hello all ime from wiltshire in england,bow hunting is illegal here so i would never dream of doing it here!
ive just got a lovely 45# recurve from a good freind of mine and member of this forum,known as flatiron.he is from the finger lakes area of NY.
now can any one tell me how to turn this :
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/bowhuntpheasant.jpg)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/bowhuntpheasant.jpg
into an avtar?
Welcome Fish. I believe you need to e-mail that to one of the admins. and they can make it into your avatar.
'Course I don't have an avatar so I could be wrong, :bigsmyl: anyway, welcome aboard.
Welcome to the site. :thumbsup:
My wife's from England, Great Yarmouth. I love visiting England. We go about every other year, visiting her family.
Fished the North Sea last time there. Liked to have froze to death. LOL!
Anyways, nice looking bow you got. What kind??
Mike :campfire:
Welcome Fish!! When you click on the PowWow link, up near the top of the thread titles there is a link with instructions for posting Pictures and Avatars. Nice bow by the way, and great pic with the Pheasant. That will make a fine Avatar.
thanks for the warm welcome! so much better than another wellknown bowhunting forum! anyone got a web address for admin?
the bow in the pic was a non descript bow of my youth! a target bow realy! the bow ime hunting with now is a Ben pearson rogue 45# it was a gift and its a lovely job.
oh yes nearly forgot to add ,great yarmouth is a nice place! did you catch a cod?
Wotchamate!
w'sup?
fish,
Nope, didn't get a bite all morning. We eat loads of "fish and chips" at the local market there.
Seemed like Great Yarmouth is between Golston and Caster by the Sea and plenty of good places to eat there. We usually make a trip to Norwich everytime we go to England. My wife just got back from there.
Love going there, just wished they'd allow bowhunting. :(
Mike
Welcome, neat pic too!
W'sup 'Mate' ( somehow doesn't have the same ring to it does it?)
Just thought I'd join in on all the Brit action and wish everyone well. I spent some time in a desert with some very fine men from ODA 312 last year. It was there that I saw my very first copy of TBM..and the rest is history.
Also had a chat with 'Rob Tattoo' at a shoot near Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire last week. Some good advice there mate, and nice Pronghorn! Cheers, and I'll probably see you tomorrow (OK..Scunthorpe is not exactly Kodiak Island, but it'll do for starters...)
All the best
Oh, bloodie `ell anuther pilikin` shandy sippin` southerner. Oh, bollox thar goes t`neighbourhood
ere this 'softie sotherner' driks nowt but proper scrumpy! cloudy, 8%,and warm! from 'hecks cider' in deepest darkest somerset!
Hey Fish, Just go to directory at top and search for Rob DiStefano and pm him with the picture you want as avitar and he will fix you up. Usually takes a few days.
Donald
Welcome Fish. If you will put that bird in a crock pot along with the veggies of your choice,add some cream of mushroom soup,season to taste,add enough water to almost cover it & let it cook all day on med. or low you will have some of the best tasting eating there is. I have done many that way & they come out great.Frank :wavey: :campfire: :archer:
Hi there, I live in the US now but hail from Brighton. Best of luck to you, take advantage of the crappy exchange rate and come on over for a hunt sometime!
Adam
Welcome, Fish,
I happen to have a Pearson "Rogue" myself, also in #45.
T'works for me.
Funny thing, I happen to work for the Britsh Army here in Canada. "British Army Training Unit, Suffield"
British military personnel can bowhunt as a resident here, if they are a "permanent" posting (2+ years)
(Roast the bird, don't boil it to mush!)
Cheers, R.W.
thanks for the recipes folks! as for the crappy exchange rate,it works for me! ive just ordered a load of mossey oak apparel worth nearly £400.00 ($800.00)here and its set me back just $200.00 (£103.00)thats including postage and a few beers for my mate thats doing the shopping and shipping for me!
RW keep up the good work,us brits dont shout their encouragement from the rooftops for their armed forces ,but we do apreciate what you do!
Hi fish, I'm just down the road from you in Somerset. Keep the scrumpy mate, and I'm with RW, roast the bird. I also agree that we don't shout enough for our troops. Good work and thank you RW.
