Got Er Done

Met up with Canebreaker, Snubbys, and 1 of Snubby's work buddys for some cane cuttin!We started cutting where that cherry tree is on the left and ended where the boo is still standing. Took about 4hrs.including piling up all the tops.We hauled 2 good size loads out of there and still have quite a bit to cut for Habitat Day which ain't far off.It was hard work, but the weather was nice, and working with these guys seemed to make the time pass quickly. We left around 12:30.Holler at me Jimmie when you get ready to go back and finish up! Nice meeting you Joel and tell Doug thanks for his help also.Here's a few pics.

Good on ya! Is this for Butla?


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Yes.
Steve wants to put some out in one location and Joel wants to put some out in another location.
We piled all the tops on the owner's burn pile. Then he tells us he can't burn anymore. Now we have to go after them. I'll check at the field office monday to see where the major work will be and if the tops can start showing up there. You can get a bigger load if they are green, hope to get it all in 3 loads.
I hope to see a lot of c.c members this year at the habitat days.

Was a great morning yesterday for sure. It was a pleasure meeting you guys. And let me know when you wanna go get those tops and the rest of the boo cane. I will have that trailer back middle of the week after they get done in Brookhaven. I noticed the guy we spoke to building the house had a nice burn pile (1st photo) stacked up out front, wonder if he has a permit and would be nice enough to let us throw the tops in there? Seemed like a pretty good fella. If not we can haul them off not a problem.

"Would be nice enough to let us throw the tops in there?" Maybe, if we stay there to manage the fire.
I'll bring some 55 gallon trash bags for the small stuff we cut and don't want to haul off, leave it for garbage pick up. I think we need to clean that pile up before cutting again. We did cut some of the stumps off, guess he wants us to clean them up too.
We could plan another cutting day soon for one of the other habitat days. We will need a small trailer that we can leave the stakes on while we wait.

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"Would be nice enough to let us throw the tops in there?" Maybe, if we stay there to manage the fire.
I'll bring some 55 gallon trash bags for the small stuff we cut and don't want to haul off, leave it for garbage pick up. I think we need to clean that pile up before cutting again. We did cut some of the stumps off, guess he wants us to clean them up too.
We could plan another cutting day soon for one of the other habitat days. We will need a small trailer that we can leave the stakes on while we wait.

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I can meet you over there Wednesday morning this week and we can dispose of them. Put what we can in bags and toss the others in the bed of the trucks and haul them off. If it takes a trip or three that's fine. Come back and get the other boo in the next week or so and take it to Enid or Nader seeing they are the two confirmed habitat days so far? Just let me know, old man seemed nice we was cutting the boo down for, don't wanna leave him with no mess or fuss..

"Don't wanna leave him with no mess or fuss." That for sure, would hate for him to say "you can't get the rest of it."
I'll call Enid tomorrow and ask if we can bring it there since it will be the first.
Last year Sardis announced on wednesday that habitat day would be that saturday, The same weekend of Butla.

3 calls to Butla, 3 transfers, 3 messages left, no replies. Need a place to drop these tops soon so we can cut more.
But, I did go to a home improvement center, raised heck with the manager and left with 10 sheets of 3/4" plywood free.

Why did they just give u 10 sheets free?

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Why did they just give u 10 sheets free?

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That's all I can store and work with for now. Got 30 more sheets to pick up when needed.

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That's all I can store and work with for now. Got 30 more sheets to pick up when needed.

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You missed the point. Why are they giving away free plywood.

Lol, Jimmy leaves a subject hangin' I get it, .. from our conversation Saturday after cutting the bamboo. A local contractor procured 35 sheets of plywood from a supply house for a donated charity. The charity is building pellet traps for a local High School ROTC rifle team, for practice. Cane never seen the plywood and the contractor has been incommunicado since last fall... So I advised cane to talk to the supply house let them know goods weren't received for said project.. it seems it worked out. And ya'll should applaud him for his efforts, building traps for a school is work, doubly so when you ain't seeking any compensation... besides free WORK

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Lol, Jimmy leaves a subject hangin' I get it, .. from our conversation Saturday after cutting the bamboo. A local contractor procured 35 sheets of plywood from a supply house for a donated charity. The charity is building pellet traps for a local High School ROTC rifle team, for practice. Cane never seen the plywood and the contractor has been incommunicado since last fall... So I advised cane to talk to the supply house let them know goods weren't received for said project.. it seems it worked out. And ya'll should applaud him for his efforts, building traps for a school is work, doubly so when you ain't seeking any compensation... besides free WORK

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Yep.....he had a thread about that awhile back over on the hunting board

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I talked to the lake manager at Butla a little while ago. We can bring the boo tops to any ramp area we wish, lay it to the side. We don't have to work in the areas they want us to on habitat day. Pretty much we can work where ever we wish. We can pick up any supplies we'll need before leaving the field house. I'll carry one load to Kelly's Crossing in the morning. Hopefully can deliver a second load before picking up grandson at school at 4:45. Where would we want it? I'm thinking Pleasant Point.

