NEW hickory bow, aka stone chunker

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

thanks guys,
mullet: i have many bows in the 50- 65 lb range, but this is the only one over 75lbs so i think i would rather keep it this way to shot stone from. i only snap shoot, regardless of weight so the extraweight inst a big deal as far as shooting is concerned, but holding it 5 seconds for a picture is a whole nother story..lol   its certainly not a target bow. a doz arrows a day is just fine till i work up to more.thats how i got to shoot 70 lbs, slow and steady, now i can do it all day, its kinda a goal.

[Justin Snyder]

It is a great looking bow.  I think I would stay with the lighter weights too. If you are fighting it that hard you are probably loosing draw length and performance.  I would rather see a guy shoot a 60# bow that he can comfortably get to full draw every time than a 80# that he cant. Not only will his accuracy be better, he will probably get better arrow speed.  Justin

[medicinewheel]

very nice!
frank

[whatareyadoin]

tendinitis for short, exelent power bow

[Pappy]

Nice bow but way to heavy for me,I don't know how you guys do it. Wished I could.
   Pappy

[GregB]

Nice bow and straight when unstrung for the heavy weight. When are you headed to Africa to hunt elephant, cape buffalo, etc.?

[Marc St Louis]

Turned out well. Very nice

[Woodland Roamer]

Nice bow Ryan, really good looking tiller and the stain job looks great.

Alan

[OldBow]

Groan! 80#! Is this where you got your name "twistedlimbs"?
Got your killer bow set up for December Self Bow of the Month.  Thanks for the post.
Want to post another full draw a little closer to the camera and crank it back another inch or so?

[tom sawyer]

I know how it is trying to coordinate for a full-draw shot.  The wife and I have it timed about right now with her little digi-cam, I say "now" right as I start to pull and usually it goes off about the time I hit full draw.

[richpierce]

What are the dimensions?

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

Tom Sawyer, has got it right, its the coordination between me and the picture taker, my digital camera has a delay. so i opted to just hold it this time around. which resulted in a slightly less than full draw.


i didnt mean this to sound like i couldnt handle the bow, i can shoot it fine, i have spend the last several years working up slowly in weight. but the muscle "twitch" that it takes to snap shoot is different than what it is to hold anchor, i am not suited to holding anchor anymore than about 60 lbs.
i guess this is more of a novilty item for me to have a heavy bow. i have 15- 20 others that range from 45-75lbs. just somthin different

thanks all- Ryan

[Jbell]

That is real sweet bow Ryan. I also snap shoot, after several years of shooting like this my brain is programmed to not hold at full draw. I have a heck of a time cranking it back for pics, just doesn't feel right. But I am trying to hold for a second now so I make sure I am anchored correctly,

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

the dimensions are 60.5 ntn.  1 3\4 wide tapers to 1\2inch   and the limbs are just over 5\8 thick tapering to just over 3\8 thick about 4 inches before the tips.

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

hey OLDBOW,   i got somethin for ya
any better?lol

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