Rocky Mountain Juniper Bow Wood

Its tough wood was used extensively by first peoples for making bows turner 1979.

Rocky mountain juniper bow wood.

Like rocky mountain juniper it has opposite scale like leaves and ascending needle like leaves. Rocky mountain juniper is widely distributed in western north america. However the concentrations generally follow the rocky mountains with isolated patches further east. Coupled with two inner lams of bamboo this is one of the most aesthetically beautiful bows as well as an exceptional performer.

The rocky mountain juniper wood of the cheetah boasts the most diverse character of any of the woods. And the 70 simple composite broadhead arrow division at 262 yards with the same sinew backed juniper bow. Further west it is replaced by the related juniperus scopulorum rocky mountain juniper and to the southwest by. My plan is to have a sinew backed reflexed bow with stiff tips that will weigh in at around 50 28.

Within its range the distribution is very scattered little 1971. Rocky mountain juniper is. The 70 primitive simple composite at 343 yards with a ishi style reflexed sinew backed juniper. Flutes made from juniper wood were highly regarded by the cheyenne.

Although the rocky mountain juniper can be found growing in close proximity with utah junipers it prefers sites that are more cool and shady. I ll be headed up next weekend to harvest some juniper staves. 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. 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. Here in western colorado we have one seed rocky mountain and utah juniper. Rocky mountain juniper juniperus scopulorum is common in bryce s middle elevations. The 70 primitive self bow record at 332 yards with a hickory recurved bow with a heat treated belly.

The wood of red cedar is very durable and is used for lance shafts bows and other items. The low elevation forests consist mostly of utah juniper juniperus osteosperma and colorado pinyon pinus edulis. The seed cones of creeping juniper are similar but attach to branch tips by short recurved stalks. Eastern red cedar is in the juniper family and it is very common throughout the east and midwest.

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.