SLR Fall Rendezvous Pics...

[freetrapper20]

A few shots from our small, fall rendezvous. [url] http://home.earthlink.net/~freetrapper20/shenandoahlongrifles[/url]/

 

[soggy]

:thumbsup: Great pictures; looks like a good time was had by all.
Now to satisfy the curiosity of a northern boy; Just what are those green friut (?) in the second last picture on the first page. They look like tennis balls but I know they don't grow on trees :rotf: so what are they?
Soggy

 

[freetrapper20]

They are "hedge apples". The fruit from the osage orange tree. They are all over the place at this camp.

 

[davy]

They are "hedge apples". The fruit from the osage orange tree. They are all over the place at this camp.

DO NOT try to eat them, or get hit by one ... you will NOT forget it if you do .. after you wake up that is! :shocked2: :grin:

Davy

 

[PitchyPine]

That looks like fun, have to get involved in one of those.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[freetrapper20]

They'll break a lantern in a blink too if you're not careful !

 

[rsblack]

Great pics.Thanks for sharing
:thumbsup:

 

[Gordon Horn]

Hedge Apples, or Hedge Balls (as we call'em) make great targets.

 

[ky_man]

We also call hedge apples "monkey brains" or "osage oranges" They do make great targets. You can usually find them in the midwest along natural boundaries or fence lines (around here they are so plentiful and the fruit often dangles precariously over roadways, waiting for the right moment to inflict damage on an unsuspecting motorist) They are used as insect repellants traditionally.

 

[Bearbait2]

Mr. Freetrapper,
Thanks for sharing the photos! Really enjoyed them.
Best Wishes

 

[Kaw Trooper]

Very nice pictures, the man on the bench looked like he was hung over... :v

 

[TANSTAAFL]

They are "hedge apples". The fruit from the osage orange tree. They are all over the place at this camp.

DO NOT try to eat them, or get hit by one ... you will NOT forget it if you do .. after you wake up that is! :shocked2: :grin:

Davy

Great bow wood though, but frustrating to the extreme for building.

 

[freetrapper20]

Lots of folk have cut some to take home and let dry for bow making.

 

[kjmillig]

I grew up callin 'em "horse apples" and havin' wars with 'em with my friends out along the treeline of his dad's cow pasture. Hurts like the devil and leaves a big sticky circle on clothing or skin.
I think I heard one time that the Osage Orange is the same as the "Bo Dark" tree? Anyone know for sure?

 

[Bullmoose]

Yep you got it right "HORSE APPLES" also it is call a "Bodark Trees" and it will dull an ax or chainsaws in a second. They used the stumps or trunks of these trees to make foundations/peer&beam to hold your floors up. They just will not rot away and insect resistaint. There are old bodark tree stumps underneath old Texas homestades that are over 100 years old and still holding the house up. big ole' Cedar stumps/trunks are used alot too in Texas.