Today I finished a project that I started in late July.  Harvesting a monster osage tree.  This tree fell over a creekbed several years ago.  My brother-in-law and Dad helped me cut it and drag it out.  After that, I did the rest.  Here are a few pics.

The tree

 

The rings

 

My brother-in-law helping out

 

I had to split it into chunks so we could get it out of the creek

 

Sections waiting to be split into staves

 

My pile of shavings

 

109 staves and 6 billets from one osage tree  

 

Holy crap!    

I thought we had some big osage trees around here, but that thing is HUGE! Those should keep you busy for a while!

Man what a haul! Give a yell scrub if you need help getting rid of those things   :D

Absolutely fantastic, by the looks of it you could get a few more out of a couple of those.

Um, wow.  Something tells me that you can benchpress more than me.

You are the man Clint....

Not only the biggest but the STRAIGHTEST osage iv'e ever seen. Well done!!!

Scott

Wow!  What a haul and a bunch of work.  Nicely done.

What are you going to do tomorrow?  

QuoteOriginally posted by Ranger44:
Wow!  What a haul and a bunch of work.  Nicely done.

What are you going to do tomorrow?      

Lay on the couch and rest.

Awesome supply of bow wood, great job on the major task.

WOW, good work.

I hate you....I truely do.

WOW your out of control! is that how your arms got so big?  

That just ain't right. No sir it isn't.
We don't have 1 decent tree in all of Alberta to make a bow from  :(   and you get 109 osage staves from a single tree.
You are one lucky guy.
Pete

You are one very lucky and determined man. Many of us wish we could get our hands on one or two pieces to make a Osage bow from.

How tall was that tree?? Anybody know where the Grand National Champion Osage tree is?? I'm thinking that one would have at least been in the running...
Rick

I'm not sure how tall it is.  I got 4 sections out of it.  There is at least 1 more section left in the woods.  This tree fell across the property line and my neighbor is real funny about what he allows on his property.  I doubt he would want me running a chainsaw on his side of the line.  I cut as much as I could without going onto his property.

Well I just shucked three staves today and I can say you are a tough man.  I only wish my staves were that straight.  I might be able to get motivated for wood that nice.  Great find and great job taking advantage of it!

TroutGuide

That tree is one in a milion.....have never seen anything like it.  Outstanding!

That is just awesome, I bet I seen a 109 staves today. To bad they were all still in the trees!