#2531 - Forrest Galante

“I use archery software that measures the weight of my arrow. So I have this 500 grain arrow, and then it has the speed. So it's 390. It's 390 feet per second from a 500 grain arrow. Yeah. And then I put it into this computer, and it spits out a sight tape so that I can move my pins specifically so I can put it in a quarter at 52 yards if I was accurate enough.”

“Sure. But with a traditional bow, you're just guessing. Yeah. Yeah. So you're just guessing the arc of the arrow. And then you have to think, okay, I'm buying arrows, right, that are made by a guy who's measuring them. Right. They're all down to, like, they're within two grains of each other.”

“It's a stick. Yeah. And then they're making the arrowheads by hand. Yeah. So they could be off. Yeah. Each one of them, like, so you're just guessing where that fucking arrow's gonna go. And you have to shoot every day to get a real sense. Oh, yeah. Of, like, what the drop is at a certain distance. Yeah. And then you have to kind of judge how far.”

“Well, it's hard to be accurate with a traditional bow. Right. You know, it's so hard. Yeah. You know, I shoot. I shoot a compound bow. And a compound bow is, there's so much technology involved. Oh, yeah. First of all, I have a laser range finder. And I arrange something.”

“And then they try to figure it. And they get within, like, 10 or 15 yards. Sure. But, you know, that's a lot. Yeah. Even with a compound bow, you know, that drop of 10 or 15 yards is pretty significant. Even something that's going 300 feet a second. But when you're doing with a fucking wooden arrow that you made yourself with a stone tip, like one of these bad boys.”

“bow. Really? Because he was killing too many things with a compound bow. Felt like it was too easy. But that's what happens, right? Is these guys master their craft. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They spend a lot of time on it. And then they're like, how do I make the challenge harder on myself?”

“Jeez. He shot that with an old bullshit bow. Yeah. Look at his bow. The recurve bow. Yeah. That bow sucks. Wooden arrows. Jeez. That's so crazy. He was the first modern bow hunter. Oh, really? Yeah.”

“Yeah. They're using recurve only. Yeah. Yeah. That's crazy. Yeah. My friend Aaron Snyder, who's like a world famous bow hunter, went back to using a recurve bow. Really? Because he was killing too many things with a compound bow. Felt like it was too easy. But that's what happens, right? Is these guys master their craft.”

“It makes sense. It makes sense. Seems hard to be accurate, though. Super hard. Well, it's hard to be accurate with a traditional bow. Right. You know, it's so hard. Like, you know, I shoot a compound bow. And a compound bow is there's so much technology involved.”

“I'm not. No one really is except like really excellent world-class archers. With a traditional bow, you're just guessing. Yeah. So you're just guessing the arc of the arrow. And then you have to think, okay, I'm buying arrows. Right. That are made by a guy who's measuring them.”

“This seems like something where they test. Yeah. Yeah. It seems like a CIA thing. For sure. In 2009, American investigative journalist H.P. Albarelli Jr. published a terrible mistake, arguing that Ponce Esprit was actually a covert LSD field test run jointly by CIA's MKUltra programs and the U.S.”

“but the wheat can have this fungus on it that grows ergot. Okay. So this ergot fungus. And so you're eating this wheat and you're making beer out of it. And like, everybody's tripping balls. I think, all right, it's a fucking witch. You're all on accidental acid. That's hilarious.”

“I always say anybody who hates dolphins has to be a bad person. I've had some experiences with them. I had one where I was like really high on edibles in Hawaii. And the dolphins would jump out of the water near the boat and they look at you. Yeah. They look at you when they were jumping out of the water like, look, look at me.”

“stories about witches and you're like, oh, witches are real. Yep. Oh, for sure. So lysergic acid amides, ergometrine. All these share lysergic acid ergoline core, which is why LSD, semi-synthesized from lysergic acid, is chemically related to ergot compounds.”

“Some people say those emails were like a journal he was keeping. Why would you keep emailing them? He wrote on an iPad all the time, apparently. That's why the typos were so bad, and he just liked email. I mean, imagine, that's your journal, but why would you do that? Why would you make up a story about a guy having STDs?”

“Oh, yeah. First of all, I have a laser range finder. And I arrange something. It says 52 yards. Then I go to my sight tape that's on my sight on my bow, and I dial it to 52 yards because I use archery software that measures the weight of my arrow.”

“Like he would take intramuscular doses of ketamine and jump in the sensory deprivation tank. Oh, damn. Yeah. Trying to unlock brain things. My friend. My friend, Todd, actually did it with him. Oh, wow. Yeah.”

“Even something that's going 300 feet a second. But when you're doing with a fucking wooden arrow that you made yourself with a stone tip, like one of these bad boys. I have one here somewhere. Somewhere on this desk.”

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