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Deo:
I was in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, mostly Louisiana. We did a lot of driving and I saw lots of cane here and there along the road sides. One question. How tall does some of the cane get, I thought I saw some cane that was about 12 ft tall and how do you tell the difference from cane and imported bamboo? and what type of cane gets 12 ft tall? thanks.

sulphur:
osage  i know the main idea is gathering your own natural materials, but i do know of a good source for cane.  Lowe's and Home depot both sell cane for tomato stake material.  at HD you can get 6 shaft per bag for about $3 and they will be 5' long.  at Lowes you can get a bag of 25 for about $10 they will be dipped in dark green paint and 4' long, but after you take the paint off (i use a course rasp or sandpaper) they are really nice shaft material.    Not all will work for shafting but the majority work quite nicely.   I took a nice 8 pts buck a couple weeks ago with a bamboo shaft from lowes.  I also have found that the weight is usually on the light side but i take the head off a 8 or 10 penny nail and place it in the end  before i taper it and it brings the weight up and gives good FOC.  I guy on youtube has several good vids on making bamboo arrows this way.

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