It's been a poor season for me health wise. Doctors are having trouble figuring out what is wrong. In my weakend state I have been toying with the idea of going back to "high tech" equipment.
Thought about just ordering a glass backed recurve (maybe one of those Sheepeaters), getting some matched tapered POC shafts, some (gad, can't believe I'm about to say this) plastic nocks, some pre ground feathers actually in pretty colors, and some glue on Zwickey Broadheads, and maybe one of those quivers that bolts on the bow and holds 5 or 6 arrows.
I feel like such a traitor. Maybe it's just the medicine talking. Please, you guys are supposed to be my friends, talk some sense into me. :knothead:
Mickey.....no body care's what kinda bow ya shoot....just get to feeling better ya hear.
Plastic nocks won't kill ya either. :wavey:
"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do". Do what seems to be the right thing. Go hunting and just be sure that you have confidence in the weapons you bring with you. Hope your health concerns are soon history.
It's not like anyone's gonna rub it in or anything. :readit: (like I'm gonna leave that one alone ;) )
Give me your mailing address and I'll get these brass nocking points in the mail to ya. :D
Brass nocks ...OH NO :scared: that may be going TOO far :biglaugh:
Just be thankfull that you can still shoot a bow....regardless of what kind it is. my grandfather taught me how to shoot....and now because of a 8 year struggle with bone cancer...he cant even lift his left arm to draw a childs bow back. The closest he gets to shooting anymore is when I bring my children (his great grandkids) over so he can watch them shoot in the yard. The joy in his eye seeing them shoot their recurves makes me almost tear up at times. He sat me down the other day (he's going thru his 3rd stem cell and chemo treatment in 2 weeks) and said "everyday you get to go shoot or spend time with your kids, embrace it, cause you never know when your gonna be on the sidelines as a spectator instead of a participant."
Shoot what you can.....what others think doesn't mean a thing. I know it wont be the same as shooting a bow that was crafted from your own hands.....but as long as you can still draw a bow....I say draw away...regardless of what kind of bow it is.
Hope you get to feelin better. I'll hunt with my woodbows and cane arrers this season just to keep things in balance. ;)
Is it just the shooting equipment you're going to "high tech" or are you giving up the plaid loin cloth also??? Come on Mick...tell me is isn't so. :scared:
On second thought you could get one of those sweet BBO's like wingnut makes.
what ever keeps you shooting sound good to me. get well soon.
And when we are too old to hunt, when the frail body can no longer draw the bow to cast the arrow, I will relive past hunts in my mind because, I am ...... a predator who fits into the realm of nature.
Get better, shoot whatever you can draw, and don't worry about what the little people have to say. :coffee:
fist off try a different doctor. Then we can talk... :readit: :campfire:
Thanks Bamboo Bender
Golly I thought you guys were my friends. I come here looking for support and what do I get? "Oh..it'll be alright." "Glass bows aren't that bad" etc etc
Where's the "tuff it out Ferret". Where's the "c'mon you don't really mean it" where's the "you'll feel like a sleazy tramp if you do that"? Where's the "You got to be kidding me?"
Geesh :rolleyes:
Mickey - hope you get feeling like your old self. You shoot a bow with fiberglass in it??? Must be the medications talking.
Shoot whatever you want, including one of those ugly old Widows, but don't let Charlie talk you into brass nocks.
Good luck and hope you are back to good health by whitetail season.
Ahh Rabbitman, I knew I could count on you.
yea geno, now were talking
Irish, you're a good friend!
That's it guys! I'm feeling better already :bigsmyl:
Charlie: you might hold off on the brass nocking points until you see if Mickey is going to put a serving on the string.
Tuff it out Ferret!! You got to be kidding me. You'll feel like a sleazy tramp if you do that.
Well someone had to say it. Feel better? :bigsmyl:
We all have to do what we have to do. I'd go back to shooting a .... well lets just say I'd shoot anything rather then not shoot at all if it came down to it.
In my opinion you are a no good, sleezy so and so if you hunt with anything but "all natural" equipment. That being said; What weight BushWacker can we make for you?
LOL
Mike
If someone nocks you for what you are shooting they are not true hunters or friends. Shoot whatever you can and be happy shooting it. That's what it is all about. Enjoying the sport of archery, No matter what it is you shoot...
