Went Turkey Hunting.....

[GeorgiaCarver]

I went Turkey Hunting and this is what I came back with Happy

I gathered 7 knees in all, boiled them and they are ready to dry....

Can't wait to put the knife to it!... Oh, lot's of turkey gobbling but no dinner, off to Red Lobster tonight.

Greg

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

Shucks! I got a turkey, but no knees. I'm jealous. Turkey's cheap.

[Thomp]

Whatsthat,

in the early 70's when i was first assigned to louisiana EAFB, to keep myself out of bars and honkey tonks, i use to sketch & photograph swamp still life collect cypress knees boil them in 55 gallon drum and peel them like a boiled potato.
before that i went through dry peeling, skinning and even using a tater peeler on them small ones, but nothing compairs to boiling them or letting them soak cold in a drumb for a few months,

the bark turned loose very easily.
I carved many but most of them i made into lamps and sent to the folks in colorado.

i been in and out of the state on my uncle sams world tour between vietnam and desert storm, since then retired here,
but i still have never went to new orleans Mardi Gras or turkey hunting, "with all the wiggling bush hunters here"
I found it safer to drink my pearl pop at home and get my turkey from piggly wigglys.... cheaper by the pound... and you dont have to have a $100. worth of license every year.

[ISpringer]

No turkey for me either this year. I did find a nice large piece of walnut however. As was said earlier, turkey is cheap; Walnut on the other hand is a good find.

[Lightningbolt]

Turkey hunting is at full-throttle up here in the Carolina's too! Gobble-Gobble!

I'd say that you got a super catch nonetheless. I had a few knee's about 3/4 the size of your "mammoth" one's a few years back... carved a big basic woodspirit in 'em and they sold easily for $100.00/each. Probably could have gotten more if I'd asked. Good enough for me!

I luv those cypress knee's and yours are so huge!!!