Primitive Archer

I would start over with the riser you have to much time  in the limbs at this point and it looks hopeful for a good flight bow. Did you do some force draws as you went? Has the early draw changed much from24-26”? If you need some good Osage for riser wood let me know. I have lots of belly drops off my longbow builds.

Beautiful! You did a really nice job and I like the Cherokee two fletch.

Ya I expect for this to lay around for several days also. Pat They have a nice dog house under the tarp, it has actually been good because it as acted kind of like a wind break for them, they just go in behind it to get in the dog house. Supposed to be a little warmer the next couple of days so guess i will be able to check and see if anything is busted under the cabin. Stay safe.
 Pappy

A couple of crows showed up the next day and were divebombing at the dead crow and making a racket, I couldn't shoot safely in their direction because of houses in the back ground so I put a shot in the dirt bank in their direction which was all they needed to skedaddle. Yesterday about noon one lone crow showed up to protest the dead crow that is still hanging, a shot by his head convinced him he had better places to be.

I had complete silence this morning, no crows. In past years, when I reach the "0" crow stage for an entire day I am done with them until the next spring. I think a different new crop of young crows migrate in every year and needs to be schooled on proper behavior. 

Dave, I was thinking something like this.

That was the thickest bit of Ipe I had so the limb will be a bit thicker. My initial thoughts for this is that the surface area will be larger than with a v splice in a limb this thin. I can have a continuous back, giving more strength to the joint. Also, one of the main things, I can do all the shaping after glue up. My major worry with this construction is tip alignment and the more shaping I can do after glue up and tillering the better