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Offline Shot Caller

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Bamboo ID
« on: May 27, 2015, 08:40:36 pm »
i purchased some land in Oklahoma that has a creek running through it. It has this bamboo all down the creek. I saw a house that borders the creek and it looked like they had planted bamboo in their backyard for screen cover and it spread down the creek. My questions are -- what kind of boo is it and will it make good arrow wood?
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Re: Bamboo ID
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2015, 08:48:45 pm »
Another pic.
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Re: Bamboo ID
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2015, 08:53:06 pm »
Last pic.
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Re: Bamboo ID
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2015, 09:12:55 pm »
what diameter are the shafts, it could be River cane, Tecta is a smaller species of river cane, could be Japanese arrow cane, which is used widely as an ornamental, all will make excellent arrows.
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Re: Bamboo ID
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2015, 10:05:06 pm »
The diameters vary greatly. Some were less than 3/8 and other established ones were huge in diameter like 4 inches. It's not River cane , it is a non native bamboo I just don't know what kind.
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Re: Bamboo ID
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2015, 11:06:18 pm »
Whatever it is, it should make some decent arrows.
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Re: Bamboo ID
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2015, 08:11:12 pm »
simple solution, go ask the home owners.
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Re: Bamboo ID
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2015, 08:15:23 pm »
Large node spacing like that is a good sign for good arrow material. Cut a likely candidate and show us a pic of how thick the walls are. I haven't seen any boo in Oklahoma that gets that large so im guessing you are correct, it is not native. Where at btw?
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Re: Bamboo ID
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2015, 02:37:44 pm »
I think that's what they call Chinese bamboo. good for fishing poles. never seen arrows made from it.
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