Author Topic: Suzuki savage  (Read 1780 times)

guest27

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Re: Suzuki savage
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2007, 11:13:05 PM »
The rules are simple

If you camp in the UK and want simple you use a Trangia - and if it all goes wrong you can always drink the fuel.. eeeeek

Gas is for dentists and petrol is for engines.  Gel burners are kinky and deserve to be on www.spanking and leather clad.co.uk.

REAL men use self bows to hunt their food and cook it on a wood fire sparked up through friction.

<grin>


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MrFluffy

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Re: Suzuki savage
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2007, 11:38:02 PM »
Does that rule out my us army issue tilly lamp style petrol stove then? three pumps and your good, 6 and youve built a instant campfire. Lighting it isnt the problem at all...
Rog, hunting with a bow is illegal nowadays Im afraid. Pity as I have a really nice custom built 45lb recursive with carbon arrows...

GB500nz

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Re: Suzuki savage
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2007, 09:29:32 AM »
Have you all forgotten wood? I've got a wonderful wee propane stove and a Coleman, but most of my camp cooking has been done over a wood fire. Real men may cook with Sterno or something, but real campers use wood. When you've been riding through freezing fog for some time and recognise that you're about to die, a wood fire's the only thing.


guest27

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Re: Suzuki savage
« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2007, 07:15:07 PM »
Hi All

Mr Fluffy - yup realise that bow hunting in the UK is illegal (across all of Europe too but I understand that some places like the UK it is more illegal than others - mind I cannot hit a target let alone a fluffy bunny....

In the process of trying to make an ash bow or two, and have some laurel bay that may do too.

Cooking on a wood fire - mmmm - wonderful way of doing fish - on greenwood sprigs .  Mind have to avoid the soft wood and only cook on hard wood.

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mav617

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Re: Suzuki savage
« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2007, 07:26:24 PM »
You mean that we have archers amongst the Thumpers? Fantastic - I'll take my 50lb Compound and 35lb Mongolian Recurve to Dent then eh? Field Archery - it's the way forward...

guest27

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Re: Suzuki savage
« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2007, 10:20:59 PM »
He he - we could set GC running - or on a bike and see if we could bring him down....

Actually he is a bit to old and tough.

Just passed my 'test' to join Margam Archers and have got my NFAS card through the post.  Would like to raise the money for a nice long bow but am now skint having paid up all the membership etc of the various orgs to be covered by insurance.

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MrFluffy

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Re: Suzuki savage
« Reply #21 on: May 14, 2007, 07:12:07 AM »
I have a target trailer in our field when the fancy takes me, I just go down there and practice on my own. I can move it around to change the distance and angle etc. I only have the recurve at the moment and dont get chance to use that much with a 3yo son, as he's a bit young to take him down the field for a spot of practice yet, I should add with his own bow, lest anyone gets the wrong idea and thinks he's going to be the target :)
Have a big bale of hay on the trailer to catch errant arrows and also hold the target on. In deference to the general public, I do at least unstring the bow to walk the couple of hundred metres to the gate. Theres a lot of hunting goes on here (mostly deer and wild boar) but Ive never seen anyone with a bow wandering past although the shops do sell them as "hunting bows". The locals always seem facinated by mine.
Not used to shooting moving things (with a bow anyway) as our field remains shockingly bunny free and I cannt be bothered chasing things in a big pack of renault 4 vans with la chasse, so probally gc would be ok unless he got knackered and stood still for too long, plus I cant make dent as I live in france and have other stuff on then...

We should be asking if campfire or archery discssion is allowed here, not savages :)


guest27

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Re: Suzuki savage
« Reply #22 on: May 14, 2007, 08:55:03 AM »
A whole bunch of the Margam Archers are coming over to France soon to the annual ere-enactment of Agincourt - this year as the 500th (?) anniversary the French are actually taking part again - unfortunately I will not be one of them - have not been doing it long enough and there is something like £1000 worth of kit as a minimum - it all has to be repro medieval stuff like self nocked arrows, proper through curve bow, etc etc.  Still sounds fun

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