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Wild Rose Shafts?

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Hillbilly:
Sleep Junkie, that's about the size I look for. I also often cut bigger shoots and plane them down to a uniform diameter. There are a bunch of different species of native wild roses, in my area swamp rose and Carolina rose are both common. We also have millions of the invasive Asian multiflora rose. All of them that I have tried made good arrows, both domestic and imports.

Sparrow:
I use alot of rose from down along the columbia river in eastern washington.Good arrows.I let them dry with the bark on and cut them a foot longer than the shaft is going to be.I get them a little larger than I need and plane and sand them to the diameter I want.Once sealed,they stay straight. I tie them in a bundle of about 25 and let them dry for a good long time.(I've got some that are 8 years old) couple of months see them plenty dry.I always cut them early before they start leafing out.  '  Frank

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