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Offline JonW

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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2012, 12:37:46 am »
Another nice bow Greg. That front profile is sweet!
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Offline okie64

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« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2012, 01:18:18 am »
Another beauty BB. I enjoy all of your bows. Cool story too, ive yet to take a turkey with one of my bows but I figure my day will come eventually.
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Offline Adam

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« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2012, 02:12:36 am »
Beautiful bow!  Turkeys can sure be humbling and exciting at the same instant.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2012, 02:24:17 am »
Greg, that is a sweet bow.  Your finish work always stands out to me.  Another stunning meat making machine.  Hope your lucky bro brings some winged ones down with that one.
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Offline swamp yeti

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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2012, 01:18:06 pm »
Beautiful job and bow.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2012, 01:28:04 pm »
Thanks once again folks, it's nice to get these compliments on the bow from a group of such great bowyers. Since I started posting here a couple months ago everyone has been very friendly and outgoing, I really like this group and posting bows and getting feedback has been
as much fun as building em'.

Greg
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Offline johnston

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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2012, 02:10:53 pm »
Love a good story to go with a beautiful bow. Got both with this one for sure.
Thanks for posting.

Lane
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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2012, 08:39:21 am »
Now that's a sweet looking bow,very nice all of it. :)
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #23 on: September 05, 2012, 03:08:15 pm »
I like everything about that little hackberry bow!!  Greg, you sure do some fine work. 
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2012, 03:21:20 pm »
I like it alot as well. I have a few pieces of hackberry in the shed I been eye ballin and you may have just made up my mind for me on which stave to start on next. I have yet to do one in hackberry but have one to floor tiller and it sure seems elastic. Has that been your experience too?
I realize that my next question can vary from tree to tree, but what type of dimensions in terms of belly thickness and fade width works for you with a 50-55#  hackberry bow at about 62" length?

Danny
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2012, 08:21:57 pm »
Hey Danny I just measured my hackberry bow that is 62" and its 1 1/2"  wide at the fades & 1 3/8" mid limb width. Thickness is 3/4" at
fades to 5/8" at midlimb. This isn't the bow I have posted but its the sister stave to that one and looks nearly the same. The posted bow
that my brother has may be 1 5/8" wide at fades. I think many guys go wider with hackberry . I've only built four from hackberry and
the other two were about 1 3/8" wide bendy handles. Hackberry will be thicker in the limbs per pound of draw weight than you would
expect so I would start a little thick and work down. Hope this helps you.
Greg
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Offline Josh B

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Re: 'Wingbone' a turkey bow
« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2012, 08:24:42 pm »
I'm quickly becoming a fan of your bows.  Very nicely done Sir!  Josh
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