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lenador:
I've been gone for 10 years from the forum and I'm finally going to work on my Osage hunting bow. I harvested and split them about 10 years ago and they have been drying for quite some time so I think they are ready. I shot the heck out of my red oak board bow and even killed a squirrel with it.
 I do hate to admit it but 6 years ago I moved I to a new house that's on a corner and I don't have a place to shoot so I have not shot the bow more than 3-4 times. I'm sort of focused on how I can make a safe place to shoot my bow without upsetting the neighbors. I think I have a plan that I can make a good safe back stop.
 For the Osage bow I'm thinking like 64" and something like 50#. I want to have a proper arrow rest on this one also.

Pat B:
Better late than never!!!  :OK   A piece of old carpet is a good back drop for arrows with blunts or field points but not for broadheads.
 Get as many thoughtful shots as you can between now and hunting season but concentrate of each shot as if it were the one at Mr. Big.
 If you want to have a narrow arrow pass you can use a floppy rest. I use them on most of my bows and love it.

 You can see one here on this bow


these are the how to directions that Mickie "the ferret" Lotz sent me on how to make a floppy rest.

lenador:

--- Quote from: Pat B [/quote ---I like it! I have a half peice of 3/4 ply wood and some used carpet scrap so I might be able to make something work. I don't know if I'll be confident enough to seriously hunt this year but I might get some tags and get in the woods just in case the right shot comes along.
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lenador:
Having a hard time getting pictures to work. I suppose I'll have to host them somewhere.
 Either way, I have 4 staves and 3 of them look like I could get 2 bows each. 1 was a little skinny and was perfectly straight but hase a left right kick on one working limb area and a bulge right in the ha for area. Since my first bow was a nice straight peice of red oak board I am going to use the less than left stave for this first attempt. It'll be a bit of a challenge and if it doesn't work out at least I'll learn something.
 I'm hoping the bulge in the handle area works out to be nice way to get a close to center shot rest. We shall see.
 I took it down to sap wood last night to get a better look. I'll post pictures once I figure it out.

bentstick54:
If you can figure out how to post photos there’s lots of guys on here that can give good helpful thoughts. Remember Osage is very receptive to heat corrections, and there are several ways to go about it. Good luck, looking forward to following your progress.

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