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billmac:
unless I'm desperate.  Never again will I cut a tree for bow staves in the winter.  I cut an elm last week and a red oak this morning.  The elm yielded 8 staves and the oak yielded 13 nice staves.  It took less time to debark all 21 staves today than to debark one winter-cut ash stave.

1/2primitive:
I tried that with a Hickory stave, it took several hours. Then I cut a cedar tree and that took about 2 min. two debark the two staves. I'm a believer! ;D
      Sean

Pat B:
Never say never! ;)    Pat

OldBow:
I do think that bark adheres differently to different woods.  Advantage of leaving the bark on is that it controls drying and avoids checking.

Trapper:
The absolute best time to cut any bowwood is in Aug. or Sept. bar none I cut some hickory 2weeks ago and the bark peeled right off, but its plum full of sap and will check on you. If you wanna ruin good osage cut it now and see what happens, I found all this stuff out the hard way. In late Aug. the bark will still peel good and it wont check , cause the sap is already down.        Trapper

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