Posts by LunkerBuster

  • Took the boys out for a run and a couple catches..graphic

    very cool info on the last two pages....I would like to contribute another perspective to this discussion.
    Ican honestly say that I truely "feel" Aaron's point about the hunt and the kill. That resonates within me, however I have never done it...I feel the inner primal urge, but I have become, for the moment, too pussified to do the dirty part, and i have way too much respect for life to kill without responsibility, so I sit, with a foot in each camp and quite some tension.


    The blood lust can manifest itself in a lot of ways. I believe that the urge to dominate another creature is a manifestation of this and the hunt and capture of fish is a part of that... I respect where yo uare coming from Dan, to you the killing is the thing that has to happen at the end, but i propose that the whole process cannot be bifurcated...to love the hunt, to relish the battle or to savor the kill are all just different moments in the same instant.


    I love to hunt, it makes me feel alive and smart and strong, I am using my skills to beat something that is designed to live and survive in that environment, that makes me feel, for lack of a better word, cool.
    I also relish the kill, specifically the killshot. the instant when I have decided that this fish is now going to die so I can eat it. there is a beautiful power and a humbling responsibility that consume me at that instant... I relish both...if you don't feel the responsibilty then I think you might be doing this for the wrong reason.


    I really like the idea of using a dog more than a high powered rifle...they are both tools no?

  • first gun build, 63" midhandle

    cool, way to go big on the first time...as one who has watch a lot of builds and never thrown my hat into the ring, kudos...
    I always told myself i would keep a journa lof all my steps with emphasis on the successes and failures throughout to help me learn, you might want to do the same thing to help w future builds :)


    good start :)

  • Has anyone actually tested their Shark Shield?

    i have never worn one, but the guys on the boat sharktales do, or used to wear them and I have seen video of curious sharks swim up towards the divers and get turned away as if punched in the face when they reached a proximity to the diver...I don't think they, or anything else, will stop an agressive shark, esp a bull, tiger or GWS, but they seem to be effective at keep the curious ones at bay and keeping curiosity from developing into aggression by keeping the distance..


    dunno if that helps you with your question

  • Best secure SS quick release snap?

    Dan, I have two suggestions...one is to tie SS links into the rope to make the area of attachment stronger and easier to clip to, the second is to just make a locking slide for the carabeaner hook...just a bit of ss tubing that slides over the connection between the solid portion and the opening.


    since the hook will always be oriented down, you would need to manually slide the tube up the shank, open the hook, move/remove the link/knot and then close the hook and allow the tube to slide down...it should prevent false openings and be very quick to work even one handed.