Graham
keep the scrumpy!shame on e! pop into hecks cider in Street,free samples and a good chat! i must admit i do like my pheasant roasted!
heres a pic of inside the working mill:
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'Nother Englander here, just over the border in Very Wet West Somerset.
Nice pheasant, btw!
Windknot, where in West Somerset? I'm in Williton. Fish, my American girlfriend is over here at the moment and she tried some farmhouse cider. Her face said it all, although she did add a few words that I can't repeat. Then she made me drink it for her.
Graham
Hello Fish and a warm welcome from Southeast Texas! I hate to hear yall can't bowhunt over there that stinks! Do yall do any stumpshooting or 3D shoots?
Scrumpy, wot th` bluudy `ell is that.` appen ya bin robbin` t`bairns o` their juice.I`ll tek a pint a Tetly`s and a bag pork scratchin`s lanlord.
Oh yeah, welcome from sunny Florida (100` with 550% humidity) and the soggy Republic of Yorkshire.
"Nope, didn't get a bite all morning. We eat loads of "fish and chips" at the local market there."
Had to make do with a cod piece, eh? (Oh no! Not another fish joke!!!)
I love the colors and composition of your avatar photo, it looks like a magazine cover to me. Welcome aboard, and I think the 'nondescript' bow is a lood-looking bow.
Killdeer :wavey:
Hi fish
Just to say Hi from another Englander in (Reading)i think you will like this site all the guys are helpful and seem to be pritty cool. are you into NFAS ?
HI!
Ah, you Brits are a fine bunch - glad to have you here.
Hey Fish, welcome!
WELL IME FEELING VERY WELCOME!!
UKarcher ,get yer girlfriend down to hecks and ask chris to let her sample the perry! carefull though its 8%! good to see so many brits on here,shame there no likelyhood of the law being repealed,still some brits do still hunt with the bow!of cours i would never think of breaking the law....honest! as for targets at the moment its rabbit skins (just before they die!)
Welcome, Fish. Nice pheasant you got there.
Wow, this really is an international site!
UKarcher, I love that quote "Vegetarian bowhunters of England:- Brotherhood of The Bean"
Sorry to hear that bowhunting is illegal in England. After God and family, bowhunting is most important to me. Life would be a lot less fun without it. Perhaps we take it for granted over here.......
never take it for granted mate! when the ban loomed in 1988 no one made a fuss so it was banned!from what i can make out theres still a few of us left over here! i am planning a visit to the states next year,then ille shoot some wild turkeys !
Welcome from Az,Fish. Great picture and welcome to the :campfire: .............Chort
thanks chort whats an AZ?
Welcome from Colorado! I'm going to have to get "across the pond" to fling arrows one of these days. Especially since my mom is from Northampton. Cheers, mate!
Welcome fish,
AZ is the abreviation for the state of Arizona.Kinda like KS for Kansas,OK for Oklahoma...well,you get the idea.
yup welcome to the family fish
Hello Fish, and welcome to the Gang!
I' from Norway and we have the same problem over here - no bowhunting allowed at the moment :-(
But, we are working on it and maybe one day...
norway! now from what ive seen on the telly thats one advanced nation! big place too! i saw a program about the indiginous people in the north who swing baskets on strings round their heads to catch the mozzies,then make them into burgers! mega protien! is lapland part of your country?if so wanna sell me some reindeer antler or bone?
PaulKS i see know about the 'AZ' thing!
Fish , glad you have introduced yourself ! You are going to enjoy this site greatly old boy , I go by Von on here but those can call me Flatiron if they please . Boys let me tell ya about Fish , He's a handy buggar at making stuff , knives , engraving glasses , and even doing scrimshaw . Hope we can get him over for a proper bowhunt one day.
cheers von!ille get over there one day!ide like to say before yer too old,but you allready are!!! :biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
heres one of my engraved glasses for any one thats intrested:
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and some scrimshaw on mammoth ivory:
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/scrimshaw1-1.jpg)
some sticks:
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/IMAG0026.jpg)
my first knif from a circular saw blade:
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/IMAG0031.jpg)
and a bone arrowhead!:
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/IMAG0007-1.jpg)
Beautiful scrimsaw work! Love the Mammoth.
Told you boys ! he's a talented son of a gun!
WOW!, now we need to get him making bows
I think he could do that too if he tried!
Well, Hullo There!! :)