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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« on: December 05, 2012, 08:58:07 pm »
I thought I would post some pics of my bounty from the other day.  I went to go see if I could find a blacktail for the freezer, but I just ended up coming home with more bow wood. 

I was looking to stock up on vine maple kids staves, but ended up finding some yew.  It was low-elevation but it had decent ring count.  I also found some of the nicest ocean spray I have laid my eyes on...too bad, I wont be able to touch it for another year.
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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2012, 09:16:22 pm »
Nice.....ya know ya have a problem when ya go hunting but only come home with a bunch of staves...I've messed up some chances at deer cus I was too busy staring at trees,no joke
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2012, 09:24:44 pm »
Sweet score, bud.  8) I'm sure the wife will be just as happy with another pile of wood in the garage as she would be with some meat in the freezer.  ;)
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2012, 09:28:50 pm »
Where are you located CMB? Nice haul.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2012, 09:35:45 pm »
Thats a big haul Carson, do you go hunting with a pack mule in tow? That looks like some fine bow wood and should keep you busy for a while. Where I hunt I can't cut trees for risk of trouble but arrow shoot shafts are easy to get, arrow wood viburnum grows like a weed there and can be put in my quiver with out to much risk of being caught >:D I look at it as weed control ;)
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2012, 09:40:15 pm »
Blackhawk, I believe you.  I have a hard time focusing on game when staves are whispering out to me at every turn.

Thanks Weylin, as you would guess she wasn't real excited, but that evening she got to go to an auction and haul home some piece of furniture we don't have room for, because it was a really good deal.  I guess we are even? :laugh:

Brian, I live in Salem,OR.  This was from the upper Luckiamute. 

Badly Bent, I never make it very far from the road ::) Our state forests are pretty lenient on special forest products.  Arrow wood... that is just pruning  >:D
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Offline Shaun

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2012, 09:47:14 pm »
Good haul. Nothing like a pile of future wood stashed away.  Do you have any POC up your way?
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Offline sharpend60

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2012, 10:27:42 pm »
I love me PNW woods.
I just brought a TON of ocean spray back from my stash in P-Town. Pipe straight 3" staves. ...
Now that's an inferior bow wood....

For the OS you can rip (chop) it in half to expose the pith. Dries much faster, albeit still slow-ish.
But at least you wont need to worry about the heinous checking.

My elk excursions more often than not, morphed into bow wood excursions. I try to be quite when am after those wily black tails though.

Shaun,
The town of PO is just a bit SW of CMBs 20....
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Offline Dictionary

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2012, 10:36:57 pm »
What's a kid's stave? ???
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2012, 10:44:44 pm »
Blackhawk, i dont think i would have that problem because even though i stare at every tree i see that isnt doug fir or what not, i dont think there would be enough trees where i would be hunting to be distracted by a tree(the ones of interest anyway)
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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2012, 11:19:53 pm »
Make sure you heat treat that low elevation yew :)
Looks like a good haul!
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Offline bcbull

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2012, 11:44:37 pm »
NICE HAUL BRO U SCORED BIG TIME LOL
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Offline aaron

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2012, 12:10:06 am »
carson- seal that OS ASAP or leave it outside NOW! Nice haul! When are you comming clamming?
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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2012, 12:48:39 am »
Ummm....... Where's the cascara?
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Wood haul, vine maple, ocean spray and yew
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2012, 07:14:11 am »
Nice staves Carson.   "Went hunting- came home with staves",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,now that you have become completely infected what are your plans >:D   A few years ago Lulyn and I were out on a late hunt when we stubled upon a very nice patch of yew. She got a little upset with me because I spent the next hour walking around marking the GPS locations  :o I think her words wer something like "You make think you have died and gone to yew heaven. but I'm still hunting here!"
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