Osage

[BOWMAN53]

Also what do u guys do with the top branches? Firewood?

Wooden Swords for the Kids

for kids? heck id love to have an osage sword for myself!

[JacksonCash]

Very cool. I will be keeping an eye out for it myself now. I live in the middle of a bunch of farms, with nice tree lines dividing them. I'll have to look for some stuff on identifying them.

[Blaflair2]

In the fall u can see the apples from way out. Now I look for the tops of the trees growing real knarly and most I've found are leaned on one another.

[Gus]

Yes Sir...

If it ain't Fall when the Horse Apples will be hanging, I look for the upper branches...
for in the chaos of the tree top will be many Bow Shaped limbs that arch off the Trunk, Scaffolds or each other.
And to me the bark has a kinda Rope look to it.

Also, down here at least, I look for the dark Rust-Red of old Osage in old dead broken off limbs on older trees...

Once you learn what to look for they'll jump out at you... even while driving. 

-gus

[Blaflair2]

U got it Gus, the bark has a orange tint to it inside the deep furrows. I've found all mine while driving