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split the big'n' into six largish staves and had no more gas left. think I might of left some chunks of my back on the drive way. hope to split the six in half but will try another day. thanks John.
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Looks great, I am hoping to do the same tomorrow or Monday.
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Looks like fun. As soon as the ground dries up a little, I am going to try to harvest osageasaurus. I need to call in a favor to my brother-in-law and his tractor.
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Well, just got back in from a visit to an Osage hedge row. Picked a nice sized tree (for a guy cutting & dragging trees solo) and think it will be some real nice bow wood.
I had planned on shooting some pics and sharing them on this thread but 1) just checked and the camera batteries need charging and 2) I probably don't need to hijack your thread.
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Spent a couple hours boning out two of my big logs. Looks pretty good. I'm at about 20 staves for sure and several maybes. I still have 1 big and one medium log to go. All in all, I'm guessing between 35 and 40 staves Woohoo.
Also spent a couple hours going through the stuff under my bench. I forgot how much I had. At least 30 bows worth under there and 22 more in the attic plus 15 or so from a previous acquisition this year. I'm feeling a bit like those folks on that show "Hoarders".
The next couple months are going to be spent gettin it all down into useable chunks.
Walt that is a truck, it just has a permanent camper shell on it. It's had more mud and blood and osage in it than most "real" trucks on the roads these days.
Here's my other 2007 Toyota Corolla hunting truck. Ya think some Japanese engineer ever figured out how many deer you could put in the back of a Corolla?
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That Corolla pic ranks right up there with the one that's floated around the internet of the guy riding his bike with a deer draped across his shoulders... Too funny.
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Snag I got tired of wishing for osage too grow here,so I went and planted some in my yard. John that looks like a fine haul, in 10 more years I might be able to cut my own.
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I passed on a bunch more deer that day cause I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fit another one in the trunk. I had a couple guys at the check station see all those legs and ask me "How many deer you got in that thing?". Now I'll know I can get at least one more in there
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Oh yeah, to keep things on topic, Osage that is, here is how my morning was spent. I need a bigger sledge and more than 1 steel wedge
Anyway...
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