Monster osage tree finished....final stave count

[jham]

This is a WAG as I have no experiance splitting osage but im going to say about 49.

[soy]

Im going with just enough to keep you busy for a long time for a #depends on how they break apart, or maby when you do,lol.my guess is the old double nickel 55!

[RidgeRunner]

Hay Outlaw:
Get yourself some insect spray. I use liquid (Seven) (sp) and a garden sprayer.
Soak the bark down real good with the spray.  It will do wonders to keep the bore worms out of it.  When you get it home soak the bark at least two more times before you put it up to dry.

David

 

[Justin Snyder]

Im guessing 62 staves, but I know for sure you are going to earn every single one.

[Lee Slikkers]

58 is my guess....what a find and what a memorable project.  Very cool!  Man that stuff is STRAIGHT!!

[crooketarrow]

   Thats alot of work. But alot of bows. GOOD LUCK

[hatcha]

Lovely lot of wood you got there!  Should keep you busy for the rest of your life!!  hehehe

I'll shoot high and guess 80 staves from the four logs you've mentioned.

[cracker]

Hey guys I figured out were doing this all wrong if we all guess the same number it'll be like a 50 way tie and he'll have to send each of us a stave.

[Gus]

The math says over eighty.

But I will go with 77.
 
Was one of my football numbers in highschool. 
 
-gus

[Matt S.]

You'll never have to harvest another tree again after that one (but what fun would that be?).
Just my wild guess... 75

[triggerfinger]

Wow,  im pretty sure that tree isn big enough to wear out your hammer.  73 for me...and every other number not taken  .

[Bow Nut]

very nice find 59 staves

[gutpile]

looking at some of the pics you might not get as many belly splits as first thought...so I am going with.....69...oh yeah!!!..gut

[osage outlaw]

I might go back and split on it for a little while when I wake up tomorrow afternoon before my sons baseball game.  But it is supposed to be 96 degrees, so it might have to wait for Friday morning.  I will be sure to spray it with bug spray, but I haven't had much trouble with borers getting in my osage.  The only tree that I have seen damaged was one that layed on the forest floor for quite a few years.  The bark had all fallen off and the borers only went a few rings down.   I still got quite a few staves from that one.

For the official stave count guessing contest, I have those 3 sections plus one more that is about 12-14" diameter.  The count will be from those 4 sections.  If I get any more, I will keep them seperate.     

Here is what I have so far.

SA - 39
Cracker - 43
Blackhawk - 48
Will H - 50
Ridgerunner - 65
Hobow - 36
beetlebailey1977 - 38
Stringstretcher - 70
Strongbow - 45
Seabass - 42
MWirwicki - 72
Elktracker - 47
Medic336 - 53
Ryoon4690 - 60
M-P - 44
Jham - 49
Soy - 55
Justin Snyder - 62
Lee Slikkers - 58
Hatcha - 80
Gus - 77
Matt S - 75
Triggerfinger - 73
Bow Nut - 59
Gutpile - 69
Toomanyknots - 90
Justin Snyder - 62
Weylin - 34
Rainman - 56
Fencepost - 40

[fusizoli]

Oh man what a tree! Fine bow wood for a lifetime (or two )  Congrats!