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Well the SalmonBerries have now all but gone and tasty Thimbleberries have taken their place~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
The Huckleberries are still abundant although this is one Huckleberry bush that's safe from me, it was about 15 ft up in the air growing out of an old Douglas Fir !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
The recent thread about Truncating got me thinking today, you can Truncate the parts for the Promontory peg deadfall, just go half way through on opposite sides and snap in two ~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Here are two variations of the trap that I thought up today to save having to run a bait line the length of the deadfall. This means it is far easier to make when using long deadfall weights such as fallen trees etc.
The first one is to suspend bait from the trigger stick, I didn't have any so used a pinecone for demonstration purposes~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
And the second uses a small bait stick, you could stick a berry on either end of this ~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Speaking of berries I noticed the Arbutus berries are starting to develop. Native Americans ate the berries, but because the berries have a high tannin content and are thus astringent, they more often chewed them or made them into a cider.
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Down by the swamp I came across this little fella ~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Awesome Camouflage eh !!!
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Snicker didn't blend in quite so well !!!
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Whittled a little frog gig although I had no intention of actually using it~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
All finished up~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Another Arbutus pic~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
And a final pic of Snicker trying to spot a very vocal squirrel !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
The Huckleberries are still abundant although this is one Huckleberry bush that's safe from me, it was about 15 ft up in the air growing out of an old Douglas Fir !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
The recent thread about Truncating got me thinking today, you can Truncate the parts for the Promontory peg deadfall, just go half way through on opposite sides and snap in two ~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Here are two variations of the trap that I thought up today to save having to run a bait line the length of the deadfall. This means it is far easier to make when using long deadfall weights such as fallen trees etc.
The first one is to suspend bait from the trigger stick, I didn't have any so used a pinecone for demonstration purposes~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
And the second uses a small bait stick, you could stick a berry on either end of this ~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Speaking of berries I noticed the Arbutus berries are starting to develop. Native Americans ate the berries, but because the berries have a high tannin content and are thus astringent, they more often chewed them or made them into a cider.
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Down by the swamp I came across this little fella ~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Awesome Camouflage eh !!!
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Snicker didn't blend in quite so well !!!
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Whittled a little frog gig although I had no intention of actually using it~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
All finished up~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
Another Arbutus pic~
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
And a final pic of Snicker trying to spot a very vocal squirrel !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-08-11
:thumbup:
as always great stuff from you sir
