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Bows / Re: Sugar Maple D Longbow
« Last post by Doug509 on Today at 12:46:49 pm »Lovely bow Robert! Nice looking arrows too.
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Around the Campfire / Wing bone calls
« Last post by Aaron1726 on Today at 12:17:33 am »A few years ago I made my brother a wingbone call from a turkey he got. He's a big turkey hunter and has every call you can think of, but never really thought the wingbone call "sounded right". Well... fast forward to this past spring and a particularly difficult bird he and his friend were trying to call in. They tried everything they had and that old bird wanted nothing of it, that was until that old wing bone call I made came out. He told me he figured why not give it a try (I was surprised he had actually took it with him, lol). But low and behold, he managed to call that old Tom in with that call and his buddy got a nice trophy bird.
So his buddy then had to have one of those magic calls so I told him to give me the wings and I'd make him a couple. I just got around to it this past week. The bird had one wing that had been broken and healed so it made a cool looking call. Was a little challenging to clean the bone out but I managed to get it. Anyway, here's the two calls I made from those wings. Hopefully he can get another bird using one. These are fun to make and pretty easy. Cool that you can use a harvest to get your next.
So his buddy then had to have one of those magic calls so I told him to give me the wings and I'd make him a couple. I just got around to it this past week. The bird had one wing that had been broken and healed so it made a cool looking call. Was a little challenging to clean the bone out but I managed to get it. Anyway, here's the two calls I made from those wings. Hopefully he can get another bird using one. These are fun to make and pretty easy. Cool that you can use a harvest to get your next.
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Bows / Re: December Bow Of the Month entries
« Last post by bjrogg on December 19, 2025, 10:45:39 pm »Can’t wait to see it Arvin.
I’ve been shooting my short bow. I think it’s about time to finish it up. Maybe I can get it done in time for BOM
Bjrogg
I’ve been shooting my short bow. I think it’s about time to finish it up. Maybe I can get it done in time for BOM
Bjrogg
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Bows / Re: December Bow Of the Month entries
« Last post by Selfbowman on December 19, 2025, 06:24:38 pm »I have the black locust bow that’s just about done. So y’all line up some competition.🤠🤠🤠
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Bows / Re: Sugar Maple D Longbow
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on December 19, 2025, 04:04:01 pm »Thanks Everyone!
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Bows / Re: Black locusts bow
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on December 19, 2025, 04:03:00 pm »That's really cool, hopefully it holds up alright! Looking forward to seeing how it pans out.
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Bows / Re: Sugar Maple D Longbow
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on December 19, 2025, 04:01:47 pm »@Willie
So that's an interesting question. In my impatience to get to work again I flexed the last D bow while it was too dry (just 18 hours after heat treating the handle/fades) and it developed a compression crack right at the fades. That was three weeks ago. I've now sinew backed it in hopes of moving the center of balance slightly away from the belly. It's been two weeks since that and it's since taken a half inch of reflex and I'm almost ready to do a patch over the belly. I'm going to put a string back on it in 2 more weeks and see how it goes. I was pretty bummed to get a crack, it seems like the vast majority of mistakes I make are from rushing processes and wait times that are pretty important! The last D bow is a fair bit shorter though, 60" ntn, and I plan on tillering it to 40# at 27" once the sinew is cured. I'm hoping it survives into a decent shooter.
The method itself though, spot heat treating, seems to work and be pretty versatile. I've corrected tiller a couple times with it successfully and I think it's a great tool.
So that's an interesting question. In my impatience to get to work again I flexed the last D bow while it was too dry (just 18 hours after heat treating the handle/fades) and it developed a compression crack right at the fades. That was three weeks ago. I've now sinew backed it in hopes of moving the center of balance slightly away from the belly. It's been two weeks since that and it's since taken a half inch of reflex and I'm almost ready to do a patch over the belly. I'm going to put a string back on it in 2 more weeks and see how it goes. I was pretty bummed to get a crack, it seems like the vast majority of mistakes I make are from rushing processes and wait times that are pretty important! The last D bow is a fair bit shorter though, 60" ntn, and I plan on tillering it to 40# at 27" once the sinew is cured. I'm hoping it survives into a decent shooter.
The method itself though, spot heat treating, seems to work and be pretty versatile. I've corrected tiller a couple times with it successfully and I think it's a great tool.
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Bows / Re: Black locusts bow
« Last post by Selfbowman on December 19, 2025, 03:52:54 pm »Got it to 50@ 25” put a couple coats of true oil on it . One inch of set . No frets with the magnifying glass so far . I will try to test an arrow thru the crono but I just don’t trust mine.
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Bows / Re: Sugar Maple D Longbow
« Last post by Pat B on December 19, 2025, 03:06:02 pm »Nice ELB, Robert. 
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Bows / Re: Sugar Maple D Longbow
« Last post by willie on December 19, 2025, 01:32:18 pm »
@willie I used the elliptical profile on p.274 of TBB vol1 as a guide for the tiller profile. Last D bow was too bendy at the handle section and I spot treated it that way. I was more careful this time around and like the tiller better. There is some near handle character that throws off the tiller picture just a little.
Did your spot treating help? Its an interesting method for tillering and I hope you can share more about the pro, cons and results.
just how much to keep the handle stiffer was an interesting discussion a while back, at least when it was about warbows.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,69818.0.html