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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Taxus brevifolia on April 14, 2018, 08:44:53 pm

Title: Juniper run
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on April 14, 2018, 08:44:53 pm

Couple decent branches, a small but straight tree, and a beautiful straight tree so big I had to split it right there, and could still barely carry the half-logs out.

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on April 14, 2018, 08:48:34 pm

The larger tree was one of a triple, and the others are also decent candidates for stave material, but I'm not greedy

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on April 14, 2018, 08:52:13 pm

I'm sure a couple good bows at least will be found lurking within

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: osage outlaw on April 14, 2018, 09:07:23 pm

Nice haul!

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: upstatenybowyer on April 14, 2018, 09:08:27 pm

I thought Taxus brevifolia was Pacific Yew, not a Juniper.

Anyways, nice haul either way.  :)

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: upstatenybowyer on April 14, 2018, 09:09:40 pm

Oops. I just realized Taxus brevifolia is your handle, not the wood you harvested.

Well I feel like an a$%  :D

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: Limbit on April 15, 2018, 07:16:11 am

Is this Western Juniper? I can't see any heart wood differentiation like you'd normally see in most species of Juniper. Totally jealous...

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on April 16, 2018, 10:30:24 am

Ya I'm grateful every day I wake up, so fortunate to live where I do. I've not only got plentiful yew in my area, but friends and family who are landowners who allow me to harvest bow wood. Juniper is available to me any time I want to drive a couple hours, and next I'll be focusing on vine maple. (Now that I know vine maple from big-leaf lol)

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: High-Desert on April 16, 2018, 10:49:23 am

What area are you from? It sounds pretty similar to the area I live. I'm surrounded by miles of juniper and about 2 hours from yew and vine maple. Just cut the straightest juniper Easter weekend, 100" long with 2 knots and split as straight as I've ever seen.

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on April 17, 2018, 10:06:10 am

Very nice! Sounds like I go to your neck of the woods for juniper, you come to mine for yew

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: Hawkdancer on April 17, 2018, 11:42:40 am

Need help?  Only about a 2day drive! >:D

Limbit, when are you going to be stateside again?

Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: Limbit on April 17, 2018, 11:37:23 pm

I was supposed to come back in July for a month, but no funds for a ticket this year. I am building a home at the moment and most of my time and money is going into that. You locate any good juniper in CO? 

Title: Re: Juniper run
Post by: Hawkdancer on April 18, 2018, 12:47:41 pm

Haven't had much chance to look, but I have had some problems with my hip that slowed me down for cruising timber.  Hopefully be able to get out next month.  Should be better weather, too!
Hawkdancer