Hunting selfbows of '11

[snag]

My goal to be make a selfbow that I can hunt elk and deer with. I am working on an osage that I think will be the one for next year if it hits weight and tillers nicely. I'd love to see pictures of any of your selfbows that you plan on hunting with this year. Then, if successful, hopefully we can see a picture and hear a story about your hunt later on. I'm also curious as to the arrow, spine weight, head weight, etc. that you will be using.

[RAU]

This should be a really cool thread!!!

[Pat B]

These are 2 bows I made for last years hunts. The recurve is 60"t/t osage static recurve and draws 48#@26". The long bow is yey bendy handle bow drawing 47#@26". Both selfbows.


Here is the yew bow in action on stand in GA...


This is the same osage static recurve as above but for this year I added an Argentine osage lam to the belly to reduce set and add weight. She now pulls 56#@26"...




The dark area in the center of the limb's belly is the Argentine osage lam I added...

[Gordon]

I never did get a chance to take this one out turkey hunting this year, but I plan to make this my brush and close quarter hunting bow this fall for elk and deer. Vine maple, 58" ntn, 55# @ 27".

[okie64]

Heres my hunting setup for this year. 60# osage selfbow that I finished last year right after hunting season and some poplar arrows. The arrows average around 650 grains and shoot great out of this bow. I havent gotten into the flintnapping thing yet so my heads are 125 grain zwickeys.

[snag]

Pat, I love the lines of your bow. Looks like a great shooter. Good hunting!
Gordon, vine maple, elk, deer...sounds like they belong together. Good hunting!
Okie, a 60# osage with 650gr arrows...that ought to do the job perfectly. Good hunting!

Love to see more. For me that is why I started making selfbows, was for gearing up for hunting. I love shooting my glass bows. But the ultimate, for me, would be to head into the mountains with a bow and arrows I've built from just wood. Thanks for posting!  David

[crooketarrow]

  Once you kill that elk or deer with a wood bow and arrows you've made you just did something few have done. You have a feeling only you can under stand.

[Will H]

Im gonna use "Ol Red" this year. 55#@27" Im shootin some heavy ash arrows I got from PEARL DRUMS with 125 heads. Mostly flint arrowheads with an occasional Zwickey for good measure. I love this bow and I shoot it better than any bow Ive ever made. Cant wait to get on some Tennessee deer!  We got em runin round like rabbits here.   

[snag]

I believe Ol' Red will bring the meat home!

Crooketarrow, that's the way I'm thinking about this selfbow thing.

[NTProf]

Keep this thread going! I will post once I decide what bow to make for this hunting season.

[Pappy]

2 osage  and one boo backed ready for the season. Also a winged elm in the picture in the vice still in the works,hope to have it ready in another week or so.
    Pappy

[barefootbowhunter]

hickory flatbow 48@26 62 ntn

[Keenan]

 Going with the old faithfull Yew Ambush and the Hallibit skinned Yew when the shoulder feels up to her.

[lowell]

Here are my bows for 2011....the one on the left I have used the last 3 years and is 45# at my draw.  Have always used Ace 125 gr. 2 blades on rose, cane or cedar.   This one has helped me get 3 deer.

 New for this year that I just finished is the one on the right that is 50#.  I hope to have it shooting stone points if I can get some shooting good...otherwise the Ace that have proven themselves on one of the arrow wood choices?

          Good luck to all!!!!  Lowell

[soy]

My choice for my first attempt with a self bow is this osage hammer 60@28 I only draw to 26 .im shooting walnut arrows with some new broad heads total arrow weight is arround 700 grains ...cross your fingers. And good luck to all of you hope to see some animals in the next set of pics!!!