Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bobbykelley on February 25, 2013, 07:09:28 pm
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My back yard is a swamp but my neighbors backyard I can get in, at least more then mine. Well he said I could cut some tree's so I picked up some leaves and was wondering if I could get some help in iding them. I think two of them maybe red maple but not sure on the others. Thanks in advance.
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I believe there is a sweetgum and perhaps a buckeye in there. The two on the botto look like too many kinds of trees around here. The others may be maples hard to tell.
Kip
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sweetgum is the 5 pointed star, the ovate ones might be cherry, and the others might be maple. Better pics would help.
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The two palmate ones on the left are sweet gum. Where do you live. That makes a differencs as to what trees grow there.
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I live in north Florida. These tree's are growing on a creek bank. Can sweet gum make a good bow?
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If you can get it to split it probably would make a good bow. Sweetgum is more fiberous than elm.
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If you find any of the little round spike balls laying around, then the five point leafs are from sweetgum.
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Can sweet gum make a good bow?
it can. I had a stave and let it dry for several months as a whole log. When I went to split it the grain was way too twisted. Other than that I wasn't terrible to split. I've had a more difficult time splitting oak than sweet gum. It does smell sweet though!