Outdoorsman Thread

[garddogg56]

[Ripster]

For the first time since my parents took sick I’ve gotten in the woods with sum friends chasing Tom turkey we got two Jake’s and a Tom ‘twas a great day

Well done . Bet it felt good to get out again!

[garddogg56]

You gut that right JP

[treefarmer]

Catching up on the forum and saw gdogg has truck load of turkey birds! Good job!
For some reason we don't have a large number of turkeys in our part of the county. Had one hen walk by a game camera a few weeks ago.
Frying wild turkey breast strips is the way we learned to eat them, folks boil the rest and make turkey soup. They just don't compare to a store bought "Butterball" at Thanksgiving time.
Treefarmer

[Paladin]

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, They just don't compare to a store bought "Butterball" at Thanksgiving time.
Treefarmer

Amen to that, Brother Philip.

Ray

[garddogg56]

Catching up on the forum and saw gdogg has truck load of turkey birds! Good job!
For some reason we don't have a large number of turkeys in our part of the county. Had one hen walk by a game camera a few weeks ago.
Frying wild turkey breast strips is the way we learned to eat them, folks boil the rest and make turkey soup. They just don't compare to a store bought "Butterball" at Thanksgiving time.
Treefarmer

In the early 80’s we reintroduced turkey to Maine we raised them in our clubs pheasant pens.Now our farmers hate our rod and gun club

[TripleF]

Began processing this downed Maple yesterday...

[1967redrider]

Began processing this downed Maple yesterday...

That will make some nice smelling campfire wood, Scott. When I used to charcoal grill, I'd stick a piece of maple off in the corner to smolder and flavor the meat. Deeeeeeeeeeeeelicious!

[1967redrider]

We have some new outdoor residents at the farm- Waffles, Nugget and French Fry. They've been named by my little 4 year old niece and they're meat goats.

[TripleF]

Began processing this downed Maple yesterday...

That will make some nice smelling campfire wood, Scott. When I used to charcoal grill, I'd stick a piece of maple off in the corner to smolder and flavor the meat. Deeeeeeeeeeeeelicious!

Good idea!! TY!!

[Waukonda]

They've been named by my little 4 year old niece and they're meat goats.

For your consumption?

I know a guy who raised goats for a number of years, and he had buyers come down from the city (St Louis). They would show up in a minivan with the rear seats removed and buy 3 or 4 and load them up to be taken for slaughter in their backyards. I would imagine they got some double takes from other drivers as they headed back up the Interstate.

[treefarmer]

Began processing this downed Maple yesterday...

That will make some nice smelling campfire wood, Scott. When I used to charcoal grill, I'd stick a piece of maple off in the corner to smolder and flavor the meat. Deeeeeeeeeeeeelicious!

Some of the best steaks we have eaten were grilled over dried maple wood when we lived in Central Florida, bd (before Disney). It still irks me to see a once beautiful part of the state that was forever altered due to Disney World.
I try not to be negative in my posts, had to vent a bit due to the reminder of happy days with good friends and a Maple fired grill and wonderful steaks.
Treefarmer

[1967redrider]

They've been named by my little 4 year old niece and they're meat goats.

For your consumption?

I know a guy who raised goats for a number of years, and he had buyers come down from the city (St Louis). They would show up in a minivan with the rear seats removed and buy 3 or 4 and load them up to be taken for slaughter in their backyards. I would imagine they got some double takes from other drivers as they headed back up the Interstate.

We do have a country butcher who processes meat for us, but these 3 will end up at the stock sale when they're old enough. Then they could be headed to an Indian restaurant near you. I happen to like goat and lamb, if it's cooked right.

[1967redrider]

Began processing this downed Maple yesterday...

That will make some nice smelling campfire wood, Scott. When I used to charcoal grill, I'd stick a piece of maple off in the corner to smolder and flavor the meat. Deeeeeeeeeeeeelicious!

Some of the best steaks we have eaten were grilled over dried maple wood when we lived in Central Florida, bd (before Disney). It still irks me to see a once beautiful part of the state that was forever altered due to Disney World.
I try not to be negative in my posts, had to vent a bit due to the reminder of happy days with good friends and a Maple fired grill and wonderful steaks.
Treefarmer

It adds a nice flavor in my opinion. My bud cedar plank grills salmon all the time, but he hasn't invited me over yet.

[TripleF]

Might be a little boring to read but this is my thought process on turning a downed tree into firewood with no power tools.
Safety is always a concern but not as much, when the tree is actually down.
The wind blew this live Red Maple down a couple weeks ago.

