green wood question

[Blacktail]

i found a pondarose pine that had blown over..i am wanting to play with the wood for arrow shafts....so i did some splitting of the wood and let it sit over night..when i went back out the next day i seen that the wood had some sap coming out...SO,do you think the wood is still wet or green....i trying to figure out how long it will take to dry...thanks john

[Pat B]

John, for arrows you want well seasoned wood. I'd give it at least a year and more would be better.

[crooketarrow]

  I've never use pondsrose pine so a year sounds ok to me.

[Pat B]

Ponderosa pine shafting is known commercially as Chundo.