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Title: Thank You!!!!
Post by: Wulomac on January 24, 2011, 11:45:00 AM
I am a scoutmaster in mid-Michigan.  One of the dads of one of the boys in my troop returned from a hunting trip out west and brought us an osage log about six feet long and 8-10 inches in diameter.  My thank you is to Bruce Bitterman and his son Brian for coming to our troop meeting and showing the boys how to split the log into proper staves.  We will end up with 12 bow staves when drying is done!  What a generous act to help our scouts like that!!!  Thanks!

Wells Warren
Scoutmaster Troop 90
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Post by: Doc Nock on January 24, 2011, 02:09:00 PM
That is so cool. Gang people are good people! Or Good trad people migrate to Gang?  :)
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Post by: BEN on January 24, 2011, 02:57:00 PM
That is cool!!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mudd on January 24, 2011, 03:09:00 PM
:campfire:    God bless    :archer:
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Post by: Duker on January 24, 2011, 03:42:00 PM
AWESOME   :clapper:   Thanks for sharing
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Post by: maineac on January 24, 2011, 06:20:00 PM
:clapper:     :clapper:
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Post by: on January 24, 2011, 07:13:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:

That'll be a good experience for the boys when the time comes.  Something they'll not soon forget.
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Post by: 1oldbowguy on January 24, 2011, 08:23:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Post by: leatherneck on January 24, 2011, 08:24:00 PM
:clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:  Awesome!!!
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Post by: GRINCH on January 24, 2011, 08:26:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: wooddamon1 on January 24, 2011, 08:30:00 PM
Now that's very cool!
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Post by: LookMomNoSights on January 24, 2011, 08:35:00 PM
Defenitely way cool!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Swiftspeed10 on January 24, 2011, 10:43:00 PM
good stuff!  12 staves is great
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Post by: ti-guy on January 25, 2011, 09:18:00 AM
Excellent,I love this kind of story.
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Post by: Wulomac on January 25, 2011, 09:58:00 PM
Thanks for your comments.  I knew you folks would appreciate their efforts!
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Post by: Gen273 on January 26, 2011, 08:29:00 AM
This is what I love about Tradgang!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: LoneWolf on January 26, 2011, 10:34:00 AM
:clapper:  To Bruce and his son for their time and work.

  :clapper:   To you as well wulomac for working with those young men.  Fellow Scouter here.  Make sure you post some pics when they get started on those bows, we are talking about building some board bows with our Troop as well.
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Post by: Wulomac on January 27, 2011, 03:12:00 PM
The wood was pretty wet.  It will definitely take some time to dry.  Coated with glue & will get the bark stripped shortly.

We may actually buy some staves and start the boys making bows sooner!
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Post by: Buckhorn3380 on January 27, 2011, 04:14:00 PM
What a great deal, that is what is great about trad people!!!!  :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Post by: Paul WA on January 27, 2011, 04:53:00 PM
Good stuff... Where in the west did he find osage???...PR
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Post by: Wulomac on January 29, 2011, 06:35:00 PM
I believe he got it in Nebraska.
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