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Offline huntertrapper

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Re: Maple
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2008, 06:10:30 pm »
okay thanks all
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Offline huntertrapper

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Re: Maple
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2008, 08:30:07 pm »
would a sugar maple limb be okay for a bow? i have 4 or 5 big maples in my yard and there's tons of big branches.
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Maple
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2008, 08:44:05 pm »
yup, a limb is fine, just try and find one thats a little extra wide- Ryan
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Maple
« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2008, 09:02:20 pm »
I made a maple limb bow a year or two ago. Decrowned it and got it to 2" wide. The handle needed a piece glued on though to give it depth.