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red osire
DanaM:
Red osier is pretty good, Hillbilly I debark asap and never had any splitting problems. I like to cut my shoot shafts
so the fat end is around 1/2" diameter as it will shrink as it dries and so I have extra wood so I can reduce it to the
desired spine.
PeteC:
crivercat,have you tried switchcane yet? Once you do ,you'll never build arrows from anything else.It's incredible ;),and all over our part of the country.You can finds heaps of it in the sulfur or sabine river bottoms. God Bless
xin:
Criverkat, Take highway 82 East of TK and you'll find a lifetimes supply of rivercane growing along the highway. Take Interstate 30 toward Little Rock and you'll find switchcane growing along the highway. Rivercane and switchcane are the premier arrow shafting materials. .. Everything considered they are the best materials that can be had and you are living in the center of the best places I know to collect it.
criverkat:
how far out on 82 and on 30 and do you live around here or do you travel this area do you have pics to show difference between the two
THANKS DAVID
xin:
On I-30 not far past Red River going toward Little Rock. It's grows on the Northbound and south bound sides of the road. On highway 82 east go until it starts to drop into the Red River flood plane. I gueuess its about 5 miles from the city limits, that's just a guess.. It also grows all along the rier in the flood plane. My family is from Stamps and I grew up in Haynesville, La. Now live in Sherman, Tx. Pass by all this cane coming back for visits. It is by far the best shafting material on the planet. It is far superior to red ossier. I wouldn't even bother with the red ossier with all the good stuff you've got growing there already. You're in a great place for bow material and shafting material and Novaculite is just north of you.
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