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Title: Identifying osage orange
Post by: stone road turkey calls on December 07, 2011, 08:09:54 AM
how do you Identify a osage fence post, I live in georgia there may not be many If any here any tips.
Title: Re: Identifying osage orange
Post by: lightsoutcalls on December 07, 2011, 10:35:39 AM
If you try to drive a 16d nail into it and it bends... it might be osage orange.  ;D

Seriously though, the osage fence posts I have acquired from a landowner were dark gray in color and I would have had no idea what they were other than old and hard.  If you have a folding hand saw like you use for pruning limbs while hunting, you could saw just deep enough to produce some sawdust.  If the dust comes out bright yellow, it is osage.  You would likely only have to cut 1/4" deep, which would not compromise the strength of the post if it were not osage. 
Title: Re: Identifying osage orange
Post by: Houndstooth Game Calls on December 07, 2011, 06:47:38 PM
Get you a chainsaw and proceed to cut the fence post down if you havent cut through it in 15 to 20 minutes and the chainsaw is smoking like heck with sparks flying good bet its osage!! :TooFunny: Its every where here in west AL fence post and standing wood so great gnarly stuff!!!
Title: Re: Identifying osage orange
Post by: tyelper on December 28, 2011, 10:35:26 AM
hedge apple trees,,,,,,,
Title: Re: Identifying osage orange
Post by: pappy on December 28, 2011, 11:07:38 AM
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/ace250semo/hedge.jpg)
this hedge is in georgia......
Title: Re: Identifying osage orange
Post by: nx95240 on December 28, 2011, 06:52:35 PM
here NOTHING around me. wish there were..
Title: Re: Identifying osage orange
Post by: stone road turkey calls on December 28, 2011, 07:29:21 PM
Wonder how that would look with one of them limbs sawed off.