On the pellet trap, most places you go looking for donations want a tax number or be a charitable institute so they can write it off. The ROTC unit doesn't have either. They could use the school's information, but would have to share donations with all of the school. This other parent found a way around it some how. He supposedly had enough wood donated to build 10 traps and metal for all 20. I heard he built one and brought it to school. He didn't leave it for the cadets to use and grade it before building more. He hasn't finished the first and hasn't started on any others. I'm building one at my cost, $175 along with the donated material.

Well Jimmy......what your doing for the rotc cadets is great......but you high jacked your own thread big time. Next time you want to change the subject and talk about something else please start another thread. The search engine will appreciate it. THANKS

I don't care what thread Jimmy post on I can't wait to read it. There no telling what is going to be posted one minute we're talking about fishing poles then we're talking about making flower pot heater to air conditioning suits with blocks of ice and blower fans and then it can change to pouring lead to make muskets for a 1846 rifle then it goes to planting tomatoes and using asian carp for fertilizer

I can come help gets tops in the morning cane, gimme till bout 9:30am in the morning I will be there. Pleasant hill works for me, lay them suckers there for a later date.

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Met cane over at the residence we cut the bamboo at, we cleaned up and loaded 2 trucks down with the remaining tops we left Saturday. We carried them to the lake. Pleasant Hill was closed so Jimmy stopped at the office and had the rangers meet me at Plantation Point to unlock the gate and unload them, was to far for them to drive over to Pleasant Hill at the drop of a hat. Two nice Rangers, very appreciative of our participation in habitat day. They even helped me unload, took two seconds. Cane took his load to the south side. Still got a whole bunch to get and not a lot of time to get it.
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If I wasn't tied up back at work, I would be there helping you fellers!Hoping I don't have to work this weekend and we can get back to cutting the rest of that Boo.Probably know something tomorrow in the morning meeting!Did yall happen to talk to the landowner while you were there?

When are y'all going out again/habitat day. I'm back on land now. Never fished the big four but figured trying to make a few work days would give me a good lay of the land with people who know the lake. Plus ya know, putting a little effort back into the fishery and all! Haha.


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MidMsAngler, we have a "Habitat Day" thread going with all the info needed, I hope. We're adding to it as info comes to us.

Steve, we talked with him, but we were mostly wanting to get the tops and run. We both had other things to do so we didn't talk much.
We can cut again this saturday with we wish. We'll need 2 or 3 trailers to store the stakes and tops on until we can use them or drop them off at a location.

I stopped at the COE office to get the gate unlocked at Pleasant Hill ramp. They were having a meeting, must of been 40 trucks in the parking lot, all with COE tags. They could break from the meeting long enough to unlock the gate at Plantation Point. I haul my load to Bayou Point on the south side of the lake. The gate was locked when I came by.

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If I wasn't tied up back at work, I would be there helping you fellers!Hoping I don't have to work this weekend and we can get back to cutting the rest of that Boo.Probably know something tomorrow in the morning meeting!Did yall happen to talk to the landowner while you were there?

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Wasn't bad at all, I thought it would have been at least two trips, but the tops compress nicely. We could have had it done it an hour, but we tend to jibber or jaws a bit... why not, lol? Landowner did show up, was as proud as a peacock we came back to haul them tops off. Said the last bunch just left them tops and he bout burnt the house down burning the big pile, says when they dry they go off like a match. He had more stories of catching big slimers from Tunica to Butla.. we got him ready to go fishin again, said he ain't been in 3 years.. so yep good people :)

I bet a fishing trip date set up with him invited would make his day. Joel, you might get that scamp at a super good price with 2 invites.
We left him a pile last time we cut, but not as big as either pile. I think we made one more cut on most of the boo. If he waited until it dried, yep it was a match.

Steve, Joel, the lake isn't as low as it was when we worked Crawford's point a few years ago. If they drop it fast it will be a mud hole when we are there for habitat day. Might be best to work with what we have where we can. Cut again later in the year and do some drops in the areas we want. We can collect anchors and tying material not used or tell them what we will need for later.

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Steve, Joel, the lake isn't as low as it was when we worked Crawford's point a few years ago. If they drop it fast it will be a mud hole when we are there for habitat day. Might be best to work with what we have where we can. Cut again later in the year and do some drops in the areas we want. We can collect anchors and tying material not used or tell them what we will need for later.

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Works for me, Clayton said they had plenty of stakes for everyone, said he ordered 3500 more then he planned on originally cause they got such a good deal on them. I will start saving our concrete cores and smaller saw cut pieces for anchoring :ThumbsUp

I'll go back and cut 50 9 ft tomato stakes this week. See how long the tops are from one cut and how they ride in the truck, may get 2 cuts. I'll haul these tops to Enid saturday for habitat. I'm thinking of driving 2 stakes in the ground to form an "X" with 8 or so inches above the cross. Tie them together and lay a few tops in it with as much as can hanging over the X. Tie the tops to the stakes and anchor their bottoms to the ground. Drive more stakes on both sides of the tops to cross over. That will help them from being washed away from the waves.
I'll go again next week to get 50 more for Nader.

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