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Title: Scrub oak bow wood
Post by: Muskoxman on March 18, 2012, 11:32:00 PM

I've got a bunch of scrub oak on my place. Just wondering if it would be good to make a bow out of ?

Thanks, John

Title: Re: Scrub oak bow wood
Post by: William F. Adams on March 19, 2012, 06:43:00 AM

Scrub oak is more of a size / shape / locale than species descriptor. Could it be Gambel? The Anasazi used that for their bows.

Title: Re: Scrub oak bow wood
Post by: okie64 on March 19, 2012, 08:33:00 AM

Depends on what you're callin scrub oak. Around here we have lots of post oaks and they will take over an abandoned field in just a few years. Everyone calls them scrub oaks but they are actually in the white oak family and can be used to make good selfbows if you can find a straight one free of limbs.

Title: Re: Scrub oak bow wood
Post by: Muskoxman on March 19, 2012, 01:23:00 PM

i guess it is Quercus gambelii, or Gambel oak. I guess its more of a brush. I do have some thats about 8 inches across the butt and fairly straight.

Title: Re: Scrub oak bow wood
Post by: Muskoxman on March 20, 2012, 11:34:00 AM

T.H.T.

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