My hunting bow

[Bubbabowyer]

Here is my hunting bow. 57.5 inches ttt drawing 40 lbs at 27 inches. Handle just starts to work at full draw. Copperheads were harvested from my farm. Tips are 3/16 wide by 7/16 deep. After close to 2000 shots she had taken about 1 1/8 inches of set. No tillering tree or gizmo just bent it around my knee and scraped it with my knife. It could've been done much better but I wanted to do this in a way that required only my eyes and hands to feel this bow out so to speak. I hope you like it!

[Bubbabowyer]

For the life of me I cant shrink these photos enough to fit.

[Bubbabowyer]

I got a handle pic! Small victories.....

[Bubbabowyer]

Part of the back!

[Bubbabowyer]

Tip

[wstanley]

I have trouble with photos too. Yours are pretty blurry so its hard to see the artwork clearly on that bow. Also a full draw pic is pretty much essential. I love the look of copperhead skins. Good luck with the pics.

[Swampman]

If pictures are on your phone you can email them to yourself.  When doing this your phone should ask what size you want the photos to be.  I have found this to be the simplest way to resize photos from my phone.  I have an iPhone so this may not work with other phones.

[TimBo]

That looks like a really cool bow.  Not to criticize your photos, but I imagine higher image quality is needed to really appreciate the finish work.

[aznboi3644]

I always like snake skins on a bow.  I need to find some.

Good looking bow and good job on making it with just your hands.

[WhistlingBadger]

I agree--from what I can see that's a really pretty bow.  I'd love a full draw shot or two.  The minimalism is admirable too, trying to do it the way the ancestors did.  Hm, I wonder if stone-age Native Americans and medieval Europeans had tillering boards of some sort.  Wouldn't surprise me.

[Bubbabowyer]

Here is a drawn pic

[Bubbabowyer]

Some other shots. Thank you swamoman for helping out on the resizing issue.

[Swampman]

Your bend looks pretty good.  Is the top limb longer than the bottom limb? 

[Bubbabowyer]

Bout 1.5 inches yes

[Hawkdancer]

Nice bend!  I ain't real wild about snake skins, but to each her/his own, it does look good, too.  I think I will stick to rawhide or maybe sinew when I reach that point. . What are the white dots?
Hawkdancer