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Posts by OddDeer‭

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Meta Where do all these archery questions come from?

https://outdoors.codidact.com/categories/5/tags/504 Ah yeah, it's me. Howdy peeps ;)

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by OddDeer‭

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Q&A Am I allowed to shoot 3 under in World Archery's Instinctive Bow Division?

I'm currently thinking about switching to three under (3 fingers under the arrow knock when releasing). I ordered a new bow and wanted to take this as a chance to change or try out a few things. H...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How relevant is distance between nock and fletching?

I just recently fletched new arrows and I decided to put them a little more downward than usual. I thought (with my particular fletching rig) I would get more helical twist into it. However, I end...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A When using "Gap aiming method" do I leave both eyes open?

I want to have a look in other aiming methods and tried to start off with "gap shooting". However, I'm not quite sure whether to leave both eyes open or one eye closed. What is the right thing to d...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it possible to repair this flat bow?

TL;DR: Yes it is. Send Samick an e-mail (here for the US) and explain your problem (with pictures) to them. It is possible to repair this bow, but only by a professional. So either talk to the m...

posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to keep paper from being damaged by water in the outdoors?

The best solution is to not use classical paper. There are a lot of alternatives nowadays and you've already received a lot of them through the other answers. However, the reason why I write yet a...

posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to cut an arrow shaft

I'm currently planning to bare shaft tune a bow. The problem is that I don't have a cutting machine for arrows. These are rather expensive and so it doesn't quite make sense to obtain one for priva...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to cut an arrow shaft

I'm currently planning to bare shaft tune a bow. The problem is that I don't have a cutting machine for arrows. These are rather expensive and so it doesn't quite make sense to obtain one for priva...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How did Viking era hikers carry their gear and provisions?

This can be answered pretty precisely. They used the so called "Gokstad backpack". http://wychwood.wikidot.com/kit-bags The Gokstad 'backpack:' this is an oval cross-sectioned tube of leathe...

posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭

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Q&A Dos and Don'ts in an area signed with the shield "Rabies! Endangered District" in Germany

There are often town signs featuring another smaller sign reading "Wildtollwut! Gefährdeter Bezirk" in Germany. This directly translates into "Rabies! Endangered district". How to react to such...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Dos and Don'ts in an area signed with the shield "Rabies! Endangered District" in Germany

There are often town signs featuring another smaller sign reading "Wildtollwut! Gefährdeter Bezirk" in Germany. This directly translates into "Rabies! Endangered district". How to react to such...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Why is there a cock vane/feather?

Last weekend I went to the range with a youngster. Naturally he was very curious and asked me a lot of question. One of them was, why there even was a cock feather which needs to be pointed away fr...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is there a smartwatch/activity tracker lasting 20 days for a trek to Everest Base Camp?

There's a well-written and comprehensive article on that topic on Best Hiking called "Best Watches for Hiking 2017". The Best Watches for Hiking in 2017 A good hiking watch does not only s...

posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭

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Q&A Why did they try so hard to bring the turkey to Europe?

According to Wikipedia (German Wikipedia - Truthuhn), there were several attempts to domicile turkeys in Europe since 1732. All of them were not successful at all. Still they kept on trying until 1...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to avoid dangerous encounters with hippopotamuses?

I'm going on an adventure to Africa next year. We'll be in the savanna and thus I'm wondering how to behave in sight of hippopotamuses. What are the most common mistakes people make around hippopot...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is an IBEP/EBF course also possible with a recurve bow?

I wanted to take a bow-hunter course (DBJV) following the guidelines provided by IBEP and EBF. However, all the regulations seem to be for compound bows. Is it even possible to take the exam with a...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to correctly skin out an Antelope's ear

Skinning out deer is complicated when it comes to fiddly parts like the ears. This is especially true for Antelopes. How to correctly skin out the ears of an Antelope?

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭

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Q&A The thread of my point broke while being screwed-in. How to get the insert out of the shaft?

Something curious happened this weekend. One of my field-tips broke inside the shaft. The actual point and the thread of the tip got separated. The problem is that the thread is stilled screwed in ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is there another less crowded route up to Schloss Neuschwanstein?

We visited Neuschwanstein lately and since we were with kids, picked the common tourist path up to the castle. The hike is extremely stressful (for me at least) because you wander on a tarred way w...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A Strange river level changes (similar to tides) near the "Lech Fall"

The "Lech Fall" in Austria is a huge waterfall with a small peninsula on its inflow. This picture gives a nice overview: From Wikimedia I was standing on that peninsula and experienced extremel...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is this dense foam on a lake?

Recently we visited the alps in Bavaria. We hiked near a lake which had a lot of foam swimming on it. It was not spray from the water but rather a really dense dirty foam. Comparable to shaving foa...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A What exactly is a rocker?

Snowboards are often described with the term "Rocker". It seems like a kind of shape or something. What exactly is meant by a "Rocker" snowboard and what are the advantages or disadvantages?

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does a BCY 425x string harm my tradtional recurve bow?

I've a Bear Archery Super Kodiak from 2013 with 40 #. I shoot 8,2 gpp arrows on it. Recently I heard that I should not shoot a BCY 425x string on it since the high amount of vectran somehow harms...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A Wooden (or natural) obstacles in "the wild" looking like horse-jump obstacles

I recognized a bunch of obstacles in an area where I often hike lately. They popped up half a year ago and are spread along our local river. It seems like they are aligned to a trail. I have not m...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Any rational reason to pick a spear to hunt?

Lately I saw a lot of people hunting with spears. Not the primitive type of spear but rather a high-tech one. It looked like made out of carbon or something. I think they were from North America. T...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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