Sinew backed juniper Bullsnake bow

[pierce_schmeichel]

Hey guys! Just finished up this new bow. It's a 40.5" ntn sinew backed juniper bow I backed with a bull snake skin.
I haven't made a juniper bow in a little while but I have got to say, it is such a nice bow wood!! Super lightweight, easy to carve, smells wonderful, takes very little set, and makes a super snappy bow when backed.

Anyway, this bow ended up tilering out to 45# @20" of draw and flings a 460 grain arrow 135fps!!

It ended up taking about an inch of set....but that's probably mostly because I got a little impatient in the drying process and started tilering it early haha. I couldn't wait any longer!! So, I expect to see a little more gains as time goes by, but regardless, I am very pleased with the results I have gotten so far.

I plan on taking it out hunting this season......but then again I plan that with pretty much every bow I make and always fall in love with the next bow haha.

[Hamish]

Beautiful!

[ajooter]

Great lookin little stick! Those skins are beautiful.

[Pat B]

Very cool little bow.    

[superdav95]

Yes very cool little bow!  Love those skins. 

[pierce_schmeichel]

 Thanks guys!!

[bjrogg]

Nice little stick. Full draw looks nice

Bjrogg

[GlisGlis]

very nice bow! love it
what's the string made of? is that gut?
also what kind of arrowhead is that?

[pierce_schmeichel]

very nice bow! love it
what's the string made of? is that gut?
also what kind of arrowhead is that?

It's a raw hide sting! I live raw hide strings. They are super durable and very easy to make. You just spiral cut a bunch of raw hide stripes and twist them together. But I took that raw hide string off and am now using a yucca string that I made. I am using that Raw hide string on a different bow.

Yucca works supper good for a string too! It's strong and shoots very quickly. It does take a while to make though
 And the reason I am okay with taking a little longer is so I can save my raw hide. I also have an abundant access to yucca.

As for the arrowhead, I don't have one on there right now. What you're probably seeing is a piece of electrical tape that I put on there as a marker so know how far to pull back another one of my bows! But I do plan on putting some nice knife river flint arrowheads on my arrows this hunting season!

[medicinewheel]

Cool little bow!

[uwe]

Well done!
Cheers Uwe 

[JW_Halverson]

Wow, that's actually kinda cute!!!

Lemme know when you wanna go get that burr oak stave in the Hills!

[pierce_schmeichel]

Thanks John! Haha it is cute. But that juniper makes a snappy little bow. It's like yew except it doesn't have the tension strong sapwood. Cool stuff

Anyway, I am coming down on the 9th of this August! So we could go check it out then!

[JW_Halverson]

Thanks John! Haha it is cute. But that juniper makes a snappy little bow. It's like yew except it doesn't have the tension strong sapwood. Cool stuff

Anyway, I am coming down on the 9th of this August! So we could go check it out then!

Sounds good. Keep in touch.

[GlisGlis]

I love natural strings
In my book they are definitely a bonus on a self bow!

must find myself some yucca