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Offline bassman211

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48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« on: October 11, 2022, 06:49:10 pm »
My son killed a 7 pt buck with the bow this past Saturday morning out of a ground blind. The bow only shoots 135 fps with his set up. He got 13 inches of penetration. Deer ran 60 yds. and folded. 11 yd shot. Made me proud. Good luck hunting.

Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2022, 09:42:56 pm »
cool ,, congrats,,,what weight arrow

Offline Pat B

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2022, 11:24:13 pm »
Excellent! Congrats to your son.  :OK
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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2022, 12:12:39 am »
That’s awesome.  Good for him. 
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Offline bassman211

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2022, 05:30:30 am »
Brad, 400 gr. arrow. Bow pulls 25 inches. It has a 10 strand B55 string. He shoots out to 15 yds with good accuracy with it. I originally made the bow for my 15 year old grand son. I have quite a collection of horse bows. Many of which draw smoother, and shoot much harder. Among them are sinew backed black locust, sinew backed Osage, sinew backed elm, sinew backed hickory. Most of them in the 45 lb range at 25 to 26 inch draw. At the end of the year I will gift all of them to my son, and 2 grand sons. Thanks for your replies, and good building ,and hunting.

Offline PaSteve

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2022, 05:55:18 am »
Congrats to your son Bob. That's a great feeling when someone kills a deer with a bow you fashioned with your own hands. Well done.
"It seems so much more obvious with bows than with other matters, that we are the guardians of the prize we seek." Dean Torges

Offline BowEd

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2022, 07:39:14 am »
Congrats to your son.You've planted a good seed in them boys.
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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2022, 07:43:03 am »
Congrats to your son Bob. That's a great feeling when someone kills a deer with a bow you fashioned with your own hands. Well done.

Congratulations to everyone involved. I’m still hoping to accomplish this. I’ve got a couple buddies hunting with them part time this year. We’ look see .

Very happy for you Bassman

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Offline bentstick54

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2022, 09:07:08 am »
Congratulations to your son, and good work on those bows. Would love to see some photos of those bows.

Offline bassman211

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2022, 11:07:59 am »
I am computer illiterate, but when my son comes to my house I will get him to post pics.

Offline Will B

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2022, 12:39:27 pm »
Congratulations Bassman to you and your son. Well done.

Offline bassman211

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2022, 04:47:16 pm »
Thanks for you kind replies to all of the above.

Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2022, 06:55:52 pm »
yes pics please, congrats again

Offline Selfbowman

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Re: 48 inch heart wood hickory horse bow
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2022, 06:28:37 pm »
Congratulations!!!
Well I'll say!!  Osage is king!!