Joan Leonard Memorial Bunny Hunt.....Last Years(06) (Teaser)!!!

[Huntrdfk]

Neat looking mark for those knives Jeff, just adds a little more to an already great looking knife!

As part of this hunt, I threw everyone's name in a hat that might want a chance to hunt moose, and then pulled two names as a subpermitte and an alternate to hunt with me this fall should I be drawn for a Maine moose tag.  We held the drawing right at the end of the raffle, and the winner was..............................

David

[Huntrdfk]

...........Woodchucker-Chuck Nelson!  Congrats Chuck, here's to our good luck in the draw!  

The alternate is Bob Brown, so if Chuck for some reason can't go, (here's your cue Joe), Bob will step to the plate.

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH  YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

David

[woodchucker]

I WON!!!!! I WON!!!!! I WON!!!!!

I would like to thank my good friend David for this TREMENDOUS PRIZE!!!!!!!!!! It will be a Great Honor to share a moose hunt with my Brother!!!!!

Here's to our Good Luck in the draw!!!!!

BTW I will start "Moose Dancing" right away LOL

[ArcheryDude123]

well everyone,  i got my chance to use the little delta bow as the first carrier on saturday.  The Bow show amazing, smooth and pretty much everything i look for in a bow....i saw two bunnys and got a shot off at one.......but i shot 15-20 arrows at stumps, grass clups, etc. This bow was amazing and i cant wait for my turn to use it again

[swampbuck]

I shoulda grabbed that jaw bone from the parture....my wife gave me a book on projects with antler bone and leather....saw a nice war hatchet made from a horse's jaw bone...maybe Shawn will grab it next weekend when they take out the other weapons.

Think I'm gonna hafta try my hand at makin a knife for the table next yr.....I'm gonna cheat and use tool steel instead of hammer forgein it myself LOL I'll just send it out to the Heat treaters....I've got some pc's of hard scrap already one of which I was thinkin "neck knife"....I'll let somebody know when I get it done since I don't post my own pics LOL

[woodchucker]

SUNDAY!!!!! SUNDAY!!!!! SUNDAY!!!!!

The Bunny Hunt sure did kick that boys butt!!!!!

I think he's still half asleep LOL

[Guru]

My poor bow    :(

I knew that fiberglass needed to be fixed from being beat up for 10yrs,should have done something about it.If it wasn't for that little "tip" it caught on,it would have been fine,just string it back up and hunt!! Done it before...a couple times!!! We'll see what Jack can do with it,at worse I get a new set of limbs,and Keith gets to mess with these.I got a feeling he can work some of his magic on it    

Southpaw,just sent the pix you wanted

Jeremy,I took some pix of the knife,I'll send then today.

I wish we could do this all over again this weekend!!!!!!!!!!! You all make this real special!!! Every year I think,"it can't get any better",but every year it does.........

[LAR43]

Hey Curt,
Just sittin' here thinkin' the same thing. This time last week I was all excited & waiting for Greg to stop by & pick me up.
Can't believe it went by so quickly
 
I just PM'ed ya my add. on the knife post you put up.

I really got that wingbone singin' now. It's the easiest to work, sweetest soundin' wingbone I've ever used. A ton of thanks for it!!    
It's gonna be my go to call if I ever locate a place to hunt turkeys this spring!

Shawn, if you're readin' this post, & get into that meadow again, would ya be so kind as to grab a couple o' them bones for me too?
All the ones I picked up I ended up puttin' into Tippit's game pocket!

Larry

[southpawshooter]

Got 'em Curt, Thanks!!!!!  You're right, this is one  he!!uva special event, and the reason is the people involved...

[tippit]

LAR43, No wonder I was so tired after that hunt, carring all your bones too!    

Sneak preview of my St Judes Auction Knife that I just hardened.  Clint Walker (clintoper) was gracious enough to send me some osage scrap and one of his fish tail splices was included, so that will be the handle.  What could be more traditional than that!  Jeff
 

[LAR43]

Hey Jeff,
You still have 'em! I picked up a few for myself then said what the hay. I'll give 'em to you. I don't do many straight blade knives.

After our conversation I've been lookin' over the bay for forges & such . . .
I'm gettin' itchy!!!    
Might be callin' you for some heatin'/hammerin' info soon!

Larry

[swampbuck]

How big is the blank before ya start hammerin ?? I'm just curious is all....like I said I'd cheat myself and just use toolsteel and send it out to HT.....ya never know though LOL I've got a torch and a big hammer at home.....oh yea what was the material again ?? 104? somthin.....what about 4140 prehard or 8620...anybody hammerfordge O1 which is an oil hard tool steel what about A-2 which is air hard

[tippit]

Tom, I've just used 5160 & 1080 high carbon steel.  They both temper in the range of 375-400 F and quench in oil.  I've just kept it simple.  Jeremy said he was using some that quenches in a salt bath.  This blade started as 3"...Jeff
 

[Shawn Leonard]

Guys, I will be in there this weekend. I will get ya all that I can. I saw somw real nicew Jawbones as well. I agree Curt. Whenm I started this thing, I figured it would be fun and maybe we would do it again and now look at what it has become. It is awesome and just gets better year after year!!! OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn

[tippit]

Larry, I brought that whole pile of bones home!  Call me any time, but your blade design knocks the socks off of mine.  I might have to copy one of those folders.  

If you are looking for a forge & anvil, try to locate a horse farrier.  They seem to know where a lot of that used stuff is located.  Remember I'm just a 1st grade student of Doug's...Jeff

[LAR43]

Jeff,
You oughta' have enough knife handles for the next 20 years! I'll send you an outline on a piece of masonite. That way you can keep it as a permanent pattern.

Gonna hit the yellow pages & look for local farriers.

Shawn, you started a tradition!
   

Larry

[Shawn Leonard]

Larry, I wish I had known. I know a ouple local farriers!! OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn

[joe skipp]

Dave....I just finished making Chuck a dozen custom arrows...I think I'll let him use these on that Moose hunt if you guys draw. This is probably a once in a lifetime for Chuck....So I'm pulling for you guys to draw.

[Huntrdfk]

"Graig Nettles on George Steinbrenner..."The more we lose, the more he flies here. And the more he flies, the better chance, there will be a plane crash.""

Ha!!!!!!!!  I love the new tag line Joe!

Yeah, I think it would be awesome to draw a tag, I know it would be a fun hunt for sure.

David

[woodchucker]

I'm Dancin', I'm Dancin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW David, When did you say the drawing was?????

(Boy are my legs gonna be tired LOL)