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>>1066493
>I haven't decided what type of bow I want too get yet
Well that's the first step.
>any tips?
You aren't as strong as you think you are, if you get a recurve buy a bow with replaceable limbs and start with 25lb limbs so you don't end up with totally fucked up form. If you buy a compound, get one with a fairly wide adjustment range and good letoff.

Practice practice practice. Start with lessons if at all possible, either professionally or from someone who's been doing it a long time and you trust.

Buy good arrows. Yes, you will lose them. Yes, they make enough of a difference over bad arrows to be worth it, even just starting out. Cheap doesn't ALWAYS mean bad, but it's a good indicator. There's a few good value arrows out there.

Buy good points, either field points or broadheads. Stick to name-brand broadheads if you will be hunting (Allen is fine for field points). Never buy anything chinesium in the way of bow shit.

Wax your string religiously, a frayed bowstring is outright dangerous.

>>1066493
Go to your local sporting goods store. Avoid big box stores if you can. Local sporting stores typically have people more passionate in the art. They will measure you for a bow that is fit for you, and will likely have a range. Just go there and try all sorts of bows and see whats comfortable for you. Whats truly important is what you aim to use the bow for. For fun/sport? Hunting? Challenge? Excercise? You need to determine this.

As >>1066546 said, don't skimp out on arrows, they are just as important as the bow itself. You don't need a high end hunting arrow for target practice, so be reasonable in choosing.

You can also join your local archery club and they will have ranges + people willing to help you out, as well as plenty of bows you can rent.

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>>1066546
>>1066571
Unfortunately there are no stores in my town like that. Decathlon is probably the only one where you can actually get bows. I've checked it and settled on a 68" 26 lbs Club 500 Geologic. Still not sure about the arrows though, there are 4 types available:
32" spin 600
30" spin 800
28" spin 1000
26" spin 1200

what does it do that a Trangia cant for less money and weight

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You must be retarded if you can't figure this out

>>1065882

You apparently don't know how a Kelly Kettle works, or even what one is.

>>1065691
You mean, "hetero couples /out/"? Who with a healthy mental disposition doesn't?

>>1065691
went on a 6h hike with my wife today.

I just bought new packs for my wife and I. I purchased a Gregory Baltoros for myself, and a Gregory Deva for her. Should do us fine for the HST and the JMT next summer. We'll hopefully be going a nice loop in SNP in August or September, but lots of overnights to work out the kinks in our backpacking setups.

>>1064492
So shut the fuck up and start running a trapline. Are we being raided by PETA or somethin?

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> he thinks you can't turn around in a tree stand
> he thinks you randomly just set up in any tree
> he has no concept or understanding of hunting but tries to make a statement

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I'd rather not get mauled by the local megafauna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFS1alAVceY

>>1063579
I don't waste time and energy subjecting myself to things I hate. Well, except 4chan.

If you've run out of videos get off the computer and go for a walk or something.

>>1063593
>Well, except 4chan
see, we all have our stuff we want to bitch about.

>go for a walk
yeah usually what I do, or cook food or work on projects/plan future trips. but talkin shit on this board is fun for when im stuck inside at work like now.

>>1063579
>outdoors youtubers you hate
All of them
>/out/ists you hate
Any one who posts about youtubers

I'd love to learn to scuba but I'm not rich and my ears hurt when I'm only 8ft underwater

>>1043612
I paid 350 to get scuba certified. After that you pay ~40 to rent all the gear you need to dive per trip. Or pay an extra 5 and get 2 tanks which is an easy 1 hour of diving. I'm far from rich but I saved up for it.

When I started freediving my ears hurt around 6 feet and I was out of breath at that point. If you clear your ears, or equalize by pinching your nose and gently exhaling, your ears won't hurt. I was able to hit 40 feet in a couple months time.

>>1043605
>tfw used to be certified when I lived on the coast
>tfw moved to the midwest and I get my choice of diving in 3 different flavors of broken-glass-bottomed coffee colored water with visibility of <10"
I'll still throw on a snorkel and fins on vacation somewhere salty but I haven't worn a SCUBA tank in 8 years and probably never will again. Shit sucks.

>>1042087
If dubs you name her Irma Grese II

>>1042087
PUPPY MCPUPFACE XDDDDDD

>>1042087
Mora

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Sorry for vertical bullshit, wasn't thinking of 4chins at the time, I was just sending these to a buddy.

>>1070297
>where'd she get that bus
>I dunno, but alaska

She would still be alive if her bus didn't break down in alaska

>>1070297
Rural Appalachia. At least 1 in 5 trailer homes in the country/backwoods has an old, rotting schoolbus in the yard for some reason. The owners will never, ever get around to fixing or scrapping it, so I'm sure they'd sell it to you.

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Breakfast with a moose

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Mo' moose

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Happy trails indeed

That has to be the most adorable little pan I ever seen!

>>1069907

Honey, cooking oil, beans, rice, flour, cornmeal, and oats/quinoa are good staples for packing (you don't have to take a pound of each, just enough for a few *moderate* meals) that can be used to add variety to your diet. What I find helpful is taking a little cooking oil in a small bottle (350ml or so, which is about the size of a bottle of hotsauce) since it can be stretched to last awhile and doesn't take up much space. As for foods -- Store-bought ramen (lightweight, cheap, simple, fair amount of calories), pancakes/hard tack/cornbread, /out/ stew (anything edible/non-toxic from environment hucked in a pot and stewed with a little jerky for protein), burritos (tortillas can be pre-made and last for awhile in a resealable bag), /out/ stir-fry (whatever edible/non-toxic vegetation nearby hucked in and fried with a little oil/lard/etc).

>>1069931
Like the stew and stir-fry descriptions

>>1069883
Depends what you're there for, where you come from, how long you be there. I'm potters bar but if you just want to jerk eachother off whilst you are on an 8 hour layover i'd rather stay in bed.

Why would anyone who likes the outdoors in the UK live in London?

I would be intereted in the county distrabution of this board, I live in Eliean Sair.

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I'm in East London but I dont do buttstuff so you probably need to find someone else x

I'm also 18 in MN sup.

>>1069882
You guys have boundary waters - good for canoeing and portaging. Start there.

>>1069882
Google step ahead region enjoy

North shore is best shore

Boundary waters

Highway 61 great river road

Voyagers natl park

Tons of state parks

Upper Mississippi river in ur backyard

Fishing all over your city

i wanna build one

>>1069772
They're easy as fug to build, fun too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xPreuGmv4

>>1069773
could use for fire drill?

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Stop killing bugs. Eat them while they're eating your food.

Stop playing the floor is lava at LIDL and deforming the toilet paper.

>>1069486
>eating bugs meme that's been going around 4chan this past month

Go and stay go. The west isn't into your shit.