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M-P:
Whoops, That's tamarix, not tamerisk. Anyway, it's an invasive introduction and should be fair game for harvesting. Just look alongside highways and washes. I haven't been down in Southern CA much, but I remember seeing it along the highways. The few specimens I've noticed here in San Jose have been hacked back to shrups, but keep sending up shoots. Ron
D. Tiller:
Stay away from Oleander!!!! All parts of the plant are extremly poisonous. You get some sap or residue on your hands touch a drink or something to eat and BINGO you just poisoned yourself! The results a can be deadly!
billy:
I know that the Chumash and Pomo indians used reed for their arrows, so if you can find some of that, it works really well. I remember when I was driving down I-5 from Oregon to San Francisco 4 years ago I kept seeing big, open areas with huge patches of reed/cane growing along the highway. Some if it was really big, much too big for arrows. I did stop, but the reed I examined was too large for arrows, so I didn't cut any. But if you find smaller shoots, reed works great. It's like bamboo, but with thinner walls.
Hell, just about anything straight will make arrows. I don't know about Oleander since I live in GA, but the way everyone keeps talking about it, it sounds like bad news. I've got an idea! You could cut some oleander, peel the bark and try eating it. If you die, well, then I guess everyone would be right!! Hahaha! (just kidding about eating the bark, of course)
mullet:
If you get sap from the Oleander on your skin it will give you a mild rash,your flesh won't fall off or make you sick from contac.Just don't ingest it or use it for hot dog sticks.Burning and inhaling the vapor or sanding and being exposed to the dust will get you bad.Just don't get it real hot while straighting.
Metalking00:
As an experiment, I went and bought some birch dowels. They're 3/8" and even these arent spined stiff enough for my bow. shot bareshaft from about 10 yards, they slap the target sideways.
What can I make arrows from for a 65-70# bow that wont end up being as thick as my thumb?
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