Species id help please

[Limbit]

Bryce, the mock orange you mention is interesting and probably correct. Mock orange that I am used to is murray paniculata. Also a great bow wood, but definitely not what he cut. I looked into what you posted and that is probably it. The leaves look serrated though in the pics online and I can't 100% tell from the video if the one he found is. Best bet so far though. Seems like it ought to be good wood too.

[Taxus brevifolia]

Ah Bryce, thanks for weighing in on this.  I posted YouTube links to what I found because I don't know how to post video here otherwise. There seems to be some confusion. That last pic I posted is of syringa, found on the internet, posted to compare against the mystery wood. It's not the wood I found, but rather it's a known example of syringa which looks nothing like what I found.

Limbit, the leaves on what I found are not serrated.

[Taxus brevifolia]

Here's a screen grab of what I found

[dylanholderman]

Looks like honeysuckle to me, the leaves, bark, and how it is growing, all look like the stuff I have cut in the past.

Be careful and can check really easily, best time that I have found to cut it is the dead of winter then it’s easy to keep in check
Sometimes I’ve found it with some dark honey brown “heartwood” but I don’t think it is actual “heartwood” my suspicion is mineral staining.

It’s not a bad idea to rough them out now, just take some wood off the belly that’ll keep any checking on the belly where it won’t matter to much.

I have(or had) a writ up on what I do to season and work it somewhere, I’ll see if I can find it for you.

[Taxus brevifolia]

Thanks Dylan I really appreciate it!