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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Tree ID
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2014, 01:38:51 pm »
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2014, 06:10:59 pm »
I've only used red osier for arrows. If you can get some big enough it should make a pretty good bow but I don't know that for sure.
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Offline kleinpm

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« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2014, 07:34:08 pm »
I made a kids bow out of a fairly large red osier, maybe 3.5 feet long. I left the bark on and tillered the thick end to match the thin end.

It was actually a pretty sweet little bow and seemed to hold up just fine, until my son used it as a shovel.  :o

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Offline Blaflair2

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« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2014, 08:48:33 pm »
Gotta love kids man
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Offline lostarrow

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« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2014, 10:02:53 pm »
Quote from: TRACY on February 24, 2014, 01:09:09 pm
Usually don't find red osier that big of diameter. ?

 The mature tree looks nothing like the pretty red shoots. If you didn't see the leaves you might think it was a different tree. They will get that big here in SW Ontario , but not up North. 2-3" max
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