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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: kylerprochaska on November 16, 2009, 08:25:58 pm

Title: Deer toes
Post by: kylerprochaska on November 16, 2009, 08:25:58 pm

Just wondering if they have any uses...the hooves that is...I was thinking maybe tip overlays but i don't know how thick they are or if they would work??

-Ky

Title: Re: Deer toes
Post by: Jmilbrandt on November 16, 2009, 08:29:03 pm

I have tired it before I don't think they will work. They are all soft on the inside not hard like the outer surface.

Title: Re: Deer toes
Post by: Stickhead on November 16, 2009, 09:24:21 pm

You bet they work!  I wondered the same thing, so I tried them for the first time on this ERC bow last year.  ERC is so soft that I felt this bow needed some reinforcement.  Mine aren't real pretty by most standards, but deer hooves are definitely functional for tip overlays!  Go for it!!

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Title: Re: Deer toes
Post by: Dauntless on November 16, 2009, 10:20:15 pm

Hooves are keratin: the same stuff as horn.  The deer ones I've handled were pretty thin walled though.

Title: Re: Deer toes
Post by: kylerprochaska on November 16, 2009, 10:26:46 pm

Well I just may have to try it and find out...I've got 8 of them...might as well experiment.

-Ky

Title: Re: Deer toes
Post by: woodstick on November 16, 2009, 11:14:59 pm

thats cool nice job.