standing dead osage

[osage outlaw]

That's a shame.  Those borers will go down an old limb or knot and do some damage deep inside the wood. 

[Joec123able]

That's a shame.  Those borers will go down an old limb or knot and do some damage deep inside the wood. 

Oh yea they went deep into this tree all the way down to the center.

[paulsemp]

Look it over really good. I've had a lot that I thought was garbage but when you  look at a couple different times sometimes you see a way around it. If the hole go straight through the limb it's not a big deal but when it tracks crossing or up it that can be bad

[Joec123able]

Okay out of 4 staves so far I think I finally found one that's workable. Had to take a ton of wood off the back but hopefully will make a good bow. 

[paulsemp]

There you go! A lot of it that standing stuff I'll go for a belly split right from the beginning to get rid of all that excess dead stuff

[Joec123able]

There you go! A lot of it that standing stuff I'll go for a belly split right from the beginning to get rid of all that excess dead stuff

The rot on the out side wasn't too deep. I did initially split off a few rings on the back to get rid of the little bit of rot and cracks. Bug damage has been the main problem with every stave.