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First time making a Bow: Vine Maple
superdav95:
Great advice from Copeland. I’ve not made a vine maple yet either but his advise seems sound. As for yew pacific, you are close to some out there. Ravenbeak sells them and his stuff is great quality seasoned staves. I buy from him a lot actually. I do love yew for bows but if you have access to a lot of vine maple it would be smart to start there and cut your teeth on that. Welcome to pa! Good bunch of obsessed Boyers here.
bjrogg:
Welcome to Primitive Archery site Dillon. I think you are going to like it here.
Sounds like some good advice already. I don’t have any vine maple but I have seen some beauties posted on here.
While you’re waiting for your stave to dry you might want to make a caul for straightening.
A nice tillering tree. With a scale, rope and pulley. And cut some more staves so if you really get bitten by the bug you never run out of wood. Amazing how much a person can go through.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. And pictures. We like pictures
Bjrogg
TheDeerHunter:
Hey CCopland,
Nice! I'm over in Maple Ridge. I have read they are an excellent bow wood just can be a challenge.
Okay good to know thank you for sharing!
That sounds good, to be honest i'm pretty eager to jump in but of course don't want to rush the process.
Hey I really appreciate that thank you! I'll send a PM your way.
TheDeerHunter:
--- Quote from: superdav95 on January 12, 2026, 03:33:54 pm ---Great advice from Copeland. I’ve not made a vine maple yet either but his advise seems sound. As for yew pacific, you are close to some out there. Ravenbeak sells them and his stuff is great quality seasoned staves. I buy from him a lot actually. I do love yew for bows but if you have access to a lot of vine maple it would be smart to start there and cut your teeth on that. Welcome to pa! Good bunch of obsessed Boyers here.
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Awesome man i'll have to check out Ravenbeak never heard of him all this stuff is new to me, a lot to learn
TheDeerHunter:
--- Quote from: bjrogg on January 12, 2026, 04:02:32 pm ---Welcome to Primitive Archery site Dillon. I think you are going to like it here.
Sounds like some good advice already. I don’t have any vine maple but I have seen some beauties posted on here.
While you’re waiting for your stave to dry you might want to make a caul for straightening.
A nice tillering tree. With a scale, rope and pulley. And cut some more staves so if you really get bitten by the bug you never run out of wood. Amazing how much a person can go through.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. And pictures. We like pictures
Bjrogg
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I think so, I like the oldschool look and feel of the site brings back memories.
Good ideas!
I like posting pictures, i've only taken Blacktails and Mulies with my compound but have started dippin my toes in the traditional world I picked up a take down recurve to start getting a feel for it, shoots pretty well to 20 right now just grabbed it 2 weeks ago. So no animals with the traditional gear yet, but the goal is to eventually start taking game with bows i've made. I also see you guys got some forums about flintknapping and primitive skill which I research pretty extensively and got a lot of projects to complete with that stuff. I am a full blown hunting, scouting and shed hunting addict so i'm sure i'll have some traditional stories to share here in the not so distant future.
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