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Lets get this thing off the ground...
« on: July 19, 2009, 06:49:10 PM »
 All right nice, a bow forum woop woop... So what all do you guys have for archery equipment??? I have as my "primary" hunting bow a 2002 I think??? Browning set at about 70lbs... I also have an assortment of long bows made by a friend of mine who is very profisient in that art...
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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2009, 06:54:03 PM »
I have an old york sto a wing recurve an osage self bow on oak self bow and a elm self bow dont shoot much anymore messed up my shoulder several years ago i think its all heald up now but still takin it slow

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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2009, 06:58:47 PM »
While were getting in to wood types... I have an about 30lb osage, an about 45-50lb I believe oak bow, an about 80lb oak flat bow, and an iron wood blank in my basement waiting for me to get the nerv to touch it...
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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 11:33:02 AM »
I've got a 60 lb Jennings compound bow that I bought when I was in high school. I shot the mess out of it back in the day, but havent used it for years. On my list of things I'd like to do is to cut some osage orange or hickory and make a self bow from it. We have a pretty long archery season here in MO, so a homemade bow would be a cool way to harvest some venison. I might even try making a few arrows for kicks.

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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 07:16:54 PM »
three books for you to buy The Traditional Bowyers Bible vols 1 2 and 3 great books for anyone wanting to build bows and arrows

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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2009, 08:43:58 PM »
Thanks, my library will be getting three new additions.  ;D I find traditional archery fascinating, much more so than the bows with training wheels (I have one of those  :-[ ) and all the other stuff that goes along with modern hunting.

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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2009, 06:36:41 AM »
three books for you to buy The Traditional Bowyers Bible vols 1 2 and 3 great books for anyone wanting to build bows and arrows

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 Bowyers Bibles are a must get...I personally don't own them but know of there reputation
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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2009, 08:59:06 PM »
I loaned mine to a freind in washington state before he could send them back he died so i need to get new coppies too

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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2009, 02:09:01 PM »
well at a junk store this weekend my wife found the traditional boyers bibble vol 1 so my colection is on the road to recovery
ive been thumbing through it last night and today wow i remembered it was good but didnt remember it was this good yall got to get them

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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2010, 08:01:19 PM »
like all my other projectile weapons iv'e made my bows, and the arrows to. my best shot is 79 yards, which aint that great, but for a 30 pound bow thats not awful, and you thats all one really needs.

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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2010, 08:03:17 PM »
oh, and that bow gives about one to one and a quarter inch penetration in wood.

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Re: Lets get this thing off the ground...
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2010, 03:14:54 PM »
i have all four bowyers bibles.