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No fouls so far, but do not descend into political discussions. Spetsnaz been using them for decades and is a formal part of their training: https://www.coldsteel.com/special-forces-shovel/ https://fishgame.com/2015/01/throw-special-forces-shovel-video/ Spestnaz Shovel Fighting In a warfare training of Spetsnaz soldiers, it is of vital importance to focus on the fighter’s ability to take on a hand-to-hand combat. Their expertise in how to use hand-held weapons and different devices and tools such as the shovel is very important. This tool is basic component of a regular outfit and, it is a ferocious and dependable a weapon in a close combat. Spesnatz shovel fighting can be deadly if trained fighters are engaged. This weapon can even surpass the striking power and the range of a combat knife. And because it is lightweight, it can be effective in both close and middle distance combat. It is not only useful in actual combat but also an effective self-defense technique. Spetsnaz Shovel Throwing The Spetsnaz shovel is an outstanding throwing implement. In the hands of the initiated, it could be a very potent and lethal weapon enough to stop any opponent in his tracks. Distance range can be up to 10 meters or even more if made by a well-trained expert. The shovel itself is especially designed aerodynamically to be thrown and hit the target with ample accuracy. The weight balance between the handle and the blade makes it perfect for throwing and this is one feature that comes in handy especially in close quarter combat. It is then no wonder that from a simple multi-tasking implement, the Spetsnaz shovel has evolved into an important accessory for combat training by elite forces around the world. https://toptooltips.com/spetsnaz-shovel-wiki-cold-steel-russian-special-forces-shovel-review-inc-fighting-throwing/

I'm so glad you asked.

Your gun bearer? Do you have a photo of her?

To answer your question, NatFoot, the answer is no. Here's his research interest per the link below: “He was the kind of scholar and public intellectual we really need in the world right now,” said University of Washington anthropology and global health professor James Pfeiffer. “We felt extremely lucky that he had decided to come work with us and be part of our faculty.” According to UCSF anthropology professor and adviser on Dubal’s dissertation committee Vincanne Adams, Dubal was a radical thinker interested in recontextualizing how medicine was done by paying attention to structural and social conditions as starting points. According to his sister Dena Dubal, it was while practicing medicine as a physician in surgical residency that Sam Dubal realized the health of vulnerable populations was “rooted” in structural injustices. During his time in the joint medical anthropology program, Dubal went on to do fieldwork in Uganda concerning the Lord’s Resistance Army, a militant Ugandan group infamous for war crimes. This work would later lead to him writing a book that critiques the concept of humanity. At the start of this year, Dubal had taken on an anthropology assistant professor role at the University of Washington, where he taught a class on the anthropology of soccer, a great interest of his. https://www.dailycal.org/2020/11/11/a-warm-heart-uc-berkeley-anthropology-researcher-sam-dubal-dies-at-33/ Very sad to lose someone that good - as a person and a researcher. As for myself, I've spent most of my adult life working in the forests of North America as an archaeologist surveying for cultural resources, testing archaeological sites for National Register of Historic Places significance, and conducting excavations on significant archaeological sites in data recovery projects of sites that span the archaeological record of human existence on the continent. During that time, I encountered all sorts of dangers and dangerous situations. Yet, I never found the need to carry a weapon of any sorts, unless you consider a long handled shovel to be a weapon. The missing person in question was reported missing on a well known and well used trail. My work required me to work where there were few roads and even fewer trails. Everywhere I ran transects through the woods, I had to rely on only a topo map and a compass to guide me across the landscape. No GPS. No cell phones. Just my knowledge, skills and experience in orienteering and my wits. My routine was to go out on a project for 10 days and come back for 4 days rest. That I did for almost 10 years straight. Most of the time when I was surveying, I worked by myself. At that time, my motto was "I'd rather be lost in the woods, than found in town." Daniel Boone, when he was once asked if he was ever lost? He angrily reply "Lost? Lost? I was never lost!!! I was once disoriented for ten days, but I was never lost!" Only my boss and my wife knew where I was, generally speaking. Sometimes it was as general as 10,000 acres. If you're familiar with Pink Floyd, the song that best describes that period in my life was from their album "Wish You Were Here" and is the refrain "Nobody knows where you are. How near or how far." I certainly know now about the stories of missing persons in the National Parks, National Forests and so forth that have been the subject of a number of books written by David Paulides. I've read most of them. One reported case occurred about 20 miles from my Bigfoot study area. That said, I have no fear of the forest and no fear of the Forest People who inhabit our forests. Before David Paulides started researching missing persons and writing his 411 books, he wrote a book entitled "Tribal Bigfoot" in which he writes the following: "NABS [North American Bigfoot Search] believes the study of bigfoot should e under the appellation "cryptoanthropology" (a term we first heard used by Dmitri Bayanov) and hope that long-time researchers will take a second look at all aspects of bigfoot and adopt this title for future research. While NABS has spent considerable time investigating all aspect of the bigfoot phenomenon, we admit that this is merely a well-researched hypothesis that deserves further inquiry . We hope that this new research designation encourages more anthropologists to delve in the the bigfoot arena." NatFoot, I took that encouragement when I became aware of my own Bigfoot "Buddies" living alongside my camp. I know enough about them then and now to not even consider them to be "crypto." but rather as real as monkeys, apes, and humans, just more elusive and reclusive than other primates. By the way, before Dmitri Bayanov (mentioned in the quote above) passed away last year, we were exchanging emails. NatFoot, thank you for thinking of me when you heard the news of an anthropological colleague of mine going missing. In casually reading about his work in Africa, I am honored to be mentioned in the same sentence. Please be safe and have a happy new year!

