So... I have been an off and on Primitive Archer message board follower for a long time (at least a decade, I think almost 2 lol) anyway. I have been doing mostly board bows. I have a few hunting weight and light target weight flatbows. I am a grad student but being out of college for the quarantine I have been spending a lot more time in the woods. I cut a white oak stave today and sealed up the ends and threw it in my attic. I didn't really want to go with oak (nothing wrong with it but I have done a ton of red oak board bows), but all the Ash trees around here (west Michigan) are suffering from the Emerald borer beetle and I didn't want to contribute to their loss, and I couldn't find any elms, birch is pretty light, poplar is way too light. So I went with a stave of white oak (we have plenty of those around here.) I am going to split it tomorrow to help it season faster, maybe rough out the width dimensions while its green to speed up the drying process. I was thinking of making a hunting bow for deer and small game, doing a Holmegaard bow design sounded fun (I have never made one) but I see mostly they are being used for flight shooting (or so it seems) anybody have any advice on Holmegaard designs for hunting bows? I have read the TBB books 1-4 religiously for quite awhile (more reading than making unfortunately) and have them as reference. Any advice would be welcome. thanks in advance.
