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Brokestick:
Hello, Ive been away from the message boards for quite a while now.  It's been really busy since I left Alaska, and I haven't had much time at all to devote to bows.  I'm curious as to what type of arrow wood I might be able to locate in the area I'm living now.  I'm in the high Mojave desert, about 40 miles NE of Barstow, Fort Irwin, if your familiar with it.  I haven't come across anything remotely straight, and I was wondering what the natives would have used, and how to find it.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I'll try not to be a stranger anymore.

mullet:
  I drove through Barstow in 1978.From what I saw,I think the native's threw rocks or lived somewhere else. ;)

wolfsire:
This is not a joke, and probably not what you are looking for, but I live in Las Vegas and yesterday I was scavaging a vacant lot that had dried tree trimmings looking for suitable pieces for crossbow bolts and arrows.  Found a fair amount for the bolds, as they need not be long.  I also found a dowel and a very young, but now dead, appricot tree that I think will make an arrow.  One of these days Im planning on looking in some of the washes and at the lake.

Justin Snyder:
If you look along any of the rivers or streams, even the dry ones,  you can probably find salt cedar .  Most of us in the southwest call it tamarix or tamarack.  Two year old or older shoots are what you are looking for.  Justin

Brokestick:
That's a surprise.  I hadn't thought the salt cedar was strong enough to do anything with.  This stuff grows all over the place up here.  There's also a sort of tree here with green bark and little or no leaves (seems to be two varieties) which I think is in the mesquite family.  It seems to have straight shoots occasionally, and I'm thinking of trying that out.  Thankfor all the quick replies.

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