Pit River Indian (Acumawi) Yew and sinew

[YewArcher]

Here is another of my Pit River Indian bows. I made one last year for hunting season. This will be one of my persoanll hunting bows this year.

Specs:
Yew heart wood and sinew
45" long
50#@26"
Holds 1.5" of reflex after heavy shooting creeps back to about 3" after an hour unstrung.

Great shooting bow. These people were ingenious!!!!

Unbraced: (Look at that retained reflex )



Braced: (Look ate that unbraced profile. Once you see the full draw it really amazing. It goes to show that the unbraced profile really needs to be ignored sometimes. The bottom limb has a HUGE knot in it. At brace it looks stiff but at full draw it bends right through. Messes with your head when you are tillering!!)


Belly:



Back: (I painted the back black on this one for a nice dark silloette while hunting)


Tips and grip:











Full draw: (Notice the wavy knots in the limbs)


Thank you for looking!

Steve

[DirtyDan]

Great job, Steve.  It just goes to show you that you can't judge a tiller by looking at the braced view alone.  When fully drawn, the tiller is just right.  I love your sinew tips, the paint job, the short length.  What are you using for string?

Dan

[YewArcher]

Dan, Thanks,

For dislpay and demnstration I use a sinew string. For day to day and huntingI use linen. That there is a junky dacron. opps.....forgot to put a good one on for photos!

Steve

[Dano]

Very cool bow. Nice job!!

[Pappy]

Very nice job,Ha I seen that before.
   Pappy

[cowboy]

Amazing to me how much those shorties can bend with a little sinew glued to em. Looks good!

[burn em up chuck]

sweet !!! every time i see one those i want to run to the shed and start working on one. i've got a piece of yew thats deflexed maybe this would a good project for it. anyway excellent bow.

                                                                              chuck

[OldBow]

The Smithsonian is going to be hiring you as a talented maker of NA Indian replicas. Nice job! Got your bow all bookmarked, too!

[DanaM]

Man you've been busy Great replica bow and the fact that is a shooter makes it even better

[Marc St Louis]

Very well done.  Looks like it works just a bit through the handle

[Postman]

wow- what a cool design. Ingenious indeed

[david w.]

Awesome!  I love that
way cool bow

[AndrewS]

A great work!
Congrats

[cracker]

Very cool I like it a lot.
R.C.

[JackCrafty]

Interesting bow you got there.....very nice.