The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - The MDC announced 2 or 3 years ago

The MDC announced 2 or 3 years ago (reply)

TomC — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:51:08 +0000

that a hunter killed a deer with one. First one in 10,000 years or so they figured.

Here ya go... (reply)

Maude A — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:46:57 +0000

Joe your wife does wonderful work. Wish I was that good. If I knew how to do it, I would post a picture of the mural I painted for a neighbor for his train layout.

Joe, I found it... Your the guy in the middle long white (reply)

Rob Leahy — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:27:24 +0000

Teeth, right?

http://tnmuseum.org/custpage.cfm/frm/40078/sec_id/40078

Hey Brian, how's your Mom and Pop doing... (reply)

Brian A — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 01:04:49 +0000

They are doing great, thank you, will pass along your greeting. Hopefully you and yours are doing very well all around and Miss Elizabeth is enjoying the great southwest.

The deer population is about the same as the couple hunting seasons, which is a blessing considering we've had three rough winters in a row. The spring of 2013 saw over a hundred dead deer in the yard here.

I don't envy you the chiggers at all, the few ticks we get up here is bad enough. When working in the field I get razzed all the time for wearing protective clothing, but have much fewer problems than most of my colleagues, so don't mind their teasing a bit.

very true...non-stop mayhem !! (reply)

cable — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:44:48 +0000

Thanks, I've heard of folks using sulphur... (reply)

pokynojoe — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:00:42 +0000

I'm usually prepared and dressed accordingly, but this was a kind of the spur of the moment thing.

They use to not bothering me so much, but ever since my radiation treatments four or five years ago, well, it's like my whole hide is on fire. I use to get stung by all kinds of bees and what not on my job, not much problem. Now I have to carry an epipen.
I guess getting "fried" compromised my immune system or something. All I know is, I hate the damn things.

They still play, usually in early September... (reply)

pokynojoe — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:43:30 +0000

They have tournaments at the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, just down the road from me in Vonore, TN. They reenact the assault on Fort Loudon also. Guess what? The Cherokee still wipe 'em out!

When I lived in Mississippi, The Choctaw used to hold the World Championship Stickball Tournament in Philadelphia, MS. Anybody who's never seen it, if you think football or hockey is rough, you need to check out stickball, it can be pretty brutal. Roughest game I've ever witnessed.

My first cousin's husband's family hails from Cades Cove (reply)

stonewalrus — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:25:18 +0000

There is a pond there named after them - Gourley Pond

Hey Brian, how's your Mom and Pop doing... (reply)

jgt — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:11:34 +0000

If all else fails dust yourself with sulfur dust. Around the pants cuffs, shirt cuffs, and around your neck. Some folks put it around their waist. It smells like sulfur and isn't the most pleasant smell in the world, but you will think it is worth it when you are chigger free. I keep an empty vanilla extract bottle filled with alcohol with three or four aspirin dissolved in it for doctoring chigger bites. Shake well, apply with a Q-tip.

my dad grew up on the Little Tennessee River....before (reply)

cable — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:09:29 +0000

Fontana dam was created. He lived in Cable Cove and over on Hazel Creek before the Smokey Mtn Park was created. Also spent part of his childhood in Cades Cove where his uncle ran one of the water powered mills. great country there.

he grew up playing stick ball etc. and always look me to the fair and we watched the stick ball game, and went down and talked to the players afterward.

thank you.....really good memories

For your Cherokee ancestors... (reply)

pokynojoe — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:56:47 +0000

one last one:

http://www.intimeandplace.org/cherokee/reading/portrait/cherokeefarmstead.html

impressive works and impressive credentials ! amazing (reply)

cable — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 18:47:44 +0000

thank you ! now , i really need to get out there and see this.

Here ya go... (reply)

pokynojoe — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 18:19:00 +0000

Here's a link to a couple of her murals. The guy in the middle of the Mastodon painting is me. It measure about 6 feet by 6 feet.

http://www.tn4me.org/era.cfm/era_id/1

You can find lots of her stuff, just do a search. Ignore the "Attorney" part, she saw the light about four years ago and retired from the practice.

Thanks for the link below also. If you ever take a notion to come this way, just let me know!

Yea, I guess I've been "lucky in love." However, you gotta remember: For every action, there's an equal an opposite reaction! kinda like a sine curve. 'nuff said about that.

here is one link: http://atlatls.com and some video (reply)

cable — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:17:36 +0000

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=hunting+with+atlatl&qpvt=hunting+with+atlatls&a...

what talent ! and what achievements ! you really are a (reply)

cable — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:12:47 +0000

lucky man. if i get to that part of the country i would like to see these works. it is one of my favorite subjects to being with. my ancestry, including Cherokee, is from that area.

I probably will when the heat backs off - don't do well in (reply)

stonewalrus — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:03:37 +0000

The really hot stuff.

Hey Brian, how's your Mom and Pop doing... (reply)

pokynojoe — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:02:24 +0000

Tell them I said hello. How's the deer population looking this year in the "North Country"? I was out hanging stands at a new property I'm hunting this year and I'm a walking "chigger bite." It seems no matter what I use, I can't keep them pesky critters off me.

Wow! "A dart 5 to 8 feet in length"... (reply)

pokynojoe — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:57:54 +0000

COOL! Have you ever done it? Do you know anybody that has ever hunted with one?

I thought we had liberal game laws, it looks like the only thing you all can't use is a rock! And I haven't had time to read all the restrictions, so that may even be legal!

I think my "dart" may be a little too heavy though, may have to go back to the drawing board.

Come on Tom! you're just a few blocks away... (reply)

pokynojoe — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:53:08 +0000

Stretch your legs on your lunch hour one day and check it out, it's pretty interesting.

Looks great... (reply)

Brian A — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:23:24 +0000

I played with a few spears as a kid. Getting the balance just right can be a bit tricky and it can take a lot of practice to throw one hard enough to do any good and so it hits point forward. Have very little experience with an atlatl, they only increased the difficulty level for me.