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Offline bubby

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Ojibwa bow
« on: February 16, 2011, 04:51:36 pm »
hey guy's this is an Ojibwa bow I built to hunt with this year, you can probably quess where I got the idea from, 60"ntn, 50#@ 29", white oak, brown rit dye and finnished with 5 coats of bees wax, she's got less than an inch of set and shoot's real nice


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Offline bubby

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2011, 04:55:58 pm »
here's the full draw, really like how well these native bows perform, they are great little bows, Bub


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Offline Elktracker

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2011, 05:03:00 pm »
Very  nice, I really like that bow! great job as always :)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2011, 05:43:40 pm »
Very very nice. Thats the kinda bow that makes ya dumb-founded why anyone one would ever wanna shoot a fiberglass bow.  ;D
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Offline half eye

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2011, 06:40:43 pm »
Sweet jesus, bubby.......that's about as good as they get, sir.  Hell, them deer gonna just have to flat surrender, no arras fired!!!!
rich
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Offline bubby

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2011, 06:49:10 pm »
thank's elktracker,toomany, Rich that's about the only way to get'em here in calif. huntin in 112 deg heat makes it a bear
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2011, 09:24:49 pm »
Love it... 8)

I spent the better part of last night online trying to do a little pictorial research for some of the Woodland Indians.  Our local tribes near me here in Michigan were Ojibwa, Chippewa, Potawatomi.  So far the search has come up pretty empty but I plan to keep looking.  Again, very nice work.

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Offline bubby

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2011, 09:40:07 pm »
talk to Halfeye, he can prolly get ya what ya want, Bub
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2011, 09:52:51 pm »
That's a good looking bow!!! I just finished a Eastern woodlands N/A bow too. Right now I'm breaking it in,can't wait to shoot it!! I'll post pics when my wife is available to take pics. i guess it's Ojibwa style too.
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Offline swamp yeti

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2011, 10:21:33 pm »
Real nice.
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Offline SA

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2011, 11:05:30 pm »
like it alot, i just sarted an iroquios bow similar to that. just not sure what side to shoot off ,the staight or scalloped .
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Offline half eye

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2011, 11:16:23 pm »
Hey sa,
      I've not spoken to any of the Iroquioian elders, (maybe some of the other members have though) but I was told by some Odawa elders that they and the Ojibwe and other Algonquian groups shot from the scalloped side. That's if the bow has scallops, because the Ojibwe had both types and I presume that other groups did also. Hope that helps some.
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2011, 11:34:06 pm »
Awesome!
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Offline ken75

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2011, 12:32:44 am »
great little bow !! looks  good ! glad sombody has time to build them  ;D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Ojibwa bow
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2011, 01:29:22 am »
Very nice Buddy.
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