coreya
Well-Known Member
Just a little more thought on the subject, 1st, The person reporting this is a federal employee and we all know the federal govt doesn"t LIE, 2nd, lets say the tree was there in 1863 and took a bullet, the tree would have to have been large enough to take the hit and survive, say 12" around which would allow a 6" penetration (and would be aprox 6 years old). Now a live oak grows an average of 1/2 " around per year (see link ref live oak Taxonomy, http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/quercu_virginic.htm ) ( I use Live Oak because almost all other types of oaks do not live that long) after 150 years the tree would have a circumfrence of 75" or 6.25 feet and the bullet would be near the center of the tree 3 feet from the outside because the tree grows along the outside 1" or so under the bark.
This is just my personal observation and opinion and since we all know that you can believe everything you read in a paper, I must be mistaken!!
This is just my personal observation and opinion and since we all know that you can believe everything you read in a paper, I must be mistaken!!