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Post by hartman756 on Feb 11, 2017 15:57:17 GMT -5
A snapshot in time in the never ending job of getting muskrats put up and ready to ship to Canada ! BTW , you can also see some of our apple seedlings growing under florescent lights in the pic.
Don't know if I will get any beaver put up in time to ship this time and have no plans to put up any coon at all this year . Main plan at this time is to get at least 2 freezers emptied to make room for new fur next year !
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Post by jbrown on Feb 11, 2017 19:34:29 GMT -5
Nice... did you make your boards oe buy them?  Been looking for an economical way to obtain a couple doz |
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Post by hartman756 on Feb 11, 2017 20:33:22 GMT -5
Boards are all hand made out of basswood starting with cutting the logs in the woods and then sawing them with my brothers mill ( some older ones are not basswood and were made out of salvaged boards ) I still have a lot of blanks and boards to cut blanks out of to make more stretchers. the issue right now is having the time to make them. |
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Post by jbrown on Feb 11, 2017 21:29:40 GMT -5
I have a local sawmill here.. wonder how often he runs into basswood
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Post by hartman756 on Feb 11, 2017 21:59:02 GMT -5
When you get up this way to pick up your apple trees I will give you some boards if you want. You are well qualified to make your own stretchers from what projects I have seen you post on here  |
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Post by jbrown on Feb 11, 2017 22:10:09 GMT -5
Nice offer... my starters (apple trees) are failing..maybe to much water?? Everthing set up to drain well.. I had 20 started have lost 4 so far
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Post by hartman756 on Feb 11, 2017 22:13:59 GMT -5
That's too bad , hope at least the rest make it !
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Post by jbrown on Feb 11, 2017 22:15:43 GMT -5
Probably have 40 or so in fridge. Due to be checked between this weekend and next weekend
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Post by hartman756 on Mar 4, 2017 21:49:07 GMT -5
Well got all the rats I could find in the freezers . Around 720 rats a handful of mink and a couple coon ready to go on the NAFA truck tomorrow morning . Will probably be the only fur I send up this year as I got so much going on and fur is not worth a whole lot right now. At least I think there will be room in the freezers for any beaver I may trap yet this year and for rats next year. Forgot to take a pick of them all before bagging them up  |
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Post by jbrown on Mar 5, 2017 9:24:20 GMT -5
Boards are all hand made out of basswood starting with cutting the logs in the woods and then sawing them with my brothers mill ( some older ones are not basswood and were made out of salvaged boards ) I still have a lot of blanks and boards to cut blanks out of to make more stretchers. the issue right now is having the time to make them. got a proposition for you.. ill plane to thickness those boards for you and get them cut out and redelivered to you for enough basswood to make a dozen rats and coon boards.. I have the patterns and hopefully will be ready to do this after turkey season.. I need to make a trip north. My brother works on generac generators and I have 2 portables not producing voltage.. so I need to get them to him as I'm building another raised shack on telephone poles for hunting this spring/summer and need portable power |
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Post by hartman756 on Mar 5, 2017 9:34:55 GMT -5
Just let me know when you are going to be up this way.
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Been looking for an economical way to obtain a couple doz
