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gene roberts

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What kind of bows
« on: September 23, 2007, 10:37:33 pm »
what kind of bows do you use?
I use an old Herters 50# at 28 inches
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2007, 10:40:15 pm »
Nothing but a bunch of home made, second rate bows for this simpleton.  Justin
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gene roberts

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2007, 10:54:02 pm »
cool,mine is bout 5 years old.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2007, 11:04:17 pm »
I shoot a selfbow. Jawge
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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2007, 11:44:11 pm »
Hi Gene,    I'm assuming you're new to this site, if you'll read back through the previous posts you'll see the sort of bows every one is making and shooting.  I personally make and shoot mostly self bows, or sinew backed bows.  The fun comes in making each one a little different.  An english longbow here, a plains style reflex/decurve there, etc.  Ron
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Offline Pat B

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2007, 12:24:46 am »
The hunting bow I made for this year is a 60" osage self bow with static recurve tips. She pulls 56#@26" and sends my sourwood shoot arrows with(somebody else's) rhyolite or obsidian stone points hafted to the business end, with authority. For back-up bows I have another 60" osage self bow that is 50/50% sap/heart wood with static recurved tips(57#@26") or a 65" boo backed bow with yew core and osage belly(53@26') or a 59 1/2" boo with hickory core and osage belly(52#@26") or my newest addition "Lil Bow", 48" rawhide backed osage self bow I just posted the other day. She pulls 54#@24". If I get a critter with each of these bows I may bring out my Mike Treadway "Moose Horn" long bow. It is the bow I got my first trad kill with and has medicine! 8)     Pat
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Offline stiknstring

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2007, 04:31:10 pm »
My bow is real piece of junk compared to Justins second rate bows...bamboo backed maple.  I can barely hit the tennis balls out there at precisely 17 .5 yards.  Hope I dont get a shot at 18....I may have to hold high to hit it. (all tongue in cheek by the way)

My boo/maple is my bow this year.  I have a (gulp) black glass binghams project that I have used for the last ten years that will serve as a good backup if I cannot bloody this wood stick.  HOPEFULLY this weekend she will get christened.
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gene roberts

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2007, 05:29:46 pm »
i'm going down to pappy's place (twin oaks) with skyler wilson.i think both of us are gonna make a self bow.
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gene roberts

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2007, 05:35:09 pm »
sorry mine is acctualy bout 50 years old i forgot to clik the "0"
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Offline Kegan

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2007, 07:34:27 pm »
After testing... experimenting... and a little more testing... I'm going with sinew backed D's. They seem to like me :).
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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2007, 07:41:26 pm »
Hickory self bow - best shooter I have at the moment :).
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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2007, 08:01:24 pm »
  I'm shooting a sinew backed Osage,and Bamboo backed Osage,and Pat's "Medicine Bow" this year.
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2007, 11:04:11 pm »
All self bows. I've tended to go about things bass-ackwards; started with hickory backed-mulberry, hickory-backed hickory, and hickory-backed osage; now doing linen-backed osage and linen-backed ash. (Maybe for Christmas this year Santa will bring me some sinew.)
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Offline 1/2primitive

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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2007, 11:57:31 pm »
Osage self bow, 58"ntn  46lb@24" it's a good shooter, I hope to get something with it this fall.
       Sean
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Re: What kind of bows
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2007, 01:36:32 pm »
I shoot al kinds of self bows with a few sinew and rawhide backed bows thrown in. :)
   Pappy
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