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Justin Snyder:
What Hillbilly said.  It does need to be second year growth.  I have been going down to the river and pulling all the little branches so they stay nice and clean.  ;D I have made tamarisk (salt cedar) shafts that spined 60# and weighed 900 grains.  Combine the 900 grains with a naturally tapered shaft and you will get incredible penetration.  Justin

El Destructo:
Scattershot....do you plan on using Salt Cedar...or Tamarack??? Big Difference here..........Salt Cedar is an Invasive Shrub that serves no purpose other than destroying Native Landscapes.. it will make a decent arrow......Tamarack on the other hand is the most cold-hardy of any native tree and has the strongest wood of all the conifers...but I have never found any that would make a Bow....the wood grain twists too bad

scattershot:
Well, I'm not real sure, ElDestructo. I thought they were the same thing. Folks here use the terms interchangeably, I'm told. I'm really confused now. Guess the best thing to do is to cut a few shoots and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies.

El Destructo:

--- Quote from: scattershot on May 28, 2008, 01:49:51 am ---Well, I'm not real sure, ElDestructo. I thought they were the same thing. Folks here use the terms interchangeably, I'm told. I'm really confused now. Guess the best thing to do is to cut a few shoots and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies.

--- End quote ---

Nothing about these Two trees is even close.one is a Massive Strong Conifer.....the Other is a Weed!!!

Read these....

 Tamarack
http://ontariotrees.com/main/species.php?id=2054

Salt Cedar ( tamarisk)
http://www.earlham.edu/~biol/desert/invasive.htm

scattershot:
Thanks for the links. The stuff I'm finding doesn't look like either picture. Maybe I'm calling it the wrong name. I'll see if I can post a pic later. Thanks for the help.

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