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Offline Almostpighunter

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Tree ID help- Is this Juniper?
« on: May 11, 2012, 04:38:30 am »
Anyone have any idea? I'm hoping it's juniper or a viable bow wood as I walked through a forest of this stuff today.

Offline Almostpighunter

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Re: Tree ID help- Is this Juniper?
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2012, 04:39:55 am »
sorry for the sideways pics  :'(...always happens when I take on the spot photos with my cell phone... :-[

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Re: Tree ID help- Is this Juniper?
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2012, 07:52:26 am »
Yup  ;)

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Re: Tree ID help- Is this Juniper?
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2012, 02:19:34 pm »
Dang small pics, but the blue "berries" give it away.   It's juniper of some sort, so find a straight piece and make a bow!    Ron
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Offline bubby

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Re: Tree ID help- Is this Juniper?
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2012, 03:02:37 pm »
yep juniper, gonna start plans for a west coast na bow?Bub
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Offline darwin

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Re: Tree ID help- Is this Juniper?
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2012, 05:50:56 pm »
definitely juniper do you have plans for that tree?

Offline Almostpighunter

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Re: Tree ID help- Is this Juniper?
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2012, 04:15:25 am »
Oh yeah! Great news! I been looking for wood to harvest myself, but most of the mesquite in the area has been cleared out. There's still a massive amount around (heck I live in Vegas next to a town called Mesquite) but have been reluctant to take the recon drive not knowing where I am going. I was completely SURROUNDED by juniper this weekend and know exactly where to go now! Nice thing is the trees are pretty big and I can probably just harvest large limbs as I need them as opposed to cutting down the trees.  Also there are plenty of dead trees lying on their side as well that I can work with...but I'm not sure if that is a good idea or not.


Offline dmikeyj

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Re: Tree ID help- Is this Juniper?
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2012, 10:25:16 am »
Watch out for twist in the limbs you choose.  Also- bugs love juniper sapwood, might not have much luck on the dead trees.

Mike