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hunter12
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bow wood
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December 28, 2008, 04:50:22 pm »
any body know if russian olive would make a good bow? i live in roosevelt utah and its every where out here . any info would b great thanks
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Auggie
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December 28, 2008, 06:24:32 pm »
Lots of it here in MO.,but it is an invasive weed more or less. I would recommend spending your time with a better choice of wood,boards or stave for my two cents.
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hunter12
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December 28, 2008, 08:53:33 pm »
thanks just wondering.what about birch or aspen?
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bcbull
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December 28, 2008, 09:59:45 pm »
hunter that aint right !!! i live along the n platte river and we have so much of it you d never belive it iv cut a bunch of it and gave a bunch away what i do is look for the strightest long s ya can find id say about 12 round cut them in 8 ft sections seal the ends i cut em in the fall and then in the spring i split em in half wait till about oct the split em into staves de bark em this stuff is hard as hell and ill tell ya the truth i made a static recurve based on one of marc st louis designs and that suckers fast as any bow i made so dont let it stop ya russian olive make s a heck of a bow make it about like ya do a hikcory bow brock p s forgot to tell ya make sure you spray some incestacide on it somthime s the wroms are bad in this and youll see just how hard it is to split ever split elm ? well good luck ha
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hunter12
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December 28, 2008, 10:56:45 pm »
thanks bcbull im gonna try it out . what part of north platte u around?boy i wish i was n 2 bow building when ilived in iowa and around omaha area thanks 4 tha info
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bcbull
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December 29, 2008, 12:31:13 am »
im east of scottsbluff have some farm ground down there on the river but i live almost to cheynnen ha ya know to be honest i had a bunch say the same thing to me it wont work so i tryed it and never have regerted it go for it i think youll be suprised brock
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Auggie
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Re: bow wood
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December 29, 2008, 06:48:25 am »
Okay,now Im gonna have to give these weeds a try. One time tried it for arra shoots,but didnt work too good,and had been told by another bowyer it wasnt bow wood either.Hope it is bow wood,no shortage of it!
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Keenan
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December 29, 2008, 11:20:17 am »
Olive has a .91 SG. However Russian olive is a different variety so not sure if the SG is the same.
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