George
Well-Known Member
I picked the tree of the day on the way up, pitch pine, pinus rigida.
![IMG_1521 (900 x 1200).jpg IMG_1521 (900 x 1200).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27632-19958578d775f1a3cfaa79b25c8311c7.jpg)
Two days ago I left my bar and chain in a tree, not one of my prouder moments. I made a hasty, terrible, undershot birds mouth and overshot the back cut on the other side.
![IMG_1504 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1504 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27631-b583ae8a3433ed5b0a6c36dbe9e3959d.jpg)
So that is where I started yesterday.
![IMG_1528 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1528 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27633-f5e8852a19c2ab5662579cbb98000ef4.jpg)
Lots of cutting to reopen deer trails
![IMG_1535 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1535 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27634-607935aa9745d4a8f4a6b1d87120e2be.jpg)
and deer trail/skid trails.
![IMG_1539 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1539 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27635-ce5418f7b5839e82481468ffa9b4cad9.jpg)
![IMG_1540 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1540 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27636-f1d9cf98882fededdf554e79d01ae942.jpg)
![IMG_1543 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1543 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27637-b654975a211f543d147ab64f74e71cb7.jpg)
![IMG_1545 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1545 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27638-dd921f4faef77132105bc8fff1fc534d.jpg)
4 hours of work to get back up to the starting point.
![IMG_1546 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1546 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27639-eb9c2fc1dbe5ad5bcec3419051ee3e1d.jpg)
Tree of the day. Today I start my final assault on the ridge.
![IMG_1551 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1551 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27640-e267a52864c774493e17aa29e5d607c2.jpg)
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![IMG_1521 (900 x 1200).jpg IMG_1521 (900 x 1200).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27632-19958578d775f1a3cfaa79b25c8311c7.jpg)
Two days ago I left my bar and chain in a tree, not one of my prouder moments. I made a hasty, terrible, undershot birds mouth and overshot the back cut on the other side.
![IMG_1504 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1504 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27631-b583ae8a3433ed5b0a6c36dbe9e3959d.jpg)
So that is where I started yesterday.
![IMG_1528 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1528 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27633-f5e8852a19c2ab5662579cbb98000ef4.jpg)
Lots of cutting to reopen deer trails
![IMG_1535 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1535 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27634-607935aa9745d4a8f4a6b1d87120e2be.jpg)
and deer trail/skid trails.
![IMG_1539 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1539 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27635-ce5418f7b5839e82481468ffa9b4cad9.jpg)
![IMG_1540 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1540 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27636-f1d9cf98882fededdf554e79d01ae942.jpg)
![IMG_1543 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1543 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27637-b654975a211f543d147ab64f74e71cb7.jpg)
![IMG_1545 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1545 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27638-dd921f4faef77132105bc8fff1fc534d.jpg)
4 hours of work to get back up to the starting point.
![IMG_1546 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1546 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27639-eb9c2fc1dbe5ad5bcec3419051ee3e1d.jpg)
Tree of the day. Today I start my final assault on the ridge.
![IMG_1551 (1200 x 900).jpg IMG_1551 (1200 x 900).jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/27/27640-e267a52864c774493e17aa29e5d607c2.jpg)
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