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Bows / Re: Hunting the Osage Bow
« Last post by Selfbowman on Today at 12:14:08 pm »Video ew after
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Bows / Re: Hunting the Osage Bow
« Last post by Selfbowman on Today at 12:00:19 pm »Here is my handle section I trace on the back assuming the stave allows it.
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Bows / Re: 2025 Junior Bow Trade
« Last post by Aaron1726 on July 18, 2025, 10:43:47 pm »I'll do my best to hit that date. Sometimes a deadline is all you need, lol...
I got some heat on mine today and straightened it out quite a bit. It had some twist and deflex, so tried to counter twist and add a little reflex. Gonna let it sit a day or so and then tiller away. I also got some rawhide coming, may or may not back it with that, just see how it goes I guess.
I got some heat on mine today and straightened it out quite a bit. It had some twist and deflex, so tried to counter twist and add a little reflex. Gonna let it sit a day or so and then tiller away. I also got some rawhide coming, may or may not back it with that, just see how it goes I guess.
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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by Eric Krewson on July 18, 2025, 11:00:17 am »I gave my muscadines a trim so I could see the fruit better when it got ripe.
After I thinned the vines, I found that some of the muscadines were starting to get ripe. This is early for muscadines to get ripe, we have had 16" of rain above usual average for this time of year, everything has grown like weeds
I have a deer problem where I live and have to put up an electric fence to keep the deer and coons out of my garden and muscadines. Without the electric fence I only get a handful of muscadines off of my vines, with the fence I get 20 gallons +. Putting up my temporary electric fence became a priority when I saw the muscadines turning.
Done, I tie it into the electric fence around my garden with a jumper cable.
After I got the electric fence up, I decided to make deer stew, I like the crockpot because I can just throw everything in, walk away and not have to worry about anything burning on the bottom of the pan like I would if I cooked the stew on the stove. Four hours with the crock pot set on high got the job done.
I don't use a recipe and make things up as I go, when the stew is done, I thicken it with instant mashed potatoes. This batch came out really good.
Start;
Finish, I was called to help my neighbor so I froze the stew in single serve packs for later, I had 7 meals worth out of the crock pot full of stew.
I got a call to help my neighbor move some large tractor implements with my tractor, this turned out to be a chore and I didn't get home until after 8pm. I have a compact tractor, the implements were for a full-sized tractor, hook-up was a challenge. He had a 6'-disc, landscape box, bush hog, turning plow and a hay spear that were in the way for a huge landscape project he was having done today. His dad's tractor was in storage across town and he asked me to help him, I didn't realize what I was getting into but I got it done.
After I thinned the vines, I found that some of the muscadines were starting to get ripe. This is early for muscadines to get ripe, we have had 16" of rain above usual average for this time of year, everything has grown like weeds
I have a deer problem where I live and have to put up an electric fence to keep the deer and coons out of my garden and muscadines. Without the electric fence I only get a handful of muscadines off of my vines, with the fence I get 20 gallons +. Putting up my temporary electric fence became a priority when I saw the muscadines turning.
Done, I tie it into the electric fence around my garden with a jumper cable.
After I got the electric fence up, I decided to make deer stew, I like the crockpot because I can just throw everything in, walk away and not have to worry about anything burning on the bottom of the pan like I would if I cooked the stew on the stove. Four hours with the crock pot set on high got the job done.
I don't use a recipe and make things up as I go, when the stew is done, I thicken it with instant mashed potatoes. This batch came out really good.
Start;
Finish, I was called to help my neighbor so I froze the stew in single serve packs for later, I had 7 meals worth out of the crock pot full of stew.
I got a call to help my neighbor move some large tractor implements with my tractor, this turned out to be a chore and I didn't get home until after 8pm. I have a compact tractor, the implements were for a full-sized tractor, hook-up was a challenge. He had a 6'-disc, landscape box, bush hog, turning plow and a hay spear that were in the way for a huge landscape project he was having done today. His dad's tractor was in storage across town and he asked me to help him, I didn't realize what I was getting into but I got it done.
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Bows / Re: Hickory Processing ??s
« Last post by willie on July 18, 2025, 02:29:20 am »look at
https://www.windy.com/-Humidity-rh?rh,2025072109,37.597,-107.227,5,m:eQJaddR
for differences between day and night humidities
keep the staves in a "cool" box in a shady spot
we have had similar problems drying fish too fast as the filets become "case hardened" on the outside.
a baby humidifier on a humidistat in the "smoke house" worked well
(the "smoke house" is more for keeping the flies out, and only gets smoke and heat on a very limited basis)
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Bows / Re: 2025 Junior Bow Trade
« Last post by Wallski on July 18, 2025, 01:27:46 am »I can have my bow ready to ship by then.
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Bows / Re: Hickory Processing ??s
« Last post by bassman211 on July 17, 2025, 10:39:20 pm »Some good ideas above. I don't store hickory anymore. I just go out ,and pick a nice straight green sapling. Remove the bark ,and floor tiller ,put it on a form,and fire harden. Process takes three days for me, but some guys can get a bow made in one day with good results. See Doug Shannon, and Clay Hayes on Utube.
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Bows / Re: Hickory Processing ??s
« Last post by ssrhythm on July 17, 2025, 10:27:41 pm »Well YES, yes they do...and I even guessed "Humidistat" correctly. I know, I know...but I take joy in little wins like that! Doesn't look like a terribly expensive endeavor to get that shop to where I won't be at the mercy of this climate 100% of the time.
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Bows / Re: Hickory Processing ??s
« Last post by ssrhythm on July 17, 2025, 10:21:00 pm »Press-8 it Hamish and W. That makes a lot of sense. I'll probably go ahead and quarter or 1/6 this tree, get better/more even drying, and deal with what it gives me. I'd love to be able to move my staves to a more humid environment, but I don't have that option at this time. I do have an insulated shop now with a barn-type ceiling. I just need to figure out the hanging system I want to go with, and I can move all my staves from my garage to my shop. I can at least keep it a constant temperature in there, as I have a big window unit AC in the wall and a killer shop heater. I guess I can add a humidifier...I wonder if anyone makes a room or area humidifier with a receiving thermostat-like....hmmm...humidostat?!...that kicks the unit on and off based on RH in the building so you can maintain a set RH in a shop? Surely. If not, someone needs to make one. Again, thanks for the advice.