Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Floridabowyer on November 18, 2015, 08:22:11 am
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Here is a little osage bow I have recently finished. It is 44" TTT and draws 48 lbs at 21". The width is 1.25" at the handle and tapers to .5" tips and has diamond style nocks. String is 12 strand FF with muskrat fur silencers.
The stave was a bit challenging from chasing a ring to tillering as it was full of knots and dips. It had natural deflex about midway so i decided to shoot for a semi deflex/reflex type hunting bow. I've not made any meat with it yet but plan on hunting small game and hogs with it in the next few months.
Thanks for looking!
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I love that lil' bow 8) , nice work and looks great fun to shoot.
Great to see what can be done with a short length of good wood, I've just chopped a damaged E. warbow and got a little under 65" of Italian yew to play with and hoping to keep good draw weight, this is encouraging :),
Ruddy Darter.
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A very excellent bit of work!!
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Very nice shorty. :)
Pappy
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Just 44" and stiff-handled? Congrats!
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Kewl!!! :)
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Nice job. Bet you can get at least another inch, if you wanted to that is.
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The Derringer of osage!
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That's a cute one. And Dang Florida people never where shoes.
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Why would you wear shoes, it's Florida!
very nice shortbow, i like the look of it.
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Cool little bow, I dig the tips
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I wear shoes because of the rattlesnakes and sand-spurs! Either one can be a major buzz-kill if you're not wearing some good shoes!
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Very nice, looks like a native american museum piece.
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Sweeeeaat !....make me wanna make a shorty.
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real nice little bow. great work. Tony
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I wear shoes because of the rattlesnakes and sand-spurs! Either one can be a major buzz-kill if you're not wearing some good shoes!
Those don't bother me much (the sand spurs anyway) but rattlers are a different story, good thing we don't see very many in my side of the peninsula.
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Great work on that short osage, killer looking bow.
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Those don't bother me much (the sand spurs anyway) but rattlers are a different story, good thing we don't see very many in my side of the peninsula.
You're a tougher man than me!
Nice bow though! A real looker!
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Thanks guys for the comments!
PS. the barefoot thing started in my home state of WV as a method of counting past 10! However, I fit right in barefoot in FL:)
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What happens when you have to count to 21? ;D Ok, no pictures of that!
Sweet little killer. Eric, you are making some sweet little shorties. Keep it up and I hope this one makes meat for you!
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Cool short bow. Iv'e been wanting to make a hunting bow kind of like that, for close shots. I have one that is similar, but not as pretty and wicked as yours. It's pretty amazing how hard and fast those short bows can shoot at closer distances, not to mention what osage can handle.
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That looks like a little rocket launcher for sure. I find it it amazing that you can get such a powerful (and beautiful!) bend from a 44" selfbow. That Osage really is something else! :-)
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Niiiiice shorty bow.Looks like it would work for a turkey from a blind if you ask me.
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I would love to try my hand at an Osceola turkey with a bow. That is a fantastic idea!
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Very nice! Museum collections abound with hunting bows around that length, so it's a proven design.
Tuukka