"Critters" that you've sawed

[Magicman]

Looking at another thread, I started counting up the critters that I remember sawing.  Not even counting those wood grubs and sawyers.

Frogs
Snakes
Lizards
Bats
Flying squirrels

[Ron Wenrich]

I've never sawed into any critters.  I've had a few mice that have escaped the blade, and managed to run out the log and onto the boards.

I did have a groundhog run across my foot while I was working on a circle handmill.  He ran down into the dust pit and missed the saw.

I talked to one guy that hit a possum in a log.  That one stopped the saw pretty DanG quick.

[treecyclers]

While in AZ, I cut:
Roaches
Termites
Bees (They got REALLY mad)
Scorpions
and a little "Urbanite" (AKA Concrete)
Oh, and don't forget the occasional Black Widow!

[Tom]

I've cut up snakes, frogs, bumblebees and chased a few larger animals out before the blade got to them, but it always made me feel so bad to kill something that I had to quit sawing.  Shooting one with a gun seems to be "Fair" but when they are huddled in their homey little cubbyhole, trying to get away from the noises, it seems to be the wrong thing for them to die in two pieces. 

[Weekend_Sawyer]

 I never hit anything but bugs in a log but I did once drop a tree on a squirrel. Guess he decided to bail out too late.

[Magicman]

but it always made me feel so bad to kill something.......when they are huddled in their homey little cubbyhole, trying to get away from the noises, it seems to be the wrong thing for them to die in two pieces. 

I know that feeling Tom.  I always hate it, but "stuff" does happen.

[Chuck White]

Bee's nest!
Don't know if I actually got any of them, but the ones that flew were really P.O.'d! 
Bee's can really cause a guy to move faster than even he thought he could! 
Makes you stop the carriage and let them have the mill for a while!  

[zopi]

sawed a cow once.

















But that was on a different bandsaw...

[VictorH]

Like Zopi- several cows, chickens, pigs, etc.  vertical mill.  Wish I had kept it when we closed the market.  Would make a nice resaw 

[GT]

Never sawed anything biger than a grub, but I was sawing couple of days ago and the dogs chased a rabbit through the mill shed. Back in the spring I found a hickory tree back in the woods and had honey bees in it . I told the family if they are still there we will rob it this winter. A storm came through and put the tree on the ground this summer and they were still there. About 2 weeks ago i cut the log and left the part at the bottom where they were at. Saturday I cut the part they were in and carried it to the house with the bobcat, and this morning i split it open and we now have fresh honey.GT

[ljmathias]

So what kind of lumber do you get from each of these?  And do you have to quarter saw or can you just go for grade?  Sure like to see some pictures of the results- we do love pictures here.... then again, on second thought, maybe not.

Lj

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

My mates dad cut a goanna in half once when whe where out the bush cutting firewood when we where about 7yo 

apart from that not mutch on a sawmill apart from wood grubs ,termites and the odd rotten oster and muscels i can tell you they dont smell to crash hot   

Regards Chris

[Stan snider]

Chris: I'm pretty sure i have never cut a goanna in two or at least didn't know what it was if I did!  What in the world is a goanna anyway???   Stan

[HOOF-ER]

Instead of asking , had to look that one up Chris. Inquiring minds want to know. Now I know they are types of monitor lizards.  

[paul case]

did youall cut a cow up by accident? i cant picture it getting in the blade and you not noticing it im certain that if you cut meat with a wood cutting blsde the fragments may pollute the meat as well as it being torn to shreds. this is the only real stupid question. how do ya dog down a hog to saw it? pc

[VictorH]

Actually PC, looking back the blades we used on that meat saw were nearly as aggressive as these 10* I'm using now.  Think bone.  T-bone, leg bone, pork chops -   

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Stan and Hoffer We get em upto about 6' long  around home here but they keep to em selfs  out the bush ive only seen about  a half a dozen in my life mainly just crossing bush roads and when i use to spend alot of time out the bush helping dad and my cousins bark posts and cutting fire wood in the late 80s to the late 90s 

MMMMM  I love a good bit of meat  Victor    That reminds Me ive also helped a sawmiller  i use to work for section up a cow in a breast bench once  see you can use circs for that to 

Regards Chris

[rickywashere]

I've cut up snakes, frogs, bumblebees and chased a few larger animals out before the blade got to them, but it always made me feel so bad to kill something that I had to quit sawing.  Shooting one with a gun seems to be "Fair" but when they are huddled in their homey little cubbyhole, trying to get away from the noises, it seems to be the wrong thing for them to die in two pieces. 

i have to agree except the snakes i will rid the world of every one i can...... but i have ran across some


Snakes
Lizards
Flying squirrels
grubs
and mice by the family

[Lud]

As a kid, in'58,  the first winter in the old farm house I still live in, we killed 253 snakes due to the open stone foundation.  Mom had us mortar it up that next summer ,  you can bet!

So began a lifetime habit of If I see'em I kill'em.  I appreciate snakes are part of the ecology, fill a niche, etc.,  but only the invisible snakes get to do that around here.  Don't see many.......figure I've been improving the species!

[bandmiller2]

Never hit anything outher than ants guess the varments are faster than I am.what used to bother me is mowing with the sickle bar mower in tall grass.Frank C.