Recent content by lowangle al

Welcome to the site, I like the play on words of your user name.

Thinking about this a little it may have been an opportunity the eagle couldn't pass up. The eagle has the habit of roosting in the trees almost right behind where the kill took place. He goes back in the trees where you can't see him, I assume to rest or sleep. It's possible that when the heron...

I doubt the heron was injured, but you never know. The only thing I’ve seen the eagles eat at my lake were fish, with two exceptions. Years ago my neighbor had a big white domestic duck of his eaten by one. The other was last winter when the lone nesting eagle killed a beaver and pulled it up...

Yeah, the eagles and herons always coexisted on the lake and I had never seen them go after ducks or geese which I would think would be an easy meal. I figured that they preferred fish and didn't hassle the birds and hopefully not my cats. There are new eagles on my lake after one of the nesting...

It's starting to look like fall at 2000' in the Poconos.

My place in Pa is a wildlife magnet, with beaver, otter, eagles and deer almost daily sightings, along with regular coyote howls and yips. A friend who was visiting yesterday sitting on my couch saw a heron coming in for a landing across the lake. A few minutes later he asked what that white...

It sounds like he won’t have a problem carrying it, I was thinking more about paddling it. It shouldn’t be a problem until there is wind and/or waves, for safety reasons.

The easier a boat turns the less energy it takes to get back on track. I’ve wondered if this could be an energy saver compared to a straight tracker. My guess is it would, more so for single side paddling than hit and switch.

Sorry about your brother Darrell. If your Grandson doesn't have any canoeing experience you should think about getting him some instructional books or videos at the least. That's a big boat to just go out there and wing it.

Yeah, bending forward at the hips is better description then just leaning forward. It's what enables friction to hold the pack in place. You will have better results with a canvas pack and a natural fiber shirt than you will with a nylon pack and a nylon jacket, I. would think.

The problem with getting older as a canoeist is that big canoe are easier getting in and out of because of their stability and potentially higher seats, but big canoes can be too heavy. So far my composite Seliga at 40 lbs is light enough and is stable. I still mostly paddle my w/c boats but can...

Sorry to hear that jdeerfoot. The advice I would give to someone trying out a tump is to adjust it on the long side and shorten it as needed. If it's too short it will put too much weight on your head at first Have it loose enough that you can barely get any weight on it. As you lean forward...

Thanks Robin, I hope I still have it. I let myself go this past winter. I was eating crappy, gained weight and got lazy, at one point I was up to two naps a day. I've turned things around and got some strength back but still lack stamina. It is a real helpful tool PW, and I think it can help at...

I think there is a potential possibility to hurt your neck and I have tweaked mine. That being said my wife has had a bad neck for longer than she's been using a tump. Her chiropractor won't even adjust it, and at one time she was scheduled for surgery. I've always been surprised it works for...

My wife and I have been fans for almost 35 years. Using a tumpline spreads the load between your shoulders, head and your back. Leaning forward with the tump helps get the load over your center of gravity so it's not pulling back on your shoulders and it's not on your hips like with a waist...