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Offline 1/2primitive

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My hunting bow
« on: April 22, 2007, 05:11:12 pm »
I've finished up an Osage recurve I've been working on, I hope to use it for deer hunting this fall. It's exactly 50lb@23". The bow is 48" ntn because I didn't know if I was going to be hunting in a blind, and if I am going to hunt from one some, the bow I would have to use would have to be below 60" long. So, to give myself a little room for movement, I wanted a bow that would be about 47-48" ntn. As you can see, I have another hole in one limb, like the last one. :)
Between the leather I glued on the curves and the rabbit-skin handle (the fur drapes across the strike plate), this bow is very quiet. I hardly hear a thing when I shoot it. Before I wrapped the handle, it was painful to shoot; the bow would bounce in my hand and began to bruise it. The rabbit-skin helps a lot to cushion the shot; now it's actually a very pleasant shooter! The weight jump from 40lb. to 50lb. was a struggle at first, but after pulling it quite often every day for about a week, I can shoot it normally. All right, I'll shut up now and show the pictures. ;)
         Sean

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Offline sonny

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2007, 05:37:24 pm »
that's a fine looking bow. I especially like the handle wrapped with fur, which gives it a nice primitive look.
 
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2007, 06:02:27 pm »
The tiller looks great Sean. You have a sharp looking bow there.  That is a pretty darn short bow, even with a 23" draw.  How stable is it to shoot? Justin
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Offline bowmo

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2007, 06:25:25 pm »
Way cool little bow. Nice work...keep on gettin' at it....

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Offline Pat B

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2007, 06:42:59 pm »
Excellent little bow Sean. ;) You got all the "goodie" out of that piece of wood.  Very well done. I am inspired! ::)     Pat
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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2007, 06:51:12 pm »
  Very nice little bow Sean,It looks like a killer.I like um short.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2007, 06:58:08 pm »
you would! ;D    Pat
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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2007, 06:58:41 pm »
Its apparent to me that our future is assured if a fine young gentleman like yourself
is growing up to replace us codgers ;D
Awesome some bow sean, I like everything about it.
I hope the buck of your life walks by ya this fall.


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Offline venisonburger

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2007, 07:59:43 pm »
Looks great, and I'm gonna use your idea for the grip, because I just put some recurves on my 58" osage and I found that although the arrows seem to fling out of it with a little more authority that it has more handshock.
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Offline white wood

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2007, 09:34:34 pm »
nice bow sean! tiller looks great. interesting handle design. i bet its vewy vewy quiet!  ;D -jesse
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Offline Gordon

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2007, 10:16:07 pm »
You're getting a lot of bend out of that stick. I'm impressed!
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Offline Psycho

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2007, 12:24:08 am »
Nice job there fella. I like them curves. I also hope you get an opportunity to fling an arrow at a deer with your bow.
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Offline jpitts

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2007, 12:59:05 am »
I love the handle design. Beautiful curves in the FD shots. Lots of strong medicine there. I wouldn't be surprised to see you take down a monster buck this fall.
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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2007, 07:05:30 am »
Very nice Sean,The tiller is dead on.Good job. :)
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2007, 07:35:55 am »

hi sean!  -  that's one really great bow!
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