Do you snowshoe

Carcajou · February 14, 2007, 09:51:00 AM

I have been 'shoeing for 40 years, and continue to do it every chance I get. I find that by living in Upstate New York, you gotta snowshoe!

Theres nothing better than cruising thru the woods on a pair of original Vermont Tubbs Snowshoes(Green Mountain Style) 10X36 ers, with wooden frames and rawhide webbing, with longbow in hand, hunting the wiley snowshoe hare!

Of course a little flask of your favorite nectar tucked in your wool pocket is a must!

mjh · February 14, 2007, 09:59:00 AM

You can buy a kit from Snowshoe.com. Several styles to choose from and really pretty easy to do. The first shoe takes a little longer but the second goes along pretty fast. I have made the ojibway style for myself and the greenmountain bearpaw style for my brother. I'll be making a kids pair this summer for my son. RightTrailWrongTime you might try the largest pair of oibway sold by snowshoe.com. The upturned toe really helps when moving through brush. Also go with the super A binding. If snowshoe.com does not have the super a binding go Havlicksnowsoe.com that where I got a new pair this pasy January.

IB · February 14, 2007, 10:09:00 AM

We've been known to do a LITTLE SHOEING out here at times

bowdude · February 14, 2007, 10:43:00 AM

Now thats solitude. Looks great.

kiiwosewinini · February 14, 2007, 12:33:00 PM

Well, there were pics of our usual snowshoeing... must have been deleted for the non-bow part. Sorry, but I figured it still fit the thread topic about snowshoeing. Here is a safe pic again...

(please scale pic to no wider than 640 pixels...thanks)

longbowman · February 14, 2007, 01:10:00 PM

Have snowshoed for years. I stump shoot every day and find that arrows are easy to locate in the snow just by watching the marks they leave. This year has been great for using the big platters on your feet.

IB · February 14, 2007, 01:21:00 PM

Isaac.....You'll need to re size your photo for it to stay, I believe 640 max size......vance

NDTerminator · February 14, 2007, 01:45:00 PM

I'm 49 and been snowshoeing since I was 16. It's my favorite method of hunting fox & coyote.

I've tried a number of styles and always come back to good old fashioned Michigans...

George Tsoukalas · February 14, 2007, 01:53:00 PM

You bet. All wood. rawhide laced - Green Mountains. Jawge

kiiwosewinini · February 14, 2007, 03:57:00 PM

Ironbull,

Thanks man. I get it now.

JimmyC · February 14, 2007, 10:35:00 PM

Just took a run through the woods with my new pair of snowshoes (the modernized kind). I think I'm gonna like this mode of transportation. We usually get good snow here in West MI (lake effect is guaranteed somewhere within a 60 mile radius of my house).

They worked very well pulling the kids along in their sled, up and down hills. Made for a pretty good work-out!