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Pappy:
I agree with Frank,I think if you post them they should be considered.I like eye candy but they must also perform.I can promise if it don't perform I wouldn't post it.I with Gordon I think all the extras help make the bow.Yes it must be tillered right to get my vote but it also needs to be pleasing to the eye.As far as someone winning more than once,I think if the people think it is the best bow for the month is should win no matter how many time they have won before.Just my opinion. :) There are to many great bowyers here to take them out just because they won.Keep um coming Gordon !!!! :)
   Pappy

medicinewheel:
seems cool telling opinions around here...!!!

so here comes mine: may the best win, right?!

and if the best is the same guy 12 X's per year, that's perfectly fine with me i'd say!

"Was your last winning bow truly exceptional work for you? Or was it just another well crafted bow that looked pretty?"
... well: i posted this bow but hey it's just another well-crafted bow that does look pretty but even if it might be better crafted and prettier then other bows posted here it may not be truly exceptional work for me so you better don't vote for it if it shows up on BOM ...  ???
dana, if you win BOM one day and 2 month later you made a better bow (or prettier bow...and you probably would...) it would be a loss for all of us if you didn't post it or if it was banned from BOM for whatever reason.
if we all had the chance too shoot every bow on BOM (which i think would be fun for the archers/bowyers but maybe not fun for the bows) we STILL would have MANY different opinions, wouldn't we: one likes bendy handles the other don't, one likes short draw, the other don't, one likes snakeskins the other don't (and nobody would shoot the bows blind-folded, right??)
we had  so many beautifull bows on last month's BOM, many had winning potential, missing one of them for whatever posting/voting restrictions would not make any sence to me at all.
(btw: siouxman made a good point asking why a sinew-backed bow is not considdered a backed bow)

...and i'd say it's just BOM not brain surgery!

cheers, frank

MattE:
The concerns expressed by others here are the same as mine. I don't see how any one can judge a bow by a picture? I have had the good fortune to shoot bows made by DMC, Badger, Rod Parson and a few more PA members. All were fine shooting bows.None of the bows were highly decorated but were masterpieces in my eyes and proven to be when handled.I have made many a bow myself but I have never entered one for the BOM.The true character of a bow can't be judged over a forum. This is my excuse.I also know that some bows summited for BOM are superb and as good as they get, but there will always be doubt until you put them to the test..... No amount of rouge and lip stick will make a bow shoot well but it will garner votes. 

DanaM:
I wish more people would post pics of their bows good, bad, and ugly. Each bow has its story and we can all learn something from each one.
Their are many on this forum that never post any bows. I'm sure some of us novices are intimated by most of you guys and feel that posting a pic of their
bow isn't worth the effort, especially when many of you view the pics and don't bother with a reply! It only takes a second to offer some constructive
advice or a job well done. Just because the bow ain't pretty doesn't mean that its not an effective weapon. I've only been a member of this forum for about 6 months
but I have jumped in with both feet so to speak, no lurking for me. I post pics of my bows  because I want your opinion good or bad. I don't take any offense and don't mean to offend anyone when I voice my opinion. As far as the BOM contest goes its Don's show he can run it any way he choses, I just wish more people would vote
and look beyond the obvious.
So have I put my foot in my mouth yet again?  :-\

Badger:
Dana, one thing I have noticed in the last couple of years is less constructive critisism (spelling?) I might see a bow that is 90% good with just one item I feel is worthy of a critical comment, I have seen others chastised and experienced it myself for making critical comments. I kind of like a tougher more honest approach to commenting, say the good and the bad. I don't know of anyone here who's heart is not in the right palce when they critique a bow. Sometimes you will see a new commers first bow, he is proud as a pea cock and rightfully so. But the bow might be awful. I think a healthy critique is a better way to go along with congrats that the bow itself didn't break. These discussions that come here once in a while I think are good things, Steve

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