Flagging, Flagging and More Flagging

[slowp]

A 3 ibuprofen day. I've been sprucing up the boundary on a big unit. The old boundary flagging is 6 years old. I think the trees grew enough that they threw some of the flagging off. The tags that are stapled on the trees survive pretty well. I utilized this weird limb.

Reflagging an ancient boundary can be challenging, but looking for the old flagged in road right away is more like hunting. You look in the trees for signs of the old stuff--sometimes the flagging is there, sometimes a knot is left, and then sometimes only this can be found.

Since I couldn't find much of even that, I'll be returning again for more fun and frolic with flagging. I usually wander around in circles trying to find a speck of flagging on the ground. I wish I could train The Used Dog to sniff it out. Tomorrow, I'll drive to the top and that'll save me a 3/4 mile walk uphill both ways barefoot in 3 foot deep snow.

 

[2dogs]

Here is my contribution to slowp's thread though is has absolutely nothing to do with what she posted. I nailed this piece of orange flagging over a split in a three stem redwood about 8' in diameter at the base. Of course it is another goosepen and the part on the right is splitting away from the main trunk. It split this much in one pop. We have to have the county inspect this tree before we can cut it but I don't expect there to be a problem. It is also about 12' from a metal warehouse. Once this stem comes down the rest of the tree will be very unstable. Oh the the leader is leaning severly but in a good direction though I do have to stand underneath it to cut it. There is a 3' deep pit in the goose pen too.

I use the flagging to detect movement and use the image on my camera to verify what the flaging looked like last time. I carry orange or pink flagging for danger (and also yellow/black flagging for calfire). I also carry DANGER and sometimes KILLER TREE flagging and also DO NOT CUT. It just depends on what I have with me.

 

[deeker]

A 3 ibuprofen day. I've been sprucing up the boundary on a big unit. The old boundary flagging is 6 years old. I think the trees grew enough that they threw some of the flagging off. The tags that are stapled on the trees survive pretty well. I utilized this weird limb.

Reflagging an ancient boundary can be challenging, but looking for the old flagged in road right away is more like hunting. You look in the trees for signs of the old stuff--sometimes the flagging is there, sometimes a knot is left, and then sometimes only this can be found.

Since I couldn't find much of even that, I'll be returning again for more fun and frolic with flagging. I usually wander around in circles trying to find a speck of flagging on the ground. I wish I could train The Used Dog to sniff it out. Tomorrow, I'll drive to the top and that'll save me a 3/4 mile walk uphill both ways barefoot in 3 foot deep snow.

Your doing a great job!!!! Training for the five mile, in 3 feet of....snow...

More pics...always a good read.

 

[bullbuck]

dont know how many elk if any you have up there,but we got big ones and lots of em down here and apparently they love the taste of flagging!i am told most flagging disappears within six months,though i have never witnessed blue or orange milk duds?(droppings):monkey:

 

[RPM]

dont know how many elk if any you have up there,but we got big ones and lots of em down here and apparently they love the taste of flagging!i am told most flagging disappears within six months,though i have never witnessed blue or orange milk duds?(droppings):monkey:

The bears like to tear our flagging down - just to let us know they are around.

 

[Metals406]

Could be worse... You could be flagging in 8' yew brush. :jawdrop:

Great thread as always.

 

[Cedarkerf]

Could be worse... You could be flagging in 8' yew brush. :jawdrop:

Great thread as always.

I really think with her story telling she should write a book. She could call it Foresters life with a used dog.

 

[Metals406]

I really think with her story telling she should write a book. She could call it Foresters life with a used dog.

:agree2::yourock:

 

[Mike Van]

I like that wierd limb - Kind of says "Tonto was here" At least you don't use those hardened nails like some surveyors do.

 

[slowp]

Here's the view from my favorite lunch spot. I used the zoom.

It is the district high elevation seed orchard. I think mostly Noble Fir was planted here from seed gathered off genetically superior trees. It is one of the few places we have rows of trees. The road building for the big unit will take off from the seed orchard road.

 

[Metals406]

Here's the view from my favorite lunch spot. I used the zoom.

It is the district high elevation seed orchard. I think mostly Noble Fir was planted here from seed gathered off genetically superior trees. It is one of the few places we have rows of trees. The road building for the big unit will take off from the seed orchard road.

That would indeed be a great place to eat lunch.

 

[slowp]

One of the loggers is thinking about bringing his motorhome and wife up so she can paint a picture. I've been thinking about tenting there.

Yesterday's discovery? Yet more pieces of flagged in road. I couldn't follow one all the way because the snow got very deep. It is mostly walkable on, until there is something underneath, then it is bottomless. I also don't trust the snowbridge over the creek. I might cause excessive sediment if I fell in!But I think we will just put in yet another road. One of the pre-located ones does not get the yarder out close enough to the edge of the steep.

I mentioned that I was glad they were going back to work, I need the __&___fitness program. Their guy said fitness program?! It was the __&__Fatty Program. EVERYBODY has put on weight over the winter. One of the guys said it was hard ground to break in on too. Well, we're at least getting paid instead of paying to shrink a little. I hope "we" shrink.

We return tomorrow to hang more flagging. And then the tree painting/killing starts.

 

[Metals406]

Mmmmm... Work. Some of that would be nice right now.

I need to be on the fatty program... Sitting at this computer too much is making me fat! LOL

 

[redprospector]

I still know what work is, it's the getting paid part I'd like to try again.

Andy

 

[bullbuck]

be careful metals,if you have not already found this out? grapple skidders produce the same results as your computer, i have researched this thoroughly...:spam:

 

[Metals406]

be careful metals,if you have not already found this out? grapple skidders produce the same results as your computer, i have researched this thoroughly...:spam:

Hahahaha!