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Offline Justin.schmidt23

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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2016, 12:37:07 pm »
Quote from: mullet on July 21, 2016, 07:02:25 am
I've never seen Red Mulberry in our neck of the woods. Most of the Mulberry down here is White Mulberry and is better, a very close Cousin to Osage. Also, don't rule out Magnolia.

OK I'll see if I can't find a good piece of hickory. If I cut down our 1 magnolia tree my wife will skin me lol
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2016, 04:06:35 pm »
Ok what is this guy? I scraped the bark and it smells VERY spicy I'm thinking elm


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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2016, 06:22:54 pm »
Hard to tell just seeing the bark. Most of the elm you see in Ocala is crooked and twisted. Very hard to find a pice that isn't twisted like a Barber's pole and small in diameter. The bark almost looks like hickory but it would be easier to ID with a pictures of some leaves, too.
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2016, 06:34:59 pm »


Also found this guy, I'm thinking it's hickory

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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2016, 06:40:56 pm »
The bottom one is hickory. I'm trying to find my tree book for the top one. It's on the tip of my tongue but I'm not sure. Also the 3 day Archery shoot is in Ocala August 5-7. I'll be up there.
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2016, 07:00:19 pm »
Ok I'd be interested to know what it is. I'm slowly figuring out what is what. The bark kinda throws me off here's a pic of the bark for the 2nd one I posted, kinda looks like ash.

Sweet so will I. I don't have a bow to shoot but I'll be there
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2016, 07:07:12 pm »
Got it, Camphor. That's why it smells spicey. I new I had seen it, I pass one two houses down everyday I go to work.
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2016, 07:10:08 pm »
Ok awesome thanks for all the help. Is camphor bow material or should I just stick with hickory? Seems like all of have is oak, and some hickory and A LOT of pine lol. Hope to see you at the shoot
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2016, 07:34:29 pm »
Never seen Ash down here and I'd stick with the Hickory if you have it. I'll probably be at the shoot Sat-Sun.
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2016, 07:38:04 pm »
Ok will do. Hope to see you there
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2016, 12:20:07 am »
Unfortunately the one we thought was hickory is in fact chinaberry. Bummer
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #26 on: July 22, 2016, 01:16:34 am »
Chinaberry is in the top ten bow woods according to the formula on the wood database. I wouldn't know personally having never worked it, but would try it based on it's physical properties. You should check out that website. It lists all the woods by species and includes physical properties, photos of grain, common uses, and tons of other useful info.
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #27 on: July 22, 2016, 02:41:05 am »
Wow that's good to know. Trying to distinguish between trees is a lot harder than I thought it would be
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2016, 02:48:48 am »
You should try doing it during the winter without any leaves or better yet a buddy drops a log off for you and all he knows is it's a hardwood of some kind.

It only gets easier from here. Get a good field ID book and learn the terminology to used to describe the leaf, bark, and growth characteristics. If you use the right words in the search bar, google will give you the right ID a fair amount of the time.
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Re: Can someone help me identify these woods?
« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2016, 03:25:24 pm »
Yeah I'm starting to learn it with the oppisite/alternate leaves and furrowed bark and what not.
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