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Lee Lobbestael:
Hey guys, I'm from southern Michigan and I am looking for good wood/cane growing around here to make arrows. I know dogwood makes good arrows but have no clue what it looks like. I often walk through the woods bending different saplings and sticks and weeds but none seem to have enough spine! Do they pick up spine as they dry?  If you guys got any ideas about some wood that is easy to find and identify I would love to hear it! Thanks alot

El Destructo:
Lee...I think you are out of luck on the Cane...unless you are from way down in Flatlander Territory...All I know for sure is that You should have Red Osier... Dogwood...and Wild Rose....there may be a few I missed...but I don't believe that You will find any Hill or River Cane in Michigan...but I have been know to be wrong....way wrong sometimes.... >:D

sailordad:
i go thru the wods and do the same thing with little saplings
yes most do seem to pick up spine as they dry
take the moisture out of any wood and you make it stiffer  ;)
just like curing bow wood

aero86:
my hardware stores always seem to have arrow shaft material!  im just joking!  its easier to buy it, but i too like to cut my own.   i finally got to make my own arrows out of some cane i cut a couple months ago.  thats pretty cool when its all handmade by you.

denny:
I know folks that use the small suckers that are coming up around tree stumps . They are usually straight. Bundle and let dry for a few weeks and then skin them and let them dry some more. I would seal them as soon as they seem pretty dry. Also keep them tied in bundles so they will be some what straight as they dry.Red oak white oak and ash do well. An old Indian told me this , is what they did. He is alive and a good friend . By the way his family are from Michigan, HURON Indians. Denny

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