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Offline mountain dog

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sumac
« on: September 09, 2012, 06:11:15 AM »
has anyone ever gotten poisin from this? While you are boilling for sure.
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Re: sumac
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2012, 08:37:43 AM »
Why would you boil poison type of sumac? The stag horn type is not a poison type of sumac
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Re: sumac
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2012, 10:43:04 AM »
Stag Horn Sumac like you said is not poison. This would be the sumac with the brown clusters. People make a tea out of the brown clusters.

Poison Sumac will have white berries! Now that is poison!

Are you using the stag horn for a drink or a dye for your traps?

I always use black walnuts to dye my traps!
« Last Edit: September 09, 2012, 10:44:40 AM by uncle buck »

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Re: sumac
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2012, 08:42:02 PM »
Thank you both. I am going to try them on traps this yr. Walnuts are very scarce around here this yr. We never used sumac so we might give it a try. I did not want boil the poisonous kind but I was"t sure if the others had a poisonous fumes.

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Re: sumac
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2012, 07:44:43 PM »
I have used sumac before and did a decent job. I would recommend sticking them in a pair of pantyhose.

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Re: sumac
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2012, 09:53:37 PM »
Sumac tea is actually very good. You can take the red pods and soak them in cool water for a few hrs and it makes a very good almost lemonade flavored drink. Very healthy to...loaded with vitamins.