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owlbait

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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2012, 11:16:47 pm »
Thanks Guy. Now I have a bow I can shoot at Marshall next year! Hope you'll have time to show me the course and give me some shooting tips.
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Offline Gus

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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2012, 01:02:17 am »
Yes Sir!
P.A. Folks are some of the Best kind of Folks...

Nice Looking Bow you wound up with!
You really Brought Her Around!
And a Fine looking Bend she has!
Not to mention Her Makeup!  :)
Well Met!

I wish you many Red Arrahs and Easy Blood Trails!


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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2012, 02:00:34 am »
Breathing new life onto an old bow is good medicine  ;) shure you had a good group to mentor you that adds good to it also ...sweet bow! May the memories and the bow serve you well for many years to come
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Offline hedgeapple

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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2012, 02:17:00 am »
Talk about teaching old dogs new tricks!  That's simply amazing.  You took a shootable bow and made it better.  Nice job by all.  I would not have in thought about doing so.  You've got me looking at my bow rack now.
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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2012, 03:27:09 am »
  Bow came out nice! Major improvement!
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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2012, 06:30:21 am »
Great remake,very nice. :)
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2012, 06:36:14 am »
Very nice work guys!!  That brace picture looks just about perfect to me.  I'll bet it makes meat this fall. :)

George
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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2012, 08:29:38 am »
That Grey is fine looking, I should try that sometime.
Nice save on an old bow Mike.
The two Chris' done you good.
 Now when can we see your bamboo arrows and the rest of your garb?

CTT
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« Reply #23 on: June 29, 2012, 09:06:44 am »
Thats a big time major improvement. Nice facelift. It needed it.  ;) i know for a fact its a much better shooter now in all departments just seeing the after pics,and knowing what it looked like firsthand before the facelift.
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« Reply #24 on: June 29, 2012, 09:44:27 am »
Thanks all. Yep, without the two Chris' I would still be hauling that ugly ol brown bow around. Been straightening my bamboo, too darn hot to work on them right now. I have an old beaver pelt quiver that Teresa Asbell made for me years ago that she is refurbishing for me also. If I don't kill anything at the "Challenge" I will be stylin' :D
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2012, 10:06:01 am »
Great job sealing her off Mike. Bring it to Elm Hall so I can her yet once again!
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #26 on: June 29, 2012, 10:30:51 am »
Now that was a good make-over!  I like that grey.   ;)
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #27 on: June 29, 2012, 11:04:08 am »
Great job on the re-do..Gotta love that Hickory
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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #28 on: June 29, 2012, 11:52:17 am »
Let me explain what we did, since Mikey left it all out. We narrowed the working limbs by about 3/8", shortened it by 2", heat tempered and reflexed it about 2". One tip was way too thin to allow a 50# plus bow. A 12" long by 3/16' thick hickory slat was glued to that tip and then worked back into the rest of the limb with rasps and a sanding block. It stiffened it up enough to allow any draw weight we wanted. The grip is totally reshaped as well and the bow totally retillered.
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Re: 1994 Hickory Restoration
« Reply #29 on: June 29, 2012, 12:19:28 pm »
That's right Chris, One bow was dumped on the ground to save the Grey Owl from extinction.
I hear OB wants to set up a bow shop in car port now. Him and KH are ate up with this stuff.

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