Osage or something else? Help indentifying...

[Cloudfeather]

I was out strolling through my woods, in search of Osage. I found 3 trees like this within about 20 feet of one another. Any idea what this is?

[SLIMBOB]

Bark looks like pecan.  The dead leaf too.

[PEARL DRUMS]

It may hard to believe, but the first time you see an osage tree, you will know it. Its not a tree you just walk by. Its bark doesnt match any others. The twisty, beefy branches and the orangish hue to some of thier bark. Very different than any others you see daily.

[blackhawk]

Hawthorn

[Cloudfeather]

I might have to go harvest one. The one had a nice, straight piece about 6 feet long and 4 inches in diameter. Maybe get a decent stave out of it.

[TacticalFate]

X2 on blackhawk

[SA]

i say hawthorn too... ya , once you start looking at osage you will be able to pick it out in the dead of winter going 70mph down the highway  cant' miss that orange hue.

[Zion]

Harvest it man, hawthorn is great stuff. Doesn't like to be split tho. 

[beetlebailey1977]

Yeah I say a hawthorn also.....