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fredie

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good flordia bow woods
« on: May 14, 2015, 03:15:47 pm »
hey every one hope you are all doing well . im wondering what is a good bow wood down hear in flordia any suggestions . let me know please -fred
 
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Offline sleek

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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2015, 04:17:17 pm »
In my experience any fruit tree makes a good bow. I have seen palm bows. Also any nut procuding tree.  There is wood down there. Just gadda figure out how to use it.
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Offline alwayslookin

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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2015, 04:18:33 pm »
Where are you at in fl? I'm near Tampa area there's quite a few guys on here in fl. Good Florida woods are gonna be oak, crepe myrtle, mulberry, dogwood, hickory(if your in northern fl) fruit trees that's all I can think of that I have near me at least.  Hope this helps
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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2015, 04:33:31 pm »
There's Hackberry too
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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2015, 04:45:23 pm »
Buttonwood, snake wood, Swamp Ash, Sea Grape, mangrove...
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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2015, 04:48:36 pm »
Mangrove legal to cut?
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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2015, 05:54:14 pm »
No, but If you keep an eye out it can be found from proper clearing, building, development...welcome to FL. ::)
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« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2015, 09:27:42 pm »
thanks to every one and im in north east flordia so ill look around for some fruit trees that could be cut . to my sadness I have not seen dog wood . I will look into palm wood . what does mulberry look like ?
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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2015, 09:50:59 pm »
Mulberry looks like osage. But thats of no help to youn yellow heartwood white sap. Blackberry looking berries in it that are red before ripe.
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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2015, 12:18:15 am »
Carrot wood, down here in Southwest Florida (Fort Myers) is a common invasive exotic species that makes good tension/backing wood anyway.  Not so hot in compression though.  Lots of other exotics here to play with.
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Offline alwayslookin

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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2015, 04:41:27 pm »
The palms we have in Florida are not gonna make a bow. I believe the only palm used for bows is black palm.
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Offline half eye

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Re: good flordia bow woods
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2015, 05:14:08 pm »
fredie,
    Dont know squat about florida wood, but do you have crepe myrtle? if so I have some bows made from it and have made one from it. It is very "snappy" wood and makes a good,strong short bow. The stuff I am familiar with came from south Georgia so if you have it and it's the same it will make a very good bow.
    The thin bark scrapes off fairly easily after drying (will prevent checks) using a pocket knife.....and I understand you need to tie it down to keep it from gettin kiddy-wampus. Hope that helps a little.
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