Sinew from the front of the leg........

[TurtleCreek]

    Most of the sinew used for backing bows that I have seen is either back strap or rear leg tendon.  I did a bunch of legs last season and decided to save the tendons that came from the front of the leg and wanted to know what the differences were between the rear leg tendon and the tendon that comes from the front of the leg as far as backing a bow goes.  Would they be good enough to back a bow with or would they be better off used for something else?  Ryan

[Pappy]

Sure it is fine,just usually shorter.
   Pappy

[Oglala Bowyer]

Ain't nothing wrong with them.  Now go back a bow!

[PatM]

It's the same stuff, just smaller "cords". A lot of people are hardy even aware it is there. For every flexor in the leg there's gotta be an extensor.

[osage outlaw]

If you cut it up through the knee joint you can follow it up and cut it just before it turns into muscle.  You might get a little more length out of them.  I do that on the back legs to and get up to 18" long pieces.

[Gus]

TC,

I did the same this past year.
Figured since I was a-cuttin' I might as well save front side tendon as well.
It is a bit more of a pain to clean and dry, but What the heck.
I figured I could use it for Glue if nothing else.

Wound up cutting about seven hundred White Tail legs last season, at the end I think I was finally getting it down.



-gus

[TurtleCreek]

Thanks for all the info, I will go ahead and use it on my first attempt with sinew.