how many bows in this stick of osage

[yazoo]

[zenmonkeyman]

Eleventy twelve at least!

[sonny]

I don't know but that poison oak, ivy/ whatever it is will eat your ^#$ up!
 

[yazoo]

its never bothered me,,I cut some vines to day so big I could have split staves form it

[George Tsoukalas]

I don't know but that's a big tree! Jawge

[yazoo]

I am going to split it up in the morning  I will let yall know how many its got,,

[Lombard]

My guess is bettween the two logs that I can see, is around thirty five.

[yazoo]

I got two 6ft logs from it and if they split good I will get the third fri when I go back to get a couple more loads,, one full day of cutting and dragging then loading then a 100 mile drive home,, then a full day of splitting on tuesday,, then wednesday I will need to self medicate with yuengling,,recoup from that on thurs,, then back to cutting and dragging on fri,, its a vicious cycle,, but someones got to do it

[ricktrojanowski]

That looks like one big tree full of work.   I think you guys live in the "Enchanted Osage Forest"

[Pat B]

You see who is doing the work. Mike makes his Dad do all the hard stuff. 

[Timo]

I got a half log from a farmer once,was gonna use it for corner post,paid him $20 for it. It had 100 rings and yielded 36 clean staves.

so to answer your question Mike......I'll say, a BUNCH!

[cowboy]

I'll have to agree - that's a biggun and lots of staves. Reminds me of a little visit with Ridgerunner in AL, we had quite the day .

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[Hrothgar]

Don't think I've ever seen an osage trunk that straight. You've got some beautiful staves there.

[GregB]

Been there, done that!

[Dean Marlow]

Mike up here in Illinois I get a-lot of wind shake seperaation in Osage trees that big. Is that as big a problem where you are from? And it always looks like your Osage has a darker bark than in Illinois. Dean