Finding AtlAtl dart material!

[AncientArcher76]

Hi guys been talking to a few people on various dart material used here in the northern U.S.  Come to find out right next to my house I have a couple different things capable of making some fine darts.  One is viburnum the other Im not sure of the spelling so I'll just say a big pricker bush with red berries.  OutbackBob pointed this out to me and well if u dont mind getting slashed up by it I cut a couple of stalks about 8' tall holy cow!  I'll keep u all poste dwhen it dries out and  I will take a few pics of it in motion!  Thanks for looking!

Russ

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[JustinNC]

Rose....should make a find dart or arrow for ya.

[AncientArcher76]

Yeah I think that this shrub is a type of wild rose.  Man it is some tough stuff!

Russ

[JustinNC]

Makes good arras...Im sure if you read in the Bible some where...probably back about 1st or 2nd Parenthesis...you'll read that since we didnt learn our lesson when God gave us serpents...he sent us wild rose later in times.....I know for a fact Noah sure wouldn't have brought the seeds for that stuff on the Ark.

[Hillbilly]

That's multiflora rose, and it's a horribly invasive Asian weed. Feel free to cut all of it. Several Viburnums make good darts, especially nannyberry, witherod, and highbush cranberry. The shrub dogwoods like silky, gray, and red osier work good, too.

[AncientArcher76]

Thanx hillbilly Im not sure of all the names I can see it growing in spots and it usually has a lot of straight stalks!  Thanks!

Russ

[Outbackbob48]

Russ, the berries on the multi   flora roses are really good eating or make ya some rose hip tea, I really like the rose hips after they have been frosted, Kinda tart an some or seedy with little fruit but some have more fruit an are full of vit. c. I,m pretty sure you have red osier an silky dogwood in your area. WE have lots of both here. Later Bob

[jamie]

elderberry will make a good dart too russ. this time of year is great for identifying the plants by their berry. with the viburnums i find the best material along field edhes and along the creeks.

[AncientArcher76]

Thanks Jamie I got some river cane from Bill Skinner and it drying and I been hacking lots of the muliflorarose and  some shrubs.  I will get a few pics up soon to show progress! 

Thanx

Russ

[lerxst]

I have made atlatl darts out of tamarisk and they worked quite well. Around here all of the rivers ar inundated with it.