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  1. IS obsessed

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    I was splitting some white pine this afternoon and noticed this interesting split just as I was stacking it.
     
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  2. Wood Duck

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    Very cool to find the bullet.
     
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  3. Todd 2

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    Sorta looks like a muzzle loader maxi slug guessing from the pic.
     
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    Thats pretty cool. Hopefully it wasn't too close to your house....
     
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  5. My IS heats my home

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    That was cool. It's interesting what things you find in splits as your processing. Embedded nails, squirrel dens and bullets to name a few
     
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  6. Gasifier

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    Snug as a bug. Interesting find.
     
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    Cool find :)
     
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    I always like finding bullets. As a kid my brother and I would collect them from the backstops at the local ranges.
     
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    Neat. Did you save it?
     
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    I ditto the muzzle loader bullet. Does it have a hollow base? If so , it could be Civil War Era.:rootintootin:
     
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    Yeah, one hunter I know is always missing with his 44mag and taking out trees instead! :emb:

    Are you feeling lucky ......................... trunk?
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    My wood stacks are actually my safety backdrop to my shooting range, so I’ve found a couple just laying in between my logs when I’m bringing wood in the house. I’m sure a number have found their way into the stove, and I probably dumped them out with the ash and didn’t even know it.
     
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    That's neat! Mainly nails so far here.....Cheers!
     
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    Reminds me of a couple years ago my wife and I were walking in the woods and she asked me what was wrong with a tree. It was a small soft maple. I went over then started laughing. I had shot a buck about 20' from that tree. The bullet went through the buck then the tree. Don't know how far it went after that but it was from a .308 so there was some power there.
     
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    My problem is that these small trees keep running in front of my deer at the last second!
     
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    I've had that happen one time with an arrow. Shot that buck right in the tree! :emb:
     
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    Looks like a maxi ball to me too. I have used plenty of them in my replica cap lock Hawken rifle.
     
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