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Offline bubby

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Re: Where to start??
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2015, 06:16:33 pm »
Quote from: okie64 on August 07, 2015, 05:44:05 pm
Quote from: Onebowonder on August 07, 2015, 01:43:46 pm
Quote from: Sam Dugo on August 07, 2015, 09:23:37 am
<snip>I'm off for a nice camping trip to Lake Tenkiller in Oklahoma for the weekend<snip>

Do you live in the proximity of Tenkiller?  ...because if so, there are several of us not too terrible far from you.

OneBow

Yep, I live about 30 minutes from tenkiller and I work around the lake everyday, small world :)



Wow! There you go the best thing that could of happened
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Where to start??
« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2015, 02:41:40 am »
+1

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Re: Where to start??
« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2015, 03:00:21 am »
It's certainly not impossible to make a wooden bow that will outshoot most glass bows. I know because I make both  ;)
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Where to start??
« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2015, 10:24:26 am »
If I were short on time I would go to the local lumberyard and pick up a good, straight grained board of hickory, white oak, or white ash.
I would also go with a pyrimid bow that is roughly 68 inches long and tapers from 2in wide at the handle to 3/8th in at the tips. That should give you a good, nice shooting bow that will stand plenty of abuse.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Where to start??
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2015, 10:53:38 am »
Give this a try too.
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/index.html
Also, Comstock's "The Bent Stick" is a good boo.
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Offline Sam Dugo

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Re: Where to start??
« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2015, 10:34:16 am »
Well sorry about the delay getting back on here, i have had family in town. I live in the Wichita KS area, we just like to camp down at Lake Tenkiller.

My plan is to go to the lumber yard and get a good piece of hickory and make a board bow. As i start to make ground blinds and hang tree stands I'm going to cut some staves and get them drying out for bows in the future.
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Offline bubby

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« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2015, 11:16:02 am »
Excellent idea
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