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<blockquote data-quote="Lost Lake" data-source="post: 5018990" data-attributes="member: 12599"><p>It's a French word for "Wood of the Bow". The early trappers noticed that the Osage Indians preferred this wood for their bows. It's native to the Red River drainage of Oklahoma and Kansas, down into Texas. I love it for my bows as well.</p><p></p><p>It was transplanted here years ago to be used as natural fence rows, mainly on large Plantations. It's almost impossible to kill off once it takes hold. After it was planted in long rows as fence lines, it can be trimmed back every so often, and "suckers" will come back on the stumps, and the row will be even thicker and thornier.</p><p></p><p>The branches can be trimmed and bunched up tightly and used as livestock corrals if needed. I've heard that the Confederates in Franklin used that tactic as barriers against the Union.</p><p></p><p>A few of the farms I used to hunt and collect it from are full of it, and on occasion, I have noticed deer eating the fruit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lost Lake, post: 5018990, member: 12599"] It's a French word for "Wood of the Bow". The early trappers noticed that the Osage Indians preferred this wood for their bows. It's native to the Red River drainage of Oklahoma and Kansas, down into Texas. I love it for my bows as well. It was transplanted here years ago to be used as natural fence rows, mainly on large Plantations. It's almost impossible to kill off once it takes hold. After it was planted in long rows as fence lines, it can be trimmed back every so often, and "suckers" will come back on the stumps, and the row will be even thicker and thornier. The branches can be trimmed and bunched up tightly and used as livestock corrals if needed. I've heard that the Confederates in Franklin used that tactic as barriers against the Union. A few of the farms I used to hunt and collect it from are full of it, and on occasion, I have noticed deer eating the fruit. [/QUOTE]
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