Quick hike on the hunt club...

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Furync

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I went for a little hike yesterday to explore a part of the club that we rarely go to...

I was also looking for fatwood since I never really looked/found/used any in my life... there's a first for everything...













Is there fatwood in this stump? I did not have anything to light it with but I did bring home a sample... I'll give it a try later...







It feels a somewhat "damp" to the touch...



A few pics of the Salmon river (there are no salmon is this river/town/county/area... the nearest salmon rivers are a 12 hour drive from here...)





more pics to come...
 






Walking back to the car.... I thought this was a great image.




Mr. Pine from up close...



My traveling companion... (read: porn)
I stained the handle "gunstock", turned out beautiful.


Took the scenic route on the drive back home and passed Mont Megantic.



And gobbler sightings in our area are getting more frequent...




Saw a ton of deer too but I didn't snap a pic of any.


That's it!
 
SpookyPistolero said:
Great pics! Thanks for sharing. How did you like the Trail Hawk as a general woods tool?
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I love it. I bought it last year for my canoe-camping because it's just so light. I put a real edge on it this winter and now it's definitely a favorite :)

I need to make a decent sheath for it though...
 
Great pics! And it does look like that stump has some fat wood. Smell your sample, if it smells like turpentine you're good to go.
 
Great pics, Furync. Thanks for sharing! There is definitely some excellent hiking to be done in the Eastern Townships, though I have only managed to get there a few times.

Nice to see another trail hawk in use, too. I tend to use mine on winter snowshoeing trips, where the edge can make short work of downed trees or obstructing branches and the handle can be used to brush snow from branches ahead of me.

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All the best,

- Mike
 
rdgarbo said:
That's looks like some good fat lighter in some of those pics.
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I just tried burning the "sample" I brought back and to be honest, I'm not impressed. It burnt like a dry stick would. I made shavings of it and put a bic lighter to it... the very small wind kept blowing it out and the shavings barely caught.

I will keep going on my search for fatwood... I dont think that was it.
 
Great pics! I hope all the white stuff has ended for us for a year...hate to see another frost cost us a year without acorns and nuts like we had a couple of years ago.
 
Furync said:
I just tried burning the "sample" I brought back and to be honest, I'm not impressed. It burnt like a dry stick would. I made shavings of it and put a bic lighter to it... the very small wind kept blowing it out and the shavings barely caught.

I will keep going on my search for fatwood... I dont think that was it.
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Nice pics Furnync, based on the bark pattern of the tree in your last two pictures (one with the truck), you are looking at white pine which has a low resin content. That isn't to say that this is all there is, but look for stands of red pine or scott's pine which have lots of resin. Red pine has a scaly redish bark pattern and the needles come in clumps of 2 while white pine needles are in clumps of 5.

Good luck on the fatwood hunting!
 
Awesome pics man!!! One thing though, I think you can be banned from WSS for this statement :"I did not have anything to light it." :)
 
Furync said:
I am in the eastern townships in the province of Quebec. Somewhat close-ish to Sherbrooke.
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Nice pics man!

I'm from Eastern Townships myself; I'm now in the Ottawa area for work. Your pics brought back good memories of my woodsbumming years in the hills around Sherbrooke! Thanks a lot :thumbup:
 
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