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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: PeteC on April 22, 2009, 04:32:21 pm

Title: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow with new pictures of arrow and hunt
Post by: PeteC on April 22, 2009, 04:32:21 pm

I'm having trouble with this new Picasa 3 program .Can't size the pics like the Olympus program.But I'll try again. This is an eastern hophornbeam specialty,"tilapia hunter",for use in water shallow enough to shoot a free cane arrow,at least 40" long,with a barbed tip,and be able to retrieve the arrow,and fish easily.It is 64" tip to tip,62 3/4" nock to nock. 1" wide at handle,out to mid-limb,then tapering to 3/8" tips. It is 42#@ 26" to help curb pass-throughs,although it is fast for a light bow,and I would'nt hesitate to hunt whitetails with it.It is heat treated,holds a little reflex,and has a built-up leather handle,which bends,and a stitched leather grip.Dyed dark green on the back,scarlet on the belly.10 coats of tru-oil.I'm gonna take it out this weekend to hunt tilapia. God Bless

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Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: PeteC on April 22, 2009, 04:37:07 pm

A couple of more;


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Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: John K on April 22, 2009, 05:14:30 pm

Looks real nice Pete ! That Hornbeam is some good stuff hey ?

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Kent D. on April 22, 2009, 05:14:37 pm

nicely done.  Looks great. ;)

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: african man on April 22, 2009, 05:34:31 pm

That's a really nice bow you've made there , love those arch of a circle tiller , very ELB ish ...  ::)
hope you have some good hunting with it

Chris ...  ;)

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: sailordad on April 22, 2009, 05:48:28 pm

nice looking bow.
hows it shoot?

if it was mine i would flip it over and shoot it,your top limb looks a little stiffer or maybe its the background clutter.

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Ryano on April 22, 2009, 07:45:14 pm

Tiller looks great to me. Can we see some close ups of your barbed fishing arrow's tip? What is it made of ?

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: ricktrojanowski on April 22, 2009, 09:44:10 pm

Nice work, The bow looks great and tiller looks spot on. 

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Keenan on April 22, 2009, 09:58:17 pm

Very nice Pete. That tiller looks perfect and you handle the twist as well. Great job. Good luck on your fishing ;)

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Bullitt on April 22, 2009, 11:10:52 pm

I hate cats,  love Talapia tho!

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Okie on April 22, 2009, 11:17:03 pm

Dang Pete, that tiller is spot on to me. Great job!

John

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Timo on April 22, 2009, 11:27:18 pm

I too like the tiller very much! Bent moon for shore! ;)

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: bambule on April 23, 2009, 12:05:09 am

very well crafted - the tiller is great.
Good luck and beware of big tilapia  >:D

Greetz
Cord

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: koan on April 23, 2009, 12:15:08 am

Great bow Pete! Seems like were all workin the hophornbeam lately ;)....Brian

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Pat B on April 23, 2009, 12:22:35 am

Nice bow, Pete. Looks like a tilapia killer to me. Cool arrow too.

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Pappy on April 23, 2009, 05:34:32 am

Sweet looking bow,tiller looks good and the finish work looks great also. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Dean Marlow on April 23, 2009, 07:50:25 am

Great looking bow. Love that Hornbeam for bow wood. Thanks for sharing. Dean

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: GregB on April 23, 2009, 08:08:01 am

Mighty fine looking bow! Goodluck with the fishing! ;)

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: TRACY on April 23, 2009, 08:48:02 am

Very nice fishing bow! Any close ups of the arrow? Is that your tilapia retriever? ;D

Tracy

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: DanaM on April 23, 2009, 08:50:22 am

Great bow Pete, happy hunting or is fishing ;) :)

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: DCM on April 23, 2009, 09:57:26 am

Looks like the right medicine to me!

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: billy on April 23, 2009, 10:30:46 am

Now that's what I'm talking about!!!  I LOVE it!!!  Dude, you gotta shoot some fish with it, but remember to bring your camera so you can take pics and post them on here, preferably under the hunting thread.  I'm really interested to know how well she performs, and how well your cane fishing arrows work.  Keep us posted! 

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: OldBow on April 23, 2009, 12:20:32 pm

Very nice and bookmarked for next week's Self Bow of the Month fun.

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: smokeu on April 23, 2009, 12:34:56 pm

Hey thats a nice looking bow< I live in longview where are you gettin your bow wood from Im trying to find some good sources. I just found out about the hardwood barn in Mt Enterprise. They have some killer stuff there. Where you going for talapia? Hope your have a good trip.

Thanks
Mike

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: Bullitt on April 23, 2009, 01:38:49 pm

Seriously Pete, that is a sweet bow! I would love to shoot some Tilapia. Bowfishing is one of my passions with a bow. I want to see that arrow also. I'm hoping to get out soon for the sucker run here in Indiana. Good Shootin to you, Steve

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: PeteC on April 23, 2009, 05:01:04 pm

Thanks everyone for the kind words.I will get back and answer everybodies questions when we're back from our camping trip.I'll get those arrow pics ,and hopefully some fish pics too. Thanks,and God Bless. Have a great weekend.

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: hedgeapple on April 23, 2009, 08:09:00 pm

It's bows like this that have me itching to try a D-Bow.   Beautifully done.

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
Post by: PeteC on April 28, 2009, 03:09:07 pm

First,thanks for all the kind words.This little bow shoots good and right where you look.The arrow in the picture weighs about 750 grains.It is only good in very shallow water and the conditions  this weekend were'nt favorable for it,though I did work hard to get one with the primitive gear.(see pic)The lake was 7 ft. low and all the flats we usually hunt were high and dry.The fish I took with this rig was probably 2 ft. deep,and that's stretching it for it's light weight.We also had 2" of rain,overcast days,with constant wind with gusts to 35MPH.We did however shoot 35 fish despite these conditions,with our selfbows,homemade reels,but rigged with manufactured fishing arrows .These fish make you hunt them,the way we do it,by wading and stalking.Here's the pictures:


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Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow with new pictures of arrow and hunt
Post by: El Destructo on April 28, 2009, 03:14:44 pm

Thats a nice Stringer full of Tilapia....and going to be a good meal too....Nice Job!!

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow with new pictures of arrow and hunt
Post by: TRACY on April 28, 2009, 03:39:11 pm

That is awesome! Great bunch of pics. Looks like a really good setup. Put it down on paper and let us read about it in the magazine.

Tracy

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow with new pictures of arrow and hunt
Post by: hedgeapple on April 28, 2009, 05:29:04 pm

PeteC, that looks like way too much fun.  It's inspiring me to go look for some carp.   :)

Title: Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow with new pictures of arrow and hunt
Post by: smokeu on April 28, 2009, 07:19:29 pm

man i bet that was awsome fun!