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#91
The Tailgate / Re: Well.. it's about that tim...
Last post by FinsnFur - September 20, 2025, 08:12:54 PMQuote from: Hawks Feather on September 20, 2025, 10:07:12 AMYou do have a HAND saw don't you?
Yes...yes I do, Jerry. A Stihl MS 261 C-M and it requires BOTH hands
Quote from: msmith on September 20, 2025, 11:10:32 AMLooks like some nice maple. Too bad it's still green. Should be gtg by mid winter though.
This all for next year Mike. I process a year ahead each Fall.
The stuff for this year is all cut, split, stacked and dried. Did that last Fall.
#92
The Tailgate / Re: Drifting through life betw...
Last post by Okanagan - September 20, 2025, 03:53:39 PMQuote from: nastygunz on September 11, 2025, 08:06:27 PMCodger Tech, i like that. I was just showing a couple of the young Bucks how to line up the reticle on a rifle scope by using a piece of string with a weight on it hanging off the wall. I told them gravity is always straight!. They thought that was neato mosquito. I said I've been shooting guns since I was six years old I picked up a thing or two along the way boys
I just finished mounting a scope using a string and weight as described. Codger tech! I like it!
#93
The Tailgate / Re: Well.. it's about that tim...
Last post by msmith - September 20, 2025, 11:10:32 AMLooks like some nice maple. Too bad it's still green. Should be gtg by mid winter though.
I have a pretty good pile started myself.
I have a pretty good pile started myself.
#94
The Tailgate / Today in history 9-20
Last post by remrogers - September 20, 2025, 10:19:22 AM1806
Sept 20
The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on the Missouri
On September 20, 1806, after nearly two-and-a-half years spent exploring the western wilderness, the Corps of Discovery arrived at the frontier village of La Charette, the first white settlement they had seen since leaving behind the outposts of the eastern settlements in 1804.
Entirely out of provisions and trade goods and subsisting on wild plums, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their men were understandably eager to reach home. Upon arriving at La Charette, the men fired a three-round salute to alert the inhabitants of their approach and were answered by three rounds from the trading boats moored at the riverbank. The people of La Charette rushed to the banks of the Missouri to greet the returning heroes. "Every person," Clark wrote with his characteristic inventive spelling, "both French and americans Seem to express great pleasure at our return, and acknowledge them selves astonished in Seeing us return. They informed us that we were Supposed to have been lost long Since."
The Lewis and Clark mission had been a success. With the aid of Native American tribes, the explorers had charted the upper reaches of the Missouri, proved there was no easy water passage across the Continental Divide, reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean, and made the first major step to opening of the trans-Mississippi West to the American settlement.
After spending the evening celebrating with the people of La Charette, the next day the expedition continued rapidly down the river and after two more days reached St. Louis, the city where their long journey had begun. Lewis' first act upon leaping from his canoe to the St. Louis dock was to send a note asking the postmaster to delay the mail headed east so he could write a quick letter to President Jefferson telling him that the intrepid Corps of Discovery had, at long last, come home.
Sept 20
The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on the Missouri
On September 20, 1806, after nearly two-and-a-half years spent exploring the western wilderness, the Corps of Discovery arrived at the frontier village of La Charette, the first white settlement they had seen since leaving behind the outposts of the eastern settlements in 1804.
Entirely out of provisions and trade goods and subsisting on wild plums, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their men were understandably eager to reach home. Upon arriving at La Charette, the men fired a three-round salute to alert the inhabitants of their approach and were answered by three rounds from the trading boats moored at the riverbank. The people of La Charette rushed to the banks of the Missouri to greet the returning heroes. "Every person," Clark wrote with his characteristic inventive spelling, "both French and americans Seem to express great pleasure at our return, and acknowledge them selves astonished in Seeing us return. They informed us that we were Supposed to have been lost long Since."
The Lewis and Clark mission had been a success. With the aid of Native American tribes, the explorers had charted the upper reaches of the Missouri, proved there was no easy water passage across the Continental Divide, reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean, and made the first major step to opening of the trans-Mississippi West to the American settlement.
After spending the evening celebrating with the people of La Charette, the next day the expedition continued rapidly down the river and after two more days reached St. Louis, the city where their long journey had begun. Lewis' first act upon leaping from his canoe to the St. Louis dock was to send a note asking the postmaster to delay the mail headed east so he could write a quick letter to President Jefferson telling him that the intrepid Corps of Discovery had, at long last, come home.
#95
The Tailgate / Re: Well.. it's about that tim...
Last post by Hawks Feather - September 20, 2025, 10:07:12 AMYou do have a HAND saw don't you?
#96
The Tailgate / Well.. it's about that time.
Last post by FinsnFur - September 19, 2025, 10:03:45 PM Had some drama going on last Fall and didnt get all the wood cut that I should have.