Just my opinion....Jamie
Of all the dirty, rotten, back handed things to do you gonna go and get all high tech on us?! A glass backed recurve!!! Come on man what's the matter with you! Get with the program and find a different doctor. If he says the same thing go find another, then another. Eventually you'll find one that says what you want to hear. After all they are in practice which means they are still practicing and may not have it right yet.
No really I hope your health issues are resolved in short order and your back to man handling those self bows in no time!!
Mickey it sounds to me like you just need to make some yellow dust to cure what ails you my friend!
Mickey, Shoot whatever you need to do just as long as you shoot. Heck my Youngest even has a couple spare dark side bows with wheels if you need to borrow one!
I won't say a word (HeHe), I'll just send you pic's of the critters I shoot with my selfbows and make you feel bad :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl:
By the way I even shoot the plastic arrow nocks.
In my opinion you are a no good, sleezy so and so if you hunt with anything but "all natural" equipment...Wingnut
QuoteOriginally posted by madness522:
Of all the dirty, rotten, back handed things to do you gonna go and get all high tech on us?! A glass backed recurve!!! Come on man what's the matter with you! Get with the program and find a different doctor. If he says the same thing go find another, then another. Eventually you'll find one that says what you want to hear. After all they are in practice which means they are still practicing and may not have it right yet.
Now I'm smiling. :bigsmyl:
Guys thanks., and quit sending me PM's with offers of high tech bows I can use. LOL
I'll be carrying my primitive gear until I can't pull a string anymore. It's what/who I am.We may find ourselfs in a moment of weakness from time to time, but we shouldn't deviate from who we really are.
You're good people! ;)
QuoteOriginally posted by the Ferret:
I'll be carrying my primitive gear until I can't pull a string anymore. It's what/who I am.We may find ourselfs in a moment of weakness from time to time, but we shouldn't deviate from who we really are.
I had a feeling that was coming. I'm a "high tech sleazy guy", but I've read everything on your website and admire "who you are".
Ah Shucks...Chad and I were gettin ready ta come help ya clean up all that Ole junky stuff ya had layin around. Ya know ta make room fer the wheelchair ramp and Hospital Bed :readit:
:clapper: :goldtooth:
And here I was going to say you could hunt with one of those horizontal contraptions since you live in Ohio, until you get your strength back and all that is. :biglaugh:
I don't think you could go wrong with a sheepeater..I've heard alot of good things about them.
I'm glad that you are still able to shoot and hunt; matters not what you shoot, as long as the joy of the arrows flight still excites your soul,,,yes?
You may be pleasantly surprises when you go back to glass bows, I know I was!
that being said, FrenchyManny is making me an osage Torges style selfbow to die for, so I will be shooting both.
Good luck, hunt well and post lots of pics Mickey. :thumbsup: :campfire:
Mickey it doesn't matter to us bro..what matters is to YOU and your feeling of being in the woods with nature ..nature is a sure cure..a 50 lb fiberglass bow is just as hard to draw as a 50 lb selfbow..with that said if I can make you something till you get well hit me up..cane shafts, stone points, you let me know bro..I might even send you a PROPERLY made cane shaft that is foreshafted not plugged..LOL..just kiddin with that comment bro...again you let me know if I can help you for once.....gut
Quote"you'll feel like a sleazy tramp if you do that"?
...and just what's wrong with that? :D
Just worry about your health, not about what kinda bow you shoot or the draw weight. or even the sort of nocking points you use. Heck...even if you can't shoot at all for a while, just keep the faith and try to keep enjoying life. You will be back to shooting your treasured works of art before you know it.
enjnoy
ChuckC
QuoteOriginally posted by Charlie Lamb:
Quote"you'll feel like a sleazy tramp if you do that"?
...and just what's wrong with that? :D [/b]
Said one sleazy tramp to another and quoted by this sleazy tramp....
I am mostly a sleazy tramp, Mostly. LOL! but I would not feel normal any other way.
You haven't been sanding Yew without a respirator again have you? Hope you feel better soon.
Mickey,
I think you ought to do it just to check your compass. But SURELY you have a glass backed bow or three around the house already.....
;)
WOW those are some mind altering drugs, Mickey. Hope you feel better after taking them, sounds like you having nightmares to me though :D Rest of the guys keep an eye on him. No telling what he will want to switch over to next :scared:
Do hope ya feel better!
