Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chucker]

free is good! lucked out tonight with the help of my daughter in-law (hair dresser) one of her clients is the head of a local church camp with a large amount (20acres) of wind damaged red oak forest ... I know the woods there from cutting next to it on county land last year . most of the trees are like 18" to 24" dbh red oak in sandy loam, old lake bed... we had a heavy wind storm roll through here a few months back an she wants it cleaned up... don't have to pile the brush at all just cut the trees that are tipped or rooted! good luck for me! should be a good time for a charitable donation to the local church camp.

 

[Sawdust inspector]

Where R U? That is a late start.

I live in ne wisconsin could have snow rain wind all of the great weather to deal with.

 

[Sawdust inspector]

The hardest part is drooling over trees for 9 days that I'd love to trim at the stump but hafta wait cause dad gets pissed when the 460 cranks up in the woods instead of his or my rifle

 

[chucker]

The hardest part is drooling over trees for 9 days that I'd love to trim at the stump but hafta wait cause dad gets pissed when the 460 cranks up in the woods instead of his or my rifle

lol know what your saying! especially when you are tagged out opener morning with 1 license for a doe at 7:30 and 8 days to go b4 the saws can ran without being shot at!!! lol remorse of the lucky hunter I guess?

 

[Sawdust inspector]

That's why I always have something to cut or split in the yard. He can't complain then inless he is napn in the shop

 

[mga]

Yes, 6' already and 2' more projected by tomorrow. Watertown isnt keeping pace with Buffalo but they do have something like 3' or more. They have been crowded from the news because it's less common for Buffalo/South Buffalo to get that much snow. Its actually common for Watertown to get snow like buffalo is getting but they dont usually make such a big deal about it. Only 2 or 3 years ago they had something like 72 inches in 36 hours.

I suppose Im considered on the southern shoreline of the lake as well but right before the shoreline goes north. Pulaski is 15 minutes from me and is at the most south eastern corner. We get our fair share of lake effect but its usually not as intense as Watertown/Tug Hill area... I've only got an inch or two, enough to cover the ground.

yea, i wondered how they were doing in watertown, since heavy snow falls are normal for them. funny how some people can live with heavy snows, while others think it's the end of the world.

locally, we got an inch and the local news made it seem like we were getting a major storm. wtf. after 64 years of living in NYS, it never ceases to amaze me how people over re-act to a little snow.

 

[nomad_archer]

Where R U? That is a late start.

PA starts even later Dec 1st for rifle deer. Archery wrapped up last Saturday. Then we have archery bear, then rifle bear, then rifle deer season.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

PA starts even later Dec 1st for rifle deer. Archery wrapped up last Saturday. Then we have archery bear, then rifle bear, then rifle deer season.

Yep. Just have to work today and tomorrow, then it's off to bear camp! I can't wait!

 

[farmer steve]

PA starts even later Dec 1st for rifle deer. Archery wrapped up last Saturday. Then we have archery bear, then rifle bear, then rifle deer season.

any luck with the bow N A? only saw some scruffy non shooters here in york co. did see a big ash tree that was broken off and not on the ground which i scrounged yesterday. about 1/4 cord. come on dec. 1.

 

[farmer steve]

Yep. Just have to work today and tomorrow, then it's off to bear camp! I can't wait!

thought about getting a bear license just for the excuse to be out in the woods. no bears here in york co. except a stray once in a while. my luck will be to be out cuttin wood and 1 will walk by.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

thought about getting a bear license just for the excuse to be out in the woods. no bears here in york co. except a stray once in a while. my luck will be to be out cuttin wood and 1 will walk by.

Living here in the great white north of PA, we have our fair share of bears. I've seen at least 4 big shooters while out on my wanderings for work, looking at jobsites. The most recent was on Friday, just down the road from my office - there was a big (300+) bear standing on the other side of the road, just watching everyone pump gas. I suspect that the smells of the restaurant inside the gas station had something to do with it. At least I had some entertainment while standing out in the cold pumping my gas.

 

[Marshy]

free is good! lucked out tonight with the help of my daughter in-law (hair dresser) one of her clients is the head of a local church camp with a large amount (20acres) of wind damaged red oak forest ... I know the woods there from cutting next to it on county land last year . most of the trees are like 18" to 24" dbh red oak in sandy loam, old lake bed... we had a heavy wind storm roll through here a few months back an she wants it cleaned up... don't have to pile the brush at all just cut the trees that are tipped or rooted! good luck for me! should be a good time for a charitable donation to the local church camp.

Do you get to keep the wood too? If so, you suck! Make sure to post pics if you get out there and cut it up. Sounds like a nice plot of trees.

 

[nomad_archer]

any luck with the bow N A? only saw some scruffy non shooters here in york co. did see a big ash tree that was broken off and not on the ground which i scrounged yesterday. about 1/4 cord. come on dec. 1.

Got lucky with the bow and shot an antlerless deer. Thought it was a decent sized mountain doe but it turned out to be a button buck which was a bummer but I am still very happy about getting meat in the freezer. My dad also shot a doe on the last Saturday. So we had 5 guys hunting archery out of camp we had one opening day buck, and my Dad and I with does. We had two misses so everyone got some action which is an improvement from how hunting has been up there for years. We did see 7 different bears during archery season this year up there. So one day I may make the trip to chase them for a few days. I saw a lot of small spike and sub legal or barely legal bucks but nothing that gave me enough time to give it a close inspection. There is a nice 8pt running around one of my stands the only problem is he and I keep missing each other. My dad is going to hunt that stand since I wont be at the cabin for opening day. I will be hunting close to home. I dont know where yet but somewhere close to home.

 

[mainewoods]

Nice scrounge chucker! Word of mouth is a powerful tool.

 

[svk]

Living here in the great white north of PA, we have our fair share of bears. I've seen at least 4 big shooters while out on my wanderings for work, looking at jobsites. The most recent was on Friday, just down the road from my office - there was a big (300+) bear standing on the other side of the road, just watching everyone pump gas. I suspect that the smells of the restaurant inside the gas station had something to do with it. At least I had some entertainment while standing out in the cold pumping my gas.

Although being in the middle of nowhere, we really don't have that many big bears. Then the DNR discovered that wolves were eating bears out of their dens while they were hibernating. A legitimate 200 pound boar is big although they've gotten bears as big as 650 pounds around here

 

[chucker]

Do you get to keep the wood too? If so, you suck! Make sure to post pics if you get out there and cut it up. Sounds like a nice plot of trees.

yes! I get to keep all the wood that comes out ... will leave some for the camp for their fires though only 6 miles from home.

 

[Sawdust inspector]

you should pass on that wood and try to find something closer. Don't sounf like it's worth your time since it's so far away.

 

[Mike-M]

I skidded this one home last night, on the streets. It was less than a mile, I only saw a few other cars.

 

[Sawdust inspector]

Never skidder a log down the road before

 

[Marshy]

Some more update on Bufalo's snow day.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/buffalo-western-new-york-buried-another-wave-snow-n251436

https://storify.com/mattmulcahy/buffalo-blasted-northern-ny-survives