It gives you a full 15 seconds before the time when you hit record. Let's say you set it for 15 seconds. A sasquatch goes racing across the trail and by the time you reach the record button it was gone 2 seconds ago. The recorder will start at 15 seconds before you pressed it so you should start at 13 seconds before the sasquatch enters the picture and capture the 13 seconds before it was there and entire 2 seconds it streaked across. Here is a better explanation and shows you on the camera how it works. The video link below is cued up to the start of it. He also mentions the effect on batteries: https://youtu.be/Q1_BQcXmR5o?t=919

I'm waiting to hit the Powerball, and then will simply have my gunbearer carry my rifle until game appears.

Cliff and Bobo had both the director and Robert Pyle on in seperate episodes of the podcast. Worth a listen, especially Dr. Pile's episode.

Hoping everyone had a great Christmas, and wishing you a Happy New Year! Exciting news for me....an old family friend finally came clean with some Hairyman activity. His family has a 4000 acre ranch, been in their family a long time, lotta hardwoods, no hunting, and set up as a private natural reserve. Anyway, they have Elk on the property and a few of the males die each year during the rut from fighting, dead on the ground one day, gone the next.....no trace or drag marks, clearly being carried off. My buddy went out at dusk recently to inspect a dead Elk, he just wants to be sure there aren't any sign of poaching. While inspecting the animal, he was overcome with fear, then heard movement in the nearby brush. He whipped out his camera with thermal capabilities, and got a nice video, and shows a large animal crouched down on all 4 legs, get up on 2 and run off. I'll be heading there in a few weeks to do several days of camping:)

Welcome to the forum! And thanks for posting your research to date. While I take a different approach than you do, it will be interesting to see your methods and results.

Huntster, we did not get to go back on the same vessel. While the Puk Uk was very nice...it was also very expensive and the second time we went back, it was doing a WW2 tour of the Aleutians. We spent 2 days there and almost spent a third. The reason we did not stay longer is the reason everything boils down to in the end...money. It cost a lot to rent that boat and every day there was a couple grand. We were lucky we had the time we did. I'm very proud of the movie however, I realize it is not perfect. The director/editor is not a "Bigfoot person" and he did a great job but did not necessarily insert some of the things that bigfooters would be interested in. There was a lot of discussion and potential evidence that only got a fraction of a second of screen time or ended up not making it in at all. It is pretty frustrating...from where I sit right now, typing this, I'm only about 40 air miles away from Port Chatham, but it is very difficult to get anyone to take me there. Any trip there requires a lot of logistics and money.

That is correct. That said, if I forget to hit record, I wouldn't have gotten it on any video recorder, GP9 or otherwise.