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Offline Bubbabowyer

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My hunting bow
« on: February 07, 2020, 11:41:38 am »
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!

Offline Bubbabowyer

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2020, 11:46:10 am »
For the life of me I cant shrink these photos enough to fit.

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2020, 11:53:04 am »
I got a handle pic! Small victories.....

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2020, 12:47:57 pm »
Part of the back!

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2020, 12:51:06 pm »
Tip

Offline wstanley

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2020, 02:14:30 pm »
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.

Offline Swampman

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2020, 02:33:27 pm »
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.

Offline TimBo

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2020, 03:35:24 pm »
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.

Offline aznboi3644

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2020, 03:50:47 pm »
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.

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2020, 04:11:32 pm »
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.
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Offline Bubbabowyer

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2020, 08:45:52 pm »
Here is a drawn pic

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2020, 08:47:45 pm »
Some other shots. Thank you swamoman for helping out on the resizing issue.

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2020, 09:15:20 pm »
Your bend looks pretty good.  Is the top limb longer than the bottom limb? 

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2020, 10:21:32 pm »
Bout 1.5 inches yes

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: My hunting bow
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2020, 10:49:10 pm »
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. :BB (SH) :NN (lol). What are the white dots?
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