Hickory trees fell in a storm

[Nasr]

 Hello so I have two hickory trees that have fallen due to a storm and one has some serious rot in the middle and the other one does not. They both had what seemed like healthy green leaves. Should i waste my time with the rotted one. I dont want the wood to go to waste. I have already cut and split the healthy looking one into staves but the other i have to touched until i make sure. If not i will just cut up and get rid of it. The rot is pretty serious like most of the heart wood is rotted out.

[Pat B]

A lot of times a tree will start rotting in the center. This doesn't mean the rest of the wood is infected. Most bow wood in a hickory tree is in the 2" below the bark. If that wood looks good and white without other discoloration I'd say it's worth harvesting. I would mark those staves so later if you find out they are indeed infected you'll know which ones to discard.

[bownarra]

Split it and check the sapwood out. if it looks clear keep them.

[TRiggs]

I would split it, even if you can't get a bow from it you can have a ton of awesome BBQ wood.

[Dances with squirrels]

Hard to add anything to the advice above. 

[Hawkdancer]

Good for smoking hides, too!  Cool smoke, though !  Do the BBQ, then hook up about 20 feet of pipe or metal dryer vent hose to the smoking rack.
Hawkdancer

[Nasr]

so the rot is pretty extensive but i will be getting some billets out of it and some branches. The rest i will keep for firewood and other non bowyer related stuff. It is still a pretty large haul with the tree that was not rotted. I will be good for quite some time. I appreciate the advice i was thinking of using some of the rotted tree staves and drying them in a heat box to make a bow and see what happens.