Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[SS396driver]

Not a pellet grill, It’s a Kamado Joe. 17.4 pound bird, 2.5 hours at 325°

Sure spatchcocking the bird sped up the cooking . I’ve done it a few times with large birds

 

[ElevatorGuy]

Sure spatchcocking the bird sped up the cooking . I’ve done it a few times with large birds

Yes sir. That along with the ceramic smoker holding heat.

 

[JustJeff]

German shorthair? Does she hunt?

Bluetick coonhound and she will absolutely destroy a snowman! Lol

 

[rarefish383]

This is the first year in my life we didn't have a big family dinner. We drove 9 hours down to Black Mountain NC, just outside of Asheville, to have dinner with old friends. My wife, our friends wife, and my son went to the Biltmore this afternoon. Tomorrow Andy and I are going to hit some gun shops and see some of the damage from the storms. They said whole blocks of shops are about gone. We went by part of the River and there was solid rock along side of it. Maybe a half mile long and 100 yards wide. I said I didn't remember it? Andy said it was in crops before the storms. River took several feet of topsoil off, gone!

 

[GrizG]

I missed that! And people ask why I want a full carry permit!!!

The damned enhanced safe act put a real crimp in that… seems the court action is going in the right direction but it will take a while before SCOTUS slaps NY good again.

 

[ElevatorGuy]

The wife dressed our male gsd in his Xmas Jammie’s. He’s enjoying the stove.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

15-pound turkey, 59 minutes,

SR

 

[MechanicMatt]

This is the first year in my life we didn't have a big family dinner. We drove 9 hours down to Black Mountain NC, just outside of Asheville, to have dinner with old friends. My wife, our friends wife, and my son went to the Biltmore this afternoon. Tomorrow Andy and I are going to hit some gun shops and see some of the damage from the storms. They said whole blocks of shops are about gone. We went by part of the River and there was solid rock along side of it. Maybe a half mile long and 100 yards wide. I said I didn't remember it? Andy said it was in crops before the storms. River took several feet of topsoil off, gone!

My brother in-law lives in Marion. There is a pawn shop there that had a Teddy Roosevelt commemorative model 94

I begged my wife, she said not this trip

I know you are really a 99 guy. Didn’t see any of them locally last time I was visiting down there

 

[JimR]

I started out my day pretty good chipping brush until one of the 4 drive belts got thrown off the pulley. I think the aramid belts in it tore. Then the other 3 belts snapped in half. This is on a Valby CH160 chipper. To change the belts is not fun. The flywheel needs to be lifted up from the split pillow block bearings. Then you need to wiggle the belts under them and get them over the pulleys. I then headed for my woodpile across the street to be met by two does coming down my logging road. One of them was really big like the 121 pound gutted one I got last year. Opening season starts Monday. I have 2 doe permits this year. I took the chipper off my tractor and headed home. I'm backing in my driveway and the two does are right across from my driveway where a buck has a big scrape and rub. They hung out there nibbling on the remains of my brush pile. I know where I will be on Monday.

 

[sean donato]

Had the in-laws over for Thanksgiving tonight. Went about like normal, ate some food and excused myself. Started digging my stuff out and loading my pack for hunting tomorrow. Got my 338wm out and loaded up the magazines for it, them laid out my clothes. All ready for tomorrow morning!

 

[farmer steve]

Good luck Sean. @nomad_archer from Lititz is coming over with his daughter this morning. Just got the woodstove fired up at the deer camp.(AKA the shop)

 

[MechanicMatt]

At my buddies grandpas Christmas Tree Farm

His dad says there is a big 6 running around. Hopefully it runs into me this morning

Laying off the onion farm for a few days, need to get MustangMike over there so he can punch a doe tag

 

[nomad_archer]

Good luck Sean. @nomad_archer from Lititz is coming over with his daughter this morning. Just got the woodstove fired up at the deer camp.(AKA the shop)

Nice and toasty in the blind this morning.

 

[JD Guy]

A lot of my scrounging is through word of mouth. I rarely answer craigslist adds for free wood mostly because by the time I get there, it's already been picked over and the only thing left is the rotted out punky stuff. This happened to me a few times, and the person who put in the ad looks at me like I'm crazy for not wanting it, but left the ad up because he wants all of it gone. Like stihly dan said it's mostly just keeping your eyes open and looking around. Get to know some wood burners too. I know a few that do and they let me know where there's a good scrounging opportunity to be had. Just be sure you get landowners permission if it's private property.

German shorthair? Does she hunt?

That’s the exact same thought I had as I looked at the picture!

 

[sean donato]

Good luck Sean. @nomad_archer from Lititz is coming over with his daughter this morning. Just got the woodstove fired up at the deer camp.(AKA the shop)

So far 4 doe came through. 3 running hard, one little one just messed around my stand for a while. Too small to bother shooting. Hoping something with horns shows up, or dad decides to get out of the truck and go for a walk.

 

[djg james]

That’s the exact same thought I had as I looked at the picture!

As a kid, I hunted quail with a elderly neighbor who, among others, had a German Shorthair. As I remember, it was a close working dog; it did not range out of sight. And it had a good nose on it. You'd think a downed bird went in one direction, but nope, trust the dog and youll find the bird.

Interestingly, despite living next door to the guy, that dog never got to like anyone else. She'd bark her head off at you across the fence. But once you stepped into the guy's truck, she would be all over you. Licking and wanted to be petted. One the way home from the hunt, she'd have her head on my lap. Once I got out of the truck at home, all bets off, back to normal, she'd be barking at me. I called Jekyl and Hyde.

 

[GrizG]

As a kid, I hunted quail with a elderly neighbor who, among others, had a German Shorthair. As I remember, it was a close working dog; it did not range out of sight. And it had a good nose on it. You'd think a downed bird went in one direction, but nope, trust the dog and youll find the bird.

Interestingly, despite living next door to the guy, that dog never got to like anyone else. She'd bark her head off at you across the fence. But once you stepped into the guy's truck, she would be all over you. Licking and wanted to be petted. One the way home from the hunt, she'd have her head on my lap. Once I got out of the truck at home, all bets off, back to normal, she'd be barking at me. I called Jekyl and Hyde.

Funny how they think! My English Setter would bark at people walking up to us when afield but paid no mind to them if we walked up to them… It could be the same person on the same day…

 

[MustangMike]

My 75 lb Pitt (Thor) was like that. We could hike with him w/o putting him on the leash, and he stayed with you and did not bother anyone. But if someone approached us, especially if they did it quickly, he would stop them. He never bit anyone, but he scared the crap out of a lot of people. He would bull rush them and snap but did not bite.

Conversely, he loved kids, and they could do anything they wanted (including hitting him) and he never reacted to it.

If we saw another dog, I would just tell him to stay, and he would (and I would leash him).

He was the only dog I ever had that did not want to chase deer ... he would sit and watch them with me!

I had two male neighbors that liked to pet him when I walked him, but they both told me the same thing. "We will pet him when you walk him, but when your wife walks him, we stay away from him."

If I could have him cloned and get another, I would. I loved the two dogs we had after him, but they were like having little kids. Thor was like having an adult.