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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Flowering Dogwood Bow
« on: June 13, 2012, 11:14:50 pm »




    Finished up my new Flowering Dogwood bow. I am a bit over bowed with this one at 70# @ my 25" draw. not even hitting my draw in the pic. the off season has let my muscles relax, i will have to work back into this weight. Its short at 61" long overall. I left some of the cambium layer on which has a really cool pinkish-purple color. The wood itself has some of those colors in it as well. the Tips are Black Walnut and the grip in Chocolate Deer Hide. It didn't take on too much string follow especially for being so short and heavy, i wouldn't have minded a little extra set though! i never can bring myself to scrape a bow down when it tillers out heavy. I like as much penetration as i can get when shooting stone. I have a half dozen long cane arrows made up for it already. they are between 600-650 grains and fly like they are 350 coming out of this bow! I will be working on a set of red jasper stone points to hunt in Alabama with this October. thanks for looking at it- Ryan
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 11:15:37 pm »
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Offline Adam

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2012, 11:22:40 pm »
I really like it.  The cambium on the back gives it a little natural camoflauge.  Great leatherwork on the grip.
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Offline seabass

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2012, 12:08:15 am »
nice as always Ryan.good job.
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Offline Will H

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2012, 12:47:02 am »
That's killer man! Well done!
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2012, 01:22:55 am »
She looks like a mean young thing, Ryan.  Gotta be tough to spine your arrows out?
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2012, 03:04:39 am »
That is a lot of pounds out of a 61" bow.  I think that says a lot about dogwood and a lot about your tillering skills.  Nice work. 
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2012, 07:02:54 am »
Very nice bow Ryan,dogwood in a beautiful wood and you done it justice. :) Hard also,they use to make golf clubs and  big machine thread spools out of the stuff,polished it is hard as steel,well close. ;) :) :)
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2012, 07:34:01 am »
That's great, I like the cambium too.
Lovely tiller.
(but I don't see the flowers on it... ;D )
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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2012, 08:37:27 am »
Sweeeeeet  :)
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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2012, 09:26:13 am »
Nice bow Ryan
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2012, 09:40:23 am »
thanks guys.

Parnell-  yeah it likes heavy spined arrows.  it shoots 60-65 65-70 and 75-80's well. over 80 and it wont apex enough to clear the bow cleanly. and my 55-60  smack the bow and fly a little erratic.

Pappy- yeah i used to have an antique set of dogwood clubs. and a few persimmon ones too. but I havent played golf in probably 10 years.  but yup it is super hard. now that i have made 3 bows from it and all are good heavy hunting bows, I am thinking i might like dogwood performance wise more than elm or really any other white woods that i have tried so far
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2012, 09:54:19 am »
Nice bow, Ryan.  Sure like the cambium layer camo. 
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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2012, 10:04:20 am »
Very nice job! You do look like you're struggling a little in the full draw. Heck, till I got into this hobby in the fall of last year, I hadn't shot in several years and struggled with the 45 pounders at first gettin myself back in shape. 60's is still too heavy for me.
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Flowering Dogwood Bow
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2012, 12:36:23 pm »
Another beauty.. i enjoy your bows more and more... excellent tiller and work..


Jon
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