Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: JW_Halverson on September 25, 2013, 08:23:10 pm
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Folks have listened to me whine about the lack of good bow wood around here and I think some have the opinion that I might be exaggerating...
(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Misc/IMG_0367_zps380e9dd4.jpg) (http://s365.photobucket.com/user/JW_Halverson/media/Misc/IMG_0367_zps380e9dd4.jpg.html)
Might be able to make something from the steel posts on the fenceline on the foreground, but those two Acer negundo (boxelder) that you see in the distance are twisted and gnarled beyond comprehension.
Other than that, I have determined that bamboo is a grass, cows eat grass, wet cowpies can be molded, epoxy can be thinned and mixed in, thus I may be forced to making PooBoo* bows if I can't find some osage! :-[ Yup. Sucks to be me.
*Application for trademark pending.
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Too bad ya want osage.
rich
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JW,
Going to be hunting south of New Castle Wy. I would be more than happy to bring you some. Not for sure your schedule or distance from there. I,m sure well be eating in the diner in NewCastle (cant remember the name but its the one with all the mounts) a couple of nights at least. Just PM me, or email.
Knapper
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Time to start planting johnny appleseed!! ;D
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JW,
Going to be hunting south of New Castle Wy. I would be more than happy to bring you some. Not for sure your schedule or distance from there. I,m sure well be eating in the diner in NewCastle (cant remember the name but its the one with all the mounts) a couple of nights at least. Just PM me, or email.
Knapper
I posted this photo as a kind of laugh, but also to show people just how wide open this area is surrounding the Black Hills (anyone ever make a bow from Ponderosa Pine? Yeah, that is what I thought.) I looked into planting osage up here, but it is too cold and dry for them.
Let me know when you are coming thru, Knapper. I'd love to chew the fat with you! Newcastle is about an hour and a half away from me. Whatcha hunting?
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ya shoudla raided pappys shed or my van,or clints truck,or pearlys,or........back in may at the classic...we prob wouldn't of even noticed we had any go missing...and even if we did,we prob wouldn't care...lol :laugh: ;) 8)
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*smacks forehead HARD*
>:(
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Live and learn JW,, live and learn 8)
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JW It reminds me of the post I made after a trip back home to NE last year. There's a reason why I never got around to making a bow when I was a kid.
Ron
Around the Campfire / Re: Can you see any good bow wood? Lotsa pics (ftp://Around the Campfire / Re: Can you see any good bow wood? Lotsa pics)
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JW send me your address. I hate to see a man so desperately in need. And since I know you like pictures more than descriptions I'll even post a photo . We'll just call it a marker ;D ;D ; Sh## I might even pay the shipping for a marker from you. My Dad always said, trust your instincts, and I do!!!!
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Yes,living 20 miles from the SD border 45 years of my life I've seen most all of SD.You had all the opportunity in the world to stop by on your way back from the classic and pick up some primo hickory staves but did'nt.
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Blimey JW, I got hypnotised by that picture and once I snapped out of it I had go hide in a corner huddled up and shivering.
Del
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Well.....guess I'll be seeing you again next may ;D and I'll make sure to bring a extra few for you to "steal" :laugh:
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We'll be chasing speed goats and mulies, but really I can throw some in the truck. Also have hickory and elm.
Knapper
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With that much open space, you should be building siege weapons not bows. :)
Hmm...has anyone ever build an osage trebuchet?
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I feel your pain jw!we live in simular deserts;(!but man does the poplar grow pipe straight around here!lol!
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I live in an osage desert myself. Thank God for super, great, mega wonderful friends like Clint, Chris, Scott, Pauly and my buddy Joe in Indiana, they keep me flush with yellow sticks and I appreciate more than they know.
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I have been looking high and low in my neck of the woods for something tradable for some of that fabled yellow wood. In fact I have been thinking of dropping the kids off in the forest with empty pillowcases and a sack of bread crumbs on my way to work and see what they can come up with by the time I'm done. >:D
I said TURKEY FEATHERS....not leaves!!!! Back into the forest!
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What state are you in skarhand?
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What state are you in skarhand?
Northern PA, about 3 miles from New York. I actually work with a guy who has 12 turkeys headed for the axe later this year. He said I could have all the feathers I want, so I am excited. :)
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>:D
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That looks sort of like where I grew up. Except for all the trees you have there. >:D
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Hey JW , do you ever travel south towards Oklahoma or Texas ? If you find yourself down in Oklahoma I'll set you up with a variety of wood ( yes yellow wood to ) , I can come up with some percimon , lots of elm , postoak , pecan , maybe some black locust and hickory just to name a few ( I have a stihl chainsaw and new chains ready ).
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Auch...makes me appreciate the abundance of bow wood in my backyard....even if Osage is out of the question in my parts of the world:-)
As long as I have wych elm im a happy, happy camper;-)
Cheers
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Beautiful to look at and visit,but like Del,makes me shiver to think I had to live there. ;) No Osage on my farm either but I am blessed with just about any other kind of wood a man would want. JW you need to have John come in a bigger truck
in May. ;) :) :)
Pappy
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Well my only prob is ,, what wood am i gonna use,, workin elm and buckthorn now,, till i started carving bows i didnt know what was what..now ..everything has potential,, i feel bad for yall.
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Beautiful to look at and visit,but like Del,makes me shiver to think I had to live there. ;) No Osage on my farm either but I am blessed with just about any other kind of wood a man would want. JW you need to have John come in a bigger truck
in May. ;) :) :)
Pappy
Folks from your area that find themselves up here often find themselves suffering acute agoraphobia. Some describe the feeling of "fear of falling off the planet".
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C'mon JW just because we don't have any yellow wood don't necessarily make us a desert. I love working on some white ash when I get an opportunity. But if you're that hard up for some I live a little more than an hour from you. Perhaps we can trade
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C'mon JW just because we don't have any yellow wood don't necessarily make us a desert. I love working on some white ash when I get an opportunity. But if you're that hard up for some I live a little more than an hour from you. Perhaps we can trade
White ash? Are you sure of your species? I've only seen green ash out here. And other than my first bow, all subsequent attempts with green ash have come up with sluggish shooters.
Now I know you have been to Rapid City in the last few months, but did you call me? Noooo! Of course, I was down by Martin this summer and I didn't exactly call you either.
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I stand corrected green ash. There you happy? Ill give you a jingle
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I'll be happy when you call. ;D