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Post by orrum on Sept 9, 2017 19:44:18 GMT -5
Thanks Jean but hey I still don't remember it! LOL
Black salve was for drawing but can't remember it's name...Granny got it from the Fuller Brush man in a flat tin. Stunk bad too.
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Post by orrum on Sept 9, 2017 19:50:41 GMT -5
Ahhh hah it was Carbolic salve. Not sure about the spelling. Grandaddy also mixed it with turpentine and melted candle wax to put on pigs after he castrated them. Always felt sorry for them little piggys.
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Post by radio on Sept 9, 2017 20:15:27 GMT -5
Watkins products used to have a product called Petro-carbo salve that was very similar to the Black drawing salves .
Best thing one can do for a bee or wasp sting is crush an aspirin, add a drop or two of water to make a thin paste and apply to the sting. The juice from broad leaf Plantain will stop minor bleeding. Lots of old remedies actually worked!
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Post by coloradocliff on Sept 9, 2017 20:36:41 GMT -5
Plus 1 on Ken's comments and also a great water proofing and a base for salves. Smoked bear meat chunks, and then canned are pretty good. You can keep cougar and coyote meat. Strong like an old boar bear. Good looking bear. They looks so human after you pull off the hide. Yes scarey close to human stature when skinned, though haven't skinned out a human. Bear meat is one of my favorites. Love the trophy hunters who give me the meat. Bear fat if processed right will not turn rancid. Bears do not get cancer their fat is very medicinal, but have no proof to back up this statement. Good for cooking, the fat isn't as solid as lard have to add bees wax to salves. PLus 1 bees wax to salve, at times add glycerin.
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Post by coloradocliff on Sept 9, 2017 20:43:02 GMT -5
Used to help father in law with his guide service back in the day. We were out hunting, shot a big black about 200 or more yards up a steep 45 degree or steeper slope. Bear was hit in back but as he was rolling and half walking down to our position be was biting off 2 inch thick and thicker trees before we got to him and finished him. Amazingly strong and smell that way too. Used to be able to bait a bear but no more . Have to cut their trail and find their habits. Service berry is a great place to fall hunt them if you like them. Preferred Elk, spikes or if a cow tag a younger one. These days rib eyes.. grin Bears are super strong. Seen them take out a 4 strand barb wire fence and 2 fence posts on each side at a full run. I shot one who crawled in my car after a loaf of bread. Destroyed the inside of my car, it took out 4 inch poplar trees after I shot it for about 200 yards. Neighbor shot one in his kitchen.....bears are a big nucience this time of year...very hungry. Yeah we had one get into a liquor store in town.. grin
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Post by orrum on Sept 10, 2017 13:37:04 GMT -5
Hey Arlen I bet that Carbo salve is what I remember my grandparents using!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 13:59:00 GMT -5
Malagasy Hissing Cockroach Do Palmetto bugs look that big too? I never saw one before. jamesp
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Post by grayfingers on Sept 10, 2017 14:02:30 GMT -5
When my dad would get a bear my mom would render the fat. She would make bars of lye soap. The rest she used as frying lard. She made a type of western style doughnut called 'bear sign' due to it being poured batter that fried up with the shape of bear scat. Rolled in sugar, good stuff. They would take the hind quarters to be cured and smoked like ham. Thin slices fried up for breakfast was wonderful. The rest was made into sausage, wieners and salami.
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Post by grayfingers on Sept 10, 2017 14:10:53 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Sept 10, 2017 14:24:18 GMT -5
My dad and I used to hunt bear a fair amount in Northwestern Wyoming back in the day. Dad always had cracked dry fingers and the bear grease did a great job healing them. I started a taxidermy business in 1974 as a teenager and processed many bears. This thread brings back many memories.
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Post by radio on Sept 10, 2017 14:34:56 GMT -5
My dad and I used to hunt bear a fair amount in Northwestern Wyoming back in the day. Dad always had cracked dry fingers and the bear grease did a great job healing them. I started a taxidermy business in 1974 as a teenager and processed many bears. This thread brings back many memories. Last month, I mounted two huge Grizz claws for the Acrobats of China in Branson. They liked them so much they gave me a couple of front and center show tickets. Incredible show!
