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kayakfisher:
What is this stuff and does it make decent arrows ,some of it is pretty straight and 3/8 diameter.There's quite a lot of it in the area that I hunt its growing in a low lying area if that helps.I know by the description and pictures you all posted its not red osier.I think I found some red osier today if you shoot six to eighteen inch arrows.
             Dennis

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Otoe Bow:
Looks like sumac to me.  I tried making some arrows out of it last winter.  Got them pretty straight by just bending them by hand.  I made the mistake of leaving them hanging off a shelf and they "drooped".  By this time they had dried and set.  Instead of using heat to re-straighten, I just tired bending them and they broke.  I might try it again this winter.

Mike

JackCrafty:
Yep, probably sumac.  It's called "rhus" in the old texts and the NA's made arrows from it, sometimes with a foreshaft of harder wood.  Personally, I don't think it's worth the trouble....unless you like very light arrows.

sailordad:
yup sumac, if  i remember ill take my camera with, im gonna go cut osier today ;)


                                                                                   tim

Hillbilly:
It looks like sumac. Any chance of a closer-up pic?

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