Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Zion on February 09, 2013, 04:54:42 pm
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So with wrestling going on i've been too tired to do anything much, thankfully this weekend i finally have time to shoot! I finished this simple bow a while back but never posted it. Today i shot it for the first time in a while and it shoots great. I don't have any kind of finish on it and it's just lightly sanded. The original branch had some pretty bad side-warpage so i tried to bring the limbs in line but unfortunately after a certain point it didn't wanna go any further and the limbs started cracking, so i tried to change it in the handle and then the handle started cracking >:( (that's why i wrapped it in thread.) So the string favors my shooting side by like a half inch, but it still shoots good.
The last few days of practice have been seriously intense so my muscles aren't up to what they usually are, so i'm under-drawing the bow about 2 inches. (I put the black tape on the arrow as a reference.)
It's somewhere around 58" ntn, 75/80# @ 23."
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Pretty cool looking Zion, if you ever get around to it, I would love to see a video to see how one of you high weight bows 90# or so shoot. They have to pack quite a wallop.
Jon
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Thanks Jon, yeah they definitely pack a punch, still working on shooting better tho lol. When im less busy i might do that and embarrass myself ;D
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Great bow from a tricky limb.
Del
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Cool looking bow - and 80# is a hefty pull! Way too much for this old guy. I too would love to see some video of it spitting out arrows.
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Nice Zion! What a mule! Good on ya...
Matt
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Nice bow Zion. Do you go out of your way to find the least clean stave to make a bow out of and then make a good bow out of it or is that purely by accident? ;)
Greg
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thanks guys! Actually hawthorn usually grows like this so it isn't really out of the ordinary. Believe me i could find ALOT worse lol :o
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Looks like the limbs are bending pretty good. How's your accuracy with 90lbs? Wrestling is an awesome sport, how long have you been at it? Good work!
Tracy
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Very nice Zion. 90lbs. Oh My ;D
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Nice bow like the knots.
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I cant believe it is pulling 90 pounds, but nice tiller as always. Jeez you sure live in a beautiful area.
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Thanks Tracy! well my accuracy in general ain't that good lol. But it doesn't really seem to change by weight. Now if i shot the 90# bows all day then by the end of the day my accuracy would suffer, but for a good 3 hrs i'm relatively consistant.
Unfortunately this is only my second year of wrestling, i wish i had started earlier lol. It really is an awesome sport.
Thanks Don
Thanks Rob, yeah it doesn't seem like knots really effect hawthorn much, plus they look cool ;D
Thanks Dictionary, this thing was pretty smooth to make. Once i got the limbs better in line it was practically done. You can expect nice landscape from WA ;D
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As usual, very cool. Almost ready for Jon Jones?
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Sweet bow. The wrap on the handle looks pretty cool. The natural look of the bow is beautiful just how it is. Looks cool! 90lbs? Dang... Impressive.
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Nicely done Young Man ! Keep up the good work - Bob.
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I hear you, my accuracy is non existent some days no matter the poundage!
Unfortunately this is only my second year of wrestling, i wish i had started earlier lol. It really is an awesome sport.
Never too late! I recently watched a collegiate match between IU and Ohio St. where a freshman from IU is ranked nationally and he just started as a senior in high school.
Keep up the good work on the mat and primitive "man" bows!
Tracy
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Nicley done. The tiller on a bow that weight looks great. I don't know how or why you younguns make and pull those heavies, maybe its just because you can. Hurts me to even think about it. Good one. Danny
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Thanks guys!!!
Lol Steve just a few more years of training :o
Thanks Arrowind, it's fun to make these simple bows. I find more joy in shooting them then the bows i actually spend alotta time finishing. I guess i feel that they are built more for the purpose of shooting then to look at......idk ;D
Thanks Tracy! Yeah theres some insane wrestlers out there. Like that Dustin Carter kid who wrestles without any arms or legs and made 3rd in regionals. Mad respect for those guys. Both wrestling and bowmaking are hard work and really teach ya alot!
Thanks Sidewinder, idk about the others but i like to have alotta insurance when i make a bow as far as weight is concerned. Pretty much, i'd like to know that a bow i make could kill a variety of things, like say if a bear snuck up behind me i could hope to kill it LOL. Plus, i like working with weights ;D ;D
Thanks for the friendly comments guys!
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Nice work on that Shooter Zion
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Thanks Carson ;D
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Thanks Arrowind, it's fun to make these simple bows. I find more joy in shooting them then the bows i actually spend alotta time finishing. I guess i feel that they are built more for the purpose of shooting then to look at......idk ;D
Well you are really good at it! I like doing the art stuff because it's fun for me but a lot of times I stop short of finishing some and have way more un "finished" bows laying around than I do that have 12 coates of some kind of finish on them. Actually the most fun part for me is when you shoot the bow for the very first time. As for shooting I've started putting a lot more time into that too. Hope I can improve my accuracy.
Anyway I really like YOUR bows just the way you make them. They dont need all kinds of stuff on them to be Amazing. The beauty is in your work and the bow itself! Keep posting your bows! So awesome and inspiring!