Rest assured, no tension here.
We have shipped logs before but havent realy focused on that type of market since the cut Osage brings such a premium.
The term "snake bit" must have been a Texas thing. When the guy came up to cut trees I told him to paint an orange dot on the ends of the logs he cut so we could know which logs were his since they all got loaded and hauled together in most cases. He did that and I had his logs all seperated and ready for him to pick up at my place.
In the mean time, one of the local farmers who helped me cut all these trees wanted me to cut some lumber for him. I told him the same thing. Mark the logs you want lumber out of. He marked them with orange surveyors paint. When I posted pics of the FAS 12+ inch wide boards on another Forum you could see a couple boards in the guys pickup that had orange paint on the ends.
Well, you can imagine the rest. The second the guy from Texas saw those pictures he "assumed" I had used his logs to cut them and I guess that what he calls "snake bit" so now he tells everyone I snake bit him.
The sad part is this person was welcomed into my home, slept in our spare bedroom and even with all the hospitality of that and free trees for the cutting, he jumped to such a silly conclusion before asking me why the boards had orange paint on them.
Little does he know, I have several logs still that have orange paint because when his logs were loaded and gone I continued to reap free trees and I had to mark my own to keep the firewood guys out of it. So I guess if one of those orange dotted boards shows up in a picture he will assume I kept even more of his logs
I will never understand why a person cant be man enough to openly discuss issues and resolve them like adults. Way to many rather hide behind the computer screen and make things up and twist the story to make them look good while taking measures to prevent the other person from sharing their side of what happen.
That is part of why we are so insistant here that there are no hidden discussions about things where people cant present their side of an issue. Self defense is a persons right and we wont take that away here. We embrace it!
OK, back on track
Anyone needing any Bow Material let me know as we have some of the best osage in the Country for Bows!