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Offline bubby

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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #45 on: April 13, 2012, 09:32:20 pm »
that bow is top drawer mullet, great FD, Bub
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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #46 on: April 13, 2012, 09:50:05 pm »
Thank you, Bub.
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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #47 on: April 13, 2012, 10:25:15 pm »
Oregon yew - you gotta love it. You did good by that piece Eddie. I'm impressed.
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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #48 on: April 13, 2012, 10:30:40 pm »
Very fine bow Eddie.I like everything about it. Great pictures too.Really like those with the sandhill cranes God Bless
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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #49 on: April 13, 2012, 10:31:05 pm »
Great job all around Sir!! love the drawing!
Bowmakers are a little bent, but knappers are just plain flaky.

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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #50 on: April 13, 2012, 11:36:38 pm »
Wow Eddie, she's a beauty! How in the world did you find time to craft such a fine bow with chasing turkey and hogs plus beating rock? You da man

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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #51 on: April 13, 2012, 11:46:04 pm »
Yes Sir Mullet, I see what you mean...
I hope to learn form your example.
And it's Purty Too!  :)

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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #52 on: April 13, 2012, 11:51:05 pm »
Gordon, Thank you, sir, coming from you, the Master of Yew is a fine compliment.

Pete, the encounter with the Sandhill was really bizarre. The guy I asked to take the full draw had been there for 20 minutes with a huge camera on a tripod taking pictures of them. When he had my cameras and started shooting they walked right to us. I had to touch the big one on the tip of the beak and say back off, I was afraid she was going to poke me when I wasn't looking. Maybe I am a Chick Magnet  ;D
The wife says, no.

Thanks again, Bevan, you and JW had a good idea.

Tracy, I multitask ;)
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« Reply #53 on: April 13, 2012, 11:55:10 pm »
Wow, great looking bow Eddie!!!
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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #54 on: April 14, 2012, 12:00:25 am »
Misslemaster, thank you.
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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #55 on: April 14, 2012, 12:22:31 am »
Incredable little bow Eddie. That bend is special!!!  8)  I think I'll leave the handle wide on my next one.  ::)
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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #56 on: April 14, 2012, 12:25:26 am »
If it had a bikini I think I would ask it out.....she's pretty. I lik'em short with curves. Nothin like good bow porn, gotta get back to cleaning the screen!
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Offline dmikeyj

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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #57 on: April 14, 2012, 01:50:25 am »
Great looking bow, love the skin into the tips.  That is a bow I would love to have built myself.

Sandhill Cranes are indeed protected down here.  Not that you see many of the Whooping Cranes here, but if it was one of those in the pics, there'd be one last pic of a man running away from a bird, lol.

I have gotten to work with both types of cranes, and the male whooping crane was quite the handful, had to use 2 people when going into the pen just to keep him distracted.  Those suckers can hit hard with those beaks!

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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #58 on: April 14, 2012, 08:23:00 am »
Eddie, great looking bow!!  Glad I got to see it in person. Bevan, he's a tick magnet for sure. ;D  You did good Mullet. Great photo's of the birds and the drawing sets it off. See ya in 3 weeks.
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Yew, Southern Style-picture heavy
« Reply #59 on: April 14, 2012, 11:44:58 am »
Everything about that bow is spot on, tiller choice and finish are perfic. Also love the picture of the bird :)
55 ntn too! Just shut my mouth from moaning about a stave i thought was too short for a 28 draw, inspiration thanks.