Author Topic: Life is good (Read 4632942 times)

Pappy · « **Reply #17310 on:** April 14, 2020, 06:18:43 am »

You are welcome Bob, hope you are staying safe, Rocky said MI. was on a pretty strict lock down.

Turned off cold here again so headed to the cabin to maybe put some skins on one of my new bows and get my apple and fig trees covered, supposed to be in the high 20 tonight, man for 80's to 20's is killing me, but that's Tennessee weather in the Spring.

Pappy

WhistlingBadger · « **Reply #17311 on:** April 14, 2020, 12:50:12 pm »

We went from 70F Saturday to below zero and four inches of snow on the ground Sunday. Yep, springtime! ha ha ha

Pappy · « **Reply #17312 on:** April 15, 2020, 06:20:47 am »

Ya 27 here this morning, had to cover my little wild apple trees and fig trees yesterday evening, looks like 1 more night of frost in the low 30's and then back to the 50's for lows and 70's for highs for a while. I sure don't mind the cold, just wished it would be 1 or the other.

I did get some skins on my last Osage yesterday, should be dry this morning so have some trimming up to do.

Pappy

BowEd · « **Reply #17313 on:** April 18, 2020, 07:06:18 am »

Great work on things you guys.So much so I can't list all the things being done.Plus I'm a 1 finger typer....Ha Ha.
We were blessed with a little over a foot of snow the last 2 days.It'll be gone in about the same amount of time though this time of year.

Pappy · « **Reply #17314 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:29:49 pm »

Thanks Ed. Had another great weekend, still a little slow but several showed up for some shop work/club work /Turkey hunting and shooting. Here are a few pictures.

Got skins on my last 2 bows this weekend, this one was a cobra skin someone gifted me years ago. It is pretty thick scales and going to take a lot of coats of true oil to get slick, but ha I got nothing but time.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17315 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:32:28 pm »

All 3 of my latest projects in the sun drying. Got my small fish pond up and running. Dan showed up to do some target repair.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17316 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:35:07 pm »

Painting the targets up, they turned out nice and will be a nice addition on the practice course. My wild apple trees from MI. are all leafed out now and looking good.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17317 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:39:16 pm »

Blue birds are back, they have nested in these deer heads for many years.My fig trees are also looking good. Shawn and I also planted 6 nice black berry bushes, hope to have lots of fruit by fall. Skinning my 2nd bow, it will have Timber rattlers, it was a big skin so I split it down the back.
Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17318 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:41:41 pm »

Skins on and trimmed.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17319 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:44:00 pm »

Shawn and Mark showed up for some bow work, we also split a lot of Osage. It split nice as any I have worked with.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17320 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:48:05 pm »

Shawn helping Mark with a growth ring on his next bow. Brats for lunch .

More supplies, my buddy from AR. killed a nice Turkey and I get the feathers. The Other Mark showing off his new string jig, very nice work.
Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17321 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:52:17 pm »

We spliced a pair of billets for Shawn. The 2 Mark's hard at it debarking the Osage we split, they are new and need to learn.

We also kept a nice fire going with the green Osage. Man that stuff burns hot.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17322 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:58:12 pm »

Big A showed up for some bow work and napping. Will showed up with truck trouble, so I put a brake caliper on it for him, his better half's came to visit also. Man that little girl is growing and cute as a button. Beau sent me a picture of Margaret Ann out walking with Christina, she had a old dead limb for a walking stick, well I can't have that

so I made her one out of Osage with pinned antler cap and tip and also wrapper, hope she like it.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17323 on:** April 19, 2020, 03:03:44 pm »

My buddy john killed another Turkey, he is a Turkey killing machine. I started on my next bow, a Really twisted RD , Coming along pretty good. Big A and Mark working on bow projects. Mark's is for his daughter and BigA 'S is for his son in law.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #17324 on:** April 19, 2020, 03:06:32 pm »

RD ready to brace, BigA flipping some tips and me tweaking the limb on my RD to get it lined up T-T. More brats for lunch. Love them things.

Pappy

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