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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Re-discovering Snakewood. Finished bow pics
« Reply #30 on: August 26, 2013, 11:25:20 am »
Thanks Guys. Man i love shooting this thing!

Eddie- Yeah I have heard from someone else that Bob is familiar with it. I am hoping to hear from him sooner or later. Man! He coulda shaved a lot of years off me trying to find it!
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« Reply #31 on: August 26, 2013, 11:40:01 am »
Nice story and very nice bow.  :)
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Offline Tom Leemans

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« Reply #32 on: August 27, 2013, 04:24:06 pm »
Endeavor to persevere! That bow is sa-weet!

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« Reply #33 on: September 02, 2013, 12:41:47 pm »
Beautiful bow and great story attached to it. 
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« Reply #34 on: September 10, 2013, 01:56:47 pm »
Excellent bow Ryan. I'm lookin' forward to your article. God Bless
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« Reply #35 on: February 26, 2015, 12:37:00 am »
Any pictures of what the leaves look likr?
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« Reply #36 on: February 26, 2015, 01:49:02 am »
Dang Ryan, what a beauty!  Love the tiller and finish. Very nicely done.

Well, I always have a little optical dilemma with arrow rests (even more with shelves) on real primitive looking bows. To me that takes away from the beauty a bit. Not meant to be critical, it's just my personal taste. If I'd intend to hunt with a primitive bow it for sure would have one.
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« Reply #37 on: February 26, 2015, 09:31:29 am »
Any pictures of what the leaves look likr?

Do a search for "white stopper".  That's it, I believe.
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« Reply #38 on: February 26, 2015, 09:40:30 am »
Simply spectacular! :-)
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Re-discovering Snakewood. Finished bow pics
« Reply #39 on: February 26, 2015, 10:42:43 am »
that is a great bow
and the story of the wood quest make it unique

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« Reply #40 on: February 26, 2015, 11:34:13 am »
Awesome!!

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« Reply #41 on: February 26, 2015, 11:51:09 am »
I'm sure Ryan would appreciate the comments.  I saw him last weekend at the knap in.  He doesn't haunt PA much, anymore.
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« Reply #42 on: February 26, 2015, 11:56:09 am »
Exceptional bow, and an awesome story! I'm a bit of a botany-nerd, so it always cool to hear about unique and interesting species, especially when can make a bow like that!

Offline Aaron H

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« Reply #43 on: February 26, 2015, 12:16:30 pm »
Didn't he write an article about this last year in PA magazine?

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« Reply #44 on: February 26, 2015, 01:05:09 pm »
I really like the dilgence you showed and glad you were able reach your have a happy ending to your quest. Love the bow. Tiller looks great and the skins are cool too. Its always nice to see a species most of us are not familiar with be made into a bow.  Danny
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