Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: NTProf on October 12, 2009, 01:34:38 pm
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How many of you are hunting with a bow made from a board this year? There was an article in PA this issue about hunting elk with a board bow. It said that we often use boards as a way of learning to build bows, and then move on to staves. So how many of you will be hunting with a board this year? Type of wood? Dimensions? Pictures?
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I did a "type" of hunting with my first bow....its 70" maybe 45lbs @ 28" red oak board ....I mainly used it this last summer for bowfishing...it seemed to hold up to the sport pretty well...
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This year I'm hunting primarily with a yew selfbow from a stave. I will also hunt with a boo back and belly bow David Knight gave me and it has an ipe board center lam. ;D
Once a stave or board becomes a bow you can hardly tell the difference in many cases. A bow is a bow and as long as it is sound and well tillered it doesn't matter if it was made with a stave or board.
I have made and hunted with quite a few board bows over the years. Most were backed with hickory or boo though. I have never made a self board bow but many have and have hunted with them.
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Mark Baker just did an article on it in PA.
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No not this year but I have hunted with board bows. Jawge
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In a way. Im hunting with a lam bow this season. bamboo backed ipe with an ipe belly lam. I have taken plenty of deer, hogs, rabbits, and squirrel with board bows before.
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I'm hunting with a 60# red oak board bow this year pyramid design backed with turkey net to give it a little of a camo effect.Ron
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Howdy Group,
Yes, I'm a big fan of the board Bow. And, both my buddy and I are hunting with Red Oak board Bows. They're ALB's, about 1-3/4" until the outer 1/3rd where they narrow to about 3/8" at the tips. His bow is 51#@29-1/2", and mine is about 47#@28".
I had just made my friends bow and gave it to him this last August, And after going shooting with it a few times, he liked it so much that he put away his F.G. re-curve, and he took up his "new huntin' Long bow." He said that his new board bow is smooth to draw and to shoot. And, he likes the primitive aspect.
(As a gift, I'm currently making him a plains style quiver and shoulder bag out of deer hides from deer he had shot.)
All the Best, and safe hunting,
Canoe
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I am hunting with a 60#@28" 58" NTN HBI flatbow this year. All the bows that I have ever hunted with or have made have been from boards.
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This year, I've been hunting mostly with a piece of ipe board with a piece of bamboo glued on the back: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,12160.0.html (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,12160.0.html)
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I have hunted the last three seasons with a red oak board bow backed with hickory (50#@ 28"). Followed the Mickey Lotz design. I'm getting pretty good with it but no harvest yet.
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I guess I haven't learned anything yet because I still like board bows. I hunt with them whenever I can.
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i like making,shooting/hunting with board bows,or any bow truthfully
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Yup. I'm a board bow guy. I have a 50# Hickory I am pretty proud of. It ain't pretty but it is a good shooter. It lives because the guys on here taught me how to save a splintered limb.
I'll put up some pics later. Oh by the way, I hunt Mullies and Elk in Colorado. Am looking forward to some varmit(Rabbits and Yotes) hunting with the osage I'm working right now. "Too Short Osage"
Rob
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Thanks for all the replies. I am currently working on a sapling bow, but I just finished a maple board bow that is a great shooter. So I might hunt with it this year. I will try to get pictures up if my daughter will let me use her camera. I still like board bows.
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although i am hunting with an osage selfbow this year, i wouldn't hesetate to pick up one of my board bows to hunt with. One aspect of board bows that i really like is being able to try new (to me) or radical designs with out the prospect of wasting money on staves.
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i love boards too. although i work osage whenever i have it. One of my favorites is an ash selfbow dyed grey with rit. you may have seen it. I am currently considering giving it to a wheelie bow shooter. if your trying to convert someone you don't give him second best. beside i can always and will make another. this one has been hunting with me several time. although it has only harvest a few rabbits.
(http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/CIMG2115.jpg)
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hey sulpher what ya say we see a few moer pics of that one
looks nice
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thanks sailor, here is where i originally posted it.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,12957.0.html
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im a newbie , and this is my first year hunting primitive gear . im using board bows 55lb cherry hickory , and hackberry hickory . hope to have first traditional harvest . maybe next year with my own bow design !!! im using my own arrows and knapped heads this year not purty but they'll work !
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sulphur
dont know how i missed that one before,sweet bow.love the dye job
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i'm hunting with a bbi longbow 66"ntn 58#@28 ive shot about a month now and like it a lot its fast