I really wanted this limb!!!

[Ink]

Went Osage Hunting today and found a limb that was dead straight......was a challenge to get to it. But you gotta do what you gotta do to get that osage.

[osage outlaw]

That's probably the safest spot to cut that limb from.  Lets see some pictures of your haul. 

[Ink]

i'll post some pics tomorrow when it gets light again, hate winter time. wasn't a huge haul, bought 8 or 9 logs. unfortunately a lot of them have small rings on the outer 1" of the log. Gonna be a lot of wood removal to get to the good rings.oh well that'll be another 2 years away anyways. I'll worry about it then. Pics in the morning.

[4dog]

before yall see pics let me just say that i saw what he "hauled" today,, and Jason will probably be sore in the morn.  he got some BIG stuff,,course he had some help,,is that a trackhoe in the pic,,lol,, i guarantee he needed it to load a couple "pieces",,just glad we are friends
...ya know..just in case i need a stave or two....lol

[osage outlaw]

Glad you got some good stuff.  That picture cracks me up 

[paulsemp]

nothing wrong with some small rings. Some of my best bows are tight ringed

[Thesquirrelslinger]

that looks a little like the tree I want to cut down next.
Except it has a curvy trunk.

[Ink]

the largest log i got was a 12"

[Thesquirrelslinger]

Nicely done sir.
Good haul.
How long has it been dead?

[osage outlaw]

Looks like a nice pile of bow wood.  There should be some good staves in there.

[Ink]

Most of it was still alive. A couple of the trees were dead a year or two

[Pat B]

That's a nice bunch od sage, Ink. Look at the color of that wood! 

[Ink]

yeah pat one of those trees dulled a chainsaw blade it was so hard. normally they shoot yellow dust out when your cutting, this one was spitting out Tang. 

[Pat B]

Osage like that is pretty brittle but makes a heck of a bow.  If it is real thin rings you might consider rawhide backing.

[Gsulfridge]

Nice haul.  The pic reminds me of an incident where I was up to my chest in winter creek water, using a bow saw to cut an Osage limb that was out over the creek.  A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do to get good bow wood!!