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The Survive! Never Say Die! Chat Thread

Wow man, what a scary deal. Very glad you report he has no lasting effects. Both gentlemen I've seen get it were older, and it was really bad both times. It took awhile before they were correctly diagnosed as well.
 
At that time we just had my parents land in NE WI where up until very recently all we saw was the wood tick. So how he got it is a little puzzling bit I guess you never know.
 
The moment of release caught on Iphone 6 slow-mo then freeze framed and edited...



That my Bear Super Grizzly recurve
 
Cool shot. I'd frame it.

I had a Super Grizzly but I let my little brother swindle it from me. 😒
 
Yeah its a nice bow. I like my montana better. Mainly because the arrows are tuned for the montana. The fly a little erratic in the SuperGriz. Its also a little noisy. The Montana is the quietest bow i have ever heard. I think i am going to build some super heavy arrows for the Super Griz. Probably around 700 grains. That should really quiet it down. It wont be fast but it will hit like a freight train.
 
I couldn't get mine very quiet ether. Tried a SBD string too. I used full length 400 arrows with 200-250 tips
 
Those are very heavy points. What was your draw weight? How was your arrow flight? Recurves are a little noisier. Its a flaw in their design.

Heavier points will make your arrows act as if they are spined too weak. If you had a heavy draw weight, 250gr tips on 32 inch 400 spine arrows would be like shooting 500 or even 600 spines.

My bow is 55 pounds. I am planning on building full length carbon shafts (340) with 145 grain points, with 3 rivers archery weight tubes at 8gpi. That should put me around 700 grains. I have found that heavier arrows quiet down a bow.
 
45 lb at 28. I'm 6'2 and have a 29 1/2" on a recurve.

Arrow flight was very good.

My 59 Kodiak does best with 200grain tips but I can get away with the 250.

My longbow has a heavier draw weight but is very forgiving. 400 with the 250 tip is what I hunt with.
 
Had an awesome trip to the Ozark mountains with momma this week. It was a much needed get away for us both.


This was the view from the porch of our cabin. It goes without saying pictures did this place no justice.


This was my big ass about 300+ feet above a valley. Yeah the little red spec out there. Lol.


The cave tour was fun, but the after hours 'wild tour' was more then I can explain in any words. We got to free climb on the the walls of the cave and see some of the most spectacular formations. We climbed about 60 foot to a room very few will ever see. The view in there was breath taking, not to mention the climb was too. Lol.


No pictures of the wild tour cause we was warned ahead of time how dirty and muddy we would get. So that's to come later after we develop the disposable cameras. If anyone ever has the opportunity to visit the cosmic caverns and do the wild tour DO NOT pass it up. If you think you can't climb the walls think again. She told us a story of a 67 yr old women who did it after recovering from being paralyzed. After the women did three years of rehab to walk again she wanted to do the wild tour and did. Major props for her.
 
The entire town was built on the side of the mountains. Wildest place I ever seen. It was like we stepped back in time. Really no corporations pretty much all mom and pop businesses. Just all around great time. I'll try posting some more of the caves. If I can find good ones. They had two bottomless lakes. (The divers they sent got to a point it was too risky to keep going) I can't wait to go back.
 
It was great. Here's one of one of the lakes. They were pretty positive that the two lakes were tied together, because they would rise and fall together and the temperature was the exact same, same minerals and so on.


Here's where the regular tour ended and the wild tour began. This group of stalactites look small but once you actually get over to them these were about 11_12 feet tall. You can't really see it but there is a 9 foot tall 'soda staw' in there to the left of the stalactites, largest in the Ozarks. Photos of these formations truly does not do justice to the magnitude of the them. Once in this room there is another room above it approximately 100 ft tall(my guess). Absolutely stunning formations.


Our guide was amazing. She got 6 unexperienced out of shape people to free climb for four hours. She knew every foot hold/hand hold for people tall or short. She was 5' even by the way. Great personality and very knowledgeable


This was after we exited the final tour. She said she could use a shot but I'm sure she could have used a bottle of turkey 101 when we were done. Lol.
 
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Tex, thanks for the pics! Looks like an amazing time and I bet it was nice leaving the little Toothpicks behind just for a bit.

When I was in high school I got to see the Mammoth Caves in Kentucky and where my grandparents lived in Upper Michigan there were many different copper mine tours to go on. I never had a chance to free climb around, though! No wonder you 2 had a great time :thumbup:
 
Thats an awesome looking trip! The zip line looks fun. I have never done one
 
I don't do heights real well so it was a chance for me to step out of my element. The zip line was awesome. The two guys were really funny. Cracked jokes the entire time. Really helpful for newcomers.

It was a fantastic trip, I'm glad we took the time to do it.

There was a couple from Kentucky that was on our tour who had done a wild tour in the mammoth caves. From what I gathered from the others most cave tours like that typically have you crawling around not actually climbing a lot. I may be hooked on the caves now, I'm excited to see more of them now.
 
Im not a heights guy either. I had to learn to rappel for work. Turns out, I love it
 
Yeah I was surprised how I forgot about my fear when I seen the view over the canopy. Or got into the other chambers in the cave. It's astonishing how much we could miss in life if we let fear guide us.
 
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