I just gave a bow to friend. He wanted a light weight hunting bow to shoot at a turkey at 10 or 12 yards from his blind. And he wanted it black so it would not be seen inside his blacked out blind. And, it needed to be short enough for him to shoot it in the blind. Simple enough, except he's 6'4 and draws a bow 29". He's an experienced archer with a compound bow, but after seeing a few of my bows he wanted one. A month ago, he said, "How cool would it be for me to take a turkey with a bow you made." I thought it would be pretty cool, also. One because he's a friend and has supplied me with turkey feathers for the last couple of years and even gave me a couple 3D targets. And, SECOND, because he sits on the board of directors of Matthew Bows.
When I gave him the bow this afternoon, he was like a kid at Christmas. You remember those smiles forever. I made him a few arrows, turkey feathers on tomato stakes done in a Cherokee 2-fletch style. The arrows excited him more because they were probably from turkey wings that he had given to me.
He took the bow straight home and started shooting it. He says a turkey within 10 yards will be down.
About the bow:
60" n2n
45# at 29"
osage 1 1/2" at fades.
Sorry, I should have taken pictures of the finished bow. I will when I get a chance to do so with him holding it.
But, this is a picture of the final tiller.
