Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: punch on November 23, 2014, 06:04:32 pm
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I want to build a new bow primary use is hunting. I was thinking of building a molly or a bendy handle D bow. I have never made either of those. So I was wondering what your favorite hunting bow is. List the wood, design and a photo would be awesome. I am looking at Hackberry, hickory and Osage staves or red oak and hickory lumber.
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A flatbow design 64" to 66" either HHB or Osage.
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I'm a nutter for a bendy D.
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It's the bow in my hand when I head out the door, bendy, short, long, static, if it's well made it's a shooter
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Hard to beat a Grumley style static for close work in brush. I wish I had access to Osage to make a really authentic one.
(http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp78/pat_05/CIMG5139.jpg)
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That's a sweet bow Pat, what is the performance like with all that extra weight on the outer limbs?
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The performance is still high and the design seems to pay for the extra mass with little trouble. A lot of weight reduction can be done by making the tips very narrow and grooving the sides of the tips. The added on belly section can also be made of the lightest wood possible.
It also helps if the draw weight is higher which was generally the case in the original bows.
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I like the basic bendy handle bows. As simple as you can get it
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These are my two intended hunting bows, one for large game and one for small. Both black locust, details lie within :)
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,49241.msg672094.html#msg672094 (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,49241.msg672094.html#msg672094)
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,48339.msg660090.html#msg660090 (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,48339.msg660090.html#msg660090)
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short, bendy, usually Eastern Woodland NA types.....48" to 54" and weights between high 40's and mid 50's at 25-26 inches of draw. I do make them shorter but still in that weight range but am not totally proficient yet with the real short draw lengths.
here are few
rich
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Selfbow 68 inches long and high40 to low 50s no bendy handle for me but shoot off my hand
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62" osage stick.
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I like a 60" bow with a slight bend in the handle, about 60 lbs at 26".
I have found that things get stuck between the bow and the string at the curve in the bow when I use a recurve.
Patrick
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I have found that things get stuck between the bow and the string at the curve in the bow when I use a recurve.
Patrick
That's what these(http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp78/pat_05/CIMG5140.jpg) are for.
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Something heavy for stability.
Something not too long but not too short.
Something that flings an arrow quietly, usually a longbow.
Something that is the heaviest poundage that I can shoot accurately for one or two shots.
Ideally a takedown.
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I usually end up hunting with a 60 -64 inch long D style bow, 45lb to 55lb draw weight. I make all kinds of bows, but that is usually the style that shoots the best for me. This year, I have been shooting a 58" osage recurve that I have grown fond of. If a bow shoots a heavy hunting arrow quietly and hits where I am looking, I will take it hunting.
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This is like asking folks what there favorite candy,car,kind of woman,sports team etc....your gonna get ALL kinds of different answers cus everyone is different physically built,and personality wise...then throw in the differing diversity of terrains and environments to hunt in like tight thick eastern woodlands,wide open prairies,deserts,mountains,jungles etc etc....
BUT for me personally has been this bow the last two seasons...and I hunt thick hilly eastern woodlands
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=42911.0
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I favor a 66" Osage stiff handle upper 50's. I'm more accurate with the longer bow. This is my go to this season...It's super quiet...
Don
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I like a d bow in osage,,
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If it cant hold an arrow on its own, its not my favorite to hunt with.
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I'm a huge fan of a bendy handle, but I'm with pearl on the idea of a shelf. I add a shelf to all my hunting bows. No longer than 62". Never been too concerned with what type of wood, as long as I can hit what I'm aiming at. ;)
Tattoo Dave
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I think I have made three bows with arrow shelves. All of a sudden, I don't understand why I thought they were not a good idea. In a hunting situation, it removes one of the variables that can go wrong. I know I have shifted grip on a bow while plinking without noticing, so the chances of doing it under pressure in the field is magnified.
One of the benefits to this forum is the unending challenge to preconceived notions.
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And, cold hands can go in warm pockets.
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I'm with you pearly. It's gotta hold an arrow on its own for my particular style of treestand hunting whitetails. Hang it up and keep your hands warm :)
(http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a439/willharrison347/3EFA1025-6A99-4B50-88E3-441DCFA1A2FA_zpsrvnk1nm5.jpg) (http://s1035.photobucket.com/user/willharrison347/media/3EFA1025-6A99-4B50-88E3-441DCFA1A2FA_zpsrvnk1nm5.jpg.html)
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If it cant hold an arrow on its own, its not my favorite to hunt with.
Glad Im not the only one that feels this way. I will seldom take a bow to the stand that doesnt have some sort of arrow shelf. My go to bow for a few years has been a 64" osage r/d.
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/0CFFE835-F1CF-421B-819D-1481B3FEADD4.jpg) (http://s1231.photobucket.com/user/Jamey_Burkhart/media/0CFFE835-F1CF-421B-819D-1481B3FEADD4.jpg.html)
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I'm with you guys. if I'm hunting with it, it's gotta stay locked and loaded.
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Not saying I don't love knuckle shooting otherwise, I do, a lot. But its damn hard to tree stand hunt that way. Mr. Bent does and I commend him for the effort.
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Favorite bow design for hunting?
Simple.......
The one that hits where I'm looking...... :) :) :)
DBar
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Reflex deflex. Be it lam or stave. So hard hitting so stable and easy to shoot.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/wakolbinger/IMG_47591.jpg)
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Reflex deflex. Be it lam or stave. So hard hitting so stable and easy to shoot.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/wakolbinger/IMG_47591.jpg)
Is that a sheep pelt that bow is laying on?
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Heck no. It's an angora rabbit. He likes REALLY small bows! >:D
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A short recurve is good if you are going to spend much time in a tree stand.
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Stands scare me.... and I cant imagine actually leaning over to clear the bow limbs to shoot. I stick my butt on the ground. By the way, I like a deflexed bow with tips reflexed to the point the string almost touches but not quite.
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My best hunting bow so far was a modified mollie, about . Slight reflex/deflex, 68", crowned back about 2" wide, heat treated 60/40 limb proportions, small shelf, 52 lbs at 29", 3/8" wide tips. It just pointed and shot perfectly.