Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[nomad_archer]

Found out my welding gloves that I use with the wood stove had a hole the hard way this morning.... oppps.

Then I made big wood into smaller pieces.

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[chipper1]

Scrounged some firewood AND shot a deer. How's that? [emoji51]


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Now we're back on track LOL.

to stay "on topic" my 87 yo dad has been scrounging as long as i can remember. haulin wood in old studebaker pickups,army surplus dodge vans and the occasional rambler station wagon. taught me all about wood (and here's where we derail a little ) and hunting. today was the first day of buck season here and dad was in his stand early.he hasn't got a buck in quite a few years and at his age you don't know if there is a next season. SCORE!!!!! yes he threw it in the back of his firewood truck sorry if there is to much blood in the pics.
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Tell him congrats from Michigan .

 

[KiwiBro]

This whole hunting thing would be alot easier if we could just eat trees.

I'm with ya. They are about the only things in the bush I can still sneak up on and that can't out-run me.

Now we're back on track LOL.

Tell him congrats from Michigan .

And from New Zealand.

 

[nomad_archer]

Progress but there is still a lot left to split. Then I get to stack.

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[nomad_archer]

Out with the old and in with the new. New binos came in today. Night and day difference between them. The Nikons are now giving me double vision.

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[woodchip rookie]

The higher end Vortex stuff is great. Just too expensive for me. Some day I'll drop some coin on some good glass

 

[nomad_archer]

The higher end Vortex stuff is great. Just too expensive for me. Some day I'll drop some coin on some good glass

I hear the same. This is far from the high end glass but for the price it's incredible.

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[svk]

I had two pair of Zeiss 10x40's that I sold to a guy who collected them. Great optics but too much coin for me, especially when I hunt public land and sometimes leave my hunting gear bag in one spot and then pick it up later in the day on my way home.

 

[turnkey4099]

I agree grab what you have and let it eat. 5 years ago the 011 in my SIG is what I had and I wouldn't have turned down that locust. Wasn't till I joined AS that I got the 590 then I sent said saw to Tennessee to be ported. But the ms250 would still cut most anything I run into.

Heh. The first locust I cut all I had was a Homelite XL2 with 10" bar. Harvest a couple cord off the pile of logs. Some of them went around 18" DBH

 

[chipper1]

Heh. The first locust I cut all I had was a Homelite XL2 with 10" bar. Harvest a couple cord off the pile of logs. Some of them went around 18" DBH

To stay on topic, did that homie have gunning sights LOL.
That's pretty cool.
I like me some locust .

 

[rarefish383]

Heh. The first locust I cut all I had was a Homelite XL2 with 10" bar. Harvest a couple cord off the pile of logs. Some of them went around 18" DBH

One of the first logs I milled was with a little Echo 305 I used as a climbing saw. We were doing some cleanup work at Boy Scout camp. Some of the boys rolled logs up to the fire to sit on. I found an old 2X4 somewhere and nailed it to a little Locust log maybe 12 inches. I had a Haddon Lumber Maker that bolted to the bar and road down the 2X4 as a track. I split that log in half, notched out two rounds, and set the round side of the log in the notches. We had the coolest fire pit bench in camp. I can mill a 30"X10' Oak log faster with the 660 than it took me to to halve that 6-7 foot Locust with the little Echo, Joe.

 

[MechanicMatt]

I must say Uncle Mike is 100% correct about the .30 being better suited for his property. Couple years ago my dad shot at a nice buck, brush ate the lil .270. Poor deer ran away from him and right to Uncle Mike.... dead buck.
But,Couple years ago I tried to sneak a factory load .30-06 through some brush at a giant. Didn't work out so well. As we all know, bullet construction makes a big difference too. This year the .35 Whelen did just fine going through brush and knocking the deer dead. On the farm fields a .223 works just fine. Oldest nephew came and raided my gun cabinet this year. Borrowed my .223 with Barnes bullets and dropped a doe in her tracks. I had the 6.5 in there for him to use but since he had shot the Mini14 before he felt more comfortable with that rifle....

I've often thought about getting my daughter a .44 mag for up at the cabin and the brush, but now...... I dunno

Enough rambling, came home to firewood stacked inside and the stove roaring. Gotta love a wife that loves wood stove heat!

 

[woodchip rookie]

I've often thought about getting my daughter a .44 mag for up at the cabin and the brush, but now...... I dunno

I had a 357Mag lever gun. Another one I should have kept, but I have been looking for a lever action or semi-auto carbine in 9mm. I don't think they make a lever action in 9mm but they make carbines. But the decent ones are WAY expensive.

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/pro...s&refType=&from=fn&ecList=7&ecCategory=444840

 

[MechanicMatt]

Marlin camp gun.....
I always wanted them to chamber it in .40s&w

 

[MechanicMatt]

 

[MechanicMatt]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Ruger-44-Carbine/Browse.aspx?Keywords=Ruger+44+Carbine&Cats=3024

This is what I've wanted to get the daughter, but her 6.5 will probably do plenty fine after Uncle Mike makes some "magic" hand loads for it.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Did they ever make that in 9?

 

[James Miller]

I must say Uncle Mike is 100% correct about the .30 being better suited for his property. Couple years ago my dad shot at a nice buck, brush ate the lil .270. Poor deer ran away from him and right to Uncle Mike.... dead buck.
But,Couple years ago I tried to sneak a factory load .30-06 through some brush at a giant. Didn't work out so well. As we all know, bullet construction makes a big difference too. This year the .35 Whelen did just fine going through brush and knocking the deer dead. On the farm fields a .223 works just fine. Oldest nephew came and raided my gun cabinet this year. Borrowed my .223 with Barnes bullets and dropped a doe in her tracks. I had the 6.5 in there for him to use but since he had shot the Mini14 before he felt more comfortable with that rifle....

I've often thought about getting my daughter a .44 mag for up at the cabin and the brush, but now...... I dunno

Enough rambling, came home to firewood stacked inside and the stove roaring. Gotta love a wife that loves wood stove heat!

I'd like to have a 44 someday for a hikeing carry gun. Maybe when the kids are both in school and the wife goes back to work. I do have some of these to try in my 1911. On the left is a close copy to earlier mentioned coworkers 255g hunting round and on the right is one of his experiments gone wrong as none of the cavities are centered.

 

[dancan]

I literally burn everything I can get my hand on for free or in return for a favor. Black locust? Check. Downy oak? Check. English Walnut? Check. Sour cherry? Check. Almond? Check. Silver birch? Check... you get the idea.
I am yet to run into some wood here that doesn't make at least decent firewood: the trick is all in cutting and splitting it in the right size for your stove/fireplace and let it age for as long as it's needed. As long as it's free or only a small favor is needed, it's worth the hassle and I won't be too picky. At most I'll just burn some more.

I think we need some pics from that side of the pond ...

 

[Philbert]

One of the first logs I milled was with a little Echo 305 . . . .

Great, lightweight saw. Not sure that I would recommend it for milling!

Philbert