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Offline HH~

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Brothers of the Hedge
« on: July 30, 2019, 09:37:49 am »
Did some cutting other day off farm up the road. My 2nd Batt Ranger bud hunts and farms this place. Had a big Osage tree tip over. Got three 80" sections out of this bugger. Stuff looks OK for Tennessee Hedge. Figgered it to be a 70yr old tree.

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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2019, 09:41:12 am »
Nice.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2019, 10:19:46 am »
Did you salvage the billet wood?

Offline Del the cat

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2019, 10:55:05 am »
Woo yeller gold...  :)
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Offline HH~

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2019, 11:00:13 am »
Yes Eric
I kept it all. Belly splits too.

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Long is the road, Hard is the way.

Mother Gue never raised such a foolish child. . . .

Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight onto the Ranger objective and complete the mission though I be the lone survivor. RLTW

Offline Pat B

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2019, 11:11:59 am »
Nice haul. Looks like some real good osage.   :BB
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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2019, 11:13:03 am »
You'll be  throwing rocks at elm!  :-) I'm a little jealous.
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Offline gifford

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2019, 11:26:46 am »
Way to go, that's a great haul. Lots of bows in those splits. Congrats.

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2019, 01:34:12 pm »
Lots of stripping and sealing to do!  Nice load!  Plenty of staves to work on - you could develop orange vision! (lol)
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2019, 02:55:22 pm »
That should help restock your supply. Very nice load of hedge HH
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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2019, 02:57:03 pm »
Nice load! Waiting till fall to harvest my osage
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2019, 06:02:42 pm »
That’s some good Osage I don’t care where it grew. No excuses in that pile. I would be interested in a couple of those staves if they could be sold for a good price. I’m not cheap when it comes to good staves. To my knowledge I have never built a Osage bow from Tennessee Osage. Arvin
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Offline jeffp51

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2019, 10:19:59 pm »
Did you know the intermountain west is the best climate for seasoning Osage? I'd be willing to help a brother out. . .

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2019, 01:03:53 am »
That's a great haul!
I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Brothers of the Hedge
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2019, 02:15:28 am »
Jeff,
We could have the whole batch cured for him by late fall, most likely! >:D :BB (SH)
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