Way to get it done Cory!

Impressive, well done

I remember when John cloned a Emil Pikula forward facing handle bow. I remember him making a few of them and we dubbed it the "peculiar" bow. John was always fun to have around and loved razing others. Anyone have his Pikula bow?

Seldom hunt them anymore, but when I did, I used my standard deer set up.  Used steel blunts for shots in trees, small broadheads for shots on the ground.  Gave up using flu-flu arrows.  Squirrels are tough critters, and the flu-flus often don't hit hard enough to kill. Never found it necessary to use calls, though I suspect they work in the right hands.   

I had two of his hillstyle bows and i felt both shot faster than my hills but where speed means nothing but maybe a flatter trajectory both bows seemed less fussy about my grip,,, one of those big rivers was my ASL hunting bow #1 especially when it was late season in the northeast with many layers on.

Im bored i guess but the thought did cross my mind...

Whats your stickbow set up for squirrel and do you use any squirrel calls?   I was on a call makers website and saw his bellows style squirrel calls and wondered if they'd work with bow ( being close to bottom of tree i suppose)

Any opinions?

Corey,
You are a critter slaying machine!

By next week ill have more to share

Quote from: Pat B on March 17, 2026, 02:56:27 PMI'll have to contact James to see how he's doing. I'm hoping to see him again at the Classic. I've known James for over 25 years.

James is a really great guy. When I took my bow to him we talked for a long time and he helped me a lot. I live in NC and when I originally bought my bow from Ben I had to drive for a while to get to his shop so when I finally got a hold of James I was really excited to find out he lived right down the road from me. He told me to send him a picture of the deer if I killed one so I did and never heard anything from him so I called him later to check on him and he said he'd had some health issues. Hope he's good.

That riser with that ebony looks awesome nice job !