Brent
Mickey....
At least ya can get a sheepeater without a shelf....
Just keep at it....And enjoy your time in the Woods....
Are in your case your back yard....
Nah, get a Sheepeater with all the slutty a-couterments...Recurve grip, arrow shelf, backed with fish-net stalkings, black langeree...pretty sure Brent has some of these around...
If your gonna cheat...ya might as well go hole-hog! :D
P.S. Sorry for the cheap shot Brent. :p
I can't wait for Ferret's new "Glass Bows" page on his web site. The first picture will show him holding some cash and in the second he'll be shooting a bow. :knothead:
Just so happens I do have a pair not sure who they belonged to. And I'm not going to ask :eek: being wrong on that one will get ya a :knothead:
No problem Randy I love cheap shots :D
Brent
Mickey, you are a fine fellow no matter what you shoot. But heck, give that critters half a chance and keep to the primative path. A born hunter with your level of skill and experience would disrupt the natural balance if you retrograde even an inch back to tech. What next? Tree stands above 8 feet... measuring antlers... CAMO!??? say it ain't so.
The pain meds will wear off and you'll be your old self in no time. Hang tough!
Yeah, that's just the medicine talking. Draw weight is draw weight so switching bows won't help. All the nuances of your self bow, cane shaft, floppy rest and all natural feathers would be missing and that would throw you off during the season, and you can't hunt properly feeling out of balance. You can still hunt feeling a little under the weather, but not off balance. :archer:
We are glad that you have come to us for support. And if you need some physical therapy you can come over and hunt the mountains with me this fall. We'll run the weakness out of you on the slopes.
Get well soon!! (and only get the pretty POCs with plastic nocks for research on your chapter)
Dang it! You guys are trying to talk him into staying primitive, and I was just about to volunteer to take all his old equipment. :bigsmyl:
Hang in there, Mickey. We're all rootin' for ya, no matter what you use. Hope the health gets back to normal quick. I know not feeling well, even if it's nothing real serious, can really get a guy down.
By the way, I've about got a dozen cane shafts straightened, plugged, and ready to mount some stone heads. Probably wouldn't be near as far along without your help and encouragement, both in person and thru your tutorials.
Clint
Clint
Mickey, first, I hope your health improves. Sorry to hear it hasn't been up to parr.
I have contemplated using my Treadway bow this year because I haven't had the time to practice as much as I should have, especially since I have completed a new hunting osage bow and sourwood arrows for this season. My Treadway has been good medicine in the past and I shoot it very well.
After shooting only self bows of my own making for the last 3 years it feels strange not only shooting a glass bow again but the thought of not shooting one of my bows, as I promised myself, until I score with my bow and homemade sourwood arrows weighs heavy.
Most importantly is your health. What you decide to shoot during this season is your choice and nobody on this board or other boards will think less of you for making your own decission. Pat
*clicks fingers*....and you're back in the room.
See, Internet hypnosis really does work.
Brought to you by the International Glass-Backed Bowyers Federation.
You won't remember a thing Mickey! :goldtooth:
I'd get a second opinion, with all of that "primative" stuff your shooting, ya might just have termites! :biglaugh:
Most important, get better and re-coup! I say "Shoot what floats your boat!"
Good Luck and Godspeed!
LD
Good Luck, Mickey.. Get better soon!
Hey there, Mickey. Hope "whatever ails you" is a short termed thing so you can get back to the good stuff. As long as there are no wheels on it, it's probably OK. Larry
ROTFL you guys are a trip. This has been a most enjoyable thread for me. The levity lifts my spirits.
Just so you know, let me tell you what's going on medically (heck someone may have gone through the same thing and can help)
Talondale asked if I had been sanding yew again, and the answer is no, but it feels like it. Having some sort of respiratory problem they can't seem to cure. Started 2 months ago. Hard to breath and cough a lot. Had a course of antibiotics that didn't clear it up, then a course of steroids that didn't clear it up and then a course of stronger steroids that didn't clear it up. At that point the docs supposed I might have pneumonia and sent me for lung xrays 2 dys before Mojam ,which turned out clear. Put me on anithistamines or anti allergy drugs which have been largely inefective. Lots of bloodwork had revealed that my bilirubin (a by-product of red blood cells dying..a natural occurance every 120 days) which is supposed to be disposed of by the liver. Mine is apparently storing it. They thought that might be becasue of my cholesterol medicine so they took me off the cholesterol medicine. Sent to a gastrointestial specialist. He sent me for more blood work and a ultrasound of my organs. Testing for diabetes and hepatitus among other things. Haven't heard back on that stuff yet but I should hear by tomorrow I would think.They did the testing last week.
