What Did You Do Today?

[Stoker]

Got back from elk hunting.. 3days of rain.. It poured for 2.. Good news the tent doesn't leak.. Come home to Ms Kerrie with a wet muddy dog
Thanks Leroy

[Eric Krewson]

I sat in the sun at 7 mile, didn't bother going until almost 4:00, Killed 9, should have killed a limit, couldn't hit them. 

[Marks]

Well they didn't start flying till about 3 so you did well. I killed 5-6 but we were sitting in a group and I had quite a few shot in front of me. Took my nephew for the first time with his new gun. We credited him with 1 bird. not sure if he actually hit it. 

[Eric Krewson]

Turned up food plots yesterday, spreading fertilizer and seed today followed by a little more tilling in. Should be back home by noon, I will plant my winter greens patch at the house and put out my little food plot down in the woods next to my house for deer watching off my deck, not shooting.

[JW_Halverson]

Third coat of TruOil rubbed into the stock of the flintlock I am refinishing.  The stain is really making the grain of the tiger maple pop out, the TruOil is amplifying that effect nicely.  I just need 18 more coats!!!

[Eric Krewson]

Need some pictures JW, I like front stuffers.

[YosemiteBen]

Tuesday September 10th was my wife's 21st birthday again! I made her a couple of things to mark the occasion. My first pair of adult mocs, need to do the detail work on them. and another barrette.

[Danzn Bar]

Yea......... Mr. JW love to see some pics

[seabass]

I wanna see pics too Jdub.

[Roy]

Yup Jdub, it didn't happen without pictures:)

[Eric Krewson]

Cleaning up the camper today, getting everything loaded for my first solo flight to a tournament tomorrow, gotta' start mingling again. Never have pulled the camper down my steep driveway with my new F250. With my last similar truck I had about 3" of camper bumper clearance when I hit the level spot at the bottom while the camper was still on the hill. My last camper sat a little lower and had to have skid wheels on the back bumper to make the decent without scraping.

No co-pilot to watch for me this time so if it scrapes it scrapes. 

[Poggins]

Yesterday the OSS had a workday to get 200 youth rattan bows ready for an upcoming event , we got the 200 bows for the event plus another ninty some odd rattan bows done that the club has for OJAM  .
It didn't go without a hitch though , the two bandsaws that belong to the club went down , the craftsman had the shaft on the lower wheel go bad and our new saw had a peace break on the top wheel ( several bolts had to be tightened when we started and we should have went over the whole saw , bolts vibrated out of the top and a peace of cast iron broke , gues there was no quality control where the saw was put together , we know to double check any new equipment now) good thing someone had another saw close by .

[Eric Krewson]

Just got in from the ASTB shoot at Briarfield Iron Works south of Birmingham. Best weather possible, clear, low humidity, high 50s in the morning warming to the low 80s by afternoon. Perfect course, lots of friends to visit with and the nicest folk hosting the event as you will ever meet. I shot well, but not good enough to win the primitive class, came in second though.

Oh yea, the camper bumper didn't scrape coming off the driveway when I left for the tournament. This was the maiden voyage for my new F250 with the new ford 400hp, 6.7 liter engine pulling the camper.

On the way down to Cullman I had to drive up what is called Battle Ground hill, doesn't look too steep but looks are deceptive. With the 6.0 liter diesel I could barely maintain 55mph up the hill with engine turbo screaming, the engine wheezing, popping and sounding like it was about to fly apart. I set the cruse on 65mph with my new truck, it down shifted one gear and gained speed going up the hill, easily maintaining 65mph. I would get 10 mpg with my old truck pulling my camper, got 12.5 with the new one, gotta' love it.

[osage outlaw]

Today I got all of my stands up with help from my Dad.  It went pretty smooth besides some in the woods lawnmower repair.  We did have one close call when the top half of a dead tree trunk broke off and missed my Dad's head by inches.  I saw it start to go and yelled, he took a half step forward just as it missed hitting him.  It was one of those moments that gets your heart pounding.  I'm happy with all of my setups.  I put the stands where most of the shots should be 10 yards or under.  We still need to put up my Dad's two stands and we will be ready for opening day. 

This is what I found all around the first stand we put up.

[Eric Krewson]

My 4 acres is on a pretty steep slope. Last year I threw out some seed and fertilizer on top of the ground in an open spot and made a food plot, not much of one but a few deer did come to nibble on it.

I expanded it this year, tilled it lightly(mighty rocky) while working in some seed and fertilizer.
If the rain doesn't wash all the seed down the hill it should draw a deer or two.