Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[muad]

Blew my chance on a monster 9 pt yesterday, Under estimated the distance and shot under him. Prolly the offspring of this one i got 4 years ago.Back at it shortly.
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Dang, what a bummer.

I'm taking today off from hunting. The last three days they've done the same thing, sit 200-250 yards away and tease me. The last two afternoons I know they didn't see or smell me, as I played the wind right. They were just walking around slowly and never came within range...

Frustrating.

 

[muad]

One of three more loads I took to the burn area last trip up. These people lost their house.

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Bummer on their house.

Love that International you're driving! Very cool.

 

[SS396driver]

Dang! What happened?

I have Dupuytrens contracture. The soft tissue of the hand turns to scare tissue around the ligaments. Causing the fingers to curl inward. They removed the scar tissue

 

[Philbert]

Internet pictures.

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Boot lace through mine.



Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

Smart Idea!

 

[mountainguyed67]

Boot lace through mine.

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Philbert

Interesting.

 

[Be Stihl]

You might wanna also look at where you're placing your temperature gauge. If my memory serves me correct that's a pipe temperature gauge which is made to be put 12 inches above the stove on the actual exhaust pipe. So what I'm saying is it may show you're in the "red" but really you are still at safe temps because of where it's located on the stove.

I've never had the pleasure of burning white oak.

Thanks for the insight, I need to move it and start tracking stove pipe temp. It is a process to learn that takes experience for sure. This is my first time burning white oak also, only my second full winter with a wood stove.


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[muad]

Thanks for the insight, I need to move it and start tracking stove pipe temp. It is a process to learn that takes experience for sure. This is my first time burning white oak also, only my second full winter with a wood stove.


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Oh I get it, I'm only trying to help. I remember what it was like trying to learn a stove for the first time.

The biggest thing is always keep your stove and your flu wide-open while you're starting your fire run it pretty hot until you get a good bed of coals then close your damper in close down your air inlets to slow it down and then add your bigger chunks of wood to get your slower/longer burn times.

I close mine down pretty tight for night time burns, doesn't put off as much heat but it burns longer. You'll get it figured out.

 

[MustangMike]

And always open it up for a bit after you have it closed down for the night to burn off any accumulations inside the flue. Don't want any chimney fires!

 

[Ryan A]

Stop delimbing your spruce. EAT IT!!

https://ediblealaska.ediblecommunit...hes are sharp and,sure you can identify them.

Dogfish makes a beer called Pennsylvania Tuxedo brewed with Spruce tips and it tastes like it sounds it would......leave the spruce tips on the tree. Not good eating or brewed with for drinking.....

 

[Logger nate]

Little chilly, but sure is a nice day.
Really like the heated handles.

 

[farmer steve]

Dogfish makes a beer called Pennsylvania Tuxedo brewed with Spruce tips and it tastes like it sounds it would......leave the spruce tips on the tree. Not good eating or brewed with for drinking.....

Not one of the better beers that Dogfishhead has made. At 8.5% ABV you don't notice the taste after 3 or 4. How's things over your way Ryan?

 

[svk]

Scrounged up a .22-250 yesterday. Missed a coyote on the way home, but since the gun isn’t sighted in yet, we’ll blame the gun.

Sighting in that one and my M14 clone today though. Time for predator hunting.

 

[MustangMike]

What gun for the 22-250, details, how did it shoot? Do you hand load?

I have a Ruger 77 in 220 Swift w/26" bull barrel. Used to put holes in holes at 100 yds, but is no longer that accurate. I put a lot of rounds through it at the range … fun to shoot!

Almost all are reloads, but the Norma Factory ammo was very hot and very accurate.

 

[panolo]

I like my 22-250's. I have a lot of confidence in my M70 and I don't shoot anything special. Have not many rounds through the axis I won.

 

[svk]

It’s a Savage Axis with a 6-24 power scope. I sighted it in this afternoon and it was a couple inches off at 100 yards. Now dead on, at least as accurate as I could shoot off the hood of the truck.

Factory loaded 55 grain soft point fiocchi right now. I’d like to do some handloads with the new 35gr bullet which advertises 4450 FPS!!!

I looked at a few guns and this was a screaming deal. The shop I bought it from also had a Remington 700 target as well as a Winchester M70 with a custom stock. Unfortunately I didn’t care for the feel of the custom stock as there was too much material on the comb which caused an unnatural feeling when trying to sight your eye. I’m not going to pay 800 bucks for a gun that immediately needs a new stock or significant rework!! I do love the model 70 action though.

I didn’t want to spend a lot as a varmint gun only gets out a few times a year for me.

 

[svk]

Mike, I’ve looked at a few .220 swifts as well. They do fire a bullet faster than the 22-250 although I’ve read that barrel life is significantly shorter. I guess sort of like comparing a woods ported saw to a full race saw!

 

[svk]

I also sighted in my Chinese clone M14. Trigger pull is stiff but it’s remarkably accurate. Even in rapid fire I kept all of the holes within a coffee can.

 

[JustJeff]

I think the 220 swift shooting out a barrel is a myth. Be tough to shoot that much. I shot my first deer with a savage in 22-250. Not my first choice for deer but I will always have a bit of a love affair with the 22-250.

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[MustangMike]

Not a myth if you use hot loads … and why else would you have one???

It still shoots well, just not the tack driver it used to be.

If you reload it Steve, my 223 Ruger Amer Rifle really liked the Hornady 52 gr Hps, so you may want to give them a try.