Apparently two separate problems occuring simultaneously..sort of like deflex and limb twist in the same stave. :knothead:
Of course since I can't breath well, I'm not getting enough oxygen to the brain which makes me tired and think about going back to glass bows ha ha Whew..see how this all started? :biglaugh:
Sometimes I think the doctors burn down the house trying to rid the attic of bees if you get my drift.
Maybe you need a drink Mickey... Flush the system. LOL Best Wishes to you. Doesnt sound like fun. Reminds me of when I had asmtha. Get Well soon :pray:
Hang in there Mickey. It sounds pretty frustrating and pretty draining. My father recently suffered a similar episode and it turned out to be a lung infection. Maybe a second opinion starting at the beginning with antibiotics? I'm sure you've thought of it all and more.
Keep your spirits up and this too shall pass.
Ron very similar to asthma only there is no whezzing sound when trying to breath, so asthma was dismissed.
Go for it Ferret we won't be mad at Ya!Actually be a little happy. But don't start a thread saying your thinking about going out and buying some REAL TREE CAMO!!!
Oh and I forgot you never played around with any ASBESTOS did you??!!
Glass bows, plastic nocks, colorful feathers and a lack of oxygen to the brain? Sounds to me like you just need to loosen the strings on your corset. (Oops, that was Bernie. Sorry!) :bigsmyl:
Mickey shoot what ya want and get better bud!! Shawn PM sent!
QuoteOriginally posted by bentpole:
Oh and I forgot you never played around with any ASBESTOS did you??!!
Probably.
Probably chewed on lead painted window sills too. I know I spray painted motorcycle tanks and fenders in a paint booth made out of a shower curtain in my parent's basement (still can't believe we didn't blow that house up since we were mmaybe 10 feet from the furnace) and I rode my bicycle behind the mosquito spray truck when I was 9 years old in Florida getting sprayed all over so we wouldn't get mosquito bit..oh and I did spend my teenage years growing up in a house across the street from a chemical plant..but I doubt if any of those things affected me :saywhat: :pray:
Mickey, We used to ride our bikes behind the mosquito truck in Savannan when we were growing up. Also used to play with murcury...makes a dime real shiny and slippery and swam at Savannah Beach while nuclear waste was being dumped in the Savannah River(1950s) so it couldn't be anything like that. Could it possibly be eating too many HDFH? Pat
LOL I forgot about playing with the Mercury..yea did that too! LOL Maybe that's why we have similar "foreheads" Pat :saywhat:
Ahh the good ol days
The HDFH may play heck with your stomach and intestines but I doubt if they hurt your lungs or liver :biglaugh:
Infectious wood grindings. Be careful those glass bows may make you TO accurate! Oh ya, don't chew on any China made toys for a while. Hope you feel better soon.
AGENT ORANGE :scared: :scared: It's the Government's FAULT I TELL YA :saywhat:
Ok! This calls for some drastic measures. Take a look at these and see if you can resist wantin to make some arrers. :campfire:
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Then read "A Thousand Camp fires" By Jay Massey. It might not help with the physical ailments, but could go a long ways towards helpin with the delirium I think you are experiencing. ;)
oh mickey you are sick plastic nocks!!! self nocks all the way.wolfman :D
Hang in there, Mickey. I hope your recovery is quick and complete. Prayin' for your health.
Chris
We're all gonna chip in and get a Penobscot crossbow made for ya Mickey. It'll be called a Dryve-by Sheepbeater.
Meantime, cinch up that plaid loincloth and get back into the fray. Your neighbors' azaleas are counting on YOU!
Killdeer~hunting with aluminum 'til you regain your stride. :archer:
Geez Mickey, I just saw this.......things started running through my head....I have to offer him some bows to use, give him a choice between an older, (50"s) Bear bow, or an osage selfbow......gotta change my vacation plans and make it to Ohio right now to visit, so many things to take care of......makes me realize what's important in life.....people like you!
