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Offline George D. Stout

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Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« on: November 30, 2018, 03:46:32 pm »
Wanted to show my "Spirit Dancer" made by Brad Smith of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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On still he goes with back berond of cedar shafts with feather frond;
for him the great success you see, is not to get, but just to be,
amidst the oak and the hickory tree.

Offline George D. Stout

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2018, 03:49:43 pm »
Another photo.
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On still he goes with back berond of cedar shafts with feather frond;
for him the great success you see, is not to get, but just to be,
amidst the oak and the hickory tree.

Offline bjrogg

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2018, 04:07:56 pm »
Nice pictures George.
Bjrogg
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Offline RandyN

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2018, 04:22:40 pm »
George,,,Nice bow. I know it shoots as good as it looks. Have you been hunting with it yet?
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2018, 05:57:54 pm »
I haven't had it out for deer, but did take a squirrel with it.  Planning on late season for deer and small game.
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On still he goes with back berond of cedar shafts with feather frond;
for him the great success you see, is not to get, but just to be,
amidst the oak and the hickory tree.

Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2018, 07:18:04 pm »
thats great Goerge, a squirrel lot harder to hit than a deer,,  :)
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2018, 07:58:02 pm »
Nicely made bow George thanks to the work Brad did.What are more of the specifics on the bow with more pics...Length/poundage and draw length?
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2018, 09:19:27 pm »
I know Brad makes an awesome bow. You're a lucky man.  8)

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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2018, 09:45:52 am »
The bow is 65" from string notch to string notch.  It's 43# on my Hansen scale @ 28" and I draw just a tad over 27".   
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On still he goes with back berond of cedar shafts with feather frond;
for him the great success you see, is not to get, but just to be,
amidst the oak and the hickory tree.

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2018, 11:08:23 am »
Nice bow!  Enjoy and good shooting!
Hawkdancer
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2018, 03:23:15 pm »
 Beautiful! Brad makes nice bows. :) Jawge
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2018, 06:30:28 pm »
Real good lookin bow... congrats on that squirrel
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2018, 12:00:48 pm »
I really enjoyed making this bow for George, I knew he had a deep appreciation for archery in general, from reading his post on archery history for more than 20 years,,, he didnt know I was making the bow,, so I had no time frame,, and just took my time to get it just right,it brings me great satisfaction to see it out in the woods getting used,, almost like a part of me is there,, I can only hope is keeps shooting for seasons to come,,  :)
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2018, 12:27:18 pm »
Very nice bow made by a great bowyer hope it brings you long enjoyment, I have always enjoyed your writings George particularly remember one about you and your lemon wood bow old buck I believed you called it ,man I read that a lot of years ago ,I guess my memory's better then I thought !
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Brad Smith Osage Selfbow..."Spirit Dancer".
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2018, 12:34:07 pm »
As much as George likes to stump shoot it will definitely  get used.lucky dog for sure.
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