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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Monster osage tree finished....final stave count
« Reply #210 on: January 31, 2012, 01:50:28 am »
Quote from: Youngboyer on January 30, 2012, 11:26:47 pm
Keenan I Can't help wondering how you were only one off, you remind me of those prodigies that you can dump a box of paper clips in front of and they will tell you how many paper clips there are as they hit the ground

He was off by 5.  He guessed 114 and I ended up with 109.  I didn't count the billets in the contest.
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Offline Blacktail

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« Reply #211 on: January 31, 2012, 03:05:44 am »
that is a truck load of wood...i cant wait to see some bows as well....i am sure you and keenan will do each other well..john
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« Reply #212 on: January 31, 2012, 04:08:01 am »
WOW.....
I'm amazed at all you were able to get.
Hard work but well worth it.
Congrats
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« Reply #213 on: January 31, 2012, 07:40:32 am »
That is awesome,looks like you are hooked up on Osage for a while. :)
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Offline crooketarrow

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« Reply #214 on: January 31, 2012, 12:58:00 pm »
  I'll bet you can't build your way through them all. You be looking for a different wood for sure. I would thats the most I've ever heard of coming from one tree. In 82 I cut one that hat 61 staves from the logs  I didn't even bother with the limbs or billets. I thought that was a lot. I traded a few and have 4 or 5 left. I also know a guy that use to take staves to DENTEN HILL he had a tree he got 83 staves from from the logs.
  He has'nt went there for 15 years but still has a building full. My stash since no one around here builds selfbows.
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Monster osage tree finished....final stave count
« Reply #215 on: January 31, 2012, 01:26:48 pm »
Just saw the final count Clint. Congrats and big time props for getting em debarked and properly processed. That really is the tough part. The thing I "DO" like about debarking is it sure increases your core strength if you have a  good sized stack to work through. Low impact resistance training is the best for building your core muscles.
  I am hoping to make it to the classic for the first time this year. I have been going to Ojam near Perkins, Ok for the last 4 yrs and I think I will add the classic to the agenda this year.It seems to me the one event I do not want to miss. Look forward to seeing you in person. Danny
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Monster osage tree finished....final stave count
« Reply #216 on: January 31, 2012, 02:28:43 pm »
I do think my core strength has increased while working on this.  The other night at work a coworker was getting a little to big for his britches.  I scooped him up with one arm and threw him on my shoulder.  Then I spun circles until he was ready to puke.  That seemed to settle him down.   ;D

Sidewinder:  You will definitely enjoy the Classic.  It's a blast.  I will see you there.
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« Reply #217 on: January 31, 2012, 03:06:50 pm »
Congratulations on a huge accomplishment! I've been involved in several really big osage trees, but I wasn't a loner on them...had a lot of help.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Monster osage tree finished....final stave count
« Reply #218 on: January 31, 2012, 06:53:27 pm »
Quote from: osage outlaw on January 31, 2012, 02:28:43 pm
I do think my core strength has increased while working on this.  The other night at work a coworker was getting a little to big for his britches.  I scooped him up with one arm and threw him on my shoulder.  Then I spun circles until he was ready to puke.  That seemed to settle him down.   ;D

Sidewinder:  You will definitely enjoy the Classic.  It's a blast.  I will see you there.

If the helicopter ride didn't make him puke you could have made him eat one of one of them big ol' cobra headed borers!

Sidewinder-if I was going to the Classic, I'd see you there too.  *wink*
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