What Did You Do Today?

[Danzn Bar]

Sounds like my kinda of eating ...Eric

[BowEd]

We finally got time to trim the trails to our stand locations.  We got started at daylight to try to beat the heat.  Nothing went as planned today.  The carb was leaking on the old mower we use.  I had to take it off and fix it.  Then a wire broke that hooked up to the motor.  I had to fix that twice today.  We hit roots and rocks.  We had to take the blades off 3 times to straighten them.  We had 2 flat tires because of the osage thorns.  The belt was thrown off the pulleys a few times.  The plug wire has a short in it and that ended the day for the old mower.  I got mine out and finished the last 50 yards of trails.  Found a couple dead trees across our trails that needed cut.  I also dropped a large red oak tree on the edge of a field.  It had been dead for years.  My Dad was afraid it was going to fall on him while he was mowing.  I had to clean it all up and get it out of the field for him.  We expected to be done by lunch time.  We didn't get finished until almost 6:00.  It was a long day.  I'm hoping we can get our stands hung before opening day.

I've found I've had to keep a low maintenance on my trails periodically through the summer to lessen the chore some come hunting season.

[Eric Krewson]

I made a BBO bow for a friend that had a catastrophic bamboo failure and snapped in two, my first failure with bamboo from my local source.

Because it was a freebie I initially didn't plan to make a replacement bow but needed a project so I got the parts ready and did a glue-up a couple of days ago. My first go round with Smooth-on, mighty messy stuff but good glue.

[bubby]

You are going to really like the smooth on Eric, it is easy to work with for sure

[osage outlaw]

I took some scrap boards and made a chainsaw box for the utility truck.  I didn't like having the saw, fuel, and oil rolling around in the bed.   I put my bar oil in empty dish soap bottles.  It makes it much easier and cleaner to fill up the saw.  A logger showed me that trick.

[chamookman]

Man - I'm gonna steal that idea Clint ! I've been using one of those small funnels for filling Coleman stoves, but can never see and ALWAYS run it over  . Bob

[BowEd]

You are going to really like the smooth on Eric, it is easy to work with for sure

Getting the perfect amount of sizing can take some experience.I'm always using a putty knife.I also use saran wrap around the bow before clamping.Always a little clean up though after curing.It's been excellent glue for me too especially with the 2 hour pot life it has.Sounds weird but I believe it's valid.I warm the wood many times before sizing the wood.
Nice looking profiled bow in the works there!!

[osage outlaw]

I cleaned up some staves this afternoon.  My new pup got her first taste of osage.  She would grab a curl and take off with it.  When I swept it all in a pile she would jump in and scatter it all around.  I'm hoping she will be a good shop dog when she grows up.

[mullet]

She already looks like a good "Shop Dog", Clint. We used to do the soap bottle thing with the oil we changed in our truck engines and squirted it on the Drill rods when connecting them. Saved a lot of money.

[JW_Halverson]

Looks like she inherited your legs, Double-O!  I would guess her pretty face comes from the other side of the family, though!

Looks like she'd keep the mice and rats in control, maybe some terrorist, I mean TERRIER, in there?

[osage outlaw]

Her mom is a Boston terrier.  Her dad is half shitzu and half miniature poodle.  I wanted a scruffy little mutt and she fit the description.   

[JW_Halverson]

Prolly got a pretty big personality, too!

[osage outlaw]

Today I finally got the mole that has been tearing up my yard.  I had a few minutes to kill waiting on some deer heads to cook so I stood real still in the middle of his tunnels.  After a while I saw the ground moving in front of me.  I took a big jump and landed on that spot with both feet.  Then I dug him out with my hands.  It was a big one.  He sure has done a lot of damage.






My puppy has been trying to dig him up.  I let her see what she was after.

[lebhuntfish]

Man Clint,  I need you to  come over to my place.  Ive got one tearing up my back yard as well.  I really need to get rid of him! Good job buddy!

Patrick

[Danzn Bar]

That mole skin should make a great handle wrap.
DBar