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Post by radio on Sept 10, 2017 14:53:14 GMT -5
Malagasy Hissing Cockroach Do Palmetto bugs look that big too? I never saw one before. jamesp Scott, you ever feed those to your reptiles? I raised the ugly things by the hundreds to feed ours at the peak of our reptile biz. Much better food source than meal worms, cheaper than Crickets and easy to keep and breed
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 15:01:43 GMT -5
My dad and I used to hunt bear a fair amount in Northwestern Wyoming back in the day. Dad always had cracked dry fingers and the bear grease did a great job healing them. I started a taxidermy business in 1974 as a teenager and processed many bears. This thread brings back many memories. Last month, I mounted two huge Grizz claws for the Acrobats of China in Branson. They liked them so much they gave me a couple of front and center show tickets. Incredible show! We saw them here at a university auditorium a dozen years ago. Truly mind boggling show, indeed. Wonder how many wildlife laws are broke taking those home. Lolz
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 15:03:50 GMT -5
Malagasy Hissing Cockroach Do Palmetto bugs look that big too? I never saw one before. jamesp Scott, you ever feed those to your reptiles? I raised the ugly things by the hundreds to feed ours at the peak of our reptile biz. Much better food source than meal worms, cheaper than Crickets and easy to keep and breed Not those. We did deaths heads and discoides. Not nearly as large. Grow faster, make more babies. Plus I smuggled cricket eggs home from Europe and started a new species in the trade. I had 8 eggs hatch that became over million adults in 6 months. Way better than the regular cricket in the trade.
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Post by radio on Sept 10, 2017 15:14:56 GMT -5
Last month, I mounted two huge Grizz claws for the Acrobats of China in Branson. They liked them so much they gave me a couple of front and center show tickets. Incredible show! We saw them here at a university auditorium a dozen years ago. Truly mind boggling show, indeed. Wonder how many wildlife laws are broke taking those home. Lolz I was expecting a second rate troup in Branson, but every act was top tier! This is their second and final season here before going back to China around Christmas time. They had the required taxidermist records, hunters name, permit number and all paperwork in order, so there won't be a problem
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Post by radio on Sept 10, 2017 15:16:40 GMT -5
Scott, you ever feed those to your reptiles? I raised the ugly things by the hundreds to feed ours at the peak of our reptile biz. Much better food source than meal worms, cheaper than Crickets and easy to keep and breed Not those. We did deaths heads and discoides. Not nearly as large. Grow faster, make more babies. Plus I smuggled cricket eggs home from Europe and started a new species in the trade. I had 8 eggs hatch that became over million adults in 6 months. Way better than the regular cricket in the trade. Was told the breeding stock we bought were Madagascar hissing roaches, but they all look alike to me. Used to freak people out when they saw the adults! :-)
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Post by radio on Sept 10, 2017 15:20:48 GMT -5
Hey Arlen I bet that Carbo salve is what I remember my grandparents using! Likely was. Several companies made variations of it, but Watkins is the one I remember. It was more of a dark amber instead of Black if I recall correctly
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 15:22:18 GMT -5
Not those. We did deaths heads and discoides. Not nearly as large. Grow faster, make more babies. Plus I smuggled cricket eggs home from Europe and started a new species in the trade. I had 8 eggs hatch that became over million adults in 6 months. Way better than the regular cricket in the trade. Was told the breeding stock we bought were Madagascar hissing roaches, but they all look alike to me. Used to freak people out when they saw the adults! :-) The hissers are slow growing but worth the wait! HUUUUUGE! Yeah, freaks people out.
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Post by youp50 on Sept 10, 2017 18:57:10 GMT -5
Soumolinen bear grease? Soumolinen poykas in the western UP swear by lawyer livers for that. There is a trap netting season for them under the ice as they make a spawning run. Eelpouts to Minniesotans.
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Post by toiv0 on Sept 10, 2017 19:23:10 GMT -5
Soumolinen bear grease? Soumolinen poykas in the western UP swear by lawyer livers for that. There is a trap netting season for them under the ice as they make a spawning run. Eelpouts to Minniesotans. The old timers use it (bear grease)in the sauna I think the lawyer livers made an oil for drinking (cod like) nasty stuff have to wash it down with filia. Kalamojakka fish head soup, eel pout makes a good mojakka, fresh water cod. We used to go pick up all the eel pout the ice fisherman threw out. Didn't even need a license.
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