Scrub oak bow wood

[Muskoxman]

I've got a bunch of scrub oak on my place. Just wondering if it would be good to make a bow out of ?

Thanks, John

[William F. Adams]

Scrub oak is more of a size / shape / locale than species descriptor. Could it be Gambel? The Anasazi used that for their bows.

[okie64]

Depends on what you're callin scrub oak. Around here we have lots of post oaks and they will take over an abandoned field in just a few years. Everyone calls them scrub oaks but they are actually in the white oak family and can be used to make good selfbows if you can find a straight one free of limbs.

[Muskoxman]

i guess it is Quercus gambelii, or Gambel oak. I guess its more of a brush. I do have some thats about 8 inches across the butt and fairly straight.

[Muskoxman]

T.H.T.