Well, a guy from the power company stopped by a few days ago to tell me they were going to be cutting down the sapplings growing around the edge of my pond under the power lines. (They also cut down my neighbors bamboo garden which I'm sorting through now for good arrow shafts and flutes.) Anyway, I woke up yesterday and went outside to find not only the saplings cut down, but also a mature malburry tree (already completely chipped up) and another tree I haven't identified yet which I stopped them from chipping up. They were just getting ready to start cutting down my walnut tree so I made them leave the trunk of it as well. Between the 2 trees I should be able to get at least a dozen or more good staves to put up for next year. Add those to the persimmon staves I'll be getting and I guess I'm all set to really get into bowery next year.
I'm picking up a seasoned hickory stave later today I should be able to get 2 bows out of. Now I need 1 or 2 other types of wood, already seasoned, to make bows out of this year while my own staves dry out for next year. I want to do a build along so I can get tips and advices from some of you guys. But, I haven't been able to post any pics here.