the extreme. This was recently brought up on WOS. The point about producers going to any means necessary to get the shot is a good one. Lasy year, Montana Wild was fined for poaching Bull Trout for a video. The sad thing is they didn't seem to care and posted a feckless weasely response to the crime.
  4. On one hand, it's a miracle that you can send a letter across the country for 49 cents. Want to guess what UPS would charge you for that? But on the other hand, damn, do they have to be such idiots? I stopped by my branch during a snowstorm. "Closed due to weather."
  5. moog, you should do a conference call/lecture series for all us noobs.
  6. I am going too far down this archery research hole. Just saw these longbows which look pretty cool and are well reviewed. Maybe full trad is the way to go. http://omegalongbows.webs.com/bowsandotherproducts.htm
  7. Thanks, tommy. I went to a talk at The Explorers Club last night on the Watha, a Kenyan tribe whose culture is centered around hunting elephants with bows. The speaker had a number of bows which he had tested at 100# of pull. Damn, I'm weak.
  8. Thanks, moog. I was hoping to avoid going down the rabbit hole of a specialty forum like tradtalk as I know I'll get caught up in analysis paralysis and never make a decision. That's why I like this forum - large and experienced enough to get valued advice, but small enough to not be overwhelmed. I was intrigued the Sage as it came up so many times as the beginner bow. Price is right as well. But I'll look around. I assume the ILF system give me maximum options and configurations. By the way, split finger or three under? Personal preference or an advantage for certain shooting styles?
  9. Am I correct that 45# is the legal minimum for hunting?
  10. Thanks, moog. Clearly, I'm going to have to give this more thought. Is a 45# bow that hard to pull? I guess I could get the 30# and trade up once I have my form down. Impatient. I'll check out mountain muffler strings. Happy to use a member. I may need to go to a shop to figure out the best arrow. While there is I was to look at an ILF system what do you suggest for a novice? Any shop recommendations? I'll check out the videos. have watched The Push a few times. Lots of info to digest.
  11. Looking at picking up a trad bow. May or may not use it for hunting. Pretty much everyone says Samick Sage and I'm looking at 3riversarchery, but happy to consider a shop in the Catskills. I pass by Kenco often, but not sure the offer the Sage. Questions... I'm 6' 185lbs - what weight limbs. I'm thinking #45 would get me the ability to shoot for an afternoon without burning out but could be used to hunt as well. My guess is that the included string is not great. They offer a 58" flemish twist for an additional $19. Worth it at this point? The other option is a rest. Bear Hair rest and plate. Should I stick with these go to an elevated rest? They also offer set up for $15, but as near as I can tell that's set the brace height (seems simple enough), glue down rest (my gluing skills were perfected in the third grade) and set the nock. While I don't have nocking pliers, this seems easy as well. The biggest question would be arrows. No idea where to start. Any and all advice appreciated.
  12. If only we could get the lead back into paint, kid's toys and gasoline.
  13. I grew up in a steel town but got out of there as soon as possible for the big city of Toronto. The Horseshoe Tavern, where that Stompin' Tom clip is from, was an old-time country and rockabilly bar (1945 or so) in the heart of what once was a rough west Toronto neighbourhood. A hard drinking no-nonsense place that featured some of the best acts of the time. It was the epicentre of music in Toronto. After the original owners sold in the late '70s, the bar was turned a venue for the emerging Canadian punk scene, which culminated in a concert called The Last Pogo - a showcase for a dozen punk bands that almost destroyed the place. It changed hands a few times after that (Dan Aykroyd was an owner) until the settles on promoting upcoming folk/rock music. Artists who got their starts there were Blue Rodeo, Handsome Ned, The Tragically Hip, Jeff Healy, and Amanda Marshall. (Side note, I saw Jeff Healey just down the street at his first gig over a pizza restaurant. There were about 10 of us in the audience). But artists who played also included The Rolling Stones, The Band, The Police, The Talking Heads. Here's a little documentary on the place. As to hanging out with Tom, he was a rough guy due to a completely screwed up childhood and life, but as long as you were a working class guy he was cool. Not so much to the music establishment. If you like that vibe, then get yourself to the maritime provinces. Great people; beautiful country.
  14. You can take the boy out of Canada ...
  15. Lightfoot was a light weight. This is Canadian music. Stompin' Tom Conners at one of my old haunts.
  16. Yeah, umm... let's not, or Jim Shockey may sneak into your house and change all the screws on your guns to Roberstons and then where will you be?
  17. But if you do shit in March, and only March, then by the time hunting season rolls around you'll have a jump on scent control.
  18. @Black Bellamy That's what I was getting at. While the linked article was poorly reasoned, it does bring up the etymological argument. Hunting was the original sport but now that we've changed the meaning of the word "sport" to include anything and everything (and considering how drastically hunting has changed over the years to be less sporting) should hunting still be included?
  19. This is interesting. Perhaps a nod to Western European countries where the modern view of fishing and hunting differ greatly from the Americas. Switzerland (maybe others) has outlawed C&R fishing as they feel it is a bloodsport. Though I still practice it, if I look at the true definition I have to agree. I guess the problem isn't that the definition of hunting has changed, it's that what we come to call sports has changed so drastically (by including nearly everything) that it not only has pushed hunting to the fringe, it has made some hunters refuse to include their pastime. I first saw this question on an upland forum and to a person, they all said that hunting is not a sport.
  20. I think the original definition of "sport" and "sportsman" encompassed any activity, other than work, done outside for pleasure and enjoyment. In regards to hunting, a guy in medieval England who killed a deer for the table was not a sportsman despite the effort, skill, and satisfaction involved, whereas a royal person hunting with the attendant helpers was. Even though the stag was also going to end up on the table it was hunting for its own sake. For a few centuries, hunting was referred to as the Sport of Kings, so sportsmen, in this sense, could only be the upper or leisure class. In fact, you might be able to make an argument that sport only applied to hunting and fishing as there were no team games as we know them today. Times change and a new middle class develops with the time and money to pursue the upper-class sports. They become sportsmen (and women) in the true sense of the word - hunters and anglers pursuing game for the sake of the hunt. Fast forward to today where "sport" has come to mean "game" (or team game), competition, and oneupmanship and the original or pure definition is now the archaic one. So maybe this is less a question of action - tracking and killing an animal; and one of intent - why do you track and kill an animal? Put another way, can two hunters go out on the same track to pursue the same animal and because of a different intention, one be a sportsman and one not?
  21. When I use a guide they refer to me as a "sport" and I have to say I like the quaintness of that descriptor. It also tends to reinforce that the people who use guides have the means and time to hire someone to do the hunting, so to speak. Maybe "sport" applies in that case. Certainly, there is a long tradition of the "sportsman" label applied to the outdoor pursuits of hunting and fishing. But if you look closer, more often than not it was used to describe those in the leisure class who pursued game for the thrill, accomplishment or trophy. In Hemingway's day would a guy who hunted deer for the table in the Catskills be considered a sportsman? Would he call himself one? Does anyone remember how a grandfather referred to himself and his hunting companions? For what it's worth, the DEC uses Sportsman Education to describe hunter/bow/trapper certificate courses.
  22. Using that definition, Doc, where does "entertainment" factor in? Or maybe put another way, can the taking of a life remove it from the "sport" realm? Shooting skeet - sport. Shooting grouse - not.
  23. This fellow doesn't think so. http://sportingclassicsdaily.com/is-hunting-a-sport/
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