Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on June 13, 2012, 11:14:50 pm
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Finished up my new Flowering Dogwood bow. I am a bit over bowed with this one at 70# @ my 25" draw. not even hitting my draw in the pic. the off season has let my muscles relax, i will have to work back into this weight. Its short at 61" long overall. I left some of the cambium layer on which has a really cool pinkish-purple color. The wood itself has some of those colors in it as well. the Tips are Black Walnut and the grip in Chocolate Deer Hide. It didn't take on too much string follow especially for being so short and heavy, i wouldn't have minded a little extra set though! i never can bring myself to scrape a bow down when it tillers out heavy. I like as much penetration as i can get when shooting stone. I have a half dozen long cane arrows made up for it already. they are between 600-650 grains and fly like they are 350 coming out of this bow! I will be working on a set of red jasper stone points to hunt in Alabama with this October. thanks for looking at it- Ryan
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I really like it. The cambium on the back gives it a little natural camoflauge. Great leatherwork on the grip.
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nice as always Ryan.good job.
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That's killer man! Well done!
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She looks like a mean young thing, Ryan. Gotta be tough to spine your arrows out?
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That is a lot of pounds out of a 61" bow. I think that says a lot about dogwood and a lot about your tillering skills. Nice work.
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Very nice bow Ryan,dogwood in a beautiful wood and you done it justice. :) Hard also,they use to make golf clubs and big machine thread spools out of the stuff,polished it is hard as steel,well close. ;) :) :)
Pappy
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That's great, I like the cambium too.
Lovely tiller.
(but I don't see the flowers on it... ;D )
Del
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Sweeeeeet :)
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Nice bow Ryan
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thanks guys.
Parnell- yeah it likes heavy spined arrows. it shoots 60-65 65-70 and 75-80's well. over 80 and it wont apex enough to clear the bow cleanly. and my 55-60 smack the bow and fly a little erratic.
Pappy- yeah i used to have an antique set of dogwood clubs. and a few persimmon ones too. but I havent played golf in probably 10 years. but yup it is super hard. now that i have made 3 bows from it and all are good heavy hunting bows, I am thinking i might like dogwood performance wise more than elm or really any other white woods that i have tried so far
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Nice bow, Ryan. Sure like the cambium layer camo.
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Very nice job! You do look like you're struggling a little in the full draw. Heck, till I got into this hobby in the fall of last year, I hadn't shot in several years and struggled with the 45 pounders at first gettin myself back in shape. 60's is still too heavy for me.
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Another beauty.. i enjoy your bows more and more... excellent tiller and work..
Jon
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A sweet bow with a textbook tiller, very nice.
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Yes Sir!!!
Love this One!
The Dogwood really caught my eye.
-gus
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Very nice!!!!
George
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That is one beautiful bow, very nice in all respects. Shows great skill and attention to detail--well done!
Ron
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SWEET!!!!
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Thats a fine looking tool, very nice.
Though my shoulder is aching just looking at that FD
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That bow is a hoss! I am gonna have to try some dogwood. I read somewhere that dogwood was prone to take a lot of set but is really tension strong.... Did you toast it? I have some dogwood growing around here and I intend to build one from it. Our poor little Alabama deer..... That is a lot of bow! Great job, as usual. :)
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Nice bow, I like it more rounded corner but it is fine and like this.
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thanks guys.
hrhodes- I have made 3 from flowering dogwood, all of which i cut in Alabama. none of them really took any additional set in comparison to elm and typically less set set than hickory. nope didnt toast it. i typically dont toast them anymore. i used to toast bows a lot, but i didnt see enough performance gains to really convince me to go through the effort. however there is still an occasion where i would if i felt i needed to.
druid- yeah i much prefer the rounded edges myself. some bows lend themselves well to it but this one just didnt. I often times find if i force the edges round on one that lends itself well to being a flat bow, I usually gain set and lose performance. Seems the majority of the whitewoods i have worked perform best being flat. but i am with you, i dont care for the squared off look much either
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Another great bow. I want it! The tiller looks sweet and the poundage is awesome on that size of bow. Well done!