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  1. 2 hours ago, Robby said:

    Dino, that is  fantastic!!!!! That is all I hunted with till I took up muzzleloading twenty-five years ago. I used Osage mostly fo my bows, white or red ash for my arrow shafting, fletched with turkey or goose feathers and broad heads I forged out of old saw blades. I agree, It is most satisfying. I also make the muzzleloaders I hunt with. I'm in the Avon area if you ever want to jawbone about this stuff.

    Congratulations!!!!!!!

    Robby

    Hi Robby-  thanks for your response!  I would love to meet up sometime to chat!  Do you still shoot your selfbows?  We have a “not too formal” primitive rendezvous at my archery club (Hawkeye Bowmen) in April…if interested, I’ll send you details.  Lots of cool events and typically there are bow making clinics.

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  2. Thought I would share a couple videos that my good friend @OldBrianmade of the deer I harvested the other day as well as the bow I used to harvest it.  Brian is quite the videographer and we have fun putting these together…I hope you enjoy them.  Also, please do not hesitate to ask questions regarding the gear that I make…I would be happy to steer you in the right direction if you were ever interested in making your own archery equipment.  As mentioned in the video, it is extremely satisfying to harvest game with equipment made by your own hands.

    Take care, Dino 

     

     

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  3. 21 minutes ago, Otto said:

    He probably made the arrow and the broad head too!

    Yes, all my equipment was made by hand (although I wasn’t using my stone point…Zwickey).  Crazy angle now that I see it from the inside…the deer was literally above me…arrow went in low and out high…always a first!  I still cannot believe he didn’t know I was there!

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  4. Was sitting just upstream of the mouth of a very small draw.  I saw a sapling on the hill right above me moving around.  I got ready and the deer walked down the hill right to me.  I stayed extremely still and squinted my eyes.  When it turned broadside at 8 feet, I took my shot.  Very exciting!!  I heard some splashing…hopefully from a beaver and not the deer crossing the creek.


    In the photo, I’m pointing my bow where I was sitting…I’m standing where the deer walked down the hill…the deer stepped over the log to the right of the yellow beach branches (the front of my blind).  Unfortunately I wasn’t nocking my stone point…was using a two blade zwickey with my selfbow.  

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  5. 3 hours ago, turkeyfeathers said:

    As i drive right by horse farm I turned into their long driveway through a nice gate with video survailence camera signs on either side. Got about half way down driveway and wussed out to ask permission to roam about their 10-12 horses to retrieve. I really wanted to skin and stretch the pelt and send to Moyles minkery to get garment tanned too. But if per chance a deer gets in there I'm definately going to ask. 

    Jay, I know a guy who would be happy to help you put up the coyote ;-)  …although it might be getting a bit ripe by now…I could also help you clean the skull…I’ll be in skull prep mode soon for someone else…keep me posted!   (Hopefully any deer you stick don’t run that way)

    Good luck!!

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  6. 28 minutes ago, Marion said:
    41 minutes ago, dinorocks said:
    Good luck recovering the deer and congratulations x2 Tacks!
    I’m feeling positive vibes that I’ll have an opportunity this evening!
     
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    Sick rattlesnake bow! On top of the hand knapped broadhead

    Thanks!  And my wive wove my basket quiver. Hoping to get close enough!

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  7. Found this…

     

    The RECON compass is a sturdy, precision instrument for ease in handling and complete versatility of use. Made entirely of aluminum, it is not affected by humidity or moisture. It is ideal for surveyors, contractors, foresters, prospectors etc. Cover has township grid, the system utilized in surveying in most areas of the country. Geared declination adjustment on bottom. Rifle-type sighting system. Magnetic deviation correction is by means of a screw accessible from the underside of the casing 

  8. I’m not sure but will ask around.  As a geologist, I use a Brunton compass to measure strikes and dips of bedrock (as well as for orientation and for leveling up to measure the stratigraphy of outcrops.  It too is big, heavy, and built like a tank. The one in the photo I attached was given to me by Turkey Feathers when I stood for him as his best man in his wedding (I think that’s when you gifted it to me Jay…a long time ago).

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  9. Just got home from a trip up to Vermont, took a quick walk through the garden this morning and everything is doing great…we let some of our leafy veggies, etc. bolt so we can collect seeds. 

    Blueberry’s have peaked and starting to wane.  Will be giving the pumpkin patch some attention later (my brother and I have a pumpkin contest each year…we are currently locked up in a tie). My wife spun only a few frames before we left and ended up with an incredible amount of honey…always deceiving to me how much the frames yield!).

    All of your garden and veggie photos posted above look great!!

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