Your first picture was decieving and it looked like your stave was 4"+ wide,and who wants to chase a ring on that wide of a stave. Not me. Hence my statement. And I think folks misunderstood me on when and how I do my layout. Usually(but not all) the wood I've chased rings on the first or second heartwood ring was my chosen ring,hence taking the sapwood off leaves me down to a ring above,then I do my layout. And I can see plenty fine what's underneath. So let me restate I chase down to a ring above then do my layout. And if it was what I thought your width was from your first pic,then id def narrow or a halve it first before chasing.
Thanks for posting more pictures to clear it up..def only one bow in there.
Sometimes things are not as they seem at first in a post online and it can be hard to dissect a problem off of one picture and not being able to see it firsthand. Which can lead to differing opinions from folks,cus they percieve it differently.