Bodark

[brdbbq]

Anyone ever try smoking with Bodark ?

[willkat98]

Don't use the treated kind.

And remove the gate hardware first

[Bigmista]

What in the world is Bodark?

[brdbbq]

Don't use the treated kind.


Why in the hell would anyone treat Bodark ?

[willkat98]

Don't use the treated kind.


Why in the hell would anyone treat Bodark ?

Its not just used for making duck/deer hunting calls

Treated Bodark comes from the bow wood tree which is used for making fence posts.

Need that dictionary link ?

[MikeG]

Is Bodark the same as Osage Orange?
Got a pic of that duck deer?
Mikeg

[willkat98]

Osage orange is a unique tree with a remarkable history. No other tree in central North America has had such a long and close relationship with humans - both Native Americans and settlers. Whether it is known locally as Osage orange, mock orange, Osage apple, hedge, hedge apple, naranjo chino, bois d'arc, bodark or bow wood, it is the same distinctive tree

The wood of the Osage-orange is golden yellow or bright orange when first cut, but turns brown on exposure. The wood is extremely hard, heavy, tough, and durable. It also shrinks or swells very little compared to the wood of other trees. The wood is used for fence posts, insulator pins, treenails, furniture, and archery bows. In fact, many archers consider the wood of the Osage-orange to be the world's finest wood for bows.

Osage-orange has been planted in great numbers, first as a field hedge, before barbed wire became available, secondly as a windbreak and component of shelterbelts, and thirdly to stabilize soils and control erosion.

The single-row field hedge proved to be a valuable windbreak on the prairie; evidence of this was the raised ground level under 15-year-old hedges, caused by accumulation of windborne soil material. Hedges around every quarter-section were common, especially in areas of deep sand. These hedges were a source of durable posts. Prairie farmers customarily clearcut hedges on a 20 to 30 year cycle, obtaining about 4,000 fence posts per mile of single-row hedge.

[willkat98]

just did a image search for deer duck on Yahoo.

Whoa. I didnt know thats what you call that.

I might take up hunting.

[MikeG]

I gleaned the answer, Yes, from the 1st paragraph of
your essay on the Bodark tree. I have never smoked with
it, but I know it is very hard and very tough on
a saw. In these parts the tree is known as a mock orange.

Bill...want some pear wood? My pear tree is so loaded with
fruit I have got to take off at least half of it before it
matures or a high wind will destroy the tree.

Let me guess..the Bodark tree was first discovered in ummmm
Illinois

Mikeg

[willkat98]

I gleaned the answer, Yes, from the 1st paragraph of
your essay on the Bodark tree. I have never smoked with
it, but I know it is very hard and very tough on
a saw. In these parts the tree is known as a mock orange.

Bill...want some pear wood? My pear tree is so loaded with
fruit I have got to take off at least half of it before it
matures or a high wind will destroy the tree.

Let me guess..the Bodark tree was first discovered in ummmm
Illinois

Mikeg

It was a cut and paste job.

If you offer me your wood, I will take it all in.
I'll leave the back gate open

[brdbbq]

In fact, many archers consider the wood of the Osage-orange to be the world's finest wood for bows.

Been there done that. PIA

[parrothead]

Don't burn it in your cooker. It will burn so hot it will warp that farker. I had a buddy install a new wood burning stove and stuffed it with that stuff. Warped the fark out of it.

[jt]

It's not from a lack of trying, but I can't get the full packers.

If you offer me your wood, I will take it all in.
I'll leave the back gate open

sounds like the problem is being worked on :shock:

Yeah, but you pasted into the wrong thread.
How about now Bill? Correct thread? :D

[willkat98]

Does BFE in your profile location mean what I think it does?

[jt]

Are you thinking Bum Farking Egypt?

[brdbbq]

If you offer me your wood, I will take it all in.
I'll leave the back gate open

So you taking Mike's wood through the back door ?

[willkat98]

So you taking Mike's wood through the back door ?

Took you long enough.

I planted my seed in you an hour ago

[MikeG]

I knew that one would get a upper cut from
somebody!!
MikeG

[brdbbq]

one would get a upper cut from
somebody!!

Beleive that would be a lower cut.