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 Re: Bodark apples
[Re: CCTX]
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11/07/19 10:10 PM
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Happykamper
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We used to fill the pick up bed up with them and race down main street on Halloween with the end gate down. 
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: Happykamper]
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11/07/19 10:22 PM
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uncle_bagster
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We used to fill the pick up bed up with them and race down main street on Halloween with the end gate down. If there was a way to drop the tailgate from the inside, that would work great for those who like to ride your bumper.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 10:59 PM
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bradnitro175
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Those things are sticky.how would you fish a bda brushpile?
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Re: Bodark apples
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11/07/19 11:08 PM
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Westside.
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They play hell on a chainsaw
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Re: Bodark apples
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11/09/19 02:07 AM
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Gamblinman
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Those things are sticky.how would you fish a bda brushpile? Fish just above them or around the outside.
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Re: Bodark apples
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11/09/19 12:29 PM
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Roller22
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They play hell on a chainsaw Indeed, only cut one small tree and it cost me 3 chains needing sharpened. Good info on insects, did not know this.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/09/19 07:59 PM
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snake oil
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Isn't that the wood that the Arc was made of?
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/09/19 08:07 PM
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spacejunkie
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Knew of a guy in Arkansas that made duck calls from the wood. Had a great tone and was not affected by the weather.
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Re: Bodark apples
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11/09/19 09:22 PM
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butch sanders
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Another interesting fact about the Bois d'Arc is early pioneer land surveyors made stakes out of them for use as property corners as they last a very long time, we still occasionally find them and they are treated like gold. i would love to find 1 of those at the family farm, in Melissa they are on each corner of the house & porches they are from 1890 & still hard as a rock (in 2004, when they sold it, at least)
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Re: Bodark apples
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11/09/19 10:16 PM
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Westside.
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Another interesting fact about the Bois d'Arc is early pioneer land surveyors made stakes out of them for use as property corners as they last a very long time, we still occasionally find them and they are treated like gold. i would love to find 1 of those at the family farm, in Melissa they are on each corner of the house & porches they are from 1890 & still hard as a rock (in 2004, when they sold it, at least) Do you mean as support for the house and porches? If so that is awesome
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/09/19 10:20 PM
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During the dust bowl, there was thousands of these trees planted in the OK shelter belts. Farmers have removed many of the shelter belts, so now they're getting harder to find.
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Re: Bodark apples
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11/10/19 12:58 AM
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Choogie Chunker
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Bois Dar'k is the hardest wood in North America.
Most all wagon wheels were made from Bois Dar'k wood because of its strength and durability. Even after it's cut it's strength last most longer than any other trees. Indians prized it for making bows. Early settlers and pioneers prized them as well for making bowls and they would transplant them as much as they could. They are an ugly tree.
I remember one at my grandmothers place and the big green ‘apples’. Don’t think I’ve seen but one since and it’s been a long time. Are they the same as an ironwood tree? I remember those from later in childhood but don’t know if they are the same. I do know an ax would just bounce off an ironwood and barely scratch it.
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Re: Bodark apples
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11/11/19 01:13 AM
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machinist
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Where would I find some of these horse apples to put around my house? The damn spiders are about to carry us off. Those big "ol" wolf spiders chase the new batch of kittens around the yard.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: machinist]
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11/11/19 02:26 AM
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Where would I find some of these horse apples to put around my house? The damn spiders are about to carry us off. Those big "ol" wolf spiders chase the new batch of kittens around the yard. I think the idea that they repel bugs might a urban legend . We have one in the back yard that drops several dozen apples every year and the spiders are in that tree and on the ground just like all the other tree's and yard . The squirrels sure do like them though .
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Re: Bodark apples
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11/11/19 01:52 PM
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spazm09
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That wood is great for a bonfire if you have plenty of other regular wood to burn around it.
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