Cuttin osage with fellow TGer "Burnt" in the mornin'. Might be a little muddy but I just gotta get some yella dust flying off the Stihl.
Im still working on my farmer buddy John, hopefully we get good news soon! Have fun and be SAFE tomorrow.
Wish we had osage out here in Oregon. This Spring I'll head up high and look for yew.
What is the latest you can cut Osage?
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Yea, I wish I had osage in NY. Got lots of hickory though. If you ever want to trade some O for H Im' game. Hope your harvest brings plenty good yeild.
I feel your pain Knawbone.....
Pics John, pics,,, please.
Knawbone,
I wouldn't give up hope. I've heard there is some in the finger lakes area, I've been to Painted Post, so I know you're not far from there.
Be careful John. Chainsaws can be mean SOB's, especially when you add the dangers of felling trees. Really need to keep your wits about you.
Ranger 3,
This time of year, I'd say the latest is 6:30 in my area. Can't use a chainsaw after dark :)
Oh you meant time of year I bet. In that case, there is no such a thing as a bad time to cut osage. I'm pretty sure I've cut in every month except December. August in Cincinnati was kinda hot.
I will try and get pics but this place is kind of an unknown. Might be a bust. Good thing it's only 30 minutes away. I have 3 other places to cut right now so I'll end up with something soon.
Better than carrying it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyjQkvL9Wyc
Brent before the cutting commenced.
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Brent's Tree
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My Trees
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Osage Alley
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Explorer Sitting Low
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The biggest log was over 14" at the base.
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Brent Chose the Beast (I've already split my Beast for the year)
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Y'all will eat and sleep well tonight! d;^)
I live in the Finger lakes area and there are a handful of osage trees. Not abundant by any means but certainly available. Until this year they were of little interest to me, but have plans in the works.
split the big'n' into six largish staves and had no more gas left. think I might of left some chunks of my back on the drive way. hope to split the six in half but will try another day. thanks John.
Looks great, I am hoping to do the same tomorrow or Monday.
John and Burnt, Nice Haul!
Just one recommendation, you need a truck.
Looks like fun. As soon as the ground dries up a little, I am going to try to harvest osageasaurus. I need to call in a favor to my brother-in-law and his tractor.
Nice haul that should keep you busy for a day or two
Having just wrangled a trunk myself, I can only imagine what the BIG one there must've weighed. Your poor spines and that poor Explorer!
Well, just got back in from a visit to an Osage hedge row. Picked a nice sized tree (for a guy cutting & dragging trees solo) and think it will be some real nice bow wood.
I had planned on shooting some pics and sharing them on this thread but 1) just checked and the camera batteries need charging and 2) I probably don't need to hijack your thread.
Spent a couple hours boning out two of my big logs. Looks pretty good. I'm at about 20 staves for sure and several maybes. I still have 1 big and one medium log to go. All in all, I'm guessing between 35 and 40 staves :) Woohoo.
Also spent a couple hours going through the stuff under my bench. I forgot how much I had. At least 30 bows worth under there and 22 more in the attic plus 15 or so from a previous acquisition this year. I'm feeling a bit like those folks on that show "Hoarders".
The next couple months are going to be spent gettin it all down into useable chunks.
Walt that is a truck, it just has a permanent camper shell on it. It's had more mud and blood and osage in it than most "real" trucks on the roads these days.
Here's my other 2007 Toyota Corolla hunting truck. Ya think some Japanese engineer ever figured out how many deer you could put in the back of a Corolla?
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Hay John...do you use the air conditioner to age the meat?
LOL John, I had 4 deer in the trunk of my old chevy one time:)
That Corolla pic ranks right up there with the one that's floated around the internet of the guy riding his bike with a deer draped across his shoulders... :biglaugh: Too funny.
Snag I got tired of wishing for osage too grow here,so I went and planted some in my yard. John that looks like a fine haul, in 10 more years I might be able to cut my own.
I passed on a bunch more deer that day cause I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fit another one in the trunk. I had a couple guys at the check station see all those legs and ask me "How many deer you got in that thing?". Now I'll know I can get at least one more in there :)
John I am guessing you have an extremely forgiving wife.........
John, I'd say at LEAST 4 :knothead:
Anyway...
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