3rd Annual Moon Tree Gathering

[Danzn Bar]

Dave,
Therapy is coming along, good days and bad days.  My goal is to make it there early enough Saturday morning to have biscuits and sausage gravy ready @ 9:00 for breakfast.  Then hang around the bow shop a while and head back home that evening.  It will be just two weeks after surgery and my leg really is weak it wasn't that strong before surgery due to putting up with the knee the last few years.

Sounds like it's going to be a great time, I'll really enjoy seeing the tanning and skins demos.
Till next time,

[Danzn Bar]

Dave,
One other thing......I will not be able to dig out the clay bird thrower and targets, tooo may steps at this time.
Sorry Bill

[hedgeapple]

Bill the most important thing for you do now is to take care of yourself.  Breakfast at 9AM works for me.  I have a pigeon thrower and a couple others have volunteered to bring one, also.  Clay targets are easily obtained. 

[hedgeapple]

I got the stretching, scraping, smoking frame completed today.  The next big chore is getting the range ready.  The weather is really messing with me on this one.  I wanted to have it groomed and set up 2 weeks ago.  It won't take 3 hours to do it.  But, right now everything is a muddy mess. 

Speaking of weather, it doesn't look half bad for next weekend.  Friday near 50 degrees with 40% chance of rain.  Saturday 30% chance of rain and snow around daylight; warming to 50 degrees.  The wind looks light for both days.  That's a heck of lot better than the monsoon we had on Saturday last year.

Tomorrow, Saturday, I'm going to a little more straightening in the workshop. AND THEN I'M GOING TO START WORKING ON A BOW!

[osage outlaw]

Don't over do it Dave.  I'm planning on coming down Friday late afternoon/early evening if that's OK with you.  I can help with whatever needs done.  I'm glad the weather looks better than last year. 

[hedgeapple]

Clint Friday is fine for your arrival

[hedgeapple]

I actually worked on a bow today.  It was nice creating little wood curls again. But, it wasn't yeller wood.  I got it laid out and looking like a bow.  I need to thin the limbs more, then heat straighten the alignment.  I'll do that while I'm inducing reflex.  My goal is to have it ready to tiller by weekend.

[osage outlaw]

What kind of wood is it Dave?  I also worked on roughing out a bow today to bring with me. 

[hedgeapple]

It's the HHB that Blackhawk gave me when I gave him that rotted piece of osage that became the "Bluegrasshole" bow.  I've had it for 4 years.  It's time it became a bow.

[osage outlaw]

It's the HHB that Blackhawk gave me when I gave him that rotted piece of osage that became the "Bluegrasshole" bow.  I've had it for 4 years.  It's time it became a bow.

Is this the first time you have worked with HHB Dave?  If so, you will like it.  Its #2 on my list of favorite bow woods.  The dust bothers my throat.  It seems harder than osage when using a scraper or rasps.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

Thawed out a gray and red fox for the tanning part this weekend came close 2x today on a whistle pig today slipped in the hole both times. I will get that sucker tomorrow when I get off work. 5 more days to go

[hedgeapple]

My grandfather used to tell me that a pair of groundhog shoe strings would wear out 3 or 4 pairs of boots.  I have a groundhog hide that's been hanging in the shop for 3 years.  I'm going to do my ash solution, hair removal on it and the old deer hides in the shed.  I'd like to have the deer in the freezer fleshed out and hair removed ready for the egg tanning.  If not, I have a couple hides that need egg tanning anyhow. I saw a cool hide smoking video on YouTube.  I got figure out a way to make that happen.

OH, I took a vacation day for Thursday.  So, if anyone want to come in a day earlier, I'll be here.

[Pappy]

Yall have fun this weekend and stay out of trouble.   Wished I could make and some day I plan on it, we always have our first event the 3rd weekend of March so couldn't do it this time.  
  Pappy

[Gsulfridge]

Pappy, you would like it.  Sorta like a mini Classic, only with a small (but growing) group.  No official scorecards and just shooting at your leisure.  Good food and lots of joking and cutting up.  Pretty much stress free fun (unless your are Dave's wife when an exploding target goes off, or Clint after a bad batch of chicken).  Love to see you there some day.

[Gsulfridge]

I am going to be clearing out much of my stave stash.  I have to make room in my shed.  So, I will have a bunch of shorter (around 50") staves and a few other assorted staves of various lengths with me at Moontree to trade or gift to people.  Just a heads up so that everyone saves room to haul them back.  Otherwise, Dave will get stuck with them.