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Offline butch

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« on: September 06, 2007, 10:47:41 pm »
i have some groves of locust ( i think) in this area , 4/6" dia. 20 ft. tall that grow straight with long pods in the fall. does any one know about its use as a bow. also a lot of salt cedar . an invasive pest . is it of any use beside post and rails. thanks, butch.

Offline Pat B

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« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2007, 12:37:16 am »
Sounds like you have honey locust. Does it have thorns(groups of 3) growing from the trunk?  It will make a bow. I have never made a bow from honey locust but others here have.  If nothing else, deer love to eat the pods.     Pat
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Offline butch

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« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2007, 12:54:40 am »
thanks pat . your allways quick to help. i hunted around them several times but the deer are normally in the persimmons . this hundred acres is sandy lowland and closly resembles a jungle. lot of deer  but hard to move in. ill take out a tree this fall if the corp of engineers isnt looking.

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« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2007, 01:07:39 am »
Hunt those bean later in the fall or early winter. They may be sweeter to the deer after they get frosted a few times.    Pat
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Offline Justin Snyder

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« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2007, 01:15:09 am »
Salt cedar shoots make a good heavy weight, durable arrow. Justin
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2007, 11:05:20 am »
Locust is a good bow wood. Black locust has thorns on the branches. Honey as thorns on trunk and branches. Made lotsa bows from BL but none from HL. Jawge
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Offline snedeker

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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2007, 11:11:15 am »
just in curiosity, how long and wide are the pods?

Offline butch

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Re: woods
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2007, 11:23:13 am »
dont remember about thorns or pods and the jungle turned to swamp when keystone lake arose from its sleep, i will check the thicket later this week  thanks

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Re: woods
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2007, 12:10:19 pm »
I wanted to check the possibility that it might be KY Coffee tree - no thorns, pods 6"x1.5" and 5/8" thick, leaves a little pointy

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Offline butch

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Re: woods
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2007, 11:12:11 pm »
 i checked my book ,the book of trees by Grimm. and i believe its the honey locust . 3 varieties. all produce diferent pods . thorns vary and are sometimes thornless. described as a tough hard wood good for tools, implements,spokes.furniture and last in contact with ground . fencepost.     seems it should make good bows.  ill let you know by nov.    butch