Rocky Mountain Juniper Bow Wood

And the 70 simple composite broadhead arrow division at 262 yards with the same sinew backed juniper bow.

Rocky mountain juniper bow wood.

The 70 primitive simple composite at 343 yards with a ishi style reflexed sinew backed juniper. Creeping juniper juniperus horizontalis is a low shrub with trailing branches near the base and a creeping growth form. Rocky mountain juniper is a dry or more rarely moist subhumid plant which grows well on open exposed bluffs rocky points or ridgetops on southern exposures and in ravines or canyons. They will all make great primitive survival bows if they are backed with.

The low elevation forests consist mostly of utah juniper juniperus osteosperma and colorado pinyon pinus edulis. Juniperus virginiana known as red cedar eastern redcedar virginian juniper eastern juniper red juniper pencil cedar and aromatic cedar is a species of juniper native to eastern north america from southeastern canada to the gulf of mexico and east of the great plains. Here in western colorado we have one seed rocky mountain and utah juniper. Like rocky mountain juniper it has opposite scale like leaves and ascending needle like leaves.

As you move into the western states it s replaced by other closely related species common juniper rocky mountain juniper and a few other species. From what i understand they all are suitable bow woods. Further west it is replaced by the related juniperus scopulorum rocky mountain juniper and to the southwest by. Although the rocky mountain juniper can be found growing in close proximity with utah junipers it prefers sites that are more cool and shady.

Its tough wood was used extensively by first peoples for making bows turner 1979. My plan is to have a sinew backed reflexed bow with stiff tips that will weigh in at around 50 28. Eastern red cedar is in the juniper family and it is very common throughout the east and midwest. Rocky mountain juniper is widely distributed in western north america.

All of the native junipers are valuable ornamental species and many horticultural varieties have been developed. The 70 primitive self bow record at 332 yards with a hickory recurved bow with a heat treated belly. Within its range the distribution is very scattered little 1971. However the concentrations generally follow the rocky mountains with isolated patches further east.

The seed cones of creeping juniper are similar but attach to branch tips by short recurved stalks. The wood of red cedar is very durable and is used for lance shafts bows and other items. I ll be headed up next weekend to harvest some juniper staves. Rocky mountain juniper juniperus scopulorum is common in bryce s middle elevations.

Rocky mountain juniper is. Flutes made from juniper wood were highly regarded by the cheyenne.