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Offline TRACY

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Short Osage hunter
« on: July 23, 2014, 10:44:26 pm »
Here's a little Osage stave that held together to be a shooter. I've never made one this short (barring kids bows) and felt like I was making a bow for the first time :D. I'll be hunting with it this fall. I backed it with a road kill  black rat snake in front of my house. Five coats of tru oil and leather handle wrap to finish it up. It's a snappy little bow.

51" ntn
45lb@ 22"

Thanks for looking!

Tracy
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2014, 10:51:49 pm »
Very nice work Tracy.  That skin looks great
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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2014, 11:15:25 pm »
Great work! want to make a shorty.
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Offline Swampman

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2014, 11:18:56 pm »
Very nice. The skins look pretty nice for road kill. ;D
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Offline PrimitiveTim

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2014, 02:18:21 am »
Sweet!  I like it :)  I can't wait to see your post in the hunting section with that thing.
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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2014, 05:02:20 am »
Sweet looking shorty,very cool and should be able to move around in the woods with that very easily.  ;)
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Offline wapiti1997

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2014, 06:43:11 am »
Nice job! Looks to be a thumper...
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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2014, 06:53:34 am »
Good luck with it....looks like ya could pull another 2-3" if ya wanted to and needed to
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Offline 4dog

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2014, 08:06:17 am »
nice shorty there!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2014, 08:18:51 am »
Looks good Tracy. I agree with Chris, pull it another 2-3" if you need/want to. She has plenty left!
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2014, 08:45:20 am »
Sweet shorty.  Nice job.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2014, 08:53:38 am »
Looks real good Tracy, those short bendys have become my favorite choice for a close range hunting bow. Hope to see you take a deer with it this fall. :)
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2014, 09:17:59 am »
Looks good Tracy.  I saw this one at Bills over the weekend its a nice shooter and he hits were hes looking with it.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2014, 09:29:11 am »
Looking good Tracy.  Those skins look awesome.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Short Osage hunter
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2014, 11:01:01 am »
Thank you for the comments Clint,Sasquatch, swampman, Tim, Pappy, Joe, Chris, 4dog, slimbob, PD,Greg,Ozzy,and Matt ! Much appreciated.

Blackhawk and PD, you're correct. I told Danzn bar and Ozzy over the weekend that the hardest thing to get use to was drawing it to its fullest without feeling like it was going to break. When I shoot it I'm getting 24" draw. I don't have any cane shafts short enough for the bow so I need to make some two fletch up for it. Totally different style of shooting a shorter bow for me with  an "air" anchor point.

Tracy
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