Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DQ on September 12, 2011, 08:54:31 pm
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My goal was a simple, reliable, powerful hunting bow. I think simple can be elegant.
My Osage selfbow is 64" ntn and 60#@28" with 1/8" of positive tiller. This bow has been shot over 600 times and still stands straight after unstringing. I shaped out the arrow rest with glued on leather. The handle wrap is tanned capybara hide, given to me by a friend after he bowhunted in Argentina. Capybara are the world's largest rodents, weighing up to 140 pounds. (It's true, look it up. LOL) Finish is 3 coats of True Oil and 3 coats of Spar Urethane. This bow really shoots an arrow! I plan to start deer hunting with it next week.
Thanks to everyone, for the information available from friendly and knowledgeable people on this forum.
Darryl
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That looks very nice. Good job.
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One more
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Oops, sorry. Don't know how that triple happened.
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WOW Very nice bow! Well done simple yet affective! ;D
Josh
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Looks very good.....and I'm sure capable of getting some meat on the pole!! :)
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Beautifully done, sir! Beautiful.
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I think I can see the blood on her already...lol :laugh: that bow has hunting written all over it
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Better than most of mine, for sure. Very nice and I'd take that hunting, better believe it.
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very nice work. really like the leather on the grip.
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Very nice! I love simplistic designs.
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Now that's a huntin bow....fit's ya, shoots hard... looks like a killer to the old guy.
rich
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very nice well done
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Simple is beautiful!! That's a fantastic looking bow. I especially like how it narrows near the slightly flipped tips. Oh, and cool handle wrap, that's something not many people up here can duplicate! ;)
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I have to say one more time how awesome that bow is! I'll make one as good as that one day. Excellence.
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very nice , awesome full draw
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Very nice bow, Darryl! I agree, simple is elegant. That Capybara is definitely cool. Miss Heather said that she wouldn't want to see a rodent that weighs more than her. Nice tiller and oughta get some meat on the table this year. It was great to see you at Elm Hall. Keep us posted on the harvest!
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Nice lookin bow! Tiller looks excellent! Well done. :) :) :)
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Great looking bow Darryl. That ought to do the trick. Yall open up there yet? Jimmy
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simplicity is the beginning of beauty in my opinion. great bow for sure
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Very keen looking, bow, super tiller job.
Make meat, Chuck
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BRAVO!
(saw a roadkill capibara in Brazil that had the size of a M-size hog, glad it was not us who hit it...)
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Very nice Darryl, Tiller looks great,simple but effective. :) Is that the one Gary was telling me about. :) He said you was building one and doing a very good job,I see he was right. :) :) I got a good picture of you and him at ElmHall. :)
Pappy
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very very nice bow thats one to be proud of.
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Easy enough Darryl! I read that Capybara story somewhere? Did Denny shoot it? I love the simple bows that are built well and have NO glue on them! Good job. Looks like you had nice, thick rings on that stave as well.
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Great job Darryl,that bow ought to get the coon. God Bless
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Thank you for the kind replies, everyone. As a fairly inexperienced selfbow guy, I appreciate all your encouragement.
MWirwicki - I'm sure this bow is better than that broken one that "somebody" embarrassed me with at Elm Hall.
Ranger B - Thanks for your reply. Our early antlerless season opens Sept. 15th, regular bow season on Oct. 1st. Hope you have a great season this fall.
Pappy - Thanks, I sure enjoyed your company at Elm Hall. Oh, by the way, that big chainsaw "Welcome Bear" bear likes it here in MI. He thinks it would be too hot for him down in TN. LOL
Pearl - I don't think Denny shot this capybara. He's having his mounted. Looked like a 120# guinea-pig! The leather is cool though.
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That is a perfect hunting bow. IMO a true workhorse you can rely on to make meat! Well done!!! 8)
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I'll try again.
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There, got the photo to work.
I don't often post "hero pictures" but I feel like the people on this forum helped me make this bow and I'd like to share my success with them.
Our early doe season opened this week and I was successful with the Osage selfbow that I finished making last week. My hunting bow balances perfectly in hand and carries like a dream. At 60# it casts a heavy arrow with authority. It shoots so quiet that the buck that was with this doe never even realized what had happened. Complete passthrough with a Zwicky broadhead and she didn't go far.
Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions and helped with my continuing selfbow education.
Have a great fall season!
Darryl
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You lucky dog! I havent got close to the woods yet and probably wont until October. Nice deer Darryl
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I'll try again.
HELL YHA nice shooting any chance of you making a post on the 2011 hunting section with the story of the hunt??? great job ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Congrats DQ. For sure that is a hunting bow. Nice work and good shooting.
George
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Dazv - I tried to post on the 2011 page and it told me my file was too large. Couldn't make it work. Sorry.
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Man thats a great hunting photo! I'm so jealous.
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Way to go, Darryl! Nothin' beats the feeling of taking game with a weapon you built yourself. Nice doe too! I'm glad for you, Darryl. I'll likely get into the woods, come October 1.
Thanks for sharing!
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Great looking bow, and it certainly does the job.
Del
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wow, great bow and done killed a deer with it. sweeet, it doesnt get any better then that. congrats!!
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It's a fine bow. Nicely done. Jawge
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Excellent :)
Nothing more to be said!
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Nice deer, you already know what I think about the bow. ;D ;D
Pappy
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Hi You,
what a wonderful and straight forward made bow! I like the pictures to try and make a similar one. From ash tree, as other good wood is not easily available here. These carpenters do not have, what one needs for bow making! Hence, as I haven't got much spare time and as it isn't easy to find good wood over here, I have recently switched to make bows from thin wood boards, cut at right angle to the grain, 0.18-0.22'' thick and 2''mm wide. Two of them gued together with TitebondIII after reflexing them. Of course, the handhold will be 5-6 layers, eventually of layers of different wood. So, this approach is a feasible approach to easily produce bows, to quickly learn about different sorts of wood and their behaviour, and not to have wasted too much time when the bow fails after having made principle mistakes. It is a sort of compromise between traditional, classical composite, local opportunities and the need to learn more about wood behaviour...with the goal to build traditional bows from staves...in a time where our kids learn and know more about an Xbox than about the trees and bushes in our garden.
A happy new year to all of you!
Wolfgang
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That is a great looking bow. Pure clean beauty ;)