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Title: fresh cut
Post by: knap_123 on September 05, 2009, 11:31:26 pm

fresh cut(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/osagesnake002.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/osagesnake003.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/osagesnake006.jpg) and 1 big moccison to boot(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/osagesnake007.jpg)

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: smokeu on September 05, 2009, 11:37:40 pm

Good for you, I just got my first osage log last weekend..... Im trying to will it dry with my mind right now. I want to hunt an osage bow for deer season soo bad!!

Good haul

Mike

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: JustAim on September 06, 2009, 12:40:25 am

Looks good. l envy you guys that live in osage land. l once thought l lived in the land of osage....until l woke up at 5 a.m. from my alarm clock and realized it was just a dream :'(   ;D   

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: knap_123 on September 06, 2009, 01:04:14 am

well, do you live in flint country?  none here at all unless i drive 3hrs n,s,e, or west

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: recurve shooter on September 06, 2009, 01:24:59 am

what kinda sneaky-snake you got there?

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: El Destructo on September 06, 2009, 04:50:02 am

With a Tail that damned Fat....gotta be a Copperhead.......or one Overfed Garter Snake.... ::)....but I will stick with Copperhead.... :P

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: knap_123 on September 06, 2009, 09:10:57 am

water mocison or also called a cotton mouth

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: recurve shooter on September 06, 2009, 10:42:26 am

thats what i thought. man i would like to see that varmit's skin when you get it dryed out. we got alot more of them that we do rattlers or copperheads down here. i actually have one about 4 foot long in the freezer.

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: Pat B on September 06, 2009, 10:55:27 am

Nice haul, Knap. Get those logs split at least in half so the moisture has a place to escape. After a month take the bigger ones down to staves. You can quick dry osage but in my experience you get a better bow by giving it at least a year to dry in stave form.

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: knap_123 on September 06, 2009, 11:03:27 am

well i got HER  skint outnd drying. i'l post a pic of her recurve later.  oh, i call her, her because she was full of eggs!!  thats why shes so fat.  pat, i'll get these split here today and stored. i have a sleaugh  all ready from last year down stairs.

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: El Destructo on September 06, 2009, 11:07:32 am

still has eggs this time of Year....well She must be a Fertile Mertyl...and be having a Second Clutch this Year....or is this Normal for a Moc??

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: woodstick on September 06, 2009, 11:40:29 am

nice logs as soon as i have my knee surgery and get around thats what i gota go do, iam working on my second wood now, its ok but not my best. and it is running low i have no exuse, lasy cause i can cut osage all day every day and not get it all cut in 10 years.

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: knap_123 on September 06, 2009, 12:43:41 pm

not sure el destructo, but she had 3 fangs as well !  2 on one side and 1 on the other.

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: recurve shooter on September 06, 2009, 02:12:06 pm

my friend you had one goofed up snake. them snake eggs look some kinda wierd dont they? a little copperhead i killed earlyer n the summer was full of em.

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: radius on September 06, 2009, 03:02:33 pm

i want some logs like that too...i wonder if i drive to the states, fill the truck, and drive back, will the customs guy let me in with it?

Title: Re: fresh cut
Post by: recurve shooter on September 06, 2009, 04:40:08 pm

i aint got a clue. but if you bring some of that yew down here with you, im sure bowyers would trade ya.