I decided to buy a couple loads this year to get me back on track and then go out and cut and haul the rest as usual.
I called a friend and he shows up with this.
Holy Moly! Did not expect that. Well I might be done earlier then I thought.
I decided to buy a couple loads this year to get me back on track and then go out and cut and haul the rest as usual.
I called a friend and he shows up with this.
Holy Moly!
Did not expect that. Well I might be done earlier then I thought. #97
The Tailgate / Today in history 9-19
Last post by remrogers - September 19, 2025, 11:14:11 AM1827
Sept 19
Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife
After a duel turns into an all-out brawl on September 19, 1827, Jim Bowie disembowels a banker on a sandbar near the eastern shore of the Mississippi River, with an early version of his famous Bowie knife. The actual inventor of the Bowie knife, however, was probably not Jim Bowie, but rather his equally belligerent brother, Rezin Bowie, who reportedly came up with the design after nearly being killed in a vicious knife fight.
The Bowie brothers engaged in more fights than the typical frontiersman of the day, but such violent duels were not uncommon events on the untamed margins of American civilization. In the early nineteenth century, most frontiersmen preferred knives to guns for fighting, and the Bowie knife quickly became one of the favorites. Rezin Bowie had invented such a nasty looking weapon that the mere sight of it probably discouraged many would-be robbers and attackers.
Designs varied somewhat, but the typical Bowie knife sported a 9- to 15- inch blade sharpened only on one side for much of its length, though the curved tip was sharpened to a point on both sides. The double-edged tip made the knife an effective stabbing weapon, while the dull-edge combined with a brass hand guard allowed the user to slide a hand down over the blade as needed. The perfect knife for close-quarter fighting, the Bowie knife became the weapon of choice for many westerners before the reliable rapid-fire revolver took its place in the post-Civil War period.
Sept 19
Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife
After a duel turns into an all-out brawl on September 19, 1827, Jim Bowie disembowels a banker on a sandbar near the eastern shore of the Mississippi River, with an early version of his famous Bowie knife. The actual inventor of the Bowie knife, however, was probably not Jim Bowie, but rather his equally belligerent brother, Rezin Bowie, who reportedly came up with the design after nearly being killed in a vicious knife fight.
The Bowie brothers engaged in more fights than the typical frontiersman of the day, but such violent duels were not uncommon events on the untamed margins of American civilization. In the early nineteenth century, most frontiersmen preferred knives to guns for fighting, and the Bowie knife quickly became one of the favorites. Rezin Bowie had invented such a nasty looking weapon that the mere sight of it probably discouraged many would-be robbers and attackers.
Designs varied somewhat, but the typical Bowie knife sported a 9- to 15- inch blade sharpened only on one side for much of its length, though the curved tip was sharpened to a point on both sides. The double-edged tip made the knife an effective stabbing weapon, while the dull-edge combined with a brass hand guard allowed the user to slide a hand down over the blade as needed. The perfect knife for close-quarter fighting, the Bowie knife became the weapon of choice for many westerners before the reliable rapid-fire revolver took its place in the post-Civil War period.
#98
Big Game / Update on archery bull elk tha...
Last post by Okanagan - September 19, 2025, 10:59:11 AMA couple of weeks ago in a thread titled Drifting through life between salmon season and deer, I mentioned that my son had hit a 5x5 bull elk with an arrow and not gotten it. Here is the rest of the story.
During the rest of the season, my son located and stalked that same herd and same bull twice. The bull was more wary and was not as vocal. That's not surprising since it had been hit with an arrow.
He saw it and got into long bow range once, but never had a shot good enough to take. I kept hoping he would kill the same bull so we could see where the original arrow had nicked it.
We are glad that the bull is OK. Like many hunters, we prefer a quick sure kill or a clean miss, rather than a wounded animal. On this one, the wound was so minimal that it never seemed to affect the bull at all, other than two tiny drops of blood and a pinch of cut hair.
During the rest of the season, my son located and stalked that same herd and same bull twice. The bull was more wary and was not as vocal. That's not surprising since it had been hit with an arrow.
He saw it and got into long bow range once, but never had a shot good enough to take. I kept hoping he would kill the same bull so we could see where the original arrow had nicked it.
We are glad that the bull is OK. Like many hunters, we prefer a quick sure kill or a clean miss, rather than a wounded animal. On this one, the wound was so minimal that it never seemed to affect the bull at all, other than two tiny drops of blood and a pinch of cut hair.
#99
Forum Issues and Questions / Re: Can’t log in via desktop
Last post by msmith - September 19, 2025, 06:53:19 AMI'm in. Thanks Jim!
#100
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: John Deere Green!
Last post by FinsnFur - September 18, 2025, 09:24:20 PMNon Stop energy 