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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Granite Mtn on October 09, 2009, 01:42:08 pm

Title: Please let this work
Post by: Granite Mtn on October 09, 2009, 01:42:08 pm

Been trying to figure out how to post a picture.  Hope this works.

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Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: JustAim on October 09, 2009, 02:08:13 pm

well it worked :D but the pic is kinda small. everything looks good from what l can see. great job.

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: Kent D. on October 09, 2009, 03:13:01 pm

Looks good, now whats the story behind the bow? ;)

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: Granite Mtn on October 09, 2009, 04:25:24 pm

Does this make a difference.

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Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: NTProf on October 09, 2009, 05:35:08 pm

Now tell us about the bow.

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: recurve shooter on October 09, 2009, 07:40:22 pm

yup. looks good. now lets hear about it.

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: chasing crow on October 09, 2009, 08:04:17 pm

Bow looks great. And I'm not sure where that is, but I want to be there!
Chasing Crow

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: Granite Mtn on October 10, 2009, 02:44:05 am

Now that I know how to work this perputer I will post some cool stuff every now and then.  I have been building and hunting with all wood and selfbows since 1989, I learned from Dave Kissenger and have been building bows steadily ever sense. The bow above is 58 NTN 68ish# at 26in.  I built the bow last winter for this hunting season.  It was built with a fairly descent stave with pretty bad prop twist.  I used dry heat  and grease to make all corrections and for reflexing the tips.  I have been fooling with deflexing the selfbows right out of the fades to lower stress on short bows and reduce set during the tiller process it also seems to keep the bows performance more stable after grueling days of hunting.  I will include a pic of the bull I killed a couple of weeks ago.  The arrow passed completely through the bull penetrating the far side scapula that is the wound pictured in the photo.  I do not want any of the bows I post to be considered for any contests.  The bow pictured is the bow I shot at the Moses Lake Wa. Rock shoot,  it probably has over 1000 arrows through it now.  The picture with the pack is above the arctic circle on my moose hunt.  Enjoy




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Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: Keenan on October 10, 2009, 11:44:22 am

Welcome to the board, very nice pics and nice bull. Congratulations.  That is quite an accomplishment. Great shot and very nice looking bow. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: George Tsoukalas on October 10, 2009, 11:49:31 am

Wow! That is a great looking bow and animal.  Welcome! Jawge

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: Granite Mtn on October 10, 2009, 11:54:04 am

forgot to mention tip overlays dall sheep winter kill brooks range.

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: Pat B on October 10, 2009, 12:05:17 pm

Great looking bow and congrats on the moose. With a teacher like Dave Kissenger how could you go wrong! ;)  I've been admiring Dave's work for many years in PA Magazine.

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: hawkbow on October 10, 2009, 03:24:18 pm

what kind of penetration did you get on that shoulder shot? great harvest... just curious as to how deep that arrow went into that big old warrior of a bull... Hawk

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: Dave 55 on October 10, 2009, 03:26:16 pm

Great looking bow and I bet the moose hunt was a blast.

Title: Re: Please let this work
Post by: Granite Mtn on October 11, 2009, 02:07:50 am

Actually this bull was a pup, he was traveling with an over 65 in. bull that I did not have a shot at.  The total penetration was over 40 in. I was shootin ash shafts with trade points that are really heavy.  Here is the photo of the entrance wound, it is hard to see because we had to flip him over and by then he was muddy.

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