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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Blacktail on January 18, 2009, 02:27:29 pm

Title: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Blacktail on January 18, 2009, 02:27:29 pm

We left Prineville yesterday to go up in the woods to get some juniper and have some fun. So I thought I would just share some photos of our fun up in the woods. Later, John
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Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: El Destructo on January 18, 2009, 02:35:58 pm

                 Nice Cache of Juniper....too bad you didnt see the Critter that made that Rub during Season!!!

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Pat B on January 18, 2009, 02:49:40 pm

Looks like a great trip for you guys and a nice haul of juniper.  8)

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: sailordad on January 18, 2009, 05:21:46 pm

nice haul

is that a Red Ryder 200 shot range model repeating rifle?

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Pat B on January 18, 2009, 05:53:15 pm

...watch out! you could put your eye out! :o  ::)

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: El Destructo on January 18, 2009, 05:57:01 pm

I couldn't tell you how many hands full of BB's I swallowed loading one of them when I was a Lad!!! Or how many my Mother dug out of my Back and Butt....and Head!!! We were Hellions when I was growing up in Da UP!!! But We never put an Eye Out either!!!

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Blacktail on January 18, 2009, 06:05:48 pm

hey thanks guys..and yes its a red ryder 200...my son got it for christmas and it even come with a copy of the old red ryder comic which i have for safe keeps.john

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: sailordad on January 18, 2009, 07:45:36 pm

Quote from: El Destructo on January 18, 2009, 05:57:01 pm

I couldn't tell you how many hands full of BB's I swallowed loading one of them when I was a Lad!!! Or how many my Mother dug out of my Back and Butt....and Head!!! We were Hellions when I was growing up in Da UP!!! But We never put an Eye Out either!!!

been there done that more than once and loved every shot in the backside >:D


yup the good ol days, before the "man" was worried about you hurting yourself

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: cracker on January 18, 2009, 08:02:07 pm

Looks like a ton of fun. Ive been there with the red rider as well I always wound up with bb holes and belt marks.Ron

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Pappy on January 19, 2009, 11:27:49 am

Cool pictures,looks like a good haul,Start um young that is the way to do it.We use to have bb gun fights,never thought about ,we could get hurt,it was supposed to hurt,made you learn to dodge and hide better. ;) :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: juniper junkie on January 19, 2009, 10:00:05 pm

nice load you got. looks like you are up in elevation a bit. looking forward to this years bowbuilding campout ;D

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: GregB on January 19, 2009, 10:10:26 pm

I'd say yall had a good time harvesting that load!

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Blacktail on January 20, 2009, 07:20:47 pm

hey thanks dave,pappy,greg,ron,sailordad....it was fun...dave,i cant wait either maybe i can finish that indian bow ....LOL..LATER JOHN

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: juniper junkie on January 20, 2009, 09:36:56 pm

did you ever get it strung? looked plenty stout.

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Gordon on January 21, 2009, 02:10:51 am

John, I'm looking forward to seeing the bows that come out of that haul.

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Blacktail on January 21, 2009, 05:26:06 pm

hey gordon.yeah me too but i will say that juniper is really light even when wet...hey dave,no,i havent strung it...and thats my down fall..i dont know any thing about string making.so,this is where i stop and put it into the pile.lol...later john

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: juniper junkie on January 21, 2009, 09:08:57 pm

give me a shout and I can set you up with a string jig and show you how to do it. you know the old saying...teach a man to fish and he will never work a day in his life.. no.. that isnt right, is it ???LOL

Title: Re: fun day of getting juniper
Post by: Badbill on January 22, 2009, 01:23:18 am

My wife thinks I'm an idiot, over here laughing remembering the good old days when my friends and I would shoot each other out of trees with our bb guns. LOL. ;D Nice bunch of wood.