Name the favourite sport of your country?

Hi everyone,
In my country cricket is most popular sports. I personally like cricket because as I believe it’s an exciting game and I like to watch live matches as well.

Here in the US it seems to be "reality TV"... ;-D

And here in Friesland it is vaulting over ditches using a long wood pole with a piece of wood nailed at the bottom to prevent sinking in the mud, with a serious nose-dive as consequence. It's called Fierljeppen and was originally the way monks got around without getting wet feet. Well, it has developed into quite a competitive sport since then.

Greetings,

Don Wagstaff

Hi Don,

This is also practiced in the fen lands of East Anglia, England.

Regards

Ken Hume

this is also a high school sport in America, or similar to one. we call it pole vaulting, and the folks vault over a bar some 14 feet or more in the air, landing on a great big soft fluffy pad down below...

Must be what those beds are for, the landing.

I have become a fan of swimming, been a great summer for it. Swam more this summer than have in my life combined. Some years went by and I didn't even get in the water.

Hey, that's funny, Fierljeppen is the opposite of swimming!

Greetings,

Don Wagstaff

Whats funny is that a camouflaged post by a forum spammer turned into something of a real thread.

I thought of that but figured, hey might as well have fun with it huh?

Right now the national sport of us country folks is hunting! archery season right now, and nothing quite like settin out in the woods and huntin with a bow you made with your own hands!

Hi DL, what do you have for success stories, game taken? Nothing like getting out into the back woods. We made atlatls a few years ago, no hunting, just seeing how far we could chuck the dart. Interesting how hunting has turned into a sport, and not survival or wellness. How about the paleo diet, but your meat has to be taken with your home made bow. I think I would rely on traps, snares and such.

These are my clients from last summer (well, their kids). The oldest shot this with his bow last week. They live on the Missouri, and the Corps (after telling them not to get flood insurance, as they were 5' above the 100-year flood plain) released so much water from the dam upstream that they had to build a 6' earthen dike around their entire house. Their brand new timber frame! And unlike flooding from a storm, where the water subsides after a few days, they had to monitor and pump for two months. They are dry now, and dealing with some mold in the crawlspace, but they saved their house.

This is the first year hunting with this bow. Last year I hunted with an all wood stick bow, got close enough a few times, but decided to let the deer go to get fatter. I like doe, because they taste better, and their parts are generally more useful. I use as much off of a deer as I can find use for, including the hide, tendons, and a good deal of the bones.

This year, my bow is a Mongolian style composite, made of a wood core with a sinew backing and antler belly, and long 'ears' at the limb ends jutting out forward of the bows curvature when strung. Unfortunately, I haven't yet found the time to get out and hunt. That's OK, since the prime season hasn't started yet anyhow!

The worst thing is, I haven't even hunted this bow yet and I already have plans on how to make my next one, which will be a more advanced and complex composite (now that I learned how they work while building this one) That's OK though, since these bows take at least a year to make. The sinew backing alone takes 6 months to do it right!

I'll try and get some pictures up, if you all would like.

DLB

Pictures would be cool. Do you have any on line links showing more details?

Ever tried artificial sinew? It is like waxed dental floss for trolls. I know it is not the real thing, but it works well for sewing leather and seizing the ends of rope and more.

Bucks only here, unless you have a special permit.

Our deer are a hazard, and so the DNR encourages us to thin them out. They cause accidents, destroy crops, and so on. As such, we have what is called the bonus doe program. Under this program you can buy additional tags to get as many doe as you want. Each county has a limit on how many doe you can shoot. In my county, you can take 8 doe per season, in the next county north you can take 4.
However, you are only allowed to take one buck per season.

here is a pic of my bow, not finished in this pic -it doesn't have the antler on it.

I have never used artificial sinew. As I understand it, it is just fiberglass. I have used fiberglass strips for a backing before. Sinew is worlds above fiberglass, but very difficult to use. It takes a lot of work to prepare the stuff, and it is hard to get it on right. You can only put it on with hide glue, and the stuff sets up in 1 minute after taking it out of the hot pot. not much time to get things right! But the results can't be beat.
This is the only type of traditional bow I know of that can outlive its maker. A regular wood bow wears out over time, but these ones just rely on wood to serve as the support for the other stuff, so it doesn't matter so much. Sinew and horn/antler will last forever if kept dry.
The big disadvantage of a composite bow is that it looses strength in humid conditions. But when the temperature is below freezing, or close to it, then that doesn't really matter.

I'd like to get back into hunting, unfortunately the state wants me to retake both hunter safety courses and they're only offered when I'm at work. Since I've been hemorrhaging ~$3500/yr recently that's just not an option.
I've got a linen backed red oak blank that's been hanging around for several years now.

ever tried an online course? that's what i did

Most of the people in my country like golf and the rest loves cricket including me.

My country is very popular for cricket and I love cricket too. We have a huge number of fans for cricket in our country.

Hey segul, how many people do you think will click on Green Coffee? What are your results for your efforts?