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Author Topic: Do you snowshoe  (Read 2454 times)

Offline Stone Knife

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Do you snowshoe
« on: February 10, 2007, 05:45:00 PM »
Does anyone else like to walk around with there bow on snowshoes? I took a nice hike around the woods today on my snowshoes shot a few stumps and looked for sign.  
No one home here.

   
This stump looked like a mushroom
   
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Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2007, 06:20:00 PM »
I have an old pair of Northwoods Brand, Safesport, 30" X 12" Bearpaws...Haven't been on them in almost ten years! Looking for a reason to play in the snow! Short and great for heavy cover sneakin' and peekin'...

... mike ...

P.S. Now that I am 200 pounds, wonder if they will hold me up?... :rolleyes: ...
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Offline Old Ways

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2007, 06:30:00 PM »
I do when the snows get deep enough to warrant them. I'm real good at tripping myself though.
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Offline Rico

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2007, 07:26:00 PM »
Snowshoe all the time just to get to my truck over 7 feet of snow here east of Lake Ontario LOL
  Usually just shoe or xcountry ski scouting. I lose to many arrows stumping in the snow.
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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2007, 09:19:00 PM »
Yea, snowshoin is a good time we just aint got the snow to justify strappin them on right now.

Eric
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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2007, 09:22:00 PM »
yep, love to snowshoe, no real snow to speak of this year, haven't used em yet
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Offline ishiwannabe

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2007, 09:28:00 PM »
Man I thought this was about bunny hunting...  :biglaugh:
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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2007, 09:29:00 PM »
In all seriousness....I have never snowshoed. I have always wanted to learn, but every local workshop gets cancelled....no snow.
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Offline Tim Clark

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2007, 11:21:00 PM »
Learn? If you can walk, you can snowshoe.

Now if you want to MAKE your own, well that's something else altogether!

Update - Redfield, NY has at this hour 134 inches of snow from the lake effect that began 2/2/07. Another foot of snow due overnight and tomorrow, another foot forecast for Monday...
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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2007, 12:49:00 AM »
Geez, I thought everyone in NY would be on snowshoes by this weekend.

Eric
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Offline Longbowz

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2007, 01:08:00 AM »
Yup snowshoeing is great fun. I started in high school - a 'few' years ago. Now that it's a fad I feel for once I'm fashionable too.  :help:  

Not to in any insult anyone, but you don't need to go to a class or the like to enjoy it.  Just go do it!  ;)  

Have fun
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Offline Jerry Jeffer

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2007, 03:18:00 AM »
Love to get out in snow shoes. Have not had much snow the past few years though.
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Offline Rico

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2007, 09:56:00 AM »
I have 4 pair 2pr of Michigan style a narrower pair from WW II and a newer pair of Redfeathers that have a neoprene deck on them instead of rawhide webbing,if the country is open enough you'll go further and with less effort on a pair of Xcountry skis which keep you a float equally as well as shoes.
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Offline RightTrailWrongTime

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2007, 01:53:00 PM »
Always wanted to try that, haven't ever found a pair to purchase that I could afford, don't have time to try and make a pair, usually not much snow(at least in the last few years) we have snow now though and rabbit season is still open!!
Does anyone know where I can get a set big enough to hold a 270LBS 6'4" yeti like myself-
I don't want to hijack the thread so just PM me if you might know and what type also--
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Offline Stu

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2007, 02:41:00 PM »
Yep, loved it but you need some real snow, that's been kind of scarce the past few winters in N. Mi (the E side where I now hang out). Used to do it quite a bit up by Frederic MI, in the snowbelt. Still have three sets, just need snow.

One of my best memories is my litte (5'0") wife snowshoeing to work when our whole darned mid-Michigan town was closed due to a big storm. Even the chemical plant I worked at was closed, that's big-time snow, never happened before or since...but that was about 30 years ago!
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Offline Thicket Hunter

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2007, 07:26:00 PM »
When we snowshoe in Houston we use hip boots or chest waders, depending on how much rain we've had. We then stump shoot with corks on our arrows.

Mark
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Offline kiiwosewinini

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2007, 08:32:00 AM »
Snowshoes are great when you need them. Lately we haven't had a ton of snow here in WI.  If it comes, I have about a half dozen pair here at the house (although one pair I still haven't finished lacing).
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Offline Tater 2

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2007, 08:50:00 AM »
Yea, I hunt snowshoes on my snowshoes we always have plenty of snow up where the snowshoes live in the mountains.
     Did I exceed my limit on the usage of snowshoe?
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Offline Soumi

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2007, 09:08:00 AM »
Do I snowshoe?  Only if I want to get anywhere lol.  I will admit this pic is from last winter.  This winters been mild until lately.

 
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Offline TexMex

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Re: Do you snowshoe
« Reply #19 on: February 14, 2007, 09:25:00 AM »
Never have and around here -well- folks made fun of me when I pulled out my snowshovel the first year I was here.  We had 3" of snow that year.  :saywhat:
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