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Offline bubby

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2013, 06:17:06 am »
Great bend on that one Rich, cant wait to see your "going native" kill, got faith in ya getting it done, Bub
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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2013, 07:12:55 am »
I love the look of those edge grain re shorty's ya got there ...going for turkeys with my osage shorty and prim arraz this spring...best o luck to ya!!!
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2013, 08:44:57 am »
Nice job on that shortie, Rich. I love the way your trad finish makes the grain pop on that elm....and, of course, sweet bend, as usual. ;)
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Offline Oglala Bowyer

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #18 on: February 23, 2013, 09:28:03 am »
Johnston, Rich may be drawing the bow that way as a way to show the bend and may have a different style of holding the bow.  I hold mine below my head and at an angle using the instinctive style to shoot.

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2013, 09:29:22 am »
Thanks for the kind words fellas,

Matt, I'm sure some of the nations were big enough to darw 24". Has to do with the size of the individual.

Hrothgar, No none of them will be backed, just self bows. either edge grained boards or staves, but the red elm and the ironwood seem to not mind the bend at all (no creeping set/ fretts etc at all)

Lane, dont shoot the bow anywheres near how the picture is (thats for the PA Monie shot) usually the bow is nearly flat, and the string fingers come back low (below the face) so your kinda lookin down the arrow like a pool stick. The bow hand is either palm up or palm down depending on which string grip I use. Works good for me.

Jon, you gonna need telephone poles for arras to fit a bow you like to pull 8)
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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2013, 07:20:48 pm »
nice bow rich.  Good to see that elm can take that kind of bend without sinew.  Best wishes on your hunts this fall. 
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2013, 02:43:38 am »
  Another insane bend Rich, really nice...
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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2013, 09:09:17 am »
Very nice bend in that one,sweet little bow. :)
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Offline Josh B

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2013, 09:56:38 am »
Rich, that bend is a beautiful thing to behold!  That's the arc that always attempt and seldom achieve.  That bow ought to be near perfect in your foxhole blinds.  Josh

Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #24 on: February 25, 2013, 10:22:57 am »
nice bend on that little bow. Congrats!
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Offline half eye

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2013, 10:26:14 am »
bub,gar,donald, pappy, gun doc, twisted  thanks for the comments, we'll see what happens on the huntin end of things. Gonna make several more and see which ones fit the best first.
rich

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #26 on: February 25, 2013, 11:21:54 am »
Hey Rich, you make 'em any shorter they'll dissapear altogether.
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(I'll be pickin' you brains later in the year when I try for an Osage shortie :) .. gotta pluck up courage to try abelly split first....)
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Offline Don

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #27 on: February 25, 2013, 01:48:50 pm »
Another good looking little short bow Rich.
I sure like them.  ;D
I'm going to give the NA way of shooting a try like we talked about. See how it works for me.

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #28 on: February 25, 2013, 01:56:00 pm »
wow that is short, nice bow. its amazing that something so small could take large game.

Offline autologus

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Re: 42" 47#@22" 2013 huntin bow
« Reply #29 on: February 25, 2013, 02:15:18 pm »
I will probably hunt this year with my little wheel barrow handle bow, of course compared to what you make 57" would be considered a long bow.  I will shoot 3D tournaments with it as well.  If I had the skill to make a bow as short as you I would use them but until I do the wheel barrow handle will have to do.  I have tried the palm up method and I struggled with it, it would take lots of practice to perfect the technique.  It just felt awkward.

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