Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[mainewoods]

Ambull, all that bare ground and felled wood sure is a sight for sore eyes. Way to go!!

 

[Marshy]

Nice pic's Marshy. That looks like a sweet place you got there!

Thanks! As you can see, I have a clear shooting lane from my bathroom windown all the way down to my wood pile. lol

 

[mainewoods]

The AVE. temp for the month of Feb, so far, is 4.2*F, with no relief in sight. Looks like the record for Feb will be broken. Won't even talk about the wind chill that has been for days on end.

 

[mainewoods]

Deer in the driveway have tripled in the last few weeks. Gonna come out of retirement and get a part time job so I can afford to feed 'em all. This is the first group to feed, the other shifts are waiting in the woods.

 

[MustangMike]

Clint, nice pics, what are your snow totals up to??? I think U guys are getting killed this year.

We have a lot, but not like U, and it is coming down again now.

 

[zogger]

Deer in the driveway have tripled in the last few weeks. Gonna come out of retirement and get a part time job so I can afford to feed 'em all. This is the first group to feed, the other shifts are waiting in the woods.
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You put any hay out for them?

 

[mainewoods]

We've had 60"+ in the last few weeks. My first scrounge of 2015 should be sometime in May.

 

[chucker]

We've had 60"+ in the last few weeks. My first scrounge of 2015 should be sometime in May.

hey clint! since you have all that good white stuff why not try a new invention with snow logs! cooling them hot maine summers with the fresh cooold air of winter during the warm summer wave? ? might be worth your while, while your snow-bound and cabin fevered!

 

[mainewoods]

Believe it or not, feeding deer hay, is not recommended by biologists. It fills their belly's but does not provide enough nutrition, and is hard for them to digest. 14% protein livestock grain is recommended for supplemental feeding, and they are very partial to cracked corn. The biggest problem with supplemental feeding, is the bucks driving off the does and their young. Competition is pretty intense.

 

[mainewoods]

We used to pack snow in sawdust and have snowball fights on the 4th of July. Times were simpler back then I guess, you made your own entertainment.

 

[mainewoods]

But it sure beat a virtual snowball fight on the interthingy.

 

[Deleted member 83629]

im not scrounging in this weather im staying next to the stove!

 

[chucker]

im not scrounging in this weather im staying next to the stove!
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yupp! you ole sothern boy's sure do have it good down there in them bahama temps.... PLEASE! SEND OF IT THIS WAY WILL YOU? LOL

 

[MustangMike]

I remember a cartoon a while ago, when a State dropped in hay for the hungry deer, the cartoon depicted a deer looking up at the helicopter saying "thanks for the bedding, now how about some food"!

 

[KenJax Tree]

I feed deer lead and carbon arrows, my belly seem to digest it just fine[emoji4]

 

[Sawdust inspector]

I have deer eating out of my beef feeders of a grass/alfalfa mix bale and the corn silage feeder. They haven't got gutsy enough to come to the heated water yet

 

[dancan]

Dancan where the hell is the at least 50 cord you scrounged last year. I knew you must have been double or triple posting those pics. No one scrounges that much, and the pics looked very familiar. If you run out of wood the proof is in the pudding.

This is some of next years under the mound of snow and the 2 rows .

I've polly got 5 cord of logs out where the tractor is and another cord to pick up at a friends house but these last few weekends have been a right off , hope I can find something close this weekend ..... I know where there's a big dead standing spruce .
No dupe pics , only a 1/3 of a cord at the best in the van per trip LOL

 

[dancan]

Hey Ambull , here's some winter cutting for a house lot I did a few years back , sunny but around 3*F .

 

[Oldmaple]

Finally started burning the wood I had for this season. Still a few pieces from last years scattered around in the snow and ice piles but they will show up in time to heat the pool in May.

 

[svk]

-6 overnight in Albany. Sure wish I could be burning some of that hardwood I've been cutting. The little propane heater in our cabin doesn't quite keep up at these temps. But still slept plenty warm in our sleeping bags.