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I've used it, but it isn't real effective until it gets somewhat rancid. Then everything, and everybody, leave you alone! All in all, though, it was darn near as effective as DEET.
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Posted: 12 June 2004 at 13:26
Damn straight Waksupi. Spot, you show up with any of that stinkin stuff and you can camp 100 yds down wind by your ownself. Oh BTW, There ain't no ponytails or ear rings in my elk camp either.
Saddlesore
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
Joined: 12 August 2003
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Posted: 12 June 2004 at 15:09
I rendered all the fat from my first bear years ago. I was going to use it for waterproofing my boots. I thought it would be a good hand softener. Wrong there. It soaked into all the old skin and calluses, drove out all thewater and left all the old skin,hard and brittle. I had bleeding skin cracks on my thumbs.
Yes, that is a curious property of it. Works good for baking, though. I don't know what the chemical in it is that causes the drying effect. i have found a couple times, that the fat will work as a tanning agent when doing a bear hide, and they can be softened with nothing else added. Just flesh, wash well in Ivory snow, and break down. Then smoke. Doesn't work every time, but as I say, I've had good luck on a couple.
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Posted: 12 June 2004 at 17:21
SS,
PONYTAIL... Only time I've had a pony tail there was a Redhead on my lap. Earring's go the same, I've still got a high and tight cut from my early military days - it's the only respectable way to live.
So I ain't allowed to bring no women with me to camp... ? ? ?
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