This afternoon I found a beautiful holly tree at the deer camp. It is almost perfectly straight. I could get maybe four staves with the largest approximately 18-20" in diameter. I didn't have time to care for it properly so I left it for later.

Open to suggestions... I remember a holly mollegamette quite a while back.  

Holly is bad to check.
I don't know if I've seen a holly bow. arrows maybe but not bows.

Holly will be very difficult to dry and the wood isn't very strong, it is a brilliant white color however that I have used for tips.

Forget it Red..

You guys just saved a tree. I've developed the bad habit of looking for bows in every tree. Ha! Ha! But it is such a straight tree with very few limbs.

Hey red they can make nice walking sticks insert a deer antler and they look really cool I have tied a knot in young sapling and let it grow that will give you a nice domed handle
Don't know if it's up your street that one but it keeps the mind busy waiting for the rain to stop

i have read of some pretty good bow built from holly- do a search on here.-i just typed in "holly" forv a search on the bowyers bench.
got this one
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=000381;p=1.
we have some growing here- and i keep threatening to go and cut some.