The trees were very alive just split in high winds. At the edge of a parking lot and took out a light so the owners did not want to risk the liability of an accident at their store. The trees were green and leafed out.
Thanks,
Mitch
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OK, still, I suggest you cut them into small pieces, they would be easy to handle and store not mentioning the drying time. If the stored wood location is away from the weather and in a well-ventilated place, the smaller wood chunks will dry in about 6 months, the smaller they are the faster they will dry.
You can also consider dry some in the oven for using/turning soon and for that and in the case of pen blanks, cut them at 1" square and put them in a fan forced oven (better and faster drying ovens) weight one blanks before it goes in the oven, let them stay at no more than 60° celsius for at least 24 hours remove the marked/weighed blank and check weight, make a note of that and put it back in the oven for another 24 hours, repeat the weight process, keep doing that until the blank stops losing weight, that will mean it is ready to be worked on.
Don't seal any of the wood chunks you want to put in the oven.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
PS: This wood is of soft nature therefore, it will dry faster than hardwoods.
Cheers
George