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Offline bjrogg

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Every Time the wind blows
« on: November 20, 2016, 06:14:10 am »
Sitting here in the dark again. With all these dead ash trees from the emerald ash bore it seems like every time the wind blows the crews are out fixing the lines. Might be a good job to get into I think this is going to be happening a lot for a quite awhile.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2016, 08:44:51 am »
I stay away from the ashy areas if I'm hunting in the wind. My buddy had a huge cottonwood limb come down on his head last week. I went to the place it happened and found the limb and the spot he laid motionless. It must have fallen 25-30 feet and about 8-10" round. He had no clue it was coming. Lots of blood loss, bumpy ambulance ride, 27 staples, a concussion and two cracked vertebrae. Widow maker is a great name for dead trees and limbs.
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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2016, 08:56:59 am »
Pearl I just can't believe how many people are still sitting in tree stands in dead ash trees. We have had some really strong winds here lately and you could see all these guys sitting in dead trees in 90 percent dead woods with the line crews working right down the road from them nuts. I passed up some good stands that didn't have a live tree to sit in but if I'm going to get hit by a widow maker it's not gonna be because I'm that stupid.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2016, 08:59:18 am »
Sitting in or around stone dead trees is Darwin's theory hard at work. :)
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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2016, 09:09:37 am »
Ha ha that for sure and I don't think it's he with the thickest skull it's he with enough brains in it to stay the heck out of there. I know these guys have hunted these spots for a long time. I know there are lots of deer in them, but to tell you the truth they just look creepy now and I wouldn't feel safe walking through them on a calm day. These spots where ground zero for our invasion of emerald ash bore and the trees have been dead for probably 4-5 years longer then the ones around me property
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2016, 09:22:18 am »
We have several areas that have been dead at least 5 years and all the bark is gone top to bottom, yet that ash stands there proud. Of course after the last 2 days of 25 mph winds, I bet a few bowed down.
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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2016, 09:30:01 am »
I just moved 2 deads ones off my lane yesterday. I took all of them out of my fence row this summer with excavator. I could tell how much easier they where to knock down it wasn't safe to cut them down with saw. Some of these places I'm talking about already have trees laying every which way
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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2016, 09:30:44 am »
bjrogg.....Those guys are taking a risk with those stands in the dead trees.To put it plain they got a screw loose somewhere.I've had to move a couple of stands myself from a dead hickory and a walnut.I won't risk it.Like you guys I've seen trees and limbs from trees fall in broad daylight while cutting wood for the stove and while coon hunting at night in the past.Very decievingly sneaky and unexpected.
It does'nt take much weight to injure a person.There must be a heck of a lot of firewood to be gotten around you on the bright side anyway.
A story here......Once while coon hunting a coon jumped or bailed out from a tree.It happens every now and then but it hit a friend of mine on the head and knocked him out this time.We thought his neck was broke.Scary experience.That coon maybe only weighed 25 pounds at the most.
Another time a coon landed on one of my dogs and knocked her out too.Luckliy in both situations they recovered ok.
I'm sure your friend Pearly will remember that the rest of his life and it's good he's ok.
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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2016, 09:40:38 am »
Yea Ed lots and lots and even more lots of firewood. I've got huge piles of logs many beautiful ones still standing that are probably 65-75' tall and straight as a arrow would make beautiful lumber. Most of it is going to go to waste 😞
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2016, 09:49:03 am »
There is more dead wood that people to cut and burn it. You cant give it away up here.
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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2016, 09:56:07 am »
Yea it's gotten so if you want to give it away you practically have to cut it up for them
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2016, 09:01:02 pm »
We had the Gypsy Moth , the Pine Bark Beatle
and now the Hemlocks are going away :'(
Not much Ash about so I don't know the status
here in Va.
Is there any value as lumber for your ash trees?
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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2016, 09:20:54 pm »
Zuma they would make good lumber yet but there is so much dead ash around that people are paying to get rid of it, or at best giving it away. We did put up a huge pile of logs that were great saw logs and another pile for firewood that we got $1500 for. If it had the time I'd get one of those portable sawmills but I have enough work already 😟
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Offline PatM

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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2016, 02:00:47 pm »
We have prohibitions on shipping Ash for firewood up here and probably as lumber too.
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Re: Every Time the wind blows
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2016, 02:25:49 pm »
We did before we got the bores, but the campers brought it anyway and it spread from the campgrounds like the plague. No restrictions here anymore no trees left to infest.😞
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