Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: iowabow on July 18, 2012, 03:24:28 pm
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Autumn olive saplings. This shaft is 550ish shot from 48 # recurve bow. Bare shaft test. I think they shoot real nice and grow all over. Very little straighting was done. This shaft was straightened by hand no heat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oui-gperaE&feature=youtube_gdata_player (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oui-gperaE&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
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Nice vid john! No point or nock wrap. That was brave w/o the wrap. If it is olive, I've had my eye on a few around the house. I'm always lookin for invasive arrow materials...i.e MFR. Savin the world one arrow shaft @ a time. ;) dpgratz
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Not sure of the name of this tree so of anyone knows its name please ring in.
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That doesn't look like the olive we have around here. does it have smallish thorns on it? The stuff we have does. dp
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No so i sent an emal to a fotestry friend.
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That looks like the little dogwood patch next to your yard. Right below the cherry tree that I was eyeballing. Definitely good shaft there! Josh
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dogwood
redosier
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They made real nice shafts. Gun doc next time you are here we will go cut you some.
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And there you go John, some of the best native arrow wood available...right in your own yard.
8)dpg
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John, these multi stemmed shrubs have dogwood type leaves, the leaves are opposite on the stem like a dogwood and have fruit like one of the shrub dogwoods. If it is not red osier it is another one of the shrub dogwoods. They all make very good shafts.
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And there you go John, some of the best native arrow wood available...right in your own yard.
8)dpg
Funny I have been all over looking for great shaft material and it was 10yards from the house all along! Live and learn.
Thank you Pat. I did hear back from the forester and she thinks it is dogwood as well. They make real nice shafts but are just a little heavy.
Has any one made a set of dogwood arrows ? I would like to know how it went. Do you try to shave the thicker end?
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Lol! I was wondering why you were cutting willow when you had all that dogwood growing so close. It makes sense now. I have a bunch of it around my place as well. I use a thumb plane to shave down the big end of the shaft. I use dogwood shoot arrows for my heavier draw bows and honeysuckle for the lighter ones. Dogwood shafts are very tough. Josh
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Lol! I was wondering why you were cutting willow when you had all that dogwood growing so close. It makes sense now. I have a bunch of it around my place as well. I use a thumb plane to shave down the big end of the shaft. I use dogwood shoot arrows for my heavier draw bows and honeysuckle for the lighter ones. Dogwood shafts are very tough. Josh
Aver Honeysuckle? The bush that stays green late and greena up early?
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Lonicera maackii(amur honeysuckle) the stems are hollow so they make pretty light shafts with good spine. Straightening can be tricky if your not patient, but they stay pretty straight and are fairly tough and resilient. Josh
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Cool i cut one of those the other day. I will try it
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I littley cut and sold 1000' and 1000's of shoots, it's dog wood. ALTERNET dog wood what it's called here in WV. When they hit 3 to 4 years old there 3/8 and you can find plenty of straight ones. It's always been my # 1 shoot arrow.
All dog wood has about the same leaves the pic. of the shoots bark (little darker specks) red orier don't have this. Only ALTERNET dog wood has this that cofirms it to me.
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Looks like grey dogwood (Cornus racemosa) from the pics. Not sure if that's the same as alternet but agree it's not red osier.
Tracy