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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Cloudfeather on February 19, 2013, 07:09:52 pm

Title: Osage or something else? Help indentifying...
Post by: Cloudfeather on February 19, 2013, 07:09:52 pm
I was out strolling through my woods, in search of Osage. I found 3 trees like this within about 20 feet of one another. Any idea what this is?
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Post by: SLIMBOB on February 19, 2013, 07:15:46 pm
Bark looks like pecan.  The dead leaf too.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on February 19, 2013, 07:39:13 pm
It may hard to believe, but the first time you see an osage tree, you will know it. Its not a tree you just walk by. Its bark doesnt match any others. The twisty, beefy branches and the orangish hue to some of thier bark. Very different than any others you see daily.
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Post by: blackhawk on February 19, 2013, 08:55:24 pm
Hawthorn ;)
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Post by: Cloudfeather on February 19, 2013, 09:29:20 pm
I might have to go harvest one. The one had a nice, straight piece about 6 feet long and 4 inches in diameter. Maybe get a decent stave out of it.
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Post by: TacticalFate on February 19, 2013, 09:32:20 pm
X2 on blackhawk
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Post by: SA on February 19, 2013, 09:59:08 pm
i say hawthorn too... ya , once you start looking at osage you will be able to pick it out in the dead of winter going 70mph down the highway  :) cant' miss that orange hue.
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Post by: Zion on February 19, 2013, 10:10:40 pm
Harvest it man, hawthorn is great stuff. Doesn't like to be split tho.  ::)
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Post by: beetlebailey1977 on February 19, 2013, 10:21:41 pm
Yeah I say a hawthorn also.....