The irony is that , more often than not , the things that are being looked for in many woods are best seen from the outside in log form .
In this state , you can see the growth of the tree overall , which is a valuable tool when trying to assess what is going on on the inside of the tree .
Billets only provide a small snapshot of the picture and can easily be misleading .
A trained eye is quite valuable . Of course , sometime you just get lucky or not .
