Thanks for the compliments gents! It's always great to hear words of praise from all the bowlers I admire!
Beadman - I posted a "help identify" post about a year ago and the group though it was basswood. So did my ole man and he's real good with plant IDs. It was winter and harder to ID. They grow in clusters, real straight and tall, along rivers and swampy ditches. There can be hundreds of clusters in one spot. Give me a couple days and I'll head down to a patch close to the house and get you a proper write up on the process, along with arrow specs.