Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: medic336 on February 22, 2011, 08:00:27 pm
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Trying to determine the species of this tree without being invasive. Any help would be appreciated. Its about 60" at the stump and about 70' tall. Maybe black locust just the largest I've seen around here. . Hoping for a stray Osage. What do you guys think?
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didn't see any thorns.
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Looks like osage to me. Cut a branch and you will know for sure.
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Thanks Pat. Will do some cutting as soon as I get the time.
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Looks like osage to me. Can you get a pic of a twig?
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Man! If there is Osage that big in Alabama, I'm ready for a road trip.
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There are some bigger that that if you know where to look. ::)
I dont cut Osage trees that big. Thay are to hard to bust.
Could be that I am just lazy. :D
David
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Yea, that's osage. And David: Judging by the day me and you tackled that one tree - you ain't lazy ;D.
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It also looks like a big mature Locust. My father-n-law has a big mature tree in his yard, in WV that looks just like that one.
I suppose you just located it or you would have seen the big grapefruit balls on the ground this past fall. I'm not certain how long they lay before they deteriorate into the ground. I am not certain that "all" Osage drop fruit each year???
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Looks like a big gnarly osage tree to me.
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went to break off a piece(didn't have saw) and found the thorns that I didn't see before. I now have several small lacerations on hands and arms. Still not sure how I didn't see those thorns. Now time to get permission from the land owner to climb and get a few good straight limbs from it. Still haven't seen any heartwood.Thanks for the replies. I had no Idea there was any Osage within 150 miles of this area.
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It also looks like a big mature Locust. My father-n-law has a big mature tree in his yard, in WV that looks just like that one.
I suppose you just located it or you would have seen the big grapefruit balls on the ground this past fall. I'm not certain how long they lay before they deteriorate into the ground. I am not certain that "all" Osage drop fruit each year???
Osage trees are dioeocious-seperate male and female trees.Only the females have fruit.
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Thanks Hillbilly, I did not know that about the female/male difference of Osage. I guess there's no difference in bow quality of the two.
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Longhunter, some say there is a difference. I don't have access to enough osage to make that call. IMO it is all good! ;D
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I could never tell but the old guy I learned from said that female trees away from water (thin ringed 1/16 down to 5/32) made the best bows. I've made lots of bows of each close rings up to 1/4". even made a bow out oif one ring once (1/2") it also turner out good. TO MANY VAIRABLES MALE,FEMALE, RING SIZE, LEANTH OF BOWS,POUNDAGE. I COULD NEVER SEE ANY DIFFERENCES.
I'd say it looks like O'SAGE.
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Looks like Osage to me,I'm with David never cut them that big at least if they are gnarly as that one appears to be. :)
Pappy
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Well its osage for sure. Went by Sunday afternoon and the line crews had been out on Saurday and cutalot of the upper limbs. Unfortunatly all they left was alot of tangled up stringy pieces of wood. Did pick up a few small pieces intact maybe I can get a bow out of something but will probably have to splice this stuff to get long enough. Got a couple of pics of the rings and grain .
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The ring pic is 3"actual size width,pretty tight ringed stuff. Still lots of good long straight limbs in the top. Gotta find out who owns it. Thanks for the Help ya'll.
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Well can't get anymore wood than what I scavenged. Tree is Part of a National Historic site. Seems the Cabin of Principal Chief of the Cherokee(Chief John Ross) just before the Indian removal(Trail Of Tears) was about 30 yards from this tree and was bought by the Land Mark society and is protected by the National Park Service. Do have a few pieces I was able to pic up off the ground that the tree guys left behind. Wonder if the chief planted that old tree to make bows out of. ???