Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Ed Brooks on August 22, 2017, 01:53:06 pm
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Hello, thanks for looking.
growing up we called this buck brush. It looks like it should make a nice arrow, very woody stock. I have harvested some but after drying and removing the bark they were too small, lesson learned.
The inside of the fruit / berry looks and has the feel of a soft apple inside with one small seed in the middle.
Do you know what it is and have you used them before? thanks again Ed.
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Snowberry. Symphoricarpos albus The native people used it for arrows apparently. One ancient legend calls it the Saskatoon of the dead. One group ate a few berries to settle their stomach after to much fatty food. It was the first berry labeled as poison when we were kids.
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Thank you DC, we were also told not to eat them, however when my oldest was little she ate one. It was a panic day getting a hold of a DR.
DR said not to worry, no ill effect from it, luckily she was fine.
I'll be cutting more of these later in the yr. they seemed to want to split so i'll let the water get out of them. Thanks again, Ed
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I have never seen long/ straight enough. But I'm gonna keep looking. Cheers- Brendan