You know when go on a fishing trip and things start to go a-rye. Its now an adventure! We were about 15 miles up on a remote dirt road in the middle of the Maine woods with a flat boat trailer tire. We needed to put our Mcguyver hats on to get this boat out of the woods. From using the battery out of the pickup to get the boat motor going or a couple of logs to support the trailer suspension to get us home. Dee, Melissa and I were ready for anything. It was a great time!!!

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Jimmy and I recently visited a local archery range to learn a little about traditional archery and recurve-bow shooting from Dick and Lee of the Maine Bow Hunters Association.

In this episode we take you through the Old Town Archery Center and talk about some of the differences between shooting with a compound bow vs. a traditional bow. Then we step up to try our hands at target shooting… and we actually do pretty well.

There’s some pretty cool footage in this episode from a camera mounted on top of a target. We let Dick from Maine Bow Association shoot less than a foot from the camera! Check it out!

Recurve Bow Shooting at Old Town Archery Center from Flip Outdoors on Vimeo.

To learn more about the Old Town Archery Center visit their website www.oldtownarcheryshop.com

Question:

Can you spot in the video, a good example of the difference in speed between drawing, aiming, and firing a compound bow vs. a traditional bow?

The Maine DOC Boating Facilities Division is now offering public access site data, geographically referenced, via Google Earth. In order to view the sites, you must have Google Earth on your computer. For help using Google Earth go to the Google Earth Help Center. Accessibility – the Google Earth maps are a visual tool. The same site data available in our Google Earth maps can be reviewed by visiting our Public Boat Launches webpage.

Launch Google Earth to Access Maps

Depending on your browser / operating system, this link may just save this file (DOC_Boat_Facilities.kmz) to your computer.  Just open it with Google Earth and it will work.

All the boat launch locations include a photo and are described in detail with ramp sizes and type, salt or fresh water and Lat./Long. coordinates so that you can enter the location into your GPS and drive right to it.

We think this is a great addition to public information provided by the Maine Department of Conservation and an excellent use of technology!