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Bows / Re: Black locusts bow
« Last post by simk on December 22, 2025, 04:17:15 am »
Fingers Crossed Arvin - I have tried black locust only twice but haven't been able to get a shooter from it - proibably my tillering skills and patience are not good enough. It feels very stiff and powerful.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Muntjac
« Last post by sleek on December 22, 2025, 03:27:01 am »
Makes a guy wonder, how do they taste? Cute little critters though.
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Bows / Re: Black locusts bow
« Last post by sleek on December 22, 2025, 03:25:23 am »
It took one inch of set, how much returns after unstrung?
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Around the Campfire / Muntjac
« Last post by Strelets on December 22, 2025, 03:09:34 am »


We just spent a few days in a lodge in Woburn Forest, England where we saw dozens of these little deer. I took this picture through the window of the lodge, where every morning we would see them just a few yards away. About a hundred years ago there was an escape of Chinese muntjac deer from Woburn Park into the surrounding forest. Since then they have spread over much of England and Wales and are moving into Scotland. They are now classed as an invasive species and in some parts they outnumber the native roe deer. The males stand about 20 inches high at the shoulder and weigh about 35 pounds or so. Despite their small stature they can run extremely fast and with very good stamina.
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Badger on December 22, 2025, 02:54:53 am »
  Ocean spray is amazing wood, this bow here  has a drying check that is 24" long and goes right hrogh the bow. 4 1/2" reflex no deflex and took less than 1/2" set. Extremely fast bow. Bow is about 1 1/16 wide. I will try and make a string and do a chrono on it this week, been several years since I had a string on it. 22.2 oz, 50# @ 28"
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Bows / Re: Black locusts bow
« Last post by superdav95 on December 22, 2025, 02:50:20 am »
JW.  I saw that post as well.  Very cool Arvin.  Looking forward to what this thing can do
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Bows / Re: Tillering advice: This thing is kinkier than...
« Last post by superdav95 on December 22, 2025, 02:42:20 am »
That’s quite a feet to get a nice shooting bow like that out of such a character stick!   Well done and I would count that a win! 
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by superdav95 on December 22, 2025, 02:36:53 am »
Yes that did turn out very nice indeed.  Love the bend on that full draw!
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Arrows / Re: Poplar arrows
« Last post by Pat B on December 22, 2025, 01:58:18 am »
Nice poplar arrows Robert.
Poplar makes a very good arrow. A few years ago my friend and PA member, Charlie Jefferson(stringstretcher) started making poplar arrows. He was starting with full size trees, slabbing and cutting the slabs into billets to age. After 2 years he reduced it to 3/8" square shafts then made round dowels with a Veritas dowel makes. Charlie sent me a few dozen matched shafts for me to make arrows and try my best to break them. Poplar makes strong shafting. These shafts were made from sapwood and weighed about the same weight as POC of the same size.
 He sent me a few heartwood poplar shafts that made good shafting but was more brittle than the sapwood so not as tough.
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by bentstick54 on December 21, 2025, 11:28:29 pm »
Very nicely done. Full draw looks good to me. Sounds like it shoots great.
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