Why i cut whitewoods in early Summer

[TradBowyer]

For those of you who wonder why we like to cut whitewoods in the late spring/early summer, well...heres why

https://youtu.be/AH9pN-wxcS8

[Forwardhandle]

Nice vid I'm with you I only cut white woods in the summer the last winter cut hickory I had, I ended up making lams out of after trying to debark it , summer cut hickory debarks just like your vid !

[BMorv]

Yes it debarks easily but watch because some woods will surface check on the back if you don't seal that too.  Like this live oak I cut last week...

[Bowjunkie]

Sometimes you don't have a choice though. I've had to save whitewoods from loggers, firewood choppers, urban sprawl and such after the sap was down. No biggie. Still definitely worth fetchin.

[Bowjunkie]

I've had hickory staves check on the back after removing the bark when it came off in one big piece.

[Roy from Pa]

Sure Tim, I'll take a stave from that..   

Nice video..

[TradBowyer]

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[TradBowyer]

duplicate

[George Tsoukalas]

Very nice. Jawge

[Roy from Pa]

Thanks Tim.

This one if it's ok with you?

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[Possum Head]

In your video you mentioned Maple as one of the Whitewoods you cut. Maples are abundant hear in the Mississippi coastal region but we mostly have Red and some silver maples. do you know if these species are suitable?

[TradBowyer]

Possum,
there are hard maples and soft maples. Hard maple is basically sugar maples which is a more popular bow wood than the soft maples. I've never made a maple self bow so I can't really say with any type of certainty but I've read that bowyers suggest staying away from the soft maples. Hopefully someone with more knowledge of maple self bows will chime in. Built a lot of glass bows using hard maple which has been a standard since Mr. Bear started the mass production glass bow concept.

[YosemiteSam]

Hmm...  Makes me think about the dogwoods I've seen up in the middle elevations...

[Possum Head]

Thanks that's what I thought and our types are soft, much like Poplar.