Back out with the 15" Chitlangi

[hollowdweller]

Now that I am mostly over the severe flu and bronchitis I had over NY and the weather has broke a little bit I'm trying to get back into hiking to get in shape for the summer.

However the days are short so I have to do it at night.

I hike up this super steep old woods road to the pasture on top. I think this is dogbane?

And I think this is one of my dogs

Moving out of the pasture into the woods

I used to be able to bend over and get under this fallen tree. It fell and landed in between a double sapling. But now it's sunk down so yay! I have to chop a few branches out of the crown so I can thru

Look how much resin is in this branch still.

More chopping. This was some mega hard chestnut oak. The little 15" 15oz chopped it fine although it took more effort on my part than my 17" 23oz Ganga Ram

Here's the other end. It was stuck in another tree too so I left it hangin'

Finally a little knife pron

Well there's a little knife hike pictorial for ya

 

[Return of the J.D.]

Curious: what kind of animal is that skull from?

 

[hollowdweller]

Deer. That's been there at least 4 years. When I don't travel that path much it falls off that log and then the next time I go thru I uncover it and put it back on the log

I used to hang it on the log but it's weathered to the point now that it can't be hung and only has teeth on one side

 

[InfidelShootist]

You sure that's not your ex?

 

[Wolf_1989]

Nice lookin' little Chitlangi:thumbup:

 

[Yangdu]

Nice pictures, thank you hollowdweller

 

[Moff8]

I like the way you count your fingers after chopping, only missing a thumb, not bad