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Patrick, Good on ya for building with Sycamore, one of my favorite woods … quarter sawn no less - boy howdy can’t wait to this thread develop!! I had a long bow a decade and a bit ago … spalted sycamore back and belly with boo cores. Beautiful and very pleasant to shoot. how long will the...

I have paddled my Shaw and Tenney sassafras paddle ( the guide model I think ) for 2 years now. It has a larger blade surface than I thought I cared to pull through the water. I ordered it unfinished and oiled the entire paddle with badger oil after wood burning a quote on each side. I did...

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I would love to hear about … see pics - of your hot tent set up. Bob

I am a solo guy. This is because most of my friends have no interest in multi day trips in the bush … or visiting the bush at all. So, it was tough at first. I think Alan is correct when he writes about a persons make up ie, being comfortable alone or not. I was not comfortable, but over a...

My dog is 65 pounds in the bow ( stern facing forwards ). I sit on bow seat as stern seat, at the time kneeling. I found the cross section of the NC to be flatter than the Chestnut. My memory is a little fuzzy, but I THINK I remember the NC being a little ”Cheekier” towards the stems, were...

Glenn, I mean a real Chestnut Prospector in wood canvas. That boat compared to the Royalex version I owned is far superior relative to paddling. It is faster, even being short and wide. With my GPS I found I paddled 4 mph easily when empty with dog. When paddled with a tripping load … just...

Can not compare the boats, but do have Nova Craft 15 experience. Mine was Royalex and came with the assurance from Nova Craft higher ups it will not oil an. I only paddled the boat solo … with my dog in the bow. It was very nimble and stable. However, it was slow and did not ”feel” like a...

TheIndian, Congratulations with your new purchase!!!! I hope it is everything you are looking for. Please consider reposting some pics of camp once you get it and are having tripping adventures, they would be well received! Good on ya! Bob.

Simuliumvenustum, Not to hijack this thread, but thank you for posting pics of your tent. I have heard great things about it and nearly purchased one before buying a 10 x12 wall tent. I now use that as my deer hunting, ”winter camp “ . It is up now and will be taken down in March or April ...

I am lucky, Snowtrekker is located only like 6 hours away from me. As such, there are people around with various products I can talk to-see in use-to find what works for me. Like Memaquay said, I took the pain once and bought a Snowtrekker base camp ( older model now ). I have never canoe...

No doubt about it pain sucks! Especially if it stops us doing what gives us tinglies in life. I do not have tennis elbow, but have had a problem with elbow pain for years. Lifting weights I do ok if careful. Shooting my longbow, I do ok if I am careful. Lifting 3 times a week AND practicing...

I have a Dave Curtis Eaglet, set up solo for my dog Jake and I. As a larger paddler and a 65 pound dog traditional solo boats just don’t work well for us, especially as Jake ages and needs to move about more to easy his sore joints. I am continually amazed at how easy it is to get a vertical...

I paddle tandem canoes solo with my canoe dog Jake. We travel 6 or so miles a day until we reach “base camp”. There we process a fair amount of fire wood, set up the lean one as well as a tarp and get comfortable. While at base camp we travel several miles a day exploring the surrounding...

That is 100 percent true ( retired biology teacher ). However, with severe drought transpiration turns to wilting. When sun light begins to wain ( and the angle of the light is less intense ) trees stop making chlorophyll as loss of water and not enough sugar production are liabilities. The...

Walnut leaves are yellowing, some are dropping due to our summer long drought. Maples are just starting to turn, will be a few weeks yet. Bur and White oak acorns are dropping … we are about 3-4 weeks early it would seem.

Always. My trips are planned around productive walleye water. I do not eat many but plan on catching a lot. Jake and explore the water and timber on a trip, and love finding new places to fish from … from canoe or shore it matters not.

Looks like a pretty major project. I have tripped extensively in my Ranger, from the post you quoted. It has really good speed for a large 15 footer, is very nimble and even paddles superbly with a load. This canoe is hands down my favorite from anything else I have ever tripped with. Good...

Like Lowangle Al, I wear LL Bean uninsulated tall boots when on the trail, and comfortable shoes in camp, usually crocks, but lately I wear a pair of Keen Sandals with a toe cap. However, like Fritz mentioned, theBean boots with the chain tread is not good at all on slippery rocks. One must...

Hey Drew, The CCS Lean one is very solid in wind, once you get used to setting it up it is quite robust … Jake and I have been in some serious storms, never came down, never ripped up. it has no floor, but does have sod cloth. I have a piece of sil nylon for a floor, that lays over the sod...