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Title: My new hunting bow
Post by: chackworth3 on August 02, 2014, 09:15:00 PM
Had some spare time and a few scraps so I built myself a new hunting bow for this year.  It's 54" and 52@26.  Cocobolo/pac. yew riser and pac yew veneers.  
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Title: Re: My new hunting bow
Post by: TX FLY CASTER on August 02, 2014, 09:25:00 PM
Very nice !!!!
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Post by: critman on August 02, 2014, 10:55:00 PM
Fine one!  Love the riser.
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Post by: Pheonixarcher on August 02, 2014, 11:12:00 PM
Those colors are great! I like the lines too
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Post by: bigbob2 on August 03, 2014, 12:47:00 AM
That Cocobolo really likes the Yew! Nice!
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Post by: arrowlauncherdj on August 03, 2014, 01:12:00 AM
Very cool! Nice wood combo

Dave
Title: Re: My new hunting bow
Post by: Thadbow on August 03, 2014, 07:16:00 AM
That is a great looking bow!
What taper rate are you putting into these shorties and are you having to use a tip wedge?
Thanks and I really like this wood combo!
Thad
Title: Re: My new hunting bow
Post by: chackworth3 on August 03, 2014, 09:15:00 AM
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Originally posted by Thadbow:
That is a great looking bow!
What taper rate are you putting into these shorties and are you having to use a tip wedge?
Thanks and I really like this wood combo!
Thad
I use a .003 taper on it which works fine but curiosity got the best of me with this one and I had to experiment since I had some to use. I put a power lam in it so I figured I would probly need the tip wedge too just in case it stacked too soon which it would've without the tip wedge so I'm glad I decided to put it in. Without the p-lam and tip wedge it will draw smooth out to 28" but with them in it starts stacking about 26.5-27 which is fine for me...
Title: Re: My new hunting bow
Post by: BMN on August 03, 2014, 12:11:00 PM
Love the wood combo. Very nice looking bow.
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Post by: bornofmud on August 03, 2014, 12:35:00 PM
That's a beauty!  Love the color on that coco, looks more brown than red, like a high end rosewood. Nice work!
Title: Re: My new hunting bow
Post by: eman614 on August 03, 2014, 04:27:00 PM
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Originally posted by BMN:
Love the wood combo. Very nice looking bow.
X2
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Post by: Thadbow on August 03, 2014, 05:54:00 PM
Yes sir, I really like these  short bows you make!  Great job
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Post by: jsweka on August 03, 2014, 06:42:00 PM
Looks like a killer to me.  Well done!
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Post by: kennym on August 03, 2014, 08:17:00 PM
SWEET!!
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Post by: Trapper Rob on August 03, 2014, 09:43:00 PM
That riser looks sweet.
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Post by: EHK on August 04, 2014, 11:03:00 AM
nice wood combo.
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Post by: fujimo on August 05, 2014, 01:21:00 AM
Great job with the yew... Still doing it justice I see   :thumbsup:  
Very attractive bow
Title: Re: My new hunting bow
Post by: skeaterbait on August 05, 2014, 09:49:00 AM
Even if I knew what spare time is and had spare material laying around, I doubt I could make such a fine looking bow.

Very nice.