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Offline uknowmeaslowry

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51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« on: April 23, 2011, 09:02:36 pm »
After breaking two red oak board bows i finally succeeded with some osage :)
The bow is 51" tip to tip, tapers from 1 1/8" at the handle to 3/8" tips
7/16" thinks fading to 1/4" tips with 1/4" eastern red cedar overlays
The draw is 55# at 22" with a snakey profile and propellar twist on the top limb
Bow shoots crazy fast for the size of the bow and how much it weighs, which is well under a pound

Thanks to HickoryBill for teaching me how to make a bow and with the doing most of the finish work since i didnt have the snake skin, which is bullsnake....enjoy!









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Offline Dvshunter

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2011, 09:54:54 pm »
Nice job! verycool looking bow. congrats.
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 11:16:36 pm »
Looks very nice, you did well for your first shooter.

George
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Offline half eye

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2011, 12:10:20 am »
well done little "D" bow ya have there
rich
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Offline straightarrow

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2011, 12:47:36 am »
Congratulations on your first shooter...Josh. I am happy for ya buddy!!! You will probably get the bug bad now...lol. The skins look cool...great job!!! I bet its a snappy ba * d....lol

Jon
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Offline ken75

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2011, 12:47:55 am »
very nice , lot better than my first , second and 20th
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Offline uknowmeaslowry

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2011, 12:55:58 am »
Dvshunter, gstoneberg, half eye, ken75..thanks i appreciate it
and Jon, yes it is quite snappy..while Bill and i were shooting today we often referred to it as a freak of nature lol
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2011, 03:23:00 am »
good looking bow. makes the failures with the red oak less painful doesn't it. :)
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2011, 02:28:53 pm »
Nice looking bow..... I think I've seen that somewhere else...LOL
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Offline Kegan

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2011, 03:10:49 pm »
That is jsut fantastic! Came out better than I imagined, love the skins :)!
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Offline DEllis

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Re: 51" Osage D-Bow (First Shooter Bow)
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2011, 04:16:34 pm »
Cool little bow. Congrats on your first shooter, it will not be your last ;D
Darcy
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