I have a lot of fun making walking sticks, staffs and canes. I love to walk the woods looking for that piece of wood which is just begging to be harvested. I prefer to use trees that have died or which are distressed, and often a stick comes from a pruned limb which will make the larger tree better or more vigorous. I'm not opposed to harvesting live trees if they are abundant and not endangered, it's just more fun to scavenge and bring new life to something that's already dead!