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Bows / Re: bamboo backed and bellied hickory bow
« Last post by superdav95 on Today at 09:58:22 am »Thanks fellas!
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on Today at 08:32:13 am »You are welcome Bob. 
The day is young so you never know but looks to be a very good day today, weather is beautiful and going to pick up a new pup so Sister won't be by herself, it is a mix Red bone /Irish setter , should be an interesting mix 
she is 10 weeks old and plan on naming her Annie , hope Sister like her Also Beau and I drew our Elk tags for CO for the Wilderness area we wanted, not the same area we have hunted before but still a wilderness area 80,000 acres that don't allow ATV's or any 4 wheeler's , should be a good area, we will see. Like I said starting out to be a good day. Life is Good.
Pappy
The day is young so you never know but looks to be a very good day today, weather is beautiful and going to pick up a new pup so Sister won't be by herself, it is a mix Red bone /Irish setter , should be an interesting mix she is 10 weeks old and plan on naming her Annie , hope Sister like her Also Beau and I drew our Elk tags for CO for the Wilderness area we wanted, not the same area we have hunted before but still a wilderness area 80,000 acres that don't allow ATV's or any 4 wheeler's , should be a good area, we will see. Like I said starting out to be a good day. Life is Good. Pappy
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Bows / Re: yew stave split for 2 lighter weight bows for local youth group prize and raffle
« Last post by GlisGlis on Today at 08:11:02 am »Mighty fine bows there superDav
My experience with kids is they are very excited at first but many will be soon carried away by other interests
In many cases it's a waste of time and energy doing a work of art for kids.
They simply are unable to appreciate it.
If you spend enough time with them you'll eventually find one or two that get really interested and that's when it's worth to give your best
.... and yes I'm frugal too
My experience with kids is they are very excited at first but many will be soon carried away by other interests
In many cases it's a waste of time and energy doing a work of art for kids.
They simply are unable to appreciate it.
If you spend enough time with them you'll eventually find one or two that get really interested and that's when it's worth to give your best
.... and yes I'm frugal too
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Bows / Re: bamboo backed and bellied hickory bow
« Last post by bassman211 on May 29, 2024, 11:49:17 pm »Nice.
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Bows / Re: bamboo backed and bellied hickory bow
« Last post by Muskyman on May 29, 2024, 11:31:15 pm »Great looking bow Dave. Impressive speed too.
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Bows / Re: bamboo backed and bellied hickory bow
« Last post by superdav95 on May 29, 2024, 11:01:19 pm »Sick bow Dave! You’re not allowed to build a bow like that - too complicated for my mind! Great job.
hahaha. Thanks kidder!
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Bows / Re: bamboo backed and bellied hickory bow
« Last post by Kidder on May 29, 2024, 10:51:04 pm »Sick bow Dave! You’re not allowed to build a bow like that - too complicated for my mind! Great job.
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Bows / Re: bamboo backed and bellied hickory bow
« Last post by superdav95 on May 29, 2024, 10:42:24 pm »Here’s a couple videos one of me slow mo shooting bow about 20 yards away. I had my wife trying to get straight behind me and high up enough above me to get a good view of the arrow flight path but it only kinda worked. You guys get the idea….
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yl2eex169glvbobg7u5sn/IMG_8407.MOV?rlkey=yarjkqcf6qbb3raiq38h4q7jc&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r0a4a3w9u8byif3py0p1f/IMG_8410.MOV?rlkey=scwrowl12asinvdn6sx9syc5o&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yl2eex169glvbobg7u5sn/IMG_8407.MOV?rlkey=yarjkqcf6qbb3raiq38h4q7jc&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r0a4a3w9u8byif3py0p1f/IMG_8410.MOV?rlkey=scwrowl12asinvdn6sx9syc5o&dl=0
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Bows / bamboo backed and bellied hickory bow
« Last post by superdav95 on May 29, 2024, 10:29:34 pm »I haven't posted in a little while but I have been making some bows lately. This one is a third attempt of this style ive made. It pulls about 56lbs at 28". its about 67" ntn. its quite narrow at about 1.3" at the fade and gradually narrows to the tips that are very narrow. The speeds out of this bow were very good. The speeds averaged around mid 190s fps with 500 grain arrow. high 180s fps with 550 grain arrow. Its near center shot with the shelf cut in. It also favors i tiny bit to the shelf side. The arrows flight is very straight out of the bow. I shot both 350 spine and 300 spine. it shot well with either. This bow shoot about as well as my other one and is very accurate shooter. well as accurate as i can get it anyway! The reflex is also very impressive with this bow. it retained 4" of reflex after shooting in. I started out with about 4.5" after glue up of the belly lams. I had pretillered this bow out to 20" after assembling the boo backing lan to the hickory core. This helps alot as i did not want to scrape my belly lams too much. A little side tiller to fine tune and good to go. It is an inch longer on top limb and positive tiller about 1/8". no handshock and is very smooth. Ill include some pics here and will try to link a couple videos of me shooting it in slow mo. sorry no full draw yet. i forgot to do that! wheres my head at!
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Bows / Re: yew stave split for 2 lighter weight bows for local youth group prize and raffle
« Last post by superdav95 on May 29, 2024, 10:04:28 pm »So an update on these bows. i decided to make different bows to donate for this. I decided to make a couple of bamboo bows. they are 32 and 35 pounds respectively. They finished out nice and shoot really well for light weight bows. here are a few pics. as for the yew bows i may save those for something else. Im still doing a raffle bow for this youth group which is a yew bow as well. its a ambidextrous shooter which may appeal to more people too. Ill post some pics of that bow soon.
Thanks for looking.
Thanks for looking.