That's a good-lookin' bow,and you ought to be proud of it.Are you sure it was fully seasoned? I built a 66" osage flatbow,"Malachi", for my wife a few years back that finished out at 45#@28".She told me she "did'nt want to scratch it up huntin'",and would hunt with her pearson recurve.Well the bow sat in the closet till one day all the kids were out shootin',and she wanted to shoot Malachi.I gladly strung it up for her,but noticed she was having a little trouble hittin' full draw.I put the scale to it and it was an even 60 # @28".It shot great,even better than my 60 pounder,but I did re-tiller,and it has stayed put.That stave had been split out for over 3 years,so,you can hope for a miracle. One of your fellow Texans. PeteC, God Bless