And while you're workin on Mom and Dad and workin on your new board, also find out what kind of trees and shrubs grow in your neighborhood and learn to identify them, then keep your eye out for the neighborhood tree pruners and you can find yourself in a goldmine of good branches to make bows from and it wont even cost you a dime. Mom and Dad might let yo take a branch from something in your yard (just has to be the right stuff - that's where the learnin to ID comes in). Course you got to learn how to season them branches (boards are faster) and then.......oh well you got lots of time ...we all know you're going to be addicted so one thing at a time
moral is: it don't have to cost anything for good bow wood. I've gathered piles of it and it didn't cost me a dime.
And if you want hickory from Lowes don't look at the wood section go to the tool handle section and get yourself a wheelbarrow handle - 60" long and almost 2" square. $12 Sometimes it's Ash and it's easy to find perfectly quartersawn straight grain stuff.
