Mulberry for bow wood

[Muskyman]

Talking with a buddy who mentioned he has a mulberry tree in his backyard. Said that I could take a few limbs.
If I remember right it makes a good bow wood.
Anyone love it, hate it..
I’d be interested in hearing opinions.

Thanks

[Pappy]

Makes an excellent bow, light and snappy. Pappy

[Hamish]

Plenty of guys on here have made bows from mulberry. From memory, they made them like an osage bow, just 1/8"-1/4" more width at the widest part of the limbs.

[Pat B]

Mulberry makes a very good bow. Do it as Hamish suggests and you should be good to go.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I've only used red with no issues, I would suggest tempering it. No comment on white other than guys will tell you the whites are no bueno'.

[JW_Halverson]

I had some mulberry staves and they were excellent. These staves were a pain in the kiester because they were riddled with pin knots. It was a struggle to chase a ring around knots, but the bows were great and I know one is 12 years old and still shooting for the owner.

[Muskyman]

I’m going to stop by my buddies house and see what it looks like. If there’s a couple good looking limbs I’ll harvest them and add them to my stash.
Getting some rain today. First time in a long time. Hope they get some in Canada and it helps with the fires.

[ssrhythm]

This is good to hear...I know where I can get some.  Before this thread, all I knew about Mulberry is that an 8 month old boy that crawls unattended under one when its dropping fruit will have a purple face and an epic case of the shits for three unrelenting days.  Its payback time for that tree next time I'm in Indiana.

[Pat B]

Mulberries typically grow along fence and hedge rows where birds poop the seeds after eating the fruit.