Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: iowabow on August 12, 2012, 09:43:15 am
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Flint=Fun Leading Inquisitive New Talent
This morning another adventure begins. Leroy and his girl friend are going on a flint run with me. Pictures to follow.
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Nice, that sounds fun. :)
George
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Waiting for the pic's...............Well ! ?............... ;D ;D ' Frank
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Just started
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These rocks are large just the shear weight of them of them rolling over on your fingers is enough to cut my finger open it down into the nail bed. We finally have a rain and it just started raining. That's not good because creeks fill very quickly but we're halfway back so it shouldn't be a problem.
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The hike back
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Deep water crossing
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Nice find along the way
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What do you do when your pack is full and you find a great rock. Well you just carry it in your hand.
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Leroy dropped half his pack on the trail so he is headed back. I am camped at the truck with all this flint and no tools lol. My old feet only wanted to make one trip. Anyway I hope you all enjoyed the photos of our outting. I will take one more when I get home of the total haul.
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Awsome deal! Looks like a great trip!!
Micah
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Did not photo the total haul but we pulled 275#. With all the work I did this summer I should have flint for points for the next few years. The dry season is just about over. The place we pulled flint will be underwater for another year. We finally have storms moving in and the creeks will rise tomorrow.
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Where were ya'll finding that flint? Looks like midwest somewhere.... Just curious...
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Yep it is burlington and was pulled from a layer of rock call "burlington" it is not all ice cracked because most of the time it is below the water line in a moving creek. The weather has been so dry and the water level dropped 4 feet so it exposed rock I had never seen. We could not carry it all out so we cached hundreds of pounds around the area. When the water comes up we are taking a boat out for the rest.
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You can really see how low the water was in the fourth photo. It looks like we are walking in an open field but it is the river bed. It had be so dry for such a long time that the rock bed was being covered with plant life.
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I know the feeling about the water being low in the lake.. We are going to have to go out and mow our lake bed before it ever does rain here other wise it will just stop your prop or burn up the seal and loose all the oil in the lower unit..Everything is dry right now glad you are getting rain.. Nice haul also..
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275#? That young devildog Leroy should of been able to hump that out by himself! ;) ;D. Nice haul John! It never ceases to amaze me at how much you work towards passing it on. Kudos all around. Josh
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275#? That young devildog Leroy should of been able to hump that out by himself! ;) ;D. Nice haul John! It never ceases to amaze me at how much you work towards passing it on. Kudos all around. Josh
Next time you come down lest do a rock run!
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Sounds like a plan to me John! Just remember this marine is considerably older and out of shape compared to Leroy! I will do my best though. Josh
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He did it for me too Gun Doc.Same routine with the backpacks etc.I'm sure it was at least 150 pounds.Thanks again John.I see Leroy has picked up a partner there,good for him.
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Wow, cool pics! i always thought F.L.I.N.T. meaning was...... freakishly long initiation need teacher! :laugh:
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Lol that ones good too.