Author Topic: Life is good (Read 5034459 times)

Pappy · « **Reply #18150 on:** May 09, 2021, 04:35:19 pm »

Don working on arrows, Brandon working on the kids bows and I got my friends bow on the form.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #18151 on:** May 09, 2021, 04:49:23 pm »

Friends bow at full brace and ready to tiller out. Then a peaceful evening with my girls, Sally is giving Sister a clean up before they settle down for the evening, you would think she was a Mother Cat.

Hope yall had a good one also, it was a much needed rest and relaxing weekend for us.

Life is Good.

Pappy

Pat B · « **Reply #18152 on:** May 09, 2021, 05:13:48 pm »

Looks like things are back to normal, Pappy. Glad to hear the Classic was such a success. Looking forward to next year.

chamookman · « **Reply #18153 on:** May 10, 2021, 05:30:56 am »

Thanks as always Pappy

! Bob

Pappy · « **Reply #18154 on:** May 10, 2021, 08:43:32 am »

Ya Pat things are getting back close to normal, yes the Classic went very well and by the way your donation done very very well, thanks for that.

You are welcome Bob, enjoy sharing the good times with yall if not in person at least in spirit.

Headed down to check on my girls and things around the cabin and then back home early, Miss Joanie has give me orders, Pool opening day.

Pappy

Pat B · « **Reply #18155 on:** May 10, 2021, 10:30:15 am »

Pappy, I'm glad my donation went well. Now I'll start thinking about next year's project/donation.

Pappy · « **Reply #18156 on:** May 13, 2021, 09:07:40 am »

You are to good to us Pat.

Headed to the cabin this morning for a few days, this is the last weekend for turkey so I may give it one last try in the morning, only been once this year,

also a club meeting and club shoot Saturday morning then finish clean up and get all the targets put away. Should be fun now that most are rested up we can enjoy some fun and start a plan for the next big one in July. I also have a bow in the works and ready to finish tillering , the weather has been prefect for brain tanning so I have a hide in soak and ready to pre smoke, then soak a few more time and stretch till dry, that should be easier with the sun/light wind and low humidity we are having , busy weekend.

Hope yall have a good one also. Life is Good.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #18157 on:** May 16, 2021, 04:21:30 pm »

What a great weekend, the weather was beautiful and had lots of friends down still cleaning and putting stuff away but also some time for projects. It turned into a hide tanning weekend for me, I said i was done but this passed week was the best week we have had for that in a long time so I took advantage of it, got 2 finished and 1 ready to finish stretching and smoke, Jesse also got 1 large one finished. We had a good meeting and got all the targets down and put away after several that didn't get to shoot at the Classic shot a round. 1 fairly small hide compared to what I have been doing to start off the weekend, really a pleasure doing a smaller one for a change.

Big A was there working on a couple of Osage bows.
Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #18158 on:** May 16, 2021, 04:23:39 pm »

Got my lady friends bow ready for some tweaking to line everything up. 2 hides for me finished by Saturday morning, man they dry quick in the weather we were having.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #18159 on:** May 16, 2021, 04:27:26 pm »

Jesse hard at it, going over the hide one last time after the third braining and then for pre smoke, we always pre smoke after the third ringing and then 3 more braining and then stretch until dry and smoke again,seems to help.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #18160 on:** May 16, 2021, 04:30:16 pm »

Got my bow off the form and it is right down the middle. The weather was so nice I decided to do one more hide, now only got 9 to go.

Also had some pine pitch that needed cooking and cleaning so decided to do that in between hide work. I like to keep busy and moving.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #18161 on:** May 16, 2021, 04:34:03 pm »

Last hide in a new batch of brains. Jesse went crystal mining and needed to cook and clean them up, so some kind of acid bath done the trick.
Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #18162 on:** May 16, 2021, 04:37:20 pm »

They turned out nice. Moose antler gifted to me by Greg S at the Classic, done a little cleaning it up and Jesse talked me out of one of the points for his napping, it had already been cut on so I was OK with that.

Last ringing on my third hide. It is in the fridge in a bag , hope to get to it tomorrow.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #18163 on:** May 16, 2021, 04:39:30 pm »

Sister had a bad day,

Just kidding she and Sally was just resting after a long weekend.

Hope yall had a good one also.
Life is Good.

Pappy

chamookman · « **Reply #18164 on:** May 17, 2021, 04:27:17 am »

Thanks Pappy - My Week is off to a good start now

! Bob

Primitive Archer