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bjrogg:
Yup, I’d say that’s pretty straight compared to most of em.

Bjrogg

BowEd:
Love it.Nice looking shaft.It'll work as is.Looks like a pith in in it.What is it?

Russ:
Completely unusable. definitely need to send them my way so I can dispose of them properly.  ;) (lol) 

Mesophilic:

--- Quote from: BowEd on March 01, 2020, 10:22:26 pm ---Love it.Nice looking shaft.It'll work as is.Looks like a pith in in it.What is it?

--- End quote ---

Ed, these are Rosa Woodsii, our local wild rose.  I've found them growing around here but it's hard to find usable shafts as they tend to grow short and very scrubby here.

At a local park they had some growing and for landscaping.  They were beautiful, darn near perfectly straight and tall.  Then one day I walked through the park and found they had ripped them all out.  It was a sad day.  So I decided this spring I'm going to cut some shoots and see if I can get them growing in my yard

I did find some older growth that were pretty long and when I get to it I plan to make some atlatl darts.  I have one shoot shaft that's 6 1/2 feet long and another that's 5 1/2 feet long.  Straightened them over the winter while they were still green and they look great.

ETA: here's the finished arrows I'd posted in a different thread

BowEd:
Sweet looking arrows.How did they turn out length/mass weight and spine wise?They might be close to my local multi flora rose somewhat.I've been seeing some local black raspberry canes that are coming close to shaft worthy dimensions around here.Hav'nt tried them yet though.
I keep a close watch on my dogwood patches around here.Nobody should disturb them really.They are out of the way and not bothering anybody.

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