Osage Roost

Turkey Call Paradise => From the Callmaker's Bench => Topic started by: mmclain on December 07, 2009, 06:27:02 PM

Title: Osage boards
Post by: mmclain on December 07, 2009, 06:27:02 PM
Cut this 100 year old osage 5 years ago.......put it on the saw 2 weeks ago.........

these are the best cuts.....the one I'm holding is 17" wide 82" tall and 2 1/8 thick......


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Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: turkey stew on December 07, 2009, 06:30:03 PM
I wonder how many calls you could make for Mike out of those boards!!!! ROTFLMBO ROTFLMBO
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: muddpuppi on December 07, 2009, 06:42:37 PM
oooh i would like to get my hands on some of that *wha*
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: CCCalls on December 07, 2009, 06:43:25 PM
PLEASE DELETE THAT PICTURE before Mike sees it. He's been after me to build him some Osage kitchen cabinets, and I keep telling him there's not enough osage lumber to do that ROTFLMBO.  Apparently money is not an issue with mike, as I gave him an estimate in the MILLIONS $$$$, and he never flinched ROTFLMBO ROTFLMBO.

Tim.
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: BD1 on December 07, 2009, 06:48:13 PM
 *aah* ROTFLMBO
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: AlanKrow on December 07, 2009, 06:58:08 PM
W0w!!! That tree was huge!!!  LOOK OUT !!! Mike will want you to build a house out of that!!!!!!!! ROTFLMBO ROTFLMBO ROTFLMBO ROTFLMBO ROTFLMBO
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: charlieparrish on December 07, 2009, 07:16:30 PM
 Matt,  enough osage there to arm the whole tribe....and still make a few callers and a kitchen chair or two...nice, clean looking wood...................................Charlie
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: Bulldogmikey on December 07, 2009, 07:49:30 PM
That is something else Matt. You better get busy!

Mike
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: Porter on December 07, 2009, 09:15:46 PM
Ok I'm pretty sure I have a concussion now...  I just picked myself up off of the floor!!!! 

That is like a dream come true for a guy like me!

Forget cabinets, furniture... I'm thinking an all osage house now  ROTFLMBO

I cannot wait to see the beauty you make out of that wood!
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: mmclain on December 07, 2009, 09:18:38 PM
this isn't a tenth of the logs I have collected over the years.......

have another very large tree in the works......4mi from my house....

Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: Bulldogmikey on December 07, 2009, 09:19:48 PM
You gonna sell some of that Matt??
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: muddpuppi on December 07, 2009, 09:35:06 PM
You gonna sell some of that Matt??

x2
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: Daryl on December 07, 2009, 09:37:25 PM
NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: labman on December 07, 2009, 10:59:11 PM
That's an awful lot of orange wood.  You maybe could burn out a motor with all of that...
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: turkey-slayer on December 08, 2009, 07:16:26 AM
Now that's some good looking Osage. I see lots of nice turkey calls *cool*
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: mmclain on December 08, 2009, 06:04:05 PM
I'll sell some of it next year.........I cut it for turkey and duck call thickness....

matt
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: J R Hunt Camp on December 09, 2009, 06:53:35 AM

... "Holy Smokes" Matt - now that's a bunch of call makin' Osage for sure ... :o :o :o

Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: longbeardfever4ever on December 09, 2009, 07:29:16 AM
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: Strut-N on December 10, 2009, 04:02:54 PM
Mike probably needed a clean up towel after seeing this post............ *aah* *aah*

Nice Matt.......I can't wait to see some to the pictures from the "Giant" osage you cut up earlier this year!

Scotty
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: mmclain on December 10, 2009, 09:07:04 PM
I cut some of that tree up a month ago.........found a nice piece that had a fence post staple in it.....caused the wood to be stained bluish color......cut it up for some trumpet calls.........
Title: Re: Osage boards
Post by: Strut-N on December 11, 2009, 08:24:44 AM
I cut some of that tree up a month ago.........found a nice piece that had a fence post staple in it.....caused the wood to be stained bluish color......cut it up for some trumpet calls.........

Now that sounds cool........I can't wait to see how it turns out!
Scotty