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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: Sabotloader on February 16, 2017, 09:00:40 AM

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Post by: Sabotloader on February 16, 2017, 09:00:40 AM: But I really want to share this old man...

During the tail end of the late ML elk season and while forcing our way through the snow my hunting partner encountered this old man - could not resist getting some pictures and now the urge to share,,

(https://s26.postimg.org/ttxa29dbt/IMGA0043.jpg)

(https://s26.postimg.org/mco2n1nsp/IMGA0042.jpg)

(https://s26.postimg.org/yd4xa15tl/IMGA0041.jpg)

It appears that he had been in the woods longer than I but. was just as frustrated with the lack of elk as I was. I did not talk to him so I really do not know his thoughts - his looks just said it all...
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Post by: pianoman9701 on February 16, 2017, 09:33:13 AM: Nice pictures. Let us know if he starts talking.
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Post by: garrett89 on February 16, 2017, 12:02:50 PM: Well don't be rude offer the guy a beer.
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Post by: lucky7 on February 19, 2017, 08:41:19 PM: One of the Ents from Lord of the Rings, the stories he could have told you.
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Post by: KFhunter on February 19, 2017, 08:50:46 PM: Those are notches for putting boards into where the faller stands on them. They cut those notches and slide in a 2x4 and stand on it.

very cool find!

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fwww.tillamookcountypioneer.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F08%2FLogging2.jpg&hash=452de20ed0ee819cf7968efbc94c793af96c531d)
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Post by: PastorJoel on February 19, 2017, 09:19:45 PM: Cool pictures. Thanks for sharing. Why start the cut so high above the ground?
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Post by: KFhunter on February 19, 2017, 09:24:43 PM: I'm not sure :dunno: if I had to guess my guess would be it had something to do with the milling practices of that era not being able to handle the taper of the log.
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Post by: Timberstalker on February 20, 2017, 05:17:15 AM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on February 20, 2017, 05:15:09 AM
My guess is those are martin set notches other wise it would just be a stump.

It is just a stump......
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Post by: ASHQUACK on February 20, 2017, 05:57:15 AM: They cut the notches to get above the but log. On the old growth trees of the time the buts were super thick and would take extra hours if not a day to cut through with a hand saw.
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Post by: Sabotloader on February 20, 2017, 07:19:43 AM: Correct - Springboard notches for the fallers to gain height up the tree

As has been suggested - they did not want the swell of the stump long at the mills of the time

(https://s26.postimg.org/pm2htibw9/crosscut_saw_logging_2.jpg)

(https://s26.postimg.org/shfl0dfw9/crosscut_saw_logging.jpg)
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Post by: Timberstalker on February 20, 2017, 07:25:15 AM: Those were real men.
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Post by: Duckslayer89 on February 20, 2017, 07:46:19 AM: You would think they would just cut from the ground and it would be much easier. Cool find!
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on February 20, 2017, 07:50:06 AM: Then they have to make an extra cut on the ground.
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Post by: Moose Master on February 22, 2017, 06:18:59 AM: Great pictures and history all in one fell swoop. How many twisted ankles when jumping off those spring boards as the tree toppled?
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Post by: ASHQUACK on February 24, 2017, 10:44:17 AM: Most of the timber fellers wore caulk boots that came to about mid shin and most didn't jump from the spring boards. They rode it out at least that's the stories we heard as we grew up. Many men lost their lives in those days felling timber.
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Post by: huntinguy on June 03, 2017, 11:35:06 AM: Quote from: PastorJoel on February 19, 2017, 09:19:45 PM
Cool pictures. Thanks for sharing. Why start the cut so high above the ground?

they cut above the twist of the roots. the lower part of a log (old growth) has funny/twisted/flared grain patterns.

Or so my Dad told me.
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Post by: j_h_nimrod on June 03, 2017, 01:03:31 PM: Quote from: huntinguy on June 03, 2017, 11:35:06 AM
Quote from: PastorJoel on February 19, 2017, 09:19:45 PM
Cool pictures. Thanks for sharing. Why start the cut so high above the ground?

they cut above the twist of the roots. the lower part of a log (old growth) has funny/twisted/flared grain patterns.

Or so my Dad told me.

:yeah:

Also the diameter at the ground is often up to double the main trunk which requires much more work for no gain. Not only would you have to cut twice as much wood to fall the tree, you would then have to cut the but off anyway before sending it to the mill.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on June 03, 2017, 03:07:55 PM: It's fortunate for the rest of us that you guys are so educated about butt.
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Post by: j_h_nimrod on June 03, 2017, 11:59:05 PM: Douché!
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Post by: The Gobble-stopper on June 09, 2017, 11:40:51 AM: I actually saw that very same guy out in the words. He mumbled something like. "How would you like if someone came along and picked something off of you?" I think he thought I picked an apple off him?? I told him I wasn't interested, even if he had apples, they probably were full of worms :chuckle:
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Post by: PlateauNDN on June 09, 2017, 12:13:54 PM: Quote from: pianoman9701 on June 03, 2017, 03:07:55 PM
It's fortunate for the rest of us that you guys are so educated about butt.

So, they didn't like big butts because it was twice the work?! I do and I cannot lie. :chuckle:
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Post by: usmc74 on June 09, 2017, 10:06:00 PM: Plat....You funny guy...and I cannot lie....Semper Fi
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Post by: Barbarossa13 on June 09, 2017, 10:30:54 PM: Back when the men were men. My family has several pictures of my great grandpa on a spring board. Came over from North Carolina to settle in Deming. Very cool find!