Dawn at 37,000 feet this morning, on my way home. Not the best picture but it was something to see, looked like orange fire rolling onto the horizon.
15 September 2012
09 September 2012
Stump Thumpin, Chaga, & Strop Fungus
Since I'm traveling again next week and I've been itching to get some woods time, I had to get out.
I wanted to do some more preseason scouting, hammer some stumps, collect some chaga and find a Razor Strop (Piptoporus betulinus) fungus to make a new strop with.
With longbow in hand and my favorite pack I hit the woods.
This is the Piptoporus betulinus I decided to collect for the new strop I am making. I'll cut it to shape, affix it to a comfortable wood backing. I've found they work great as a strop, and in a pinch they also work as antiseptic bandages.
I've become a big fan of these VPA small game heads. I use the 200gr versions as I'm running very heavy arrows and these help me get a good weight FOC, they hit like freight trains and my arrow flight is awesome. They've become my favorite target and small game heads and they weigh exactly what my broad heads weigh. I deviated from my usual cedars this year as I wanted to try some carbons. I'm using 75/95 GT Traditional shafts at a little over 11gr an inch, full length 32" and 100gr brass inserts. Total arrow weight is just over 650grs.
This is a bed I found on the way out, it has seen a lot of use. It's a little small for moose but way too big for whitetail.
I used that strop fungus, below is what it looks like so far. Still got some pretty-up work to do but it works just fine.
Hope you folks have a great season!
I wanted to do some more preseason scouting, hammer some stumps, collect some chaga and find a Razor Strop (Piptoporus betulinus) fungus to make a new strop with.
With longbow in hand and my favorite pack I hit the woods.
This is the Piptoporus betulinus I decided to collect for the new strop I am making. I'll cut it to shape, affix it to a comfortable wood backing. I've found they work great as a strop, and in a pinch they also work as antiseptic bandages.
I've become a big fan of these VPA small game heads. I use the 200gr versions as I'm running very heavy arrows and these help me get a good weight FOC, they hit like freight trains and my arrow flight is awesome. They've become my favorite target and small game heads and they weigh exactly what my broad heads weigh. I deviated from my usual cedars this year as I wanted to try some carbons. I'm using 75/95 GT Traditional shafts at a little over 11gr an inch, full length 32" and 100gr brass inserts. Total arrow weight is just over 650grs.
This is a bed I found on the way out, it has seen a lot of use. It's a little small for moose but way too big for whitetail.
I used that strop fungus, below is what it looks like so far. Still got some pretty-up work to do but it works just fine.
Hope you folks have a great season!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)