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Thanks . He came out of Red Oak Iowa 40 years ago . My buddy has relatives up there that are big in corn and hogs . 11 farms . One year it had been wet , so when we got there the corn was still standing . The Uncle told us which field to go to first , he had a plan . When we got there he had cut a 45 on one end , then he started combining the rows from the long , uncut side . You could see the pheasants running in front of the combine .
When he got to the 45'd section , it was like a shooting gallery . Crazy .
He knew I wanted a mount , so later that day he showed up with that bird . He shot it from the combine . 32" from beak to tail , 1 " spur . Those guys go 24 hrs straight , so pretty damn decent of him to take time to do that , and wouldn't take anything for it .
Can't see the base , but it's a mix of Elmer's glue and dirt . Corn stalks stuck in the dirt mix .
I did that skull mount myself . Mountain Mike's plastic . I shot that deer about 4:30 pm . I was sitting in the stand , dead silence . I grunted , and right away heard a startled russling . He must have been laying down right across from me . I could hear him walking , real slow . Finally saw him . Stumbling and limping . It took him a long time to get into the pasture , and like I said , almost dark . The only reason I shot him was because I thought he had been hit and was dying .
When I got to him , the only bullet was mine . I figured he was sick with CWD . Got him skinned and cut up ,, but it weighed on me that something was wrong with him . My choice is it's not worth the chance , and decided to toss it all . That made me stop hunting really . Hate to waste a life like that . but he was done anyway .
The board is old barn wood from down there .
When I repainted inside a few years ago , I got the idea to make that area more " realistic "
Moved a head I had in another room , and bought some foliage stuff .
Just kind of threw it together to get an idea .
That store bought stuff is expensive . I At the time I was thinking in about a month I'll have a whole yard full of the stuff for free .
So I have a bunch of stuff in the garage , but never got any farther with it yet .
I need some advice from Ishi
on how or if I need to treat the natural stuff from the yard , then settle on an arrangement / layout .
There's an idea in there somewhere .
Thanks bud . I'm gonna have to get the shop cleaned up before I do anything else .
I wish I had a Doe mount to go with the Bucks . Gonna get that lined out up there . I have lights that shine up at night . Looks cool .
Thanks . Yeah , that cherry is gonna be nice . Taking a break from it to work on this .
Dad passed in 2012 . Been in his shop since then . To many eyeballs looking at it , figured I better get it out of there . 400 pounds !
All cleaned up , oiled and adjusted . Bought that mobil base so I
can move it around .
Waste !! That's art . You know how many knife handles are in that pile ?
It's hard to throw that hard wood away . I grab stuff out of there all the time .
That's piled up from 3 other tables . I need to get it cleaned up .
Finished up the Cherry version . The grain in the top is awesome .
Second coat of Danish oil .
3 Coats of hand rubbed wax . Power buffed on the last coat .
Well , while I was waiting for finish to dry , I figured I would clean up ( thank the wife for the motivation ) . Instead of moving it from one spot to the next , I decided to use it up . Quick browse around Etsy to get some ideas .
Then threw some parts on my roll around bunch and started cutting stuff up .
Ended up with these 3 boxes pretty quick . 2 Maple / Cherry ,
and a Walnut Maple .
That section of Maple has some nice figure in it too .
Got another box almost finished , and parts cut for 2 more .
This Cherry single drawer Shaker style night stand / end table was first in the rotation . Did it right before the Maple table . Cut parts yesterday to do another like it in Maple .
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Ishi
on how or if I need to treat the natural stuff from the yard , then settle on an arrangement / layout . 
