Is this hackberry? New problem & pic's

[KShip85]

I've had the same thing happen to me with hackberry.  Question for ya, are these drying in a dark place?  I've noticed that hackberry cured in my garage without sunlight turned colors and the couple pieces I left out in front of the garage under the overhang a couple days.  Big difference in color.  Here are some shots of my weird colored ones.





And this is what it turned into...





I love hackberry and would not hesitate to use what you have got,  I've got tons of the stuff laying in the garage just waiting to become a bow.  Love this stuff and best of luck on the bows. 

Kip

[osage outlaw]

Yes, the tree was alive and healthy looking when I cut it. 


Yes, it is drying in a garage with very little light.  That is some cool looking natural camo on that bow. 


Thanks for the help.

[El Destructo]

Kip...that looks like the Cambium Layer dried out into that Color...seen that many times before...but Outlaws Staves look like Mold to me...JMO

[Hillbilly]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. The cambiums and fresh wood on a lot of trees turn funky colors when exposed to air sometimes. I've had sourwood and persimmon turn purple before after de-barking. And i've scraped a quarter-inch of surface mold off a stave and made a good bow out of it more than once, too.

[Magnum in MS]

I like the camo effect. I may cut one and see if I  can get one to turn like that.