- Joined
- Sep 1, 2020
- Messages
- 1,970
What size hook is that?
-
The SH Membership has gone live. Only SH Members have access to post in the classifieds. All members can view the classifieds. Starting in 2020 only SH Members will be admitted to the annual hunting contest. Current members will need to follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Click on your username 2. Click on Account upgrades 3. Choose SH Member and purchase.
-
We've been working hard the past few weeks to come up with some big changes to our vendor policies to meet the changing needs of our community. Please see the new vendor rules here: Vendor Access Area Rules
Cheap Stuff that Gets the Job Done
- Thread starter BackSpasm
- Start date
hokiehunter373
Well-Known Member
What a POS. Wonder how many fish he killed or blindedThere was a well known bass fisherman that got busted for snagging fish and keeping them in a tank at home. He’d then sneak the fish in for tournaments.
Big Bass Legend Mike Long Exposed as a Snagger, Cheater and Thug
Kellen Ellis had just weighed in the heaviest limit of the field on the first day of his second-ever bass fishing tournament, one of the biggest in San Diego County. The then-18-year-old was flying high. His day got even better when the rock star of California big bass fishing walked over to say...www.themeateater.com
Near as I can determine from measuring its a 4/0. I didn't buy it, I pulled out of a log on the bottom of a river.
BASSDASH Tactical Molle Water Bottle Pouch with Carabiner Foldable Mesh Holder Bag for Travel Fishing Hunting Hiking Outdoor Activities https://a.co/d/6qF9PPv
$7 milkweed dispenser , works great on the lumbar belt of my pack
$7 milkweed dispenser , works great on the lumbar belt of my pack
Attachments
Got some of these, rated to 220lbs. Gear strap, strap clothes to my Pac Seat or pack.
Alot better then plastic buckles.
www.rei.com
Alot better then plastic buckles.
Sea to Summit Hook-Release 3/4" Accessory Straps - Package of 2 | REI Co-op
Use these Sea to Summit Hook-Release 3/4-in. accessory straps to lash gear onto your kayak, backpack, car rack and much more.
www.rei.com
Bango Skank
Active Member
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2020
- Messages
- 175
Clearance & Factory Seconds
cmigearusa.com
Figured I’d share this. I like CMI pulleys. Not super pretty, but bomber stuff, good quality and made in the US. Factory seconds stuff is that way because of small cosmetic flaws, they won’t sell you life support rated gear that has compromised integrity. I found a little machining mark on a cheek plate that’s barely visible through the anodized finish on the pair of RP137D double pulleys I got from that page. Same spot on both pulleys, I never would’ve noticed it if I hadn’t been looking for a reason why they were factory seconds. So 50$ to my door, and added my own rope to put together a fine little 5:1 mechanical advantage system.
Also on that page is the RP110-CS pulley. There’s a couple guys that have made a homemade little RopeWrench with those. Move the sheave to a corner hole, add the RopeWrench Slic pin (fits perfectly) to an opposite corner hole and voila. Mine is made with the fixed plates RP140 Glide pulley, but same deal. Inexpensive and safe device if anyone wants to try out SRT. Gotta figure out a way to attach the tether differently than mine, but shouldn’t be too tricky.
Yea this has multiple uses outside and inside lolBelt and rope shown here. Rope loops through belt to hold plastic buckle together.
- Joined
- Sep 13, 2020
- Messages
- 787
I would have to think this has made it on here multiple times..
US Army Molle II ACU waist pack. ( Army surplus or eBay /Amazon )
Versatile pack for scouting or climbing method/ ropes/ ROS.
Sub $20 tyd is USA made & can be worn on waist, as a sling , added to pack or hybrid.
US Army Molle II ACU waist pack. ( Army surplus or eBay /Amazon )
Versatile pack for scouting or climbing method/ ropes/ ROS.
Sub $20 tyd is USA made & can be worn on waist, as a sling , added to pack or hybrid.
Last edited:
Iron_llama
Well-Known Member
I use mine as a rope bag. Strap it to my 1-stick and everything is in a compact package. Even fits my Recon.
DB4x4
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2018
- Messages
- 1,870
I have 1 on my scouting setup and a 2nd on my turkey setup. Sure wish they weren't so floppy floppy.....I don't know if these were designed to work together of not but combine that pouch with this cheap belt and u can haul some relatively heavy loads....
Picked up one of these off ebay for $7. Used it for a floodlight installation, to allow me to adjust the lamp. Cheaper than an entire fluid head, and does the job.
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2019
- Messages
- 1,294
My kids bought me one for Christmas and it’s great! I also found a Sunpak pistol grip tripod head at a goodwill store for $1.10.
On the recommendation of @Robert loper and others on this site, I now own 4 tasco trail cameras from walmart. I put 2 of them out in June and just got them last week. Not only did they capture a lot of shooters in that period, they were both still snapping pictures after basically 6 months in the field using standard alkaline batteries. I will probably keep adding more of these to my fleet as I see them on sale etc. For 30$, I dont really even worry too much about getting them stolen. I have 2 still out on video mode, which I am looking forward to checking out the results as what I have seen is that it does pretty well there too.
The only downside is if you have a Mac like I do the jpg photo format can't be read with your regular software. I find a free app called Movavi Photo Editor that lets me check the cards with ease however. Its a pain but worth it to me for the price of the cameras and their extremely functional design and operation.
Cheap and definitely get the job done!
The only downside is if you have a Mac like I do the jpg photo format can't be read with your regular software. I find a free app called Movavi Photo Editor that lets me check the cards with ease however. Its a pain but worth it to me for the price of the cameras and their extremely functional design and operation.
Cheap and definitely get the job done!
We had them out am
Love mine. Gonna stock up on more of them soon
Rjschatts
Member
On the Walmart note, I got a pair of them Realtree-brand base layers for cold weather, cost $20 or less, my legs have never been warmer. Easily as warm as my $300 Sitka top base layer.
They are JPG but I think its the wrong codec or something. Its a known problem with these and mac. Has nothing to do with SD card formatting or any of that. Its the tasco software on the device that saves them in an unreadable format that works fine on windows devices and mac software that supports that specific format (which does not include preview). I would like to find some software that I can just batch convert them to png or something to try and get around it
May have been mentioned already, but ~400 dollar RTH bows are a great beginner buy. It's starting to have a few minor issues likely because I'm not gentle with it, but my Bear cruzer g2 has been good to me the last 3 seasons. It will get replaced at some point, but the 4-500 dollar RTH (trophy ridge accessories, whisker biscuit FTW!) packages are a really good deal if someone just wants to learn how to shoot deer at a fraction of the flagship bow price in my opinion. I may not pick this exact bow again, but reccomend taking a good long look at this price point before springing for a "nicer" bow.
I'm also an EZ-V sight fan, it's relatively cheap compared to all the sights out there, and works very well
I'm also an EZ-V sight fan, it's relatively cheap compared to all the sights out there, and works very well
Iron_llama
Well-Known Member
My bow is about 20 years old and I'm starting to get concerned it might give up the ghost. But, I can't see myself shelling out for a new Matthews and have been keeping an eye on local pawnshops. I've also been looking at the Bear packages and could see myself getting one, and upgrading the attachments.
What quibbles do you have with it?