Killdeer--

I agree about the back country roads.  But what I am talking about, and many others, are interstates.  Keep'em moving.

QuoteOriginally posted by pitbull:
Threads about how traditional anyone is. Shoot what you like and works best for you.

Yes, the biggest pet peeve of all.  Someone who doesn't like the equipment choice that someone else uses that they spent their hard earned money on.  

If you want me to shoot another type of bow or arrow or broadhead, by all means, buy it and send it/them to me and I will give them a try.

I hate it when someone knows there aint enough tp on the roll for the next guy and they leave it. Just change the roll for cryin out loud...I dont think this one has been mentioned yet  

people who think that the world should behave any certain way according to their own self-honoring ideals...

Don your avatar pic is freakin' me out!

wow, and I thought I had issues.  

I didn't realize how many issues I had until I found myself nodding at so many of these posts.
Can I be a crotchety old fart at 51 or do I have to wait a few more years?

Guy

US immigration laws that make it easier to be here illegally, than legally.

$5000 worth of 24" Chrome rims on a beat up 1988 Lincoln. Just stupid.

Anyone who litters. Especially at a stoplight from a car window.

Pet Peeves....


 The supermarket checker that asks me what something is. "What is this???" It's a turnip. "Whaddya do with it??" Well, you take it home, call it your progenitor, initiate a culture around it, and apply to be recognized as the Turnipites. Geez, what do you think it's for?! It's from the produce section, fer pete's sake!

 The supermarket checker that asks me what an item costs? "Ummmm....how much is this???" It's a nickle a pound. "For real???" Yes, for real. You're obviously asking me what I want to pay, and I think a nickle a pound for a porterhouse steak is fair. And hang on a sec while I run back and get about 30 of them. I'm being generous here. I actually wanted to pay a penny a pound.

 The clowns that show up at archery shop right after some fantasy movie comes out. You should have seen the local archery shop after the first Lord of the Rings came out. I pitied that poor man running that shop. "We're looking for the bow like in, you know, Lord of the Rings, you know, like Legolas uses." And after much wrangling, the poor guy deduces they want some type of longbow. And gives them a price. "What?!? Why so expensive??! Don't you have anything, you know, wooden and like that and shoots through Orcs and stuff and costs, like, you know, only twenty bucks or so?" Ummm...hey guys, can I please squeeze in here and pay for my purchase while you decide if $299 is too much to pay for killing Orcs? I don't have an Orc tag this year and I'd kind of like to get home and start work on my arrows before our local version of Gandalf shows up here asking about ordering a sword.

The same aforementioned folks who show up at the knife shop looking for "Elfin-made swords". Ummmm....are you sure they let you have sharp objects where you, um, reside?

Certain members of the Society for Creative Anachronism here that seem to have lost the ability to discern reality from fantasy. "You there! How dost thou dare to accost me such, as if I am some unwashed peasant? Dost thou not know I am the Queen's own swordsman? I challenge thee to trial by combat---rapiers at dawn tomorrow!"

Yeah? Shut up and ring up those friggin' turnips there, Sir Talksalot, before I call the manager over here and complain about this lousy customer service. And don't bag my tomatoes under them or you'll be wearing them.

Tsalagi, you're a man after my own heart.
After Lord of the Rings came out I got so many requests for arrows "just like Legolas used" that I was about ready to strangle that damned elf.

Guy

Grey, LOL, I wonder how many calls Little Chopper got for a fletching chopper that "cuts fletching in the Legolas style".

"Um, yeah, can you make me a chopper that cuts feathers into the Legolas fletch?"

"Oooo-key....what we have is Pope&Young, Sheild, Parab---"

"NO! The Legolas fletch! You know, like Lord of the Rings!"

 You know, Grey, we missed our moment. Picture this!:

ELFIN ARCHERY----BOWS AND ARROWS OF MIDDLE EARTH

We here at Elfin Archery specialize in Lord of the Rings longbows, Lord of the Rings arrows, and check out our special Lord of the Rings quivers! All at prices we feel are affordable.

Cha-CHING!!!! We could have CASHED In BIG TIME!!! Oh, wait...someone beat us to it:
http://www.woodbows.com/lor.html

Dang...

QuoteOriginally posted by robtattoo:
[QB] US immigration laws that make it easier to be here illegally, than legally.

YES   :mad:  

Politicians who make "feel good" laws that infringe upon the rights of the law abiding instead of ENFORCING the laws we currently have.  

Too much "texting"... If its that important CALL the person... LOL

Some very good points ...expressed by all...

Grey, you qualify as a crotchety old fart; it's more of an attitude than an age thing

Every time I read how we are the only folks out there having fun because of the equipment we choose to hunt with.

I have been guilty of talking down about others who haven't made the choice or the switch to hunting the way I choose for myself.

That's got to change for me!

It is my intention to show as many folks as I can the fun I have but try not to judge them if they don't come away with the same love for it as I have.

I will work at showing respect for all other hunters whether they chose the gun, compound or yes even the crossbow.

It's not up to me to decide how much spirit they have for hunting because some of the same hunting spirit I have has to be there for them or they'd just stay at home.

I want to have a better attitude than just "live and let live" but to do my best to be a good example of what I love and support them in the areas that we do have in common. "The love of the hunt." I hopefully can do that without judging them. Deciding whether they hunting good or bad is a judgment call that's not my business unless they are breaking the law to do it nor is what they hunt with.

My choice and my opinion!!

Thank you all for allowing me to get that out there. I hope that if you catch me off track in any of my posts that you'll call me on it.(With a pm or e-mail would be my preferred method) I would hate to take a public whipping but would if I needed to in order to be held accountable.

God bless,Mudd

A public whippin' for Mudd.....        
You'd have to wear one of your hats for it.              

When someone gets the last cup of coffee out of the pot and does not ask if they should make more because they have had four cups already and that will be enough for them.  Especially when they know that you just got your first cup.

People who think they can buy success  in hunting and other areas of life.
Everybody that hordes bows. They should give at least one to someone that cant afford one.