Finding Fatwood?

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1McCarty

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Im curious to find out where I can find this stuff?

I hunt a track of land that was just timbered for the large hemlocks that grew there and as recently as last month some of the stumps were glistening with sap. Would this be a good source and if so when should it be cut out? Also there are a lot of old stumps that appear to be rotted from a previous cutting years and years ago.

Any advice?
 
Evening 1McCarty. Try those stumps out. Chop, pry or cut into them and have a sniff. If it smell like turpentine or pine-sol you are good to go. The fatwood will be harder than any rotten stuff surrounding it.

Happy hunting,
J.
 
They do smell like pine oil. And they are seeping with sap, a couple with a 1/2" thick layer on them. From some reading I understand the stumps will continue to produce sap for some time and that the spring might be a better time to cut them out. BTW, some of these stumps are 4' in diameter..
 
I'd start looking for fatwood when big parts of the stump are already rotten. Just stick a knife into it and the hard stuff an inch beneath the soft stuff is likely to be fatwood. For the quickest success by far, simply chop/saw off a root!
I've spend a lot of time in the wood to find that out. Don't bother with fresh stumps. If you're unexperienced, it's wood might remind you of fatwood when it's wet.
 
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