Antler Shed 101
by: Elly KendallThis article on antler shed is provided so individuals know that antler products can be made without animals being injured in any way. I also hope to promote ethical antler shed collection. So here are the basics: by: Elly Kendall Antlers do not just keep growing. They drop off an...
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Geocaching -- The New High--Tech Sport
There are about 150,000 of them spread throughout 213 countries and you need satellites to help you find them. What are they? They're geocaches and geocaching is a sport that is quickly gaining popularity.The geocaches come in all different sizes and shapes. Usually stored in a waterproof container...
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How to Choose a GPS
You've heard that new sport, geocaching, is fun. Or, you're tired of getting lost on your travels. Welcome to the 21st century. Global Postioning System (GPS) has been around long enough that prices are reasonable and the technology is user-friendly. With myriad brands and models, how to choose?If ...
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Sailing Theory, Sailing Terms and Weather
Sailing Theory The sum of all wind pressure on the sail is called wind force. The center of that force, which is above the water, is called the center of effort (CE). The center of the force below the surface of the water is calledthe center of lateral resistance (CLR). This is the point where all ...
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Easy Navigation in the Woods or on the Water with the Garmin eTrex GPS Handheld
I am an expert navigator with a map & compass but neither is as effective or as easy as the eTrex.I highly recommend the Gramin eTrex as a basic navigational aide. It's also a great starter for learning about GPS systems. It does everything it's meant to and does it very well.Garmin's claims of one...
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Find and Catch Those Pesky Fish with a Garmin 240 Fish Finder
Garmin 240 Fish Finder Depthfinder with Transducer - a reviewThe lakes that I normally fish are deep and quite rocky, and I have been delighted with the performance of the Garmin 240 Fish Finder, which gives a clear picture of what lies below. The image of the bottom shows great detail, and if it i...
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Finding and Catching Fish has never been easier with the Garmin 250 Fish Finder
The Garmin Fishfinder 250 is Garmin's latest addition to their family of marine chartplotters, handheld GPS, fish finders and GPS sounders and its already gaining a great reputation amongst the angling community.We met up with Johnathan W Ross, a surgeon and keen fisherman to find out his views on ...
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Sports View for March
Heading into the combines, the biggest story will definitely be Maurice Clarett, and how he can rebound from last years disaster. (Regardless of how his combine goes, keep in mind that before Adrian Peterson this year, Clarett was the best freshman running back in decades.) If Clarett goes past the...
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Find and Catch More Fish, Quickly and Easily, with the FISHIN' BUDDY 2255
"Wherever you like to fishlakes, reservoirs, rivers or streams, you'll never have a fishing buddy who can spot fish as easy and as fast as a Bottom Line Fishing Buddy."If you are fishing primarily in lakes I recommend the Bottom Line Fishing Buddy 2255 highly - it's a reasonably priced, good qualit...
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Raising The Bar for Anglers Who Want Quality Equipment at a Reasonable Price - the Garmin 160 Fish Finder
The Garmin 160 Fish Finder has some big advantages over the competition. First, the exclusive See-Thru technology allows the Fishfinder 160 to hear both weak and strong signals simultaneously, giving it tremendous dynamic range. The result is a display that is capable of showing strong fish return...
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Navigating on the Mountain, in Water, or in Woods there is a Garmin eTrex Unit For You.
Truly a small wonder, the eTrex takes the best features of a 12 parallel channel GPS receiver and put them into a six ounce package that is only four inches high and two inches wide. The result is a unit that will literally fit in the palm of your hand.Besides its small size, mariners and outdoorsm...
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Reverse paddling
is an important kayaking technique.While forward paddling is probably one of the most commonly used paddling strokes, reverse paddling is just as important. In fact, before you go kayaking, you should definitely practice both forward and reverse paddling to make sure that you have the necessary sk...
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Forward paddling
seems easy, but there is room for improvement. is probably the most under-appreciated and under-practiced kayaking move. However, as you might imagine, this is the most important move that you can learn. Depending on where you're going to be kayaking, and how long of a kayak tour you intend to go ...
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Fly Fishing in High Water
A long, long time ago, I remember waking up at 3 a.m., on a Saturday. I say waking up, although I don't think I ever went to sleep. It was opening day eve, as good as Christmas eve, in my seven year old way of thinking. Our destination was more than three hours away, to the land of huge trout, and ...
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Angler's Attention
There is something that I have called 'angler's attention'. It is developed after you have been fishing, and in this article we will be concerning ourselves with fly fishing, for years and years. You can usually tell those that have it and those that don't. Quickly rigging up your fly rod, and raci...
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Book Review: The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference
The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference was written by Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer, and published in 1998 (wow time flies) by Frank Amato Publications. It contains 444 pages of which 7 make up the index. When this book first came out ( I honestly thought it was just a couple of years ago) it cost exa...
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Top Basic Nutritional Tips For Soccer Players
Most soccer athletes do not have a clear guide of what to eat to prepare for a soccer match, what to eat after a soccer match and how to maintain a rich high carbohydrate diet. There are nutritional guides that soccer players of all level must and should follow in order to put themselves in a benef...
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Go Cart Instructions & Safety
After receiving your go cart, ensuring its proper assembly, and completing the warranty process with the manufacturer, here are some important safety tips to help ensure a safe and fun go cart experience! 1. Rules of Operation A go cart vehicle is not licensable. IT IS NOT TO BE OPERATED ON ANY PU...
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Sports Betting Portfolio Management
The subject of financial investment is such a wide and varied area. We all know (or should know), that investing surplus funds is a sound idea; nothing new there. If you make the decision to invest, what investment options do you have?1. Property - unit, house, holiday house, commercial property, a...
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'Boys will be Boys' (or 'Why Men Need to Fight')
I had twenty-five boys at the fight club tonight - twenty-fiveboys and one girl, and she certainly did stand out.Its amazing how starkly obvious the gender differences are in aring environment. In the general flow of life in anindustrialised society men and women are mixed and mergedtogether in the...
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Diving in a current
implies a higher amount of difficulty and danger than regular diving, but this can be avoided if the diver knows how to properly do it by being trained for it as well as by learning some important guidelines. Although some rules regarding diving in a current are given in most diving training schoo...
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The skin squeeze effect in diving
Skin squeeze is one of the barotrauma problems which divers can suffer due to the pressure factors involved in the practice of the sport. This way, a barotrauma can be caused due to the differences between the pressure of the water and the surface pressure to which the diver's body is adequate and ...
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Fishing the Dropper Fly
Over the past decade or so, some fly fishers have hailed the dropper system as the latest and greatest thing to hit fly fishing since the graphite fly rod. The truth is the two fly dropper system has been around since fly fishing began. Like all techniques it has gone in and out of style over the g...
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Costa del Sol Golf Courses
The Costa del Sol, recently renamed the Costa del Golf, is an absolute Paradise for golfers of all standards. Offering some world-class golf courses in some beautiful locations combined with the highest number of sunshine days per annum in Europe it is hard to beat. Plentiful and cheap flights to ...
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Snowboarding jackets
Winter jackets have changed a lot over the years as technology has improved. The best solution used to be those big, puffy, down filled jackets. While they where warm they really didn't stand up all that well to wear and tears, moisture or active movements. Once again technology has come to our aid...
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