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Offline iowabow

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osage ORANGE roots
« on: July 04, 2011, 10:27:54 am »
Picture I took while looking for arrow heads. 
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Offline Eric Krewson

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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2011, 10:35:32 am »
Every time I drive by a bulldozed a brush pile and see those bright orange roots from a distance I feel a tinge of regret, mostly because I know a potential bow is about to go up in flames.
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Offline gstoneberg

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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2011, 10:35:50 am »
Hey that's cool!  Wonder if a bow could be made from a tree root???

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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2011, 10:48:21 am »
Funny George, that's what I was thinking!
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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2011, 11:44:50 am »
Go back n cut those suckers out and try to make a bow. If not send em to me,ill try.   ;D
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2011, 12:10:46 pm »
  I've thought about a root bow for years. And have scearched up lots of pushed up trees. But so far never found a peice big enough to try. Did dry small billets. It's really properest (thats not spelled right) and solf even after seasoning but I thank you could sinew it MAYBE. Billets were small I traded them and the guy gave them away. I never heard of the out come.
   I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS but I was told on so me fourm maybe here. That so This was 14 or 15 years ago.
   I was told by  someone saw at a shoot or somewhere they saw a osage root bow. But I could never could find out who it was. This was last year or so ago. Those are a perrty root though and more yellow,orange than the tree.
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Offline sonny

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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2011, 12:24:00 pm »
Tim Baker always said that tree roots are significantly different than the trunk and limbs and that they're unsuitable for making bows......just sayin'
of course I'm just hard-headed enough that I'd likely try one anyhow.
   
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Offline iowabow

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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2011, 01:38:21 pm »
I think that the math would dictate the bow to be square
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2011, 03:36:25 pm »
Yes indeed, those roots would be squared.  LOL, Iowabow.
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Offline SA

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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2011, 04:27:49 pm »
Quote from: Eric Krewson on July 04, 2011, 10:35:32 am
Every time I drive by a bulldozed a brush pile and see those bright orange roots from a distance I feel a tinge of regret, mostly because I know a potential bow is about to go up in flames.

me too, i have saved a couple from that fate :D
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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2011, 07:15:52 pm »
Never made a bow out of a root but they make a great walking stick. Have made several, one with a nice twist at handle level. Might try a bow next time.
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Offline rkeltner

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Re: osage ORANGE roots
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2011, 11:20:22 pm »
roots? square? math?  ouch! that was bad! wish i had thought of it!
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