David
:knothead: :clapper:
Sure hope you feel better soon!
Once you get your health back I'm sure you'll come to your sences. We all ready got global warming Mickey, we don't need another imballance in nature. Get better soon my friend.
Alright Boobender now I have a new wallpaper on my puter. :thumbsup:
Dryve-by Sheepbeater...kinda catchy. ;)
David...thanks what a nice thing to say.
Gonna split yours with me Vance? LOL
thanks guys...really
Get feeling better Mickey, hold back the urge. Fiberglass will make you itch. I mess with it some myself but it is hard to beat a plain old piece of wood. Here I will give you something else to focus on
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Ferret,
I'm not a doctor, but that sounds a heck of a lot like pluracy. That is an inflamation of the lining around the lungs. It recurrs from time to time, making it hard to breath. I worked with a guy that had that and he had some rough bouts, but faired pretty well. I hope you are ok. Hang in there and don't sell out!! :bigsmyl:
How else am I gona' learn to build self bows? Your like the Yoda selfbow maker of SW Ohio. :notworthy: Don't go to the dark side master.
Get better,
Charlie
We are all giving him a hard time about glass bows but the man probably has as many glass bows as he does wood bows. Thats alot of bows!
Mickey, Do you think this condition has been cause by you shooting a glass bow and carbon arrows at my house last Nov.?
Hope you get to feeling better and if ya need anything you know my number!!
Camo,dont forget the camo!!! Might as well break all the rules!! Get well soon.
CB
Praying for you, Mick---Want you to be well!
Sorry you are not feeling well,
First prayers for you and then take 4 days at MOJAM and 4 days at OJAM and you will feel better in the morning :pray:
Chad you may be onto something. You know you only have to TOUCH poison ivy to get it..LOL. Come to think of it that's what may be giving you you're headaches and dizzyness Chad :biglaugh: .
Praying for you as well buddy.
Dang KC that's a heck of a log...look how straight it is on the outside, although that center cluster would worry me a bit. How did it split out?
Things I need to ask the doc about..Lymes disease, lung infection, pluracy, any more? ha ha
Thanks again all, Dianne and I are humbled by your outporing of caring.
Mick,
Have em test for all the things we get exposed too. Lyme's, West Nile, Rocky Mt. Spotted fever etc.
Don't know if you got em but heck it might be fun getting tested. Anyway Dianne can put on a nurse uniform and take care of ya. That's not all bad.
LOL
Give me a call when ya get a chance.
Mike
QuoteOriginally posted by wingnut:
Anyway Dianne can put on a nurse uniform and take care of ya.
Mike
Ohhh like nurse Goodbody on Hee haw.Yea baby. :thumbsup:
Dialing as I type since I know you're up.
Mickey
split out pretty good but I have not gotten anything made out of it yet. Its mulberry.
Mick
Sorry to hear yer feelin poorly still.
That bein said, Are you gonna jump in all the way and maybe even use fast flight string?
traitor
Oh sure Otto why the heck not..I'm thinking Black Widow with carbon limbs, 6 strand fast flight string, string silencers and muffs and 2 brass nock points and a 6 arrow quiver. Carbon arrows with plastic nocks, chartruese feathers and someof those G5 broadheads that cost $30 apiece, and maybe some of that Bill Jerdan hide-o-flage with scent lock, only first I got to spray it with that stuff so I don't glow neon blue, and a Walkers Game ear so I can hear em coming. Better have a mouth muffler in my pocket in case I have to cough too (been coughing a lot lately). What are my leaving out? :rolleyes:
Thanks John...knew you would understand :biglaugh:
Ferret,
:knothead: Sadly, I have most of the things you just mentioned in my closet somewhere. After crashing through the woods with all that crap in the past..... this year it is just the bow and arrows with a knife and simple outdoor clothes. I'm doing away with all the fancy gagets and just going for a walk and sit in a blow down somwewhere.
-Charlie
Charlie...you are going to go.."it can't be this simple, I thought I really NEEDED all that stuff" :knothead:
Just Googled up pleurisy, and got beau coup hits. I don't know which sites have the most reliable information, but it might be worth looking into.
And I would go with vanes, Mickey. It gets damp out there sometimes, and it would also keep you from breathing in the microscopic dust of feathers being worn by the rest as they pass over it.
