Bushmans
Smoke Dragon Herder
I haven't posted up any pics of our deer camp firewood yet so I thought this morning was a perfect time. I'm not headed to the woods until 9 anyways.
We cut mostly poplar up there but lately we have been getting some beech and now the ash is really starting to die off up there so we are burning that too. Mainly we just look for anything dead and standing. once those poplars hit the ground up there they go fast. It's not ideal wood but I'm not hauling wood 4.5 hours north!
We like to make a wall most of the way around our campfire pit. That way we can sit with our backs to the wall and it reflects the heat and blocks any wind. Of course we use it and sometimes have to move the entire wall to the prevailing wind side. The guys groan when I tell them it's time to move the wall but they appreciate it that night when the wind is blowing through camp and it's 19 degrees!
Every year we look for a hollow log to set on our fire during chicken fry night. We call this log our chimney. We also are camped next to a spring fed creek. That is how we got our camp name as seen on the banner above. Chimney Creek. This year we found an 8 ft hollow log. I think it was basswood. We cut it in half and brought half home with us so we don't have to go search for one next year. We use the grease from the fry to pour down the center of the log.
We had a good year. Dad took a Spike with his crossbow. (first ever archery kill) and a doe with his rifle. I took a 5 point with my rifle and Joe my step son finally broke his "up North" kill virginity with the little deer on the end. We razzed him a bit but let him off easy because it was his first one. He won't make that mistake again!
We cut mostly poplar up there but lately we have been getting some beech and now the ash is really starting to die off up there so we are burning that too. Mainly we just look for anything dead and standing. once those poplars hit the ground up there they go fast. It's not ideal wood but I'm not hauling wood 4.5 hours north!
We like to make a wall most of the way around our campfire pit. That way we can sit with our backs to the wall and it reflects the heat and blocks any wind. Of course we use it and sometimes have to move the entire wall to the prevailing wind side. The guys groan when I tell them it's time to move the wall but they appreciate it that night when the wind is blowing through camp and it's 19 degrees!
Every year we look for a hollow log to set on our fire during chicken fry night. We call this log our chimney. We also are camped next to a spring fed creek. That is how we got our camp name as seen on the banner above. Chimney Creek. This year we found an 8 ft hollow log. I think it was basswood. We cut it in half and brought half home with us so we don't have to go search for one next year. We use the grease from the fry to pour down the center of the log.
We had a good year. Dad took a Spike with his crossbow. (first ever archery kill) and a doe with his rifle. I took a 5 point with my rifle and Joe my step son finally broke his "up North" kill virginity with the little deer on the end. We razzed him a bit but let him off easy because it was his first one. He won't make that mistake again!