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« on: July 18, 2012, 03:24:28 pm »
Autumn olive saplings. This shaft is 550ish shot from 48 # recurve bow. Bare shaft test. I think they shoot real nice and grow all over. Very little straighting was done. This shaft was straightened by hand no heat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oui-gperaE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Re: autumn olive I think.
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 05:50:17 pm »
Nice vid john!  No point or nock wrap.  That was brave w/o the wrap. If it is olive, I've had my eye on a few around the house.  I'm always lookin for invasive arrow materials...i.e MFR.  Savin the world one arrow shaft @ a time.  ;) dpgratz
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Re: autumn olive I think.
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2012, 12:33:45 am »
Not sure of the name of this tree so of anyone knows its name please ring in.
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 12:47:20 am »
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Re: autumn olive I think.
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 11:44:55 am »
That doesn't look like the olive we have around here.  does it have smallish thorns on it?  The stuff we have does. dp
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2012, 01:40:45 pm »
No so i sent an emal to a fotestry friend.
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2012, 02:01:02 pm »
That looks like the little dogwood patch next to your yard.  Right below the cherry tree that I was eyeballing.  Definitely good shaft there!  Josh
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2012, 02:35:53 pm »
dogwood
redosier
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2012, 04:01:35 pm »
They made real nice shafts. Gun doc next time you are here we will go cut you some.
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2012, 05:15:19 pm »
And there you go John, some of the best native arrow wood available...right in your own yard. 

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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2012, 06:42:25 pm »
John, these multi stemmed shrubs have dogwood type leaves, the leaves are opposite on the stem like a dogwood and have fruit like one of the shrub dogwoods. If it is not red osier it is another one of the shrub dogwoods. They all make very good shafts.
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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2012, 12:34:39 pm »
Quote from: bowtarist on July 19, 2012, 05:15:19 pm
And there you go John, some of the best native arrow wood available...right in your own yard. 

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Funny I have been all over looking for great shaft material and it was 10yards from the house all along! Live and learn.

Thank you Pat. I did hear back from the forester and she thinks it is dogwood as well. They make real nice shafts but are just a little heavy.

Has any one made a set of dogwood arrows ? I would like to know how it went. Do you try to shave the thicker end?
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Re: autumn olive I think. (it is dogwood)
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2012, 01:15:51 pm »
Lol!  I was wondering why you were cutting willow when you had all that dogwood growing so close.  It makes sense now.  I have a bunch of it around my place as well.  I use a thumb plane to shave down the big end of the shaft.  I use dogwood shoot arrows for my heavier draw bows and honeysuckle for the lighter ones.  Dogwood shafts are very tough.  Josh
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« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2012, 01:44:43 pm »
Quote from: Gun Doc on July 20, 2012, 01:15:51 pm
Lol!  I was wondering why you were cutting willow when you had all that dogwood growing so close.  It makes sense now.  I have a bunch of it around my place as well.  I use a thumb plane to shave down the big end of the shaft.  I use dogwood shoot arrows for my heavier draw bows and honeysuckle for the lighter ones.  Dogwood shafts are very tough.  Josh

Aver Honeysuckle?  The bush that stays green late and greena up early?
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