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Muskyman:
Thanks Pat, I’ll take a look at the bark and the leaves next time I’m out.
M2A:
Be careful Muskyman, collecting staves can become habit forming :) But after a bit of collecting you may not need to speed dry because you will have seasoned staves ready to go anytime. Nice looking start on that hickory bow you got there.
That pic is from a elm bow from bushboy. And yes its stained green. Can't say enough about it, its a top notch molly style.
An 8-10" silver maple should have scaly bark, almost like shagbark hickory, but the leaves make it easy to tell apart from sugar. I'd say if you determine its sugar maple then have at it. If it was me I'd cut the elm also with the understanding that elm can be very variable in quality. Several old posts on here that talk about that. Good luck with the osage harvest.
Mike
Muskyman:
I finally stopped to look at my maple tree and after looking it over, to my surprise it’s not a maple. It is surrounded by maples but appears to be a hickory tree. It has a long nice straight trunk about 10 feet and another good looking section on up the tree. Thought sure it was a maple but no..
JW_Halverson:
Oh drat! It's "only" a hickory!
WhistlingBadger:
--- Quote from: Muskyman on September 19, 2022, 02:51:34 pm ---I finally stopped to look at my maple tree and after looking it over, to my surprise it’s not a maple. It is surrounded by maples but appears to be a hickory tree. It has a long nice straight trunk about 10 feet and another good looking section on up the tree. Thought sure it was a maple but no..
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Oh, that's a bummer. :'( If you can't stand the heartbreak, just split that dratted hickory up into staves and send them to me so you don't have to look at them anymore.
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