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Offline PeteC

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Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow with new pictures of arrow and hunt
« on: April 22, 2009, 04:32:21 pm »
I'm having trouble with this new Picasa 3 program .Can't size the pics like the Olympus program.But I'll try again. This is an eastern hophornbeam specialty,"tilapia hunter",for use in water shallow enough to shoot a free cane arrow,at least 40" long,with a barbed tip,and be able to retrieve the arrow,and fish easily.It is 64" tip to tip,62 3/4" nock to nock. 1" wide at handle,out to mid-limb,then tapering to 3/8" tips. It is 42#@ 26" to help curb pass-throughs,although it is fast for a light bow,and I would'nt hesitate to hunt whitetails with it.It is heat treated,holds a little reflex,and has a built-up leather handle,which bends,and a stitched leather grip.Dyed dark green on the back,scarlet on the belly.10 coats of tru-oil.I'm gonna take it out this weekend to hunt tilapia. God Bless

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2009, 04:37:07 pm »
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Offline John K

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2009, 05:14:30 pm »
Looks real nice Pete ! That Hornbeam is some good stuff hey ?
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Offline Kent D.

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2009, 05:14:37 pm »
nicely done.  Looks great. ;)
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Offline african man

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2009, 05:34:31 pm »
That's a really nice bow you've made there , love those arch of a circle tiller , very ELB ish ...  ::)
hope you have some good hunting with it

Chris ...  ;)
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2009, 05:48:28 pm »
nice looking bow.
hows it shoot?

if it was mine i would flip it over and shoot it,your top limb looks a little stiffer or maybe its the background clutter.
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Offline Ryano

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2009, 07:45:14 pm »
Tiller looks great to me. Can we see some close ups of your barbed fishing arrow's tip? What is it made of ?
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2009, 09:44:10 pm »
Nice work, The bow looks great and tiller looks spot on. 
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2009, 09:58:17 pm »
Very nice Pete. That tiller looks perfect and you handle the twist as well. Great job. Good luck on your fishing ;)
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Offline Bullitt

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2009, 11:10:52 pm »
I hate cats,  love Talapia tho!
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Offline Okie

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2009, 11:17:03 pm »
Dang Pete, that tiller is spot on to me. Great job!

John
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Offline Timo

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2009, 11:27:18 pm »
I too like the tiller very much! Bent moon for shore! ;)
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Offline bambule

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2009, 12:05:09 am »
very well crafted - the tiller is great.
Good luck and beware of big tilapia  >:D

Greetz
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Offline koan

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2009, 12:15:08 am »
Great bow Pete! Seems like were all workin the hophornbeam lately ;)....Brian
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2009, 12:22:35 am »
Nice bow, Pete. Looks like a tilapia killer to me. Cool arrow too.
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