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Offline Ifrit617

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"Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« on: October 21, 2013, 07:29:37 pm »
Hey guys finally got a chance to finish this red oak bow I tillered out in May. Probably put around 3000 shots through her since then, just never had time to apply the finish. This bow was an accomplishment for me since red oak is my arch-nemesis of all bow woods.

This one pulls a smooooth 41#@29" and is dead silent, with just a bit of a thump in the hand that lets you know the arrow's gone. As of now, with over 4000 shots through her, she holds a perfect 1.5" of resting set. It is one smooth target bow, but it earned its name from the squirrel I shot with it last friday. Finished out with some danish oil and deer tallow from JW. The limb wraps are suede saturated in more deer tallow. Turned out real nice.

Turned out 71" n2n, 1 1/16" wide at the widest point, straight tapering from there to 3/8" tips. I highly crowned the back of the bow to help take some stress off the belly. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Jon



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Offline koan

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2013, 07:54:39 pm »
Purty nice bend there!... Brian
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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2013, 08:04:55 pm »
Looks good.... but wheres the slain squirrel?  ??? Pics or it didn't happen  :P  :laugh:
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Offline bubby

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2013, 08:10:37 pm »
sweet bend jon, nice one, bub
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2013, 08:13:31 pm »
Quote from: blackhawk on October 21, 2013, 08:04:55 pm
Looks good.... but wheres the slain squirrel?  ??? Pics or it didn't happen  :P  :laugh:

Hahaha it's in its well deserved place in my stomach. Next one I'll post Chris, just so we can compare the sizes of our "trophies".  >:D >:D Thanks Bub.

Jon
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Offline rossfactor

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2013, 08:50:16 pm »
4000 shots....

I guess a red oak bow can be durable after all  ::) ::) ::)

Nice job on this bow, that's a very graceful tiller.

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2013, 09:05:20 pm »
 Nice tiller Fritzy!
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2013, 09:14:25 pm »
Nice Jon.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2013, 09:18:57 pm »
Super smooth tillering on her Jon, real nice.
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Offline adb

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2013, 09:23:00 pm »
Nice bend! A simple no nonsense bow. Good job.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2013, 10:01:40 pm »
Great job one that red oak.  Tiller looks awesome
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Offline Ifrit617

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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2013, 10:47:40 pm »
Thanks guys. She's real sweet on the draw...

Jon
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Offline Pat B

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2013, 11:44:56 pm »
That's is about as simple as it gets with perfect tiller. What more could you want...and from a $5 board. Great tribute to your bowyery and the lowly red oak board.  8)
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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2013, 06:17:31 am »
Looks very good,tiller is dead on,very nice job. :) Looks like a good candidate for BOM. ;) :)
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Offline JonW

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Re: "Squirrel thumper" a New Red Oak longbow
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2013, 08:16:16 am »
Man that is a good tillering job if I ever saw one.
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