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Lost Arra:
If available, hard maple and pecan(which is in the hickory family) are good boards for bows too.

CharrDad:
Thanks,

Great suggestions. I hadn't thought about Pecan. I'm here in Georgia, and we have our share of Pecan trees.

I have seen Ferret's site and am planning on using those instructions. It looks like a very thorough build along.

It is interesting to know that an unbacked bow will perform better. I just assumed that I would back my first few to avoid breaks. Speaking of which, I have read several guys talking about backing with dry-wall tape. Which gave me an idea. If I were to use dry-wall tape, could I then go over top of that with a fabric, like cotton. It would be purely for cosmetic reasons. I was thinking of covering the tape with a piece of scrap camouflage

Any thoughts?

CharrDad

Lost Arra:
Just glue some linen fabric. Simple to apply and makes a "canvas" for your son to do some artwork.

Maple bow with linen backing (ASAT camo pattern by my daughter)




Red Oak bow with camo cloth back.

Pat B:
Welcome CharrDad to PA. All of the advise given is good. Do Check out Jawge's site. He will show you what to look for in an appropriate board for making bows and then tell you how to do it...along with other useful archery information. A simple fabric backing laid down with Tite-Bond glue is easy to do and will give you a little insurance. You can back a bow with brown grocery bag also. And like Lost Arra said each of you can create your own designs for the bows back.
  I have made osage and hickory backed bows that shoot as hard or harder than some FG backed bows.
I also made a Home Depot red oak bow with hickory backing that cost me $6 and is a very hard hitting bow. I wouldn't hesitate to hunt with any of them.   Pat

Kegan:
If you want to hunt wiht what you're building, remeber to go slow- most people (like myself) built their first bows too light to be a good hunter. I was just in too much of a hurry and took too much off ;D.

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