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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #30 on: August 20, 2015, 07:08:51 pm »
The real question is, where is mine!!! Patrick
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #31 on: August 20, 2015, 07:10:05 pm »
Or mine.  ;)
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #32 on: August 21, 2015, 01:55:34 am »
Hunterbob's new bow,  "The Fury"  Patrick

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=53732.new#new
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #33 on: August 21, 2015, 04:09:58 pm »
SLEEK, I'm glad you got this stave from lebhuntfish! "Untamed" IS a pleasure to shoot! Easy on the hand, hard on the target! Quite the character stave here. I'm pulling it to almost 27" so I'm getting 55# out of it.
I was reading PA and heard a thump at my doorstep, and the doorbell. I just knew it. That poor cardboard tube! I had to push the bow out with a 2" wide wooden rod to get it to budge. It looks like a beast, shoots a fast arrow, and the string makes quite the high note when the bow is strung and plucked.
Here's some pics of the bow, with the dog approving, strung showing how the handle is offset (and narrow) so it shoots like it's centershot, and a group from 20yds with the bow showing one of the plugged holes.
What is the blue plugging the holes? What's the string made of?
Thank you so much.
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #34 on: August 21, 2015, 05:31:13 pm »
Glad it got there ok Chadwick.  It was a tight squeeze no doubt. The string is power pro fishing line. 8 strands of 65# test. Turquoise is plugging one hole but didnt want to only use thT so I made my own " saphire " of blue chalk and ca glue. It looked better before I got sawdust stuck to it while wet and had to pick it out and redo then it just lost its shine. It did make a convincing stone to start with though...

Im gonna warn ya, shooting that many arrows at that range can get quite expensive!  When we were shooting it we were getting groups inside 2 inches consistently.  I hope it makes a good bow for you and you shoot the snot out of it. It was fun to make and its a blast to shoot. What do you think of the citronella finish on it?
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #35 on: August 21, 2015, 07:54:30 pm »
I gotta establish a solid anchor before I'll ever get tight groups. I always let go somewhere out in front of my face, even with a 30# bow. In any case, I like the citronella on it. I'm headed to Alaska to guide moose hunters on the 1st of September... Maybe I'll have to test out if it's any good at repelling mosquitoes?
It's cool that you live on Osage Lane, Kevin!
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #36 on: August 21, 2015, 08:24:00 pm »
That would be a heck of a test! Be super awesome. ... and scary, to shoot a moose with it.
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #37 on: August 24, 2015, 07:14:46 am »
Come on guys let's see some more.

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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #38 on: August 24, 2015, 10:23:21 am »
I'll post mine as soon as I get it!  >:D
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #39 on: August 24, 2015, 03:58:59 pm »
I'll get some pics up tonight I got  E Jensens bow and it is sweet it is 53 on my scale it shoots super sweet and the hand wrap is to die for. It is a very beautiful bow

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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #40 on: August 24, 2015, 04:00:52 pm »
Sweet, Glad to see another get to its new home!
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #41 on: August 24, 2015, 04:16:42 pm »
Aaahhhhh! I'm dying over here! Patrick
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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #42 on: August 24, 2015, 04:23:22 pm »
Aaahhhhh! I'm dying over here! Patrick
At least you aren't alone!
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Offline jeffp51

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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #43 on: August 24, 2015, 04:49:56 pm »
Maybe today is the day. . .

Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: place to post received trade bows
« Reply #44 on: August 24, 2015, 05:16:58 pm »
I hope so! Patrick
Once an Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout!

Missouri, where all the best wood is! Well maybe not the straightest!

Building a bow has been the most rewarding, peaceful, and frustrating things I have ever made with my own two hands!