River cane question

[Stone Knife]

I have a couple questions regarding river cane. Is it possible that it can be growing here in western NY state? Does anyone have a photo of some in it's natural environment( that would be growing in the wild not in your quiver) and what are the best parts to harvest for arrows. I saw some sort of cane growing today but I'm not sure if it is suitable for arrows. Also does it have to spine out like other arrow shafting?

[Osagetree]

The natural taper of the cane takes care of most spine issues.

Look at the node spacing and wall thickness. There should be no more than 3 or 4 nodes per 30" section. Walls should be thicker in rivercane verses bamboo.

Not sure what I use is rivercane either but it still works. I'll try and get a pic up here in a while.

[ranger 3]

Here is some cane I got from a fellow trad ganger

 
 
 

Howard

[drewsbow]

Jim : If ya want to try some boo shafts let me know and I'll give you some :0)  Drew

[Aeronut]

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Dennis

[TimZeigler]

My advice would be to cut it, dry it, and try it.  You'll never know unless you go for it.  I'm not sure what grows up there, but if its anything like the river cane we have down here, it'll work just fine.

[Pat B]

Its probably not river cane (Arundaneria sp)but it could be one of the Asian bamboos. Like said, cut it,dry it and try it!!!     Pat