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Offline M2A

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Re: sturgeon backed yew bow "redemption" 50# @ 29"
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2019, 05:51:50 pm »
Classy looking bow! Those skins make it that much better. Nice recovery.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: sturgeon backed yew bow "redemption" 50# @ 29"
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2019, 07:21:39 pm »
really nice,, congrats,, :)

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Re: sturgeon backed yew bow "redemption" 50# @ 29"
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2019, 05:23:41 am »
That is a beauty in all aspects, very well done. :)
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Offline aaron

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Re: sturgeon backed yew bow "redemption" 50# @ 29"
« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2019, 02:25:15 pm »
Nice Job! Glad the skins worked out for you. Let me know if you want more next June when the season opens again.
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Re: sturgeon backed yew bow "redemption" 50# @ 29"
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2019, 03:31:30 pm »
Great curves, and a beautiful bow all-around!  Great work, Jeff!

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Re: sturgeon backed yew bow "redemption" 50# @ 29"
« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2019, 12:25:05 am »
thank you all for your kind words.
Don, I'm not a hunter yet, but I like the way the fur silencers quiet the string.  It makes for a pleasant sound.

Aaron, thank you for the skins.  let me know if you ever catch more--I would love to work another trade.

I shot the bow some more this evening, and it seems the more I shoot, the smoother it feels.  I  have found some arrows that shoot really nice and straight out of it, and I am hitting the target with more confidence.

Here is one more picture that shows some of the nice little 'stars' that the sturgeon skin has on it that I like so much.  The stuff looks like dragon skin--I feel like I should have covered the bow in elf runes or something.  I guess I am a nerd that way.

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Re: sturgeon backed yew bow "redemption" 50# @ 29"
« Reply #21 on: October 08, 2019, 07:36:39 am »
Jeff, that's a beautiful bow and a beautiful story.  "Redemption."  It has often been said on this forum that the broken ones, the difficult ones, the ones that seemed impossible, become the ones we love the most.  As a teacher, and a Christian, and a parent, and an extremely fallible human, I know that's true of people, too.
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Re: sturgeon backed yew bow "redemption" 50# @ 29"
« Reply #22 on: October 08, 2019, 10:40:38 am »
Awesome work! I really like the scales from the sturgeon skin, very nicely done :OK
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