Go to the pharmacy and get the tablets that they make for ostomy patients. Makes your crap sweet as cotton candy, so you won't have to shower after every dump. Combine them with lots of black licorish, and not only will your poop be green, but you will be able to use it as a curiosity attractant.
Killdeer :bigsmyl:
Good advice as always Killy :notworthy:
I think Monday I'm going to request that my family physian refer me to a lung specialist rather than to try and keep figthing it himself.
BTW where'd ya get your new sig line..I like it!
Mick
Pee bottle....ya forgot yer camoflaged pee bottle.
I signed the author's name to it, Ferret. How long has your GP been at this case?
K~
Mickey doesn't pee,Otto. He blesses the ground, makes the woodruff sweet and puts the smile in smilax!
:biglaugh:
Ferret,
We'll see how it goes this year, but I think I found a honey hole! Great place to go for a walk and have a sit. Lots of deer! Never hunted it before, hopefully it doesn't get too much pressure. Hope ya' get to feelin' better.
On the bright side, judging from the pictures from your backyard, you won't need to go too far to hunt this year. :thumbsup:
-Charlie
Mickey,
I'm not going to chide ya and give ya a ration of crap because your thinking about shooting a glass backed bow.
Let me tell you what happened to me last month. I was watching a ppv movie sitting in my favorite chair munching popcorn enjoying life :bigsmyl:
your friend
Joe Doyle
Joe, nothing rings so clearly as the truth.
Killdeer :notworthy:
Damn Nighthawk, that does it, I'm never eating popcorn again! (another mild attempt at levity)
Dang man that sounds bad, glad they got you to the hospital in time. That had to be scary as all get out.Hope your next exam goes ok and they are done exploring the caverns (if ya get my drift).
This thread was actually started in jest,(and out of a bit of depression about the length of time this problem has been bothering me), and I thought the "high tech" part would be good for some lively posts. Instead everyone was so dang caring and nice I truthfully felt bad about starting it
I do know/realize what is important in life and it's not what kind of weapon one is carrying in their hands at any given time. Family, friends, your health, somewhat your wealth, how you treat others and how you keep your word are what is really important, not whether you're hunting with wood or glass, or if your weapon has wheels or uses bullets..or if you are even hunting at all.
I imagine in your case that has become abundantly clear.
I'm tipping my cup of hot tea to your continued recovery and good health my friend and I expect to share a drink of choice with you in person at the next Cloverdale.Don't dissapoint me.
Hey Mickey, you know how I feel about selfbows, but I do have several glass bows too and, well, I like them. You heard me. I am glad that is off my chest.
So if you want to get a glass bow I will not loose any measurable amount of respect for you, but if you don't get your health restored soon I am going to be very disappointed. :saywhat:
Now go get better.
Hey Mickey,
I remember you metioning you were ailing before MOJAM and I'm sorry to hear it hasn't cleared up yet.Hope the cool weather there this year wasn't too much of a shock to your system...
You just take care of yourself and do what it takes to get better.As you can see we're all rooting for ya.
Tho Killdeer seems to know way too much about your bodily functions... :confused:
Hey Mickey, you have nothing to fear. Dr. Killdeer is on your case! ;) Just remember what I told you. It is never to dark that you can not find a way! :thumbsup: :pray: :pray:
I'm just starting to wonder....with all of the knowledge that Mr. Ferret seems to have about modern gadgetry, familiarity with all of the things he claims to loathe....is there a secret in the closet that he can no longer hide? Is there something you want to tell us Mickey? Feeling crushed by all the trappings of true tradition? Have a deep longing to go hog wild with techno gear? It's o.k., really. As you have seen we all like and support you regardless. For some guys it's a red Ferrari, for others it's a glass bow. Now go ahead and say it.....
You know maybe its just a mid life crisis, :readit: I've had several already one just was'nt enough. :saywhat:
Brent
Mickey,
Maybe it's you diet not your weapon that's the trouble. You haven't started eating vegetables have you? You know those green, yellow, grow in the garden things?
You could get one of those new fangled metal riser, adjustable bows. Just think, forty or so moving parts to keep your mind befuddled and busy. Many are small little screws so it can double as a vision test as well!
Hope you feel better!