My main thought is to have a vise. Not an actual vise, but having the tree hold what I am cutting. Thus I don’t have to hold with one hand and cut with the other.
I start by cutting the shooter limbs…..smaller logs, big branches…maybe 3” round…trim off tiny branches and have a nice pile of trimmed branches to be cut into 14” lengths for the fire.
Then the main stem.

First what attached limbs should be left on, to hold my tree in place (my vise)?
With the main stem being cut down to about 25 feet remaining I see where the base is broken, but still attached. Because that is the heaviest part of the tree….I conclude that if I cut at the base, it will naturally fall, and hopefully lift the opposite end into the air, making a nice vise for me to cut up to the portion that will remain on the ground….
BINGO!!!
Lots more to do, just wanted to share…

[doglegg]

Might be a little boring to read but this is my thought process on turning a downed tree into firewood with no power tools.
Safety is always a concern but not as much, when the tree is actually down.
The wind blew this live Red Maple down a couple weeks ago.

My main thought is to have a vise. Not an actual vise, but having the tree hold what I am cutting. Thus I don’t have to hold with one hand and cut with the other.
I start by cutting the shooter limbs…..smaller logs, big branches…maybe 3” round…trim off tiny branches and have a nice pile of trimmed branches to be cut into 14” lengths for the fire.
Then the main stem.

First what attached limbs should be left on, to hold my tree in place (my vise)?
With the main stem being cut down to about 25 feet remaining I see where the base is broken, but still attached. Because that is the heaviest part of the tree….I conclude that if I cut at the base, it will naturally fall, and hopefully lift the opposite end into the air, making a nice vise for me to cut up to the portion that will remain on the ground….
BINGO!!!
Lots more to do, just wanted to share…

Thanks for walking us through your process.

[treefarmer]

Scott, you are surely getting a workout with the hand tools. Don't think my old shoulders would allow much of that. I've got an Echo chainsaw that I have trouble starting because of shoulders. It doesn't have a compression release but once it starts, it'll do the job. Sad to say I now use a Ryobi 40V battery powered saw, it gets the job done but I sure miss the "zoom zoom" of the gas-powered saw. When that wood dries, it'll make some good wood to cook some meat on.
Haven't posted any pictures from the woods lately, here's a few that outdoor folks might enjoy:

Notice this youngster is starting to grow his 1st antlers.

Looks like the mammas and last year's babies all are out for a mid-day stroll.

Something spooked this little gal!

Ol' Rocky racoon is protecting his supper, a few kernels of corn on the ground.

Another yearling buck.

Turkey hen probably nesting somewhere on our place. We don't see them very often but seems they are coming back.

Still plenty of these nasty critters around.

Looks like she is posing!

Seeing the traffic in the deer woods is always interesting.
Treefarmer

[1967redrider]

Awesome pictures, tree.


Scott, when I'm walking fence and have to deal with downed trees, my main concern is not getting the chainsaw bar pinched. I have learned how to not have this happen in my now 57 years of experience. Was I born with a chainsaw in hand?

[doglegg]

Scott, you are surely getting a workout with the hand tools. Don't think my old shoulders would allow much of that. I've got an Echo chainsaw that I have trouble starting because of shoulders. It doesn't have a compression release but once it starts, it'll do the job. Sad to say I now use a Ryobi 40V battery powered saw, it gets the job done but I sure miss the "zoom zoom" of the gas-powered saw. When that wood dries, it'll make some good wood to cook some meat on.
Haven't posted any pictures from the woods lately, here's a few that outdoor folks might enjoy:
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Seeing the traffic in the deer woods is always interesting.
Treefarmer

Nice to see your herd Philip.

[Ivoryman]

Great pics treefarmer. Nice herd.

[jmh58]

Most excellent outdoor pics Gents.
Get an education perusing this thread!!

John

[garddogg56]

Sue and I grabbed a much needed Memorial Day weekend up to the Moosehead lakes region of Maine
We got pictures of most game animals but a black bear and even caught sum native brookies.
Don’t forget the reasons we celebrate this weekend
For those that gave all

[doglegg]

Sue and I grabbed a much needed Memorial Day weekend up to the Moosehead lakes region of Maine
We got pictures of most game animals but a black bear and even caught sum native brookies.
Don’t forget the reasons we celebrate this weekend
For those that gave all

Great pics of a great trip.

[jmh58]

Looks like a good time gd!!
Nice pics!!
John

[treefarmer]

gdogg, love seeing what your woods look like. Looks like Y'all had an enjoyable time.
I try to look at the details of pictures and noticed, it looks like the road grader has chains on all of the tires. That's something we don't see, a grader with all wheels pulling. I suppose that is used to clear snow from the roads?
Back to the pictures, did you catch any fish?
Treefarmer