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bow length
loon:
Make a wood bow? Maybe 65"? How long is your draw?
There's a site that sells pretty cheap unfinished (as in tillered but unsealed, need to seal it with varnish or whatever yourself) hickory bows. They have 64" longbows. Could get one and heat treat the belly... 40 bucks! 39.99
holy $deity, a 75-80lbs hickory self bow for 60 bucks? Well here goes another bow...
I shoot a 53" bow (48" string length) without much trouble, i dunno man
PEARL DRUMS:
Your walking in circles fella. If your waiting for one of us to scream "yes you can!", we wont. There are scraps of advice laying here for you. Read between the lines and come up with an answer that suits YOU and where YOU hunt.
If my username was jayman448? I'd figure out why my shot sequence hurts my finger, then fix it and use a 58" bow.
BowEd:
ORRRRRR......Here's a solution you can do yourself.Since your going to shoot an FG bow anyway.[Or is it you want a self bow I don't know,wanting to make it yourself?].Go to a bow shop with a range.The owner wanting to sell you a bow will let you shoot multiple different bows.See which one suits ya.If you can't afford his prices make one we'll help ya and more than likely it'll be cheaper too.Sounds like you know enough about string angle etc. to make a decision.
jayman448:
I can see i walk in circles. Thalk you patb for adressing the actual question asked. Much apreciated xD
bradsmith2010:
it really depends on what you like,,practice with that and you can hunt with it,,
I have done both,,long and short,, they are both good,, I prefer short for close range deer hunting,, but have killed deer with both,,thats why you see a range of lengths in the Native bows,, they all work,,
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