Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Wait, now you're paying for firewood
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That's good, especially if they're using half the BTU'sNope - half of 0 is still 0!
Bwahahaha!!!!
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I think there's really no downside - he burned the bark off, boiled the moisture out, and now it has a Shou Sugi Ban style protective shell. Heck, this wood might be as good as black locust now! LOLThat's good, especially if they're using half the BTU's
That's funny.
We've had people over here before and I saw a piece of locust in the fire, they thought I was out of mind pulling it out of the fire
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Before the dawn of four wheelers, we used a deer hauler which was more or less a tube frame stretcher with a single large bicycle tire underneath the middle of it. One person pulled from the front and one pushed from the back and it worked very well. It worked a lot better than the oversize wheelbarrows that they sell commercially. I still have it and have the tire stored indoors in case we ever get a deer where a wheeler can’t get to.
Lol I think there’s a lesson to be learned here.
I just train my deer to run down and jump in the back of the truck before bleeding out!!
Nice deer FS!!! Enjoy that venison!
Last night I let the dog out for his final business of the day alone. He came back in and I got ready for bed. About 15 minutes later, a whole pack of coyotes started howling about 150 yards away from my house. It was a good reminder that I need to escort him outside after dark until spring. Ironically I already planned to get my varmint rifles sighted in today.
A mix of answers... What I'd have guessed I guess! I imagine a big buck is heavy so I can definitely see the advantages in a bit of field butchery!
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Well, first year I've been skunked in a long time. No deer, hunted hard for four straight days, didn't ever see a single deer. Lots of sign, and they're hitting my bait piles pretty hard at night.
Oh well, we still have the bonus weekend on the 18th and 19th. It probably worked out for the better as my wife and I are still not 100% recovered, and it probably would've been pretty hard on us to process a deer or two right now.
I decided not to go out today, the cold really got to me yesterday so I decided to just relax and take it easy. I'm glad I did.
On the scrounging topic, I did find a bunch of downed trees that I need to get bucked and split ASAP. White ash, a little locust, elm, and some black cherry. I'm hoping to get out next week and start on some of it. Heck, I still probably have a trailer load (Ranger pickup bed trailer that is) that I bucked up a few weeks ago down in the woods that needs picked up also.
Oh well, we still have the bonus weekend on the 18th and 19th. It probably worked out for the better as my wife and I are still not 100% recovered, and it probably would've been pretty hard on us to process a deer or two right now.
I decided not to go out today, the cold really got to me yesterday so I decided to just relax and take it easy. I'm glad I did.
On the scrounging topic, I did find a bunch of downed trees that I need to get bucked and split ASAP. White ash, a little locust, elm, and some black cherry. I'm hoping to get out next week and start on some of it. Heck, I still probably have a trailer load (Ranger pickup bed trailer that is) that I bucked up a few weeks ago down in the woods that needs picked up also.
When I got back from Oklahoma, I posted about our trip to the Ancient Forest. This week end I was at my place in WV. Yesterday, getting ready to leave, I decided to cut down a standing dead White Oak, to bring home for firewood. I used my MS170 to cut it down. I think it has a 16" bar on it, maybe 14"? Anyway, my BIL was putting the blocks on his Mule, running them out to my trailer. He picked one up and said, look how tight those rings are. Holy cow! On a piece 7-8"s across, I counted 120+ rings I was using an ice pick to count with and it was still big enough it made it hard to count the rings in the center. I'm going to blow up the pic and see if I can get a better count?
I counted 124/125, That's pretty tight grained for a white oak.When I got back from Oklahoma, I posted about our trip to the Ancient Forest. This week end I was at my place in WV. Yesterday, getting ready to leave, I decided to cut down a standing dead White Oak, to bring home for firewood. I used my MS170 to cut it down. I think it has a 16" bar on it, maybe 14"? Anyway, my BIL was putting the blocks on his Mule, running them out to my trailer. He picked one up and said, look how tight those rings are. Holy cow! On a piece 7-8"s across, I counted 120+ rings I was using an ice pick to count with and it was still big enough it made it hard to count the rings in the center. I'm going to blow up the pic and see if I can get a better count?
How heavy was the wood.
Took this pic from the roof of the pole barn yesterday of the wood splitting and log pile area.
That was a few years ago Mike. First deer with the crossbow.
No heavier than normal White Oak, which is pretty heavy. I've never seen growth rings that tight in the Mid Atlantic area. I have pieces of Cherry the same size with 12-15 rings. That tree died about 4 years ago and I finally decided to take it home. So, if your count is close, that was about an 8" tree at the base when we bought the property in 71-72. The base is about 17", not counting the flare.
A bit of she-oak for next year. 
Good afternoon fellows.
First snow storm of the season. We are supposed to get 12” and are at about 5” so far. Snow predicted through 4am tomorrow.
This morning I mounted a new scope on my .22-250, mounted the (included with sale) scope on my .223 and put a scrounged 2.5x scope from Zogger onto my Savage 24 and then bore sighted all of them.
I have to plow for a few friends later tonight so I’ll have to brave the roads again. They weren’t good when I ran to town earlier.
First snow storm of the season. We are supposed to get 12” and are at about 5” so far. Snow predicted through 4am tomorrow.
This morning I mounted a new scope on my .22-250, mounted the (included with sale) scope on my .223 and put a scrounged 2.5x scope from Zogger onto my Savage 24 and then bore sighted all of them.
I have to plow for a few friends later tonight so I’ll have to brave the roads again. They weren’t good when I ran to town earlier.
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