What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Rebel bull]

Working on making a drilling fixture for powder horns that will clamp into my big drill press. Also done a little work on a horn I started a couple of weeks ago.

my biggest problem is holding the horn so i can use both hands to shape it or scrimshaw it

 

[waksupi]

I grew a small amount of flax this summer. I rhetted it, and then broke it down in to tow this week. A planter box of around 6" X 24" gave me more than enough tow for a year's supply.

 

[flconch53]

I grew a small amount of flax this summer. I rhetted it, and then broke it down in to tow this week. A planter box of around 6" X 24" gave me more than enough tow for a year's supply.

My former wife made the mistake of planting a 100x100 patch. What a mess

 

[lou puleff]

Currently deer hunting with my Hawken it’s opening morning of the muzzleloader deer so far no deer and no shots that I’ve heard

No luck yet I had to come home for a day and headed back up north to hunt this afternoon and tomorrow is the last day for my deer tag. Bear is also open it is very unusual to have bear open while deer hunting here in AZ. My camper was invaded by a field mouse but I finally caught him and evicted him at 1:30 am after he chewed up a bunch of munchies he was a little cutie but he's lucky I spared his life !! lol

 

[longcruise]

No luck yet I had to come home for a day and headed back up north to hunt this afternoon and tomorrow is the last day for my deer tag. Bear is also open it is very unusual to have bear open while deer hunting here in AZ. My camper was invaded by a field mouse but I finally caught him and evicted him at 1:30 am after he chewed up a bunch of munchies he was a little cutie but he's lucky I spared his life !! lol

We have a site that we have often camped on over the years. We call it "Mouse Meadow " due to the huge numbers of mice that were there one year. We were in a pop up camper and they were getting inside somehow. We had a little border collie with us and every day her food was eaten from her bowl and mouse droppings left behind. After we returned home one of our party discovered that they were in his car nesting.

 

[lou puleff]

We have a site that we have often camped on over the years. We call it "Mouse Meadow " due to the huge numbers of mice that were there one year. We were in a pop up camper and they were getting inside somehow. We had a little border collie with us and every day her food was eaten from her bowl and mouse droppings left behind. After we returned home one of our party discovered that they were in his car nesting.

That's what I have a pop up. I found where they were getting in so I'll foam up the spaces to seal them off !

 

[Polecat_Tom]

I found where they were getting in so I'll foam up the spaces to seal them off !

you might want to put some steel wool in the gap and then foam as they will otherwise chew threw the foam. they were coming in around the pluming pipe in our house and the foam alone didn't stop them until I put in the steel wool.

 

[waksupi]

My former wife made the mistake of planting a 100x100 patch. What a mess

There is enough wild flax growing in ditches I could have just went and collected some, but planting in a planter meant less bending over for me!

 

[lou puleff]

Couple of pics of the camper it's a 2007 Fleetwood E3

 

[lou puleff]

you might want to put some steel wool in the gap and then foam as they will otherwise chew threw the foam. they were coming in around the pluming pipe in our house and the foam alone didn't stop them until I put in the steel wool.

Yeah I was just out there looking at it actually they can't get in where I thought. I did find a couple really small gaps but not anywhere they could ever get in so I foamed those gaps but otherwise it's pretty darn tight. I think the only spot they can get in is where the slide out rails come thru they do have some rubber molding but it's appears it would be almost impossible to seal that off 100 percent to allow for it to slide in and out so I may just have to seal it off with a rag or temporary deal while using the trailer then removing it to allow closing it up.

 

[Polecat_Tom]

It is amazing what little space they can get through. Our exterminator told me that if you can get a quarter through the opening a mouse can get through it.

 

[lou puleff]

It is amazing what little space they can get through. Our exterminator told me that if you can get a quarter through the opening a mouse can get through it.

Yeah I believe it he was a tiny little sucker maybe 3 or 4 inches long !!

 

[Big Tom 52]

Made my first batch of char cloth and working on some jute

 

[Terry Lightle]

Sat in the woods in wind gusts up to 30mph,notice I said sat in woods not hunting

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Finished up draw filing and sanding the barrel, and the trigger guard on Loja Man's Fowler. Did some final wood shaping. I just need to finish up filing and sanding the butt plate then De-Whisker the stock and it's ready to start sketching the carving.

 

[Rob M.]

Got the nose band put on the Carolina Gun today ....clean it up and stain the stock tomorrow ...