The hedge, or osage orange wood is some of the best firewood you can burn. Close relative to mulberry. REALLY tough to cut, nearly impossible once dried.

Thanks every one.
Jag if you wanna box of em drop me a PM and ill get you some when I get back in town and mail em out.
MUDD Unfortunatly I'm not home for good yet, a couple more weeks yet. Being the only Veteran at the company , but being made to work on Veterans Day while the others got off aggravated me enough to call it in and just drive home.
Ill gladly take my butt chewing tomorow with a smile on my face

Man I miss seeing those hedgeapples all over the farm!  They make great archery targets, especially when rolling along the ground like a rabbit.  Lots of fun!  Looks like you had a day to remember for sure.

PM sent.
Thanks, Johnny/JAG

That day is worth more than 10 bucks.  The antlered kind.  Awesome.

That is as good as it gets!

Awesome...  

Great story!! A memorable day for sure!!

Good seeing you out with the kids! We called those fruits horse apples also. We would be on the stand and could hear something and look around and see the horses eating those things. It brings back good memories.

thats what its allll about right there!!!!  

Time well spent

Looks like a perfect day in the feild!  Thanks for taking the time!

Wow!! It looks like your kids really enjoy being out in the IL woods! Seeing your pics of the cut corn and Osage trees (or "hedge trees" from my neck of IL) really made me miss our family farm down my Murphysboro. Thanks for posting.

Jarhead,
I'm not far from murphysboro and frequent that way often!!

Now that brought a smile and a feeling of warmth to my heart big guy. People are right, the little ones grow up fast! Enjoy!!

This may be some of the best hunting you have ever done. The memories of this outing make a finer trophy than a P&Y buck ever could. I will sure be glad when my grandson is old enough to go hunting with me.

I see "Farther like son" both in rubber boots..lol  I HOPE your boss & the rest of the crew said THANK YOU FOR SERVING. If not,thank you Brain....James

Squirrels or no squirrels, that was once very successful hunt!  

awesome

I used to tee pee camp at trad shoots with my kids. had a great time.in the early 90s at a safari in Oregon there were soiux Indians performing the custer victory dance.you weill have to picture it in your mind I lost the photos.my kids remember