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jake411	minnesota bow woods	Lead	[-]
Posts: 82 Jan 7 11 5:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I live in mideastern minnesota pretty close to wisconsin. Lately i have been wanting to make a few selfbows but since i live in the arctic tundra not much grows here. I have tons of black ash available to me but i don't think that i want to try that. If anybody else know of some good bow woods in minnesota pleas tell me because i dont want to pay an arm and a leg for a quetionable stave on ebay.
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200yrslate		#1	[-]
Posts: 13 Jan 7 11 6:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I live in south central mn and here we have white ash and juniper, thats all I can come up with off the top of my head. I have a book about midwest bows but its mia right now Ill poke around and see if I can find it.
200yrslate		#2	[-]
Posts: 13 Jan 7 11 6:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You could go with oak too.
wharfrat		#3	[-]
Posts: 28 Jan 7 11 6:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You should be able to find sugar maple, hickory, hackberry, white ash, elm, slippery elm, and various oaks. I just finished a mollie bow made from a hickory tree cut down in Belle Plaine Mn- that was one dense piece of wood and made a sweet bow. I am currently working with a piece of slippery elm cut down from the same place as the hickory bow I just finished. It is going to be another mollegabet type bow. I have bought some staves from ebay and have good luck with these staves.
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staveshaver		#4	[-]
Posts: 148 Jan 7 11 10:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I live in Oklahoma, But I bought a hickory stave at OJAM , the guy said it was from Minnesota , no reason to doubt him I guess. it is the best hickory Ive ever worked with.
fiddler49		#5	[-]
Posts: 3236 Jan 8 11 2:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lad, you live in a bow wood paradise compared to the real arctic tundra. cheers fiddler49
jake411		#6	[-]
Posts: 82 Jan 8 11 5:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	thanks guys i guess i should get better at identification: )
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