Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: blackhawk on March 31, 2012, 05:19:16 pm
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I was invited by my good buddy Marty(oldtimberbows) to meet him out in Ohio to help him cut some yeller wood for a few days. His friend Scott also came down for the party to help. I left at Two O clock on weds. after work and was there a few hours later where they were already there and had a couple trees down. Over the next couple a days ( 3 days of sun up to sun down cutting) we managed to cut wood for a few bows. We had help with the use of a tractor,which speeded our progress tremendously. We had to clear and burn all the brush from the tops,so the tractor helped big time. We used it to haul all the brush and pick up a few logs and drop them on the trailer with chokes and chains. I got to notch and do pretty much all the felling,which was sweet. I was a madman with a chainsaw and went thru soooo much gas n chain oil. We also cut 3 hackberrys down,where you will see them in the pics. The sap is up and the bark peeled like a bannana. No pics of me cus you guys have seen enough of my sasquatch face lately..lol. Anyways there was lots of other good stories and good times to be told,but ill shut up and let the pics do the rest of the talking. Enjoy!!!!! 8)
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Wow, that's quite a haul. That wood ought to hold you for at least a couple weeks ;)
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and some more ;)
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That looks like a lot of work to me!
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What a haul!! :P
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And you say I have a problem. ;D That is one nice load of osage. Lots and lots of splitting and drawknifing in your future. Have fun with that ;)
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Chris
Thanks for showing me what I missed out on !
I do wish I could have been there !
I would have been cheering you on like a mad man !!
I can't believe you didn't pull the seats out your van so you could get more in !!
Take care my friend and I hope you got the van cleaned out !
See ya at Marshall !
Guy
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oh my goodness that is a LOT of work, should keep ya busy for awhile.
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Wow!And I wish I could get 1 log! No yeller wood around here, :'( gonna have to take a roadtrip one of these days! ;)
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A LITTLE wood !!!!
Great Haul!!!!
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I think there should be a heart assn warning on posts like this! remember there are members that can't get Osage!!!! and yes I did grab my chest when I saw that post :P good haul!! good job! now a supply of Osage slats for backed bows would be a nice option for trade ;) Jeff W
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Suggest you lash it together as a raft and paddle it across to the UK, we need some of that yeller stuff over here.
We could do a swap, you could have all our politicians >:D :laugh:
Del
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That's all you got in three days? Just kidn, that IS an awesome haul!! Enjoy the fruits of your labor and all the labor to come!
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Nice haul, guys. Looks like you have some straight ones there, also. Picked up another load, myself today. It's a lot of work!
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I'll bet that truck was happy to get home.
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I'm a little green with envy ;D
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Yeah-wow, what a haul!
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Nice wood there. Wish I had that trailer heading out here to Idaho.Nice job cutting those down also.
Tell
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I second what Del says....get paddling....osage....osage ummmmmmmmmm. You are lucky lucky guys having all that growing near you!
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Wow.... that van was full! Nice haul buddy.
Jon
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Nice haul, I hope that is a rental van.
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Well won't some people just act a hog mmmm mmmm mmm. Seriously nice haul I'm so envious. Can you tell?Ron
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Dang woodchucks!
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I got worn out just looking at all that wood!
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holy moly Chris that should keep you bus making bows for at least a few weeks once it gets dried. ;D
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Pretty jealous. No way I could get osage over here. Have fun!
Tom
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thanks guys...n some of yins guys crack me up :laugh:
theres still that monster 3 trunker and a couple other big ones,and a few smaller ones that need cut yet. the lady wanted them all cleared of her property,and 3 days of non stop cutting wasnt enough to get it all done. plus we need a bucket lift to top the big ones so we dont do any damage to her house and her dog kennels....those big ones are haunting me,as im sure they are marty as well. were hoping to go back this fall and get them....soooooo this saga is to be continued hopefully ;)