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Main Discussion Area => Bow of the Month Contest => Topic started by: OldBow on October 05, 2009, 11:26:29 am

Title: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: OldBow on October 05, 2009, 11:26:29 am

Congratulations to Anthony Hayner of Clarksville, Tennessee
His Osage Character Bow is September Self Bow of the Month
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,14627.0.html

From Anthony:I started this summer with two bows I was going to build for myself to hunt with. That changed when Greg B went to the wood barn to help a friend find a piece of wood to build a bow. He came up with the log that Pappy named the new project. They split and cut out the rough bows and one had my name on it. Man what good friends I have.
   This is the bow I built. It is 62" tip to tip. 52# @ 28" with two layers of sinew covered with a pair of prarie rattler skins. I sealed it with truoil  and Minwax clear satin polyurethane. This was the most challenging piece of osage I have worked on. The tiller is not perfect I know but I am still learning. The grip is a piece of elk skin I traded some spliced feather work for Greg. I tried to do a little more with it then most grips I do aftervseeing Greg's. The Tips are cow horn covered with deer horn. I just want to have a good hunting season with it. Hope you like it. Big A
From Forum Members:
"That tiller looks good to me.  Nice bow and well crafted, Big A.  I can't wait to see the three twisted sisters make meat this season." - Pat B  
"Beautiful bow and congratulations on a job well done. Really like the tiller as well. " -Little John
"Great job on that one! Beautiful weapon. Good luck hunting." -Okie1
"BigA, I think this is the nicest bow you've made! It really turned out sweet and I know you took your time and put a lot of effort into it and it shows! A really nice finish job and great attention to detail...I especially like your grip. Fine job on the tiller as well and the bow is a very smooth shooter. Hope you get a shot at bullwinkle with it!" -GregB
"Excellent, I love the big kick at the handle..really makes use of the natural shape.Sweet" -Del the cat

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Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Pappy on October 05, 2009, 11:38:55 am

Congrats Big A ,very nice bow. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Buggi on October 05, 2009, 12:22:32 pm

Congratulation! Great Job!

Buggi

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: wannabe on October 05, 2009, 12:47:44 pm

Beautiful bow, Congratulations.

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: RyanY on October 05, 2009, 12:48:44 pm

Gratz! The first time I saw that bow I thought it was going to bite me! Keep it up.

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: GregB on October 05, 2009, 12:56:20 pm

Congratulations BigA! A very deserving win and glad one of the three snake bows from that log made it to the winners circle! ;)

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Pat B on October 05, 2009, 01:12:21 pm

Congrats Big A. Ya'll gonna have to put up another hat rack at Twin Oaks for all the BOM hats. 8)

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Lukasz Nawalny on October 05, 2009, 01:16:45 pm

for me your bow is amazing

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: bryan irwin on October 05, 2009, 01:45:46 pm

congrats big A nice bow keeping comming. bryan

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Big A on October 05, 2009, 01:55:38 pm

Thanks guys for all the positive comments. I'm glad to share with everyone. I feel I've learn something from everyone that inputs to this site. Big A ;D

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: DanaM on October 05, 2009, 02:02:14 pm

Congrats Anthony :)

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: uwe on October 05, 2009, 02:21:48 pm

Congrats! Great bow and not an easy decision! All are fine bows!
Compliments to everyone in the contest!
Regards Uwe

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: The Singing Bowyer on October 05, 2009, 06:00:18 pm

A well-deserved win for sure! You definitley had my vote Big A... ;)

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: NTD on October 05, 2009, 08:20:10 pm

Incredible bow and well deserved win!!

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: chasing crow on October 05, 2009, 09:13:29 pm

Congrats Big A,
I thought your bow should as soon as I viewed it. Very cool. If I saw it in my yard I would try to beat it to death! LOL Wonderful job.
Chasing Crow

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Keenan on October 06, 2009, 08:23:31 pm

 Congratulations Anthony, That bow is an awesome work of art as well as a great weapon.   Keenan

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: George Tsoukalas on October 06, 2009, 10:15:26 pm

It's a beauty, Bog A! Congratulations! Jawge

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Big A on October 07, 2009, 08:52:01 am

Thanks everyone. I put more effort into this one then most. I didn't want to let GregB and Pappy down on the project bows.
Big A

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Wolf Watcher on October 07, 2009, 06:39:51 pm

Very well deserved!  Congrats:  Pokie

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: hawkbow on October 07, 2009, 08:47:31 pm

Congrats! well deserved brother... looks like a real shooter.. Hawk a/ho

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Little John on October 07, 2009, 10:01:22 pm

Great bow, got my vote. Had all the right stuff in every way. Congrats on a well deserved win.     Kenneth

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: woodstick on October 18, 2009, 11:41:37 am

my vote did help like you needed it. very fine bow. job well done.

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: mullet on October 18, 2009, 09:17:08 pm

 Congratulations! Big A! I new when you guy's cut those three bows out, one would win.

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Big A on October 19, 2009, 02:50:07 pm

Thanks guys for your support. The only thing I can't get right yet is taking a deer with it. But I am still trying.
Big A

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: cowboy on October 19, 2009, 05:31:09 pm

Congrat's Big A!! Fine looking weapon there.

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: medicinewheel on October 20, 2009, 04:02:56 am

That's a very nice bow and a well deserved win!

Title: Re: Big A's September Bow of the Month Winner
Post by: Catahoula on October 30, 2009, 10:00:09 pm

Anthony,

That sure is a cool bow!  Looks like a real arrow thrower! 

Thanks for all the help on the hickory bow at the classic,

Rand