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Bows / Re: Hunting the Osage Bow
« Last post by Pappy on July 01, 2025, 09:07:30 am »
My thoughts exactly Hamish, been doing it for 40 years but every now and then I see someone doing something and think,  ??? Man I never thought of that :) and I am always careful when people want me to help them to add " this is how I do it but it is for sure not the only way to get it done " their are a few rules that really need to be followed but the rest just find what works for you. :)
 Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by chamookman on July 01, 2025, 04:47:52 am »
Thanks Bud!  (=) Bob.
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Bows / Re: Guava
« Last post by Stickhead on July 01, 2025, 12:12:57 am »
Quote from: Nasr on June 30, 2025, 05:44:15 pm
Thank you for that information I was a little worried that I may be going to narrow too start with even though the staves are pretty dense. I'm only shooting for 45 lb 50 lb maybe a little bit over so when the bow is complete most likely I'll be under 1.75 inches probably closer to 1.5.
Sounds promising.  Good luck!
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Muzzleloaders / Re: What do you mean, 'Can't Ship to Michigan' ?????!!!
« Last post by TomBrooks on June 30, 2025, 11:37:59 pm »
It does seem odd, especially considering Ohio and Michigan are indeed known for their hunting culture. The restrictions on shipping black powder firearms likely stem from state or local regulations rather than federal law.
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Bows / Re: Hunting the Osage Bow
« Last post by Hamish on June 30, 2025, 10:33:10 pm »
Definitely more than one way to make a good bow, even of the same basic design. A lot of it comes down to what suits you, and what gels with your way of thinking.

Dean's method is definitely prescriptive. It was what he thought was best. It is usually what is logical, and efficient, though. He also explained why he believed this to be so. You can understand his reasoning why he did what he did, which I can respect even if I know it's not the only method to achieve equal results. Sometimes the benefits are only marginal, or stylistic, I can see how that might cause disagreement.

It took me a while to get my head around his method. I like the results, but it's not the only approach to making an awesome bow., so I'm happy to use whatever method or combination of methods works best for me, on each particular bow.

Its always cool to see what other people think, and what works for them, when it comes to bowmaking. Just when you think there's nothing more to learn, someone comes up with a new or different perspective. There's not hurt trying something new if you feel like it.
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Bows / Re: Guava
« Last post by Nasr on June 30, 2025, 05:44:15 pm »
Thank you for that information I was a little worried that I may be going to narrow too start with even though the staves are pretty dense. I'm only shooting for 45 lb 50 lb maybe a little bit over so when the bow is complete most likely I'll be under 1.75 inches probably closer to 1.5.
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Bows / Re: Guava
« Last post by Stickhead on June 30, 2025, 02:50:40 pm »
Quote from: Nasr on June 29, 2025, 08:50:01 pm
Quote from: Stickhead on June 28, 2025, 08:56:52 am
I scored some strawberry guava a few years back, and made my current hunting bow from it.  Like many have said, just remove the outer bark to get your back.  It’s a very dense wood, maybe even moreso than Osage.  It responds fairly well to heat bending.  It’s strong in tension - I was able to get 75# at 26” and it has held up just fine.  I stained this one walnut-colored, but it started out pretty white.  Makes for an excellent shooter!

Thank you for that stickhead can you tell me how wide that limb is and how long. I am glad to hear it responds to heat i was a little worried about that.

It’s 64” NTN, 1-3/4” wide, tapering evenly down to 3/8”.  This was a narrow log, only 2-1/2” in diameter, hence the high crown and the hollow limb design.
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Shooting and Hunting / Re: Headed west again !!
« Last post by Little John on June 30, 2025, 12:08:06 pm »
And yes you can get the over the counter bear tags, I suppose either on line or at a license agent when you get here.
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Shooting and Hunting / Re: Headed west again !!
« Last post by Little John on June 30, 2025, 11:58:04 am »
I am not familiar  with that area but do know it is good elk country. I don't  know why they limit the areas around me to either cow or bull, used to we could hunt pretty much the whole state foe either see and get an additional cow elk to boot, but our elk herds are nothing like they used to be. I am planning for a comfortable wall tent base camp with lightweight spike camp options.Am going to get up there this week to look around and do some trail work. Nice bow but you have always been a bow building machine so I would expect no less. With each passing year I feel blessed to be able to do it one more time.Good luck and enjoy.
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Bows / Re: Hunting the Osage Bow
« Last post by Eric Krewson on June 30, 2025, 09:19:52 am »
Dean story; when I was still pretty green as a bow maker, I tried a lot of stuff to see if it would work better than what was known at the time. One thing I did regularly was flip the top limp to the bottom limb to put the stiff limb on the bottom if I goofed up on wood removal. Apparently, Dean thought this was an abomination and said online that I was an insult to the true art of bow making.

Years down the road some troll jumped on me like they always do online and stated that I didn't know anything about bow making and I was an idiot, the usual keyboard warrior stuff.

I told the jerk that my bows had won over a dozen national championships, 40 or 50 state championships and more seconds and thirds that could be counted so I apparently knew something about bow making, that shut Mr. Jerk up.

Dean was reading the thread and stated that his bows never won anything, he never had an unkind word to say to me after that. 

I called him to order a bowyers edge tillering tool; he picked up and we had a wonderful chat for about an hour.

I sent him a tillering gizmo and included a note that he had my blessing to make them and sell them on his site if he wanted to as I considered the design "share-ware" and didn't want anything in return, he didn't respond to my gift. This may have been in the early time frame of his developing brain tumor. 
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