Bigfoot":1aogbogl said:I've got one lonesome Osage orange on my place. I've always wanted to rob a limb, and try to make a bow.
Side note:
Although useless, and unedible, I have one old doe that really likes them. Keep expecting to find her choked to death under the tree.
I had always heard how good of posts they made. Had a friend of mine haul me a load from Illinois. There's must be different than everyone elses. It's hard as a wood peckers lips but the ants have riddled them something awfulCaddoFarms":2m1rw0sq said:Up in MO we called them osage orange. Since coming down to TX I've learned they call it Bodarc I believe. And from what I understand they make long lasting fence posts correct?
I've had to have the vet out on 2 separate occasions due to calf getting 'choked ' on a hedge ball. It's was a life or death situation both times.They can't eat or drink, then start to bloat. Vet punctures them with this apparatus, & also uses a tube through it's mouth to push hedge ball down.thankfully both calves survived.Bigfoot":udiwk3rj said:I've got one lonesome Osage orange on my place. I've always wanted to rob a limb, and try to make a bow.
Side note:
Although useless, and unedible, I have one old doe that really likes them. Keep expecting to find her choked to death under the tree.
CaddoFarms":2zs4ocni said:Up in MO we called them osage orange. Since coming down to TX I've learned they call it Bodarc I believe. And from what I understand they make long lasting fence posts correct?
Caustic Burno":2hg2akxs said:CaddoFarms":2hg2akxs said:Up in MO we called them osage orange. Since coming down to TX I've learned they call it Bodarc I believe. And from what I understand they make long lasting fence posts correct?
It is actually Bois D'arc from the French explorers as with anything else it gets lost in translation and time.
It literally means bow wood in french