My wife is awesome, Maple limb score

[hedgeapple]

A neighbor near my wife's school was cutting a maple down.  She asked what he was going to do with the larger straight limbs.  Even though he was cutting if up for firewood, she scored these for me.

I'm guessing I should split the larger ones.  Should I peel the bark or just leave it on.  Of course, I'll be sealing them.

[DLH]

I would de bark them and seal them up Dave but you know my experience level so take it for what it's worth. That's what I would do with the ones you split I haven't done much with smaller sapling sizes stuff.

[Danzn Bar]

  nothing like the wife helping you out!
DBar

[osage outlaw]

Now that's a good woman. 

[Ozzy]

Sweet now you can do a maple build along at Moontree in the spring

[DLH]

Next thing you know she will be stopping and picking snakes up off the road for you 

[wapiti1997]

I'd definitely remove the bark now!  It's tough after it dries!!

[hedgeapple]

Ozzy, as slow as I am at building a bow, the build along would have the gathering being a spring and summer event.  You guys would have to have your mail forwarded to my place. haha

Daniel, I really don't see her bringing road kill home for me.  But, then again she was a vegetarian when we married, now her two favorite dishes are venison chili and frog legs.  She even goes gigging with me.

Wapiti, how have you been?  I have seen you on here in awhile. 

[wapiti1997]

I'm good Dave, I don't post much, every time I come back I have to log in if I want to post.  So I just lurk, nearly every day...

We now have a 8 week old boy, Ashton Archer... busy changing diapers and such...

I do have one of my maple staves resembling a bow..  I flipped the tips and got a little crack that I hope will survive.  It's 63" ntn, and if I can get it finished by season I might try to kill this guy with it, being the stave came from a tree 30 yards away  ------>

[hedgeapple]

Congrats for Ashton Archer's arrival. 

I think that deer might be a shooter, but maybe you should pass him up and wait on his big brother. 

I got 1 1/2 acres of soy beans out and three 1/2 plots of seeds you gave me.  Thanks again.  I, also, planted two plots of buckwheat, one an acre the other about 1/2.  I'm planning of putting out some winter wheat in a couple of weeks.  I'm pretty wildlife friendly around here.

Is the crack in the area where you flipped the tips?  I believe Seabass, or maybe it was Mullet (all the fish swim together in my head sometimes, haha) glued a thin wood strip over the bend of one of his bow.  It seems to work.

[seabass]

wasn't me Dave.i just fixed a crack by filling it with superglue then a sinew wrap.

[hedgeapple]

It was Mullet.  I've got the right fish on the line now. 

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,41182.0.html

[Danzn Bar]

I agree with ya Dave,  I'd like to see it's brother .....................But that is a nice deer for a primitive harvest.  Joe is that close to where you live?
DBar

[Danzn Bar]

I've seen Ashton Archer he's a cutie.  Glad to here everyone is doing well.  Monday, I had GD (granddaughter #2).  Little ones are sooooooo 
DBar

[wapiti1997]

I agree with ya Dave,  I'd like to see it's brother .....................But that is a nice deer for a primitive harvest.  Joe is that close to where you live?
DBar

I would venture to say that you have been within 300 yards of this deer....