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Offline Kidder

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Meat smoker hickory bow
« on: February 11, 2022, 02:31:59 am »
So I finished up the problem hickory stave I was working on. A bunch of you said I should just smoke some meat with it. You were probably right but I’m hundreds of miles from the nearest hickory tree so I plugged forward. The tree had some injuries that it had grown around. As I tillered it out the damage just moved around so I was never really able to plan a stiffer spot and had to stick with what it ended up with. A small fret developed in the good wood next to the bad spots. But so far it’s more or less stayed the same.  It also had some significant twist around some knots in that area that caused splitting with the grain around the knot. Filled them with thin CA and moved on. I’ve learned to string the bow and apply the CA and then unstrung it - it’ll self clamp that way in a lot of instances. But the good news is it al is it’s surprisingly a fantastic shooter. The string lines up exactly on the inside of the handle so is very forgiving. Limb timing seems spot on. The tiller looks a little off to my eye on the upper limb but I think it’s actually close as their is more reflex in that limb. 67” NTN. 40# at 26”. Pyramid taper with 1 3/4” fades but wider around the damaged knot area. Haven’t put it through my chrono yet but I’d guess it’s zipping around 160fps with hunting weight arrows. Got about 150 arrows through it. If it blows up I’ll smoke some meat with it. Until then I’ll enjoy it.
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Offline Kidder

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2022, 02:32:40 am »
Full draw
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Black Moshannon

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2022, 06:26:31 am »
Glad it turned out…really nice looking with the cambium left on back. Nice looking narrow tips.  I realized another split off that same stave had some belly rot out too. It’s going to be worked on soon. It’ll be a little easier for me though since I use a narrow limb design and a strong heat treat which allows me to cut out a lot more of a bad area
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2022, 07:27:29 am »
Maybe you can harvest some meat with it for the smoker instead.

Always enjoy getting a bow out of a piece that doesn’t want to give one up easily.

Way to stick with it.

Bjrogg

PS I’m thinking you might be closer to yew?
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2022, 08:01:38 am »
Sweet bend! Good job on a tough stave.  -C-
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Offline M2A

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2022, 08:41:54 am »
Good looking tiller. Wouldnt know that piece of wood had any flaws by the bend.  Well done.
Mike
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2022, 10:51:36 am »
Very nice bend on that almost "smoker" stave. That might be a good name for her.
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2022, 11:15:14 am »
Tiller looks great from here, nice work
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2022, 01:44:56 pm »
Way to hang in there!  Great looking bow.
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Offline TimmyDeNorCal

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2022, 02:23:35 pm »
Nice bow!

I have found that the staves that present problems at every step of the way are sometimes the most rewarding when they end up as a finished (and surviving!!) bow!
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Offline Morgan

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2022, 06:03:45 pm »
Great job working through the issues on that stave. Great looking bow.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2022, 06:06:51 pm »
congrats,,  )P(
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Offline Will B

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2022, 06:08:27 pm »
Beautiful bend on a great looking hickory bow
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Offline freke

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2022, 06:13:32 pm »
Nice looking bow, the tips looks really nice  :OK
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Offline Kidder

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Re: Meat smoker hickory bow
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2022, 09:10:16 pm »
Thanks for the kind words everyone.
Yes I’m closer to yew, but still not what I would call close and I haven’t figured out the harvesting permit issues with it yet. The local bow woods I have are black locust, apple, plum, Hazel, hawthorn, mountain ash (Rowan), and I’ve located a buckthorn and a persimmon on the RR right of way going through the corner of my property.
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