I had a self bowyer i met many years ago at a long bow safari contact me saying that he has a bunch of shag bark hickory staves he'd like to find a home for. They were harvested in Missouri about 6 years ago and are very high quality straight grained staves.
If anyone is interested in having some these to build bows from, please let me know. He said he would drop a bunch off at my shop in the future. I have no idea what the value of these is. i never asked him what he wanted for them. But he doesn't want to mess with shipping. Said he'd bring me a truck load if i can find bowyers that want them.
let me know if you are interested. Kirk
You can't beat good, straight grain hickory for selfbows and especially in dryer climates. There are plenty of self bowyers in the NW so they shouldn't be hard to get rid of. Shipping would probably cost what the staves are worth.
Kirk, if you'd like I'll post this on Primitive Archer and have folks contact you for info.