Jeff
Hey that's the second time tonight I heard it could be my diet...IT AIN"T MY DIET. Been eating the same things for 57 years (and yes I eat green and yellow veggies)I just don't eat ONIONS or garlic or mushrooms or a few other nasty things..well a lot of other nasty things LOL
Hmmmm Brent.....I am looking at ANOTHER new motorcycle (vrooom vroom) :bigsmyl:
Hey Mickey that was my second one
2003 100 th anniversary XLH1200 Sportster :bigsmyl:
Ooooh I hear they are nice. Rubber mounted engine, belt drive..sweet! Potato-potato-potato :bigsmyl:
Dang,
Nighthawk, that's scary. Hope all is going well. Ferret, I don't know you, but if you PM me your address, I'll ship my old high tech Jennings to you pronto. From what I've read, that should scare you back to health.
Of course, can't you just build something lighter until you get better? Don't think "no" laminations will make it draw easier! Cheers, and better health to you both. Steve
Chasing a fiberglass ring? Can you do that? Maybe a carbon ring..
Some of you guys have been sniffing too much sawdust...or URAC.
sorry, didn't mean to take the fun outa the thread. I need to get me a package of hdfh,those things will cauterize your whole insides :bigsmyl:
My pastor and my friend got me good the next day in the hospital. He came to see me and of course I had morning breath and was wiping my mouth with the corner of the bed sheet( didn't have a toothbrush or anything yet) well any way he asked me what I was doing and I told him and he started grinning so I asked what was up? He told me that they did 2 scopes on me 1 lower and 1 upper. Not following along I said okay what's that got to do with anything? an of course his reply was that the reason my mouth felt dry and icky was because they must have done the lower scope first :bigsmyl:
I'm doing good now and looking forward to deer season and some "Gray Days"
QuoteOriginally posted by the Ferret:
Oh sure Otto why the heck not..I'm thinking Black Widow with carbon limbs, 6 strand fast flight string, string silencers and muffs and 2 brass nock points and a 6 arrow quiver. Carbon arrows with plastic nocks, chartruese feathers and someof those G5 broadheads that cost $30 apiece, and maybe some of that Bill Jerdan hide-o-flage with scent lock, only first I got to spray it with that stuff so I don't glow neon blue, and a Walkers Game ear so I can hear em coming. Better have a mouth muffler in my pocket in case I have to cough too (been coughing a lot lately). What are my leaving out? :rolleyes:
Mickey, I have got all of that stuff except the widow! Get Otto to let you borrow one and you are set.
BTW, If the doc says you just need to eat more crawfish, please let me be there for the first bite.
shoot two arrows and post tomorrow!! :archer:
take care
Maybe you just need to SHORTEN your draw! (Now that's cold)
Mickey, do ya think it may have something to do with breathing the air at a lower altitude than the rest of the population?? :biglaugh:
Hope you're feeling better soon.
Chad
Heck yah...I'll loan him a Widow. However I'm not responsible if he shoots one of his woodies out of it and his arrow gets charred.
I think I got a camo pee bottle he can have too.
Them poor whitetail will die of shock if they see Mickey geared up that way.
Hmmm camo pee bottle, I gotta get one of them. :bigsmyl:
ROTFL..you guys are a hoot.
OTTO I can tell you this I hope my woody never get's charred and what in the heck made you think you had to have a camo pee bottle in the first place? Some people with a lot of expendable money will obviously buy ANYTHING
Chad..crawfish? Ain't gonna happen bro. I don't even know how Raccoons can eat them things.Ain't a creafish just a por white trash lobster? LOL
Very funny Chris, and I'm the last one to know when it rains too! har har
Well, it used to be a camo water bottle that I carried in my backpack when I was hunting.
But since I caught my son taking a whiz into it about a year ago, it's morphed into a camo pee bottle.
I don't use it but my son thinks it's a hoot.
Gee Mickey.....Whatta ya been doin' with all them bows you built over the last (how many) years?????
Just cause ya can't build'em don't mean ya can't shoot'em.....
Zwickeys are good broadheads.....(probly even older than YOU)
Pretty plastic nocks and pe-made feathers will just make your arrows look....."pretty"
REMEMBER.....BackQuivers Are COOL!!!!! IMAGE is EVERYTHING!!!!!
STAY AWAY FROM THE BRASS NOCK POINTS!!!!!
