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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #30 on: Jan 11, 2023, 06:22 AM »
I got into Leatherworking during the "pandemic". Made a lot of wallets, sheaths, key rings, doodads, etc. Trying my hand at leather stamping and carving recently...
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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #31 on: Jan 11, 2023, 06:37 AM »
bart very cool   put some  pictures  up   all your  other work has always  been  quality

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #32 on: Jan 11, 2023, 06:53 AM »
i love   bunny hunting ....seems to be a lost  hunting sport

Not around Sussex co NJ. Lots guys lately. They’ve depleted many spots.
This is the one and only animal I don’t hunt too much in NY. I don’t have many places I consider safe.
I don’t shoot too many anymore anyhow. Rather watch em chase or run em to someone else to shoot.
I’d say I’d run them for you if you were safe and didn’t jump shoot but too many would think I was trying to learn spots. Not the case. My dog club is 15 mins maybe from my house.
They’re not real fast. I like dogs to bump a rabbit past you instead of blister one past. It’s important if you have kids along. Here’s 3 of mine with a buddy’s jumping in a little.

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #33 on: Jan 11, 2023, 07:23 AM »
Clean skulls when not working in the greenhouses…😎




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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #34 on: Jan 11, 2023, 07:38 AM »
Diving into maps/ the internet researching all these smaller bodies of water that id like to hit but most likely never will since im addicted to the big water once good ice arrives  :roflmao:

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #35 on: Jan 11, 2023, 10:58 AM »
brookie  very nice

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #36 on: Jan 11, 2023, 11:32 AM »
In the past, I tied mega amounts of ice flies for a business, but I closed that down in 2022.  This year, I spent as much time as possible with family.  However, we've had good ice here now for about 3 weeks, so I've already been out 4 times.  Last time the family came with!  How's that for building equity for an all-day solo trip?

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #37 on: Jan 11, 2023, 03:38 PM »
 nice video  fm  i been  bunny hunting  nearly  60 years   nothing  like tyhe sound  when a  dog hits .....  my first  dog and  my last were both basset hounds  perfect  dogs  for kids and old farts  they  run a rabbit slow  and they  don't get out that far .....  i love  bunnys    but i like  snow  shoes too  but thats a  bit more  work 

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #38 on: Jan 11, 2023, 05:53 PM »
nice video  fm  i been  bunny hunting  nearly  60 years   nothing  like tyhe sound  when a  dog hits .....  my first  dog and  my last were both basset hounds  perfect  dogs  for kids and old farts  they  run a rabbit slow  and they  don't get out that far .....  i love  bunnys    but i like  snow  shoes too  but thats a  bit more  work

I’ve got some medical limitations, leave the hares for others. I get invited by club guys all the time. Just feel it’d be sorta tough w my issues. Yes the sounds of the hounds. I used to work in a couple bear camps ran bear hounds. That’s even better imo. Big music

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #39 on: Jan 11, 2023, 06:48 PM »
GOING NUTS!!!!


Made a bunch of ice rods, glass, composite and carbon. Try to make as much from parts then assembling. Hate those kits.
Going steelie fishing tom. afterschool before the rain.

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #40 on: Jan 11, 2023, 07:13 PM »
Watch YouTube videos of ice fishing. But have already been on the ice three times since Christmas so I stopped watching videos  ;D
same here!  First trip out was day after Christmas. Took last weekend off just to be safe. Fine tuned some gear and watched bunch of icefishing Lake Erie videos lol. Im pritty confident I’ll be on ice this weekend. Might not be any of my favorite spots but with a little bit of homework some ice checks and bit of spudding around I think I’ll find some fishable ice.

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #41 on: Jan 11, 2023, 07:42 PM »
Replacing some really terrible reels and playing around with building some thins to try on the ice.  A hook set (TBD), pole locker (FAIL), and....we will will see what happens!
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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #42 on: Jan 11, 2023, 08:37 PM »
Continuously trying to improve my Smitty.  Thinking of ways to reduce my hand pulled Sled.  Dream about owning a Snow Dog. Waking up and realize it was a unattainable dream.
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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #43 on: Jan 12, 2023, 03:08 AM »
FM  that is priceless   As an old beagler myself I can really appreciate the music   Alan Jackson's got nothin on a good batch of beagles

 I got out on Lake Notellem  twice in the past 4 days. Having fun with the gills and crappie    4-5" of good ice

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #44 on: Jan 12, 2023, 06:20 AM »
I make shiny things, then make them colorful.












When I get bored with that, I'll make a few jigs.



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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #45 on: Jan 12, 2023, 06:30 AM »
I make shiny things, then make them colorful.












When I get bored with that, I'll make a few jigs.



I cast for a bit once upon a time, but I didn't enjoy spending 4 hours making enough bullets to shoot one hour to keep at it, though.  :roflmao: I just went back to buying 'em.

It was 50° and calm here a couple days ago, so I put a bunch of test groups I'd cooked up so far this winter to paper.



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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #46 on: Jan 12, 2023, 10:18 AM »
bart very cool   put some  pictures  up   all your  other work has always  been  quality

Still learning...

A few wallets



Note books



Hot Sauce Holster



Misc., Ket rings, Phone holsters, Coin Slips



Tool Slips and pouches



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Tried my hand a sewing also, EDC Hanky (8" x 8"). I made it from an old lucky fishing shirt, the back is microfiber. I use it mainly keeping my eyeglasses clean.

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #47 on: Jan 12, 2023, 10:37 AM »
bart as i said before ,you always do quality work ,very impressive

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #48 on: Jan 12, 2023, 10:43 AM »
Yeah that’s sweet..👍👍
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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #49 on: Jan 12, 2023, 10:46 AM »

 Nice work Bart
 

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #50 on: Jan 12, 2023, 11:47 AM »
I love the hot sauce holder!!! Hahahaha very nice Bart. I put that s*** on everything lol

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #51 on: Jan 12, 2023, 11:54 AM »
Beautiful leatherwork.ive been wanting to try that and make a belt holster pouch for my zippo lighter like my olman had.i still have his somewhere.

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #52 on: Jan 12, 2023, 03:12 PM »
Great work there Bart. My grandson found my box of leather carving tools. He seems interested in trying it, so I'm researching supplies. He has confiscated many of my knives and needs to make sheathes for several of them.

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #53 on: Jan 13, 2023, 08:15 AM »
Blasphemy I know but




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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #54 on: Jan 13, 2023, 08:39 AM »
Thanks. Still learning and playing with it. I did make a sheath for my ice chisel.




Doubles Shooter, very cool your grandson is showing interest in leather working. Maybe he'll make something for grandpa!

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #55 on: Jan 13, 2023, 09:21 AM »
Create custom ice fishing tackle for Oneida Lake while waiting for ice.....















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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #56 on: Jan 13, 2023, 01:59 PM »
I took my 20 yr old heritage laker tips and did a tear down and reconditioned them to a dark stain and poly'd over that..now gotta put em back together. I also added some reflective tape to my son's batch so he can nite fish with me. If we get ice anytime this winter.
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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #57 on: Jan 13, 2023, 02:12 PM »
Converted one of my shacks into a portable Ham(Amatuer) Radio shack

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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #58 on: Jan 13, 2023, 05:37 PM »
I made a power box in my living room while watching ice team videos on YouTube


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Re: what do you do while waiting for ice
« Reply #59 on: Jan 13, 2023, 06:01 PM »
I made a power box in my living room while watching ice team videos on YouTube


Thats real cool.  Did you wire individual cells or just make that interface?

 



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