Artemis - Osage selfbow

[Ranger B]

This bow was made from a piece of the osage Gary Davis cut off Denny Sturgis's farm when he made his selfbow video.  I've been wanting a piece of that wood to make a bow to shoot 3D with.  I wanted a pretty straight piece.  This bow had 40 years of growth on top of the ring that became the back of the bow.  The bow is 66" NTN and 40# @ 27"  I cut it to 1/4" out of center with strike plate.  The tip overlays are Burmese Red Wood.  I am shooting a 10 strand D-10 string.  I have worked hard to make this bow perform and she is shooting great.  I am shooting 50-55# spined, full length, POC barrelled shafts and the feathers and bare shafts shoot right in there together.  I named it Artemis which was the Greek God of the hunt.

[Ranger B]

[Ranger B]

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow Jimmy,good looking deer also. Nice job on both.
   Pappy

[gstoneberg]

Yea, that handle was about too pretty to put a wrap on.  Great deer too.

George

[johnston]

Well done as always Jimmy.

Lane

[PEARL DRUMS]

What kind of penetration did you get Ranger? Thats a nice deer and sweet tiller job on your bow.

[Dazv]

jimmy great looking bow it just gose to show that you dont need a 60lb bow to take a deer. Do you not need to camo the bow in any way???

[Gordon]

Nicely done and  congratulations on the beautiful buck.

[osage outlaw]

Great looking bow and buck.  Congrats on both.

[Del the cat]

Handsome bow... looks like dinner is sorted too.
Del

[Sidewinder]

Man, that bow looks like it has zero set. Very well done on the tiller. Congrats on the buck as well.   Danny

[ErictheViking]

Beautiful bow Ranger and deer.  have to agree with George, too pretty for a leather handle

[coaster500]

Stellar Bow and Buck!!!

I'm curious also about the penetration you got?

Great job

[Ranger B]

Thanks guys.  I've had the bow strung for up to 4 hours at a time and I've shot over 1,000 arrows through it now and when you unstring it it snaps right back straight.  The string has never been above the handle after unstringing.  It's a great piece of wood.

I've killed 6 deer this year and 5 last year with 43# or under.  I shot through 4 or 5 of them.  On this buck my BH lodged in the far side and remained in the deer.  I've never hunted with heavy bows.  We (the Twin Oaks Crew) have a buddy that hunts with a 38# osage and he generally kills 6-8 deer per season. A good sharp broadhead in the vitals and they won't go far.