Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

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That is one of my chainsaw fantasies! "Never fear folks, I've got this"

Dear ArboristSite Forum,
I never thought this would happen to me....

 

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After two days of 25-50 MPH winds, the trip into the woodlot today might be interesting. Will be looking up a lot!

 

[nomad_archer]

Let me know when farmersteve and I will do my best to get there.

Last half day archery hunt. Finally decent weather. 10-15 mph winds cold 25 degree windchill and a dusting of snow. The second half of the day is taking out ladder stands and getting the shooting rail on one for rifle season.

I ended up seeing 4 yesterday in the high winds and total white out. I had a spike at 20 yards. It could not have been a legal buck or doe. Wish me luck gentlemen. We are down to the wire.

 

[SteveSS]

Rifle season opened here this morning. I've heard three shots so far. Morning folks.

 

[nomad_archer]

Well I had my opportunity for a doe but she stopped behind a tree not in my only shooting lane. Smart bugger.

 

[svk]

Still staring at empty woods here.

Our camp has seen 10 total deer (the same doe and fawn 3 times) plus 4 other deer in a combined 12.5 man days in the woods.

Including our neighbors, 10 hunters have seen three bucks all season with only one 9 pointer taken.

 

[USMC615]

Chilly 36 degs at sunup here this morning...rare to see in mid-Nov. Highs today low 60's. Same weather for tomorrow, then the 70-80's creep back in. Gonna sit in a stand tomorrow morning. Cold snap here has got'em moving and chasing slickheads.

 

[svk]

We knew this season would be quiet but to complicate things it appears the does have yet to go into heat leaving the bucks bedded down.

 

[nomad_archer]

Still staring at empty woods here.

Our camp has seen 10 total deer (the same doe and fawn 3 times) plus 4 other deer in a combined 12.5 man days in the woods.

Including our neighbors, 10 hunters have seen three bucks all season with only one 9 pointer taken.

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I guess I shouldn't be complaining it could be worse here. I saw 7 yesterday and 3 so far today.

 

[svk]

We've never had huge numbers but other than this year and last I've never had a problem seeing bucks to shoot. For years I either got at least one buck or passed on smaller ones in hopes of running into them the next year. At least it appears that there are a few more deer than last year. Neighbor saw a doe with twin doe fawns. That always helps (if they can make the winter).

 

[nomad_archer]

We used to have crazy deer Numbers. My dad tells stories of seeing 100 by lunch. Then we did herd reduction and we are lucky to see a couple each year. There are a lot of no deer days mixed in there but it's getting better now that the doe tag allocation has been cut back. We are also losing hunters like crazy in PA due to old age and low deer numbers.

 

[svk]

I used to average seeing a deer a day on stand and 3-5 when stalking. Last year I saw two deer in 7 days. It's good to see a few this year even if it's the same ones sometimes.

 

[JustJeff]

Folding tailgate ramp I built for a buddy's scrounging trailer. I shouldn't have painted it. Makes the trailer look like a turd. Lol.

 

[USMC615]

View attachment 461190 View attachment 461191 View attachment 461192 Folding tailgate ramp I built for a buddy's scrounging trailer. I shouldn't have painted it. Makes the trailer look like a turd. Lol.

Nice work Wood Nazi...like the idea.

 

[dancan]

The wife had me chauffeur the better part of the day and with the passing showers no scrounging today
I'm still burning Zoggerwood during the day but the pile is getting down , I polly have another week of it left and then I'll be into my dry spruce stacks for day time burning .

 

[Ambull01]

Well, while you all were sitting in a tree whispering, I was putting in some work. No pics of the loaded wood, didn't do a dan stack today. Had to get home and take a nap.

Mother nature helped me out, the uprooted stump flipped back so I don't have to worry about it. Only took about 4 rounds or so to fill the van!

Also, really have to do something about the wheelbarrow. It's pissing me off. Had a good pace going, wheel went into a little hole, body kept going and my feet went in the air. Good thing no one saw

 

[MustangMike]

That looks like a workout to me!

Was very windy today, so I did inside stuff in the AM, then went to split the rest of the Elm in the PM. It is on the next block over, so I just hooked the splitter to the ATV and went, did not bring the Fiskars, BIG MISTAKE! I also did not finish, like I thought I would, so the Fiskars will come next time.

Had to put the splitter in vertical mode, and the center of those Elm rounds are still real strong & stringy! What a pain in the neck that stuff is, but glad I had the hydro, would have been a nightmare!

 

[SteveSS]

Brought home a load of burn ready oak today to top off my stacks next to the boiler. This is some wood that Dad and I cut and split last year. The rounds on the end were from a fallen branch that I cut up today to complete my load.

 

[Ryan Groat]

Got 3-4 cord brought up on the landing today in log lengths. 1 of it is burnable this year but will probably go to next year. In a couple weeks I should be at my 3 year plan in logs and rounds.

Let the splitting and stacking begin

 

[stihly dan]

Another late start today. Had to drop off a lawn tractor and go with the wife car shopping again. She has her new used car now, so she can leave me be for a while. Cut down a 21 dbh white oak, bucked it, brushed it and loaded it. Was to dark for a load pic but it looks like all the other loads. I did get a pic of the downed tree and stump.


Can't upload the tree pic, says file is too latge.