Go hit up your local game lands...ya have two nearby....numbers 56 and 157....and go whack a sapling or two down
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ya should have hickories,oaks,hard maple,elms,hophornbeam, n plus a few others around...don't be too specific species oriented of the ones I listed...just look for any of those that are clean,free of knots n limbs,n most importantly straight grained....if the stature looks straight but the bark twists up the tree like a candy cane(extreme example) then leave it alone...the bark will tell ya most times if its clean n straight wood underneath....go harvest a few saplings and reduce em down to near bow dimension n seal em up good,n while there drying for a month or two learn how to choose proper grain in lumber n go pick up some (in order of preference) hickory,maple,white oak,or red oak lumber n cut your bowmaking teef on em
Welcome to pa fellow pennsyltuckian
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go steelers!!!! Sorry your so close to philthydelphia
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all the better bowyers in this state that hang out on any of the forums are over here in western pa
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...n that's a fact