Get Well Soon My Friend!!!!!
next thing ya know you start serving chicken hotdogs at MOJam
Mickey, I have been following along here and thought I would add a brief word of encouragement...hang in there bro!
I have been dealing with a problem for almost two years myself. Doesn't give you alot of confidence in the doc's.
Anyway, I will be saying a prayer for those test results next week and by all means get yourself a good light weight recurve and some carbons :D
You have a lot of people here that care about you..
RayMO
You aren't getting out of doing seminars tis easy. Sorry your feeling poorly but I already got you signed up for two seminars and a bow building class with two boy scout troops. So quit the whining and get buzy roughing out some staves. If your not gonna make use of that cool northern climate you might as well move to Missouri. Wishing you well. keith
You aren't getting out of doing seminars tis easy. Sorry your feeling poorly but I already got you signed up for two seminars and a bow building class with two boy scout troops. So quit the whining and get buzy roughing out some staves. If your not gonna make use of that cool northern climate you might as well move to Missouri. Wishing you well. keith
Keith please no more boy scouts :knothead: Why don't we teach 2 scout LEADERS and they can teach 20 boy scouts over a longer period of time than a weekend (now why didn't someone think of THAT earlier? LOL
Cool northern climate? It was 101 here 2 days ago. Was delerious. Thought I was in Marshall and couldn't figure out where everybody went :biglaugh:
So I had my 13y.o daughter read this thread (her first time reading this forum). Her response: "I like these guys". If a teenager likes you guys, you all must be sick!!
Why stop with a glass or carbon bow? I know damn well you still got a couple wheelie bows hanging it that basement. Hell fire. Get out there and join Team Matthews or somesuch. No sense halfarsin' it!
If that's not far enough, you know I got a couple slug guns and a scoped, inline muzzleloader you can borrow.
All kidding aside, you know my opinion on this stuff but for those that don't, shoot what makes you happy. And shoot it a lot. And kill lots of deer with it all. Deer meat is good! I ate my last deer steak about a month ago. Had beef tonight. Kids would hardly touch it :)
We have a kids doe hunt coming up the end of September. Both Em and James are hunting this year. We hope to rectify the lack of venison in the freezer.
You take care bud!
"next thing ya know you start serving chicken hotdogs at MOJam"
~nonose
Tofu.
Killdeer :thumbsup:
Tofu!!! My favorite :bigsmyl:
Oh..... Say It Aint SO Maynard!! Mickey is about to be OverTaken by the Dark-Side!! :scared: :scared:
Ya Gotta Do, What Ya Gotta Do Brother!! Whatever Gets Ya Through.......... :clapper:
Daggone Mickey, Soon you'll want to mount one of those selfbows cross-ways on an old gunstock! Ooooooooo! (Shiver..) You are to be scorned, scourged, and shunned for the very thought! Oh wait, that was just my thought...crap. See, you're corrupting us! Aahhh! Monkey signs, monkey signs.... Run away.....
Na Mick, Shoot was you gotta shoot and have fun. Get a second or ninth opinion and kick this thing soon, brother.
This has been a fun thread but in reality it was started in half jest, for there is no difference between a selfbow, cane arrows and trade points and a glass bow, carbon arrows and the latest mfg broadheads other than the amount of effort it takes to construct the first set.
The hunting/woodmanship skills are the same and no amount of high tech gear is going to make up for a lack of them (valuable words for newbes!), and by applying what skills I have mastered over the years being at 7 or 8 yards from a deer this fall is not going to require any specialized equipment to bring it to bag. 50# is 50# (more or less whether glass or wood) and as long as the arrow flies true from the bow and the end is pointy and sharp, and I can follow a good bloodtrail, we will be feasting on venison again this winter.
The lack of air I am recieving is troubling and tiresome, and could hamper hunting a little bit, but I am confident they will figure it out and I'll be fine soon enough. I do thank y'all for the concerns, the PM's and emails offering gear (been offered some dandy bows from top of the line bowyers from some awfully good friends... and some strangers), well wishes and cures (some of which are pretty wild ha ha) but you can trust that I'll be in the hardwoods this fall with a well tuned selfbow, cane arrows and flint (where legal) or tradepoints where rock ain't legal...oh and wearing plaid too. A tiger can't change his stripes you know ;)