Went up to Chicago yesterday to pick up a kiln I won on eBay and visit some cousins. Upon leaving their little addition I caught sight of some hedgeapples on the ground. I very quickly caught sight of the tree and it must have been over a foot thick and clean for ten feet or more. Why could this thing not been growing in my woods?!? I saw plenty of bow wood over the four hour trip there but this one took the cake!