What Did You Do Today?

[Cameroo]

I spent a couple hours skinning and fleshing some beaver tails.  Turned out to be pretty touchy work because there was a fine line between getting the fat off and going too far into the flesh, especially toward the tip of the tail where the flesh gets very thin.  You can't really feel much difference with the blade between the fat and the flesh, so it's easy to take a little too much if you lose focus on what you're doing (see second pic).  It seems like once you hit the blood vessels, most of the fat is gone.  The third picture is of one that I did yesterday.  It's already dried, and toward the tip it's as thin as a snake skin.  You can almost see through it.

[BowEd]

Good job of skinning Cameroo.A very sharp knife is the key and getting a feel for it.

[Pat B]

Dvs, try stauration the horn first with super glue and let it cure. The thin super glue should sink into the horn and give you a better support for the joint.

[seabass]

this evening i hand cut 26 turkey feathers into fletchings for some arrows that i am making for the upcoming classic.i also helped her get some bark off a twisted walking stick that she is working on.then i glued some rabbit fur on the inside of a quiver i made to get it a little more quiet.i'll try and get some pics tomarrow of that stuff.have a great night everyone.

[Roy]

Worked on a BBO bow, almost finished, needs a little more wood removed from the right limb.

[Stoker]

Icefished Saturday caught a couple pike one good eater 29". Saved the skins gonna giver a whirl, might be nice on a sheath.
I generally don't do this but. I opened the guts up and this pike was full of fresh water shrimp. Winter food? In the spring and summer it's minnows. We saw a ton of shrimp on the camera.
Cam-beaver tail ain't no fun
Thanks Leroy

[seabass]

nice catch Leroy.i'll try and get those tip-ups in the mail this coming week.are you a drywall finisher by chance.your email said something about drywall.i'm a finisher.

[BowEd]

Pat B......I hear what your saying about the spiral growth on these ironwood logs I've got here but the bark was as straight as can be.They were growing way down in bottom of a draw in the woods completely out of any adverese wind and in the shade.Growing tall and straight with no limbs to speak of.I'll let em dry cut like this.There's more out there if I need to try again.It's 0 this morning here so the drying will be kind of slow in my tractor shed.

[Stoker]

Yes Steve I am a drywaller 32 years. Starting to feel the overhead trowelling.
Either got to give up working or bowhunting. Hmmmm?
Thanks Leroy

[seabass]

Leroy,i'ed give up work.i have been at it for 23 years.building a casino right now.it's been allmost a year of overhead work.

[darwin]

I'm still messing around with this crossbow project got most of the stock cut out and ready. I'm making it out of red cedar and it looks pretty, but I'm slightly concerned about stability after all the prod has a 200 lbs draw. I will get some pics up when i get a little further along

[Stringman]

Went out last night to fill a meat tag. Last hour of the last day of the last season of the year and I pulled off a long shot with a smooth bore 12 ga. Just so happened that while I was standing around waiting for a deer to come out I spied a pile of fence posts. After loading up my deer I discussed this find with my buddy and he said "throw it in, I'll tell the Aunt later." This will likely become its own post later, but I will let you all in on the start of it.






Anybody see a bow in there?
Scott

[Stringman]

BTW, Roy that BBO is looking sharp! I just got my Unibond in the mail and I'm getting excited to start mine up.

Leroy, that's a nice fish there. Only caught a couple northerns in my life but they were fun on the end of a line! Can't imagine playin one on the end of an ice fishing rig.

Scott

[cracker]

Making a knife that I am going to selfishly keep for myself.Ron

[Stoker]

Steve- I was hoping to quit friday but the lotto didn't come in. Be nice to call in rich  Casinos are no fun did one all that work nobody looks up.
Stringman- Nice looking post. Fighting a pike on a 24" rod through a 8" hole is a riot.
Roy the bow is looking real good.
Thanks Leroy