What the heck did this? [Warning: Graphic photos]!

[babsbag]

Definitely canine of some kind. Last weekend, in the middle of the day, I watched two sassy coyotes clear my neighbors 4' fence as if it wasn't even there. I had always heard that they can do such feats and I had always wanted to believe that they were rumors. They did not climb the fence, they soared right over it. I LOVE my dogs and they were sassing those 'yotes right back.

 

[Bayleaf Meadows]

Eucalyptus trees? Where do you live?

 

[Pastor Dave]

Looks like a coyote.
Appears you will have plenty of firewood coming up. Now, just saw, split, stack, and allkw to cure. Even if you don't use firewood, it sells pretty well in some parts.

 

[soarwitheagles]

I don't see it as a problem if you don't. Most threads evolve if they last very long and every since I've been on the internet, I've always said any thread I happen to start is not mine. The second I click 'submit..or post reply' it becomes the property of the board's community at large.
If I was really all that interested in keeping it where I wanted it, I'd just keep it to myself to begin with.

Looks like a Primos game cam?

Yes, it is a very old Primos and the quality of most pics are crappy. Today I will mount the Browning and the Akaso. Should be seeing much higher quality of photos...

Definitely canine of some kind. Last weekend, in the middle of the day, I watched two sassy coyotes clear my neighbors 4' fence as if it wasn't even there. I had always heard that they can do such feats and I had always wanted to believe that they were rumors. They did not climb the fence, they soared right over it. I LOVE my dogs and they were sassing those 'yotes right back.

Good to know...and I sure hope we can purchase a pup soon!

Eucalyptus trees? Where do you live?

Yes, Eucalyptus trees...good eyes! These are the Blue Gum variety also called the Eucalyptus globulus.

It is considered an invasive species...at our location they were planted for the purpose of furniture, rail road ties, etc. back in 1903-1907. Unfortunately, the wood twists and cracks during the drying process so it is no good for furniture. Sure makes good firewood though...most of my buyers tell me it is much better to burn than oak and this surprises me...

It is a bit strange...they call it blue gum I think due to the color of the leaves...but the inside is bright red immediately after cutting/splitting it.

Oh, we live about half way between Sacramento and Stockton, CA.

Looks like a coyote.
Appears you will have plenty of firewood coming up. Now, just saw, split, stack, and allkw to cure. Even if you don't use firewood, it sells pretty well in some parts.

Yup, we cut and split over 70 cords in the last 6 months. I still have another 100 or so cords to go...it is very good exercise!

 

[Pastor Dave]

Real pretty woodgrain

 

[Mini Horses]

Pretty wood -- and a LOT of it!

 

[babsbag]

Eucalyptus is the BEST firewood there is. When I lived in the Bay Area it was always on my "I want" for our wood stove. Where I live now we have oak, lots of oak since I took out a lot of trees for my dairy. Also I will cut an oak down to "goat height" and let it branch out so the goats can browse the new growth, I call them lollipop trees and then I get to burn the part I cut off. They just keep branching out year after year so it is a perennial browse of sorts. Of course I never do this to the old majestic oaks, just the scrub oaks that are too close together to ever grow to a decent size. I don't think I will run out of firewood in my lifetime here. If I do, I know where Soar lives.

 

[Mike CHS]

Looking at the grain on that wood I would think you could almost watch that wood twist.

 

[Bruce]

Not blue gum but pink bubblegum!

Looking at the grain on that wood I would think you could almost watch that wood twist.

Looks like something you want to split before it dries too much. Though it looks like it splits pretty straight, not like elm which twists and is very "stringy", burns well though.

Oh, we live about half way between Sacramento and Stockton, CA.

If you put that in your profile we don't have to (hope to) remember

 

[soarwitheagles]

Thanks Bruce! I updated my profile to show Sac County.

Regarding cutting and splitting eucalyptus firewood...

I have learned the hard way!

1. Cut when the wood is green [as in, within the first couple of days of felling the trees]. When we first moved here, there was 30 cords of large, dry, three year old eucalyptus trees on the ground. I went through 30 chains in 30 cords! If you cut eucalyptus wood when it is fresh and green, I am not joking, it is like butter and I can buck up 3+ cords a day for days on one chain without sharpening it if I do not nick the ground!

2. Split the eucalyptus wood when it is dry!!! Splitting eucalyptus wood when it is green requires nearly double the amount of time, places much more strain on the hydraulic splitter [we actually bent the massive steel slide on our first splitter due to the wet wood strain], requires a lot more physical strength and energy [wet eucalyptus wood is much more heavier than dry], and wet eucalyptus wood has no cracks [stars], so you cannot even read the round for correct splitter placement.

Here, most people like 14"-16" pieces and we have actually had people drive all the way from Lake Tahoe, picking up 4 cords at a time...

Finally, one of my goals is to thin out the never before thinned forest. We invited UC Davis AG experts here. They told us the forest has never been touched [exactly what our neighbors told us too, and they have lived here 30+ years]. So the UC Davis AG experts informed us that if we thin out the forest a number of things would occur:

1. Reduce the extreme fire hazard.
2. Allow much more sun light in.
3. The forage tonnage would increase up to 4 times.
4. It will look nicer.
5. I would lose weight and not have to diet so much.
6. I would no longer need to go to the gym.
7. I could enter the Mr. America contest.

Ok, I added number 5, 6, and 7, but in all honesty, UC Davis people assured us of 1-4.

PS I estimate 100+ cords of wood after thinning the forest.

PSS I still believe there must have been a large fire many years ago in our forest because 100+ year old eucalyptus trees would have a much larger trunk diameter [I am presently finishing a wood cutting job a few minutes away from here and the property owner has some eucalyptus trees with a 12+ ft. diameter]!

PSSS In our forest, I see signs of a fire that appears to have occurred a long, long time ago...and most of our euc trees average 12-18 inches in diameter.

PSSSS I found this equation online...but not so sure how accurate it is...

Enter the tree's diameter in centimeters, then press the carrot button (^) and enter "0.98." Press the "Execute" ( button. The number that appears represents the approximate age of the tree. For a treewith a 30-centimeter diameter, the result is 30^(0.98), or 28 years.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how...ome..69i57.23725j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8