This one I have had done for some time but only just got around to posting it. About a year ago I went through a treeline which was mostly mulberry trees, most of them were useless however in the center of it were three of the straightest and cleanest trees I have ever seen, each of them were worth a good 6 staves, so I came back to the best of the three and did what any good bowyer would have done to such a magnificant tree, I chopped it down. This bow is the result of it's second stave as my first attempt was more or less a failure.
It pulls 60# at 27" and is 65" in length. 1.5" at the fades and tapers down to .5" at the nocks in a semi-pyramid style. I left 2 or 3 rings of sapwood on which didn't seem to cause any trouble. The only major fault is a slight twist throughout the stave but it certainly doesn't effect the shooting. I have found it to be fast and accurate. Since this is my 07-08 hunting bow I have used deer antlers in the decoration.
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