Fireprojectile
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I had fun to see the shipping notice from Athens Archery today. Waited 12 weeks for Vista 31. Please keep fingers crossed to not have damages during overseas transport. 
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What did you do today that’s related to saddle hunting?
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Iron_llama
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I recieved my Rebel Fab 1-stick today! Next steps are paint and assembly. Then climbing practice!
Looks like you've been watching some JRB videos!
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I’d say a lot of them…..repeatedly! Learning to tie knots is one thing, seeing them in action takes it to a new level.
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Tried out the Hawk platform and the treehooper saddle
Fireprojectile
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Gotcha!
Iron_llama
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Re-zeroed my wheelie bow after having new cables & string installed. Shot my big boy recurves for the first time (ever!).
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Nice euro mount man!!!
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That's a sharp looking bow!!! At first when you said overseas shipping about your bow in an earlier post I got angry thinking Athens are made overseas???? Then I realized you're the one overseas!!!
tarafrost
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Finished reading Bloodties by Ted Kerasote
Part of my process of reading all the hunting "classics" this year.
Part of my process of reading all the hunting "classics" this year.
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Nice. Have you ever read Jim Corbett?
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Pardon my ignorance, but what are the hunting classics?
tarafrost
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no....should I?
tarafrost
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Well...to be honest, not all of the hunting tomes I've read/am reading are true "classics"....but here is a list:
Classics:
Meditations on Hunting - Jose Ortega y Gasset (hard to find and expensive....glad I got a copy years ago)
A Sand County Almana - Aldo Leopold
Bloodties - Ted Kerasote
In Defense of Hunting - James Swan
Beyond Fair Chase - Posewitz
A Hunter's Heart - Collected by David Petersen
Other hunting books I recently read/enjoyed:
Meateater - Steve Rinella
Meateater Guide to Wilderness Skills/Survival - Steve Rinella
How to Hunt - Eric Voris
Becoming a Backpack Hunter - Josh Kirchner
The Death by Bunjie Crossbow Story - Richard Wilson
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Corbett wrote about his encounters with man-eating leopards and tigers in northern India in the 1920's. "The Leopard of Rudraprayag" and "Maneaters of Kumaon" are classics. Jim Corbett was a class act and saved many lives. There is a huge national park in present day northern India named after him. Being an Englishman in colonial India that shows how much he was well thought of in the area, even to this day.
Took my new saddle setup out and did some low level practice. Getting the feel for what happens at the top of the sticks before i take it all to the top of the sticks! So far I find it to be far superior to a traditional treestand. Can’t wait to watch the sun rise from this solitude 2 on opening morning.
Not exactly "saddle"related but I finally tracked down a used topper for my truck that's not totally broken or way too much asking price. Driving down Sunday 2 hours south to pick up.... Then the hunting/fishing modifications begin...