Primitive Archer

I decided to get back out in the woods Saturday morning before the doc tells me I can't, and what a morning it was, seen 2 bucks which I can't shoot /2 buttons and 9 doe, brought 1 of the doe's home with me, was using my old faithful Osage bow/spruce shafts with 160 ace head, been quite a year, 9 yards double lung and top of heart, ran 60 yards and I seen her go down, love it when it goes like that.  :)the only place  my girls like better than their chair by the fire is the meat pole. 
 Pappy

All done and fresh burgers for lunch.
 Pappy

Been needing some spoons and fork with a long handle, Beau has some bought ones he uses in camp all the time so I decided to make me some, He said I was to tight to buys some.  I said not tight just fugal. 
 Pappy

All the shapes you show lack set, so that is a plus to begin with, and any one of them would make a fine hunting bow.  I can confirm that. If you are shooting to make a wood flight bow  maybe non of the above. If  chrony numbers count, and all else being equal  long sloping  narrow recurved tips  with very little deflex in the limbs that ended up with 2.5 inches of reflex is the fastest 35 lb. bow that I have made to date. With a 355 gr arrow at 25 inches of draw the bow shot from 158 to 162 through a chrony. You make fine looking heavy bows, and some laminate, so I can't speak to that. JME

Interesting question.

I’m not a number guy. And like already mentioned. Materials make a difference. And designs are high stress.

I’m guessing the program is with zero set?

I personally like shooting number 5 . I have a short draw though and I like the early string tension. It seems smoother at full draw also, but maybe that’s less stored energy?

I think if you could keep all the reflex with zero set the one with reflex all in handle seems like it might have the most energy?

I will be watching 

I want to know

Bjrogg