So, what do you guys use to hang your bows on. Homemade racks, store bought stands...give me some ideas. I'm going to need to make something soon, or buy something.
Kevin
I have a grand total of 1 bow.
It now hangs from the ceiling by the string with two little brass hooks that use to hold one of my flyrods.
If you don't want them to be displayed, just out of the way, your ceiling has a lot or real estate to offer.
I'm thinking some kind of wall mount...I don't think I'll have more than six or so, when I'm done buying...but you never know.
something I threw together out of scraps in the garage
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Old cedar log, pieces of a broken arrow cut to short lengths and inserted into drilled holes:
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(old picture, there are a few less recurves and a lot more longbows now ;) )
A wooden three bow rack. Since this photo was taken, I sold my Bob Lee TD bow (the bottom bow) and have a second Blacktail Elite TD bow on order.
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/vkirov2950/ThreeBowRack600.jpg)
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I made this one from eastern red cedar, I have also made a few for freinds.
JC I wasn't a member when I first saw your pic months ago but I wanted to tell you I think that is one of the neatest bow racks I've come across. I didn't even know about the arrow hangers, that is even cooler.
It's also amazing you have a wife (assuming) that lets you bring logs into the home.
Most guys would get about as far as "I had this idea to suspend an entire piece of tree trunk from the wall..." and the conversation would be about over.
I just use a 2'x2' piece of peg board with a frame built behind it to keep it rigid. I covered the metal arms that support my bows with clear plastic tubing. Pretty it aint but it works.Mine holds 3 bows, 2 back quivers,2 Catquivers, stringers and assorted items plus 3 bow cases hanging from hooks in the frame . Most of my gear in one place. More bows? Larger pc of peg board.
Take care,
Ed :campfire:
Most archery shops sell screw in hooks that are no scratch coated. You can essentially screw them in anywhere, doorframes, etc. I like the inside frame of a closet with folding doors so it's out of sight too. The Mrs. is not happy decorating the house with "gear" like Mrs JC is . I put a flintlock on the wall in the bedroom once, prettiest Kentucky rifle you ever saw, and she refused to sleep there until it came down. IT was a tough decision, mind you, but she won, that time.
Down in the office I got 2 lengths of 1x6, varnished them and screwed them upright to the studs 36" apart. Then I got those screw in hangers from the shop and screwed them in pairs up the length and we can hang all the bows there.
I have one inside the frame of the bedroom closet.
Sam
My long bows hang on wood pegs on a wood board and my recurves hang on deer antlers screwed into the wall.
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Jerry that is neat too. I think I might do that with pig tusks.
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Here's a rack I built a couple years ago. I've posted pics of it here before, but I think I'm going to have to build a new one. Got a couple more bows laying around now, and a hankering for more... Just don't tell my wife!!! :readit:
58" 52@28 Acadian Woods Tree Stick
64" 52@28 Griffin
56" 47@28 Bear
55" 45@28 Shakespear Necedah (1964)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/Joshy_Tree/100_0854.jpg)
I have all my bows displayed in the living room. what I have done is make pegs for them to rest on then I can mount the pegs on the wall of my choice. I cut a three inch piece of one inch round stock and drill a hole in the center. Next cut a square block about 2-3 inches square and drill one centered hole and one 1/4 inch above that. Now mark where the pegs need to be mounted and put in a wall anchor if needed. Put a 2 inch drywall screw threw the center hole and then mount the peg backer to the wall. Now simply screw on the round stock and the screws will be covered by the peg. We have huge picture windows in the living room that the bows hang between. Man I wish I could get the photo thing! this is one of the nicest ways to display a bow I've ever seen. Most of the wood in our house is oak so that what I used to make my pegs.
Back seat of my truck ninety percent of the time!Saves having to carry it in and out of the house!
Some of them just hang on pegs in the basement.
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Others find their place on the bow rack my great uncle made for my grandfather in the early 50's.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/wesbrock/Tour/IMG_3636.jpg)
But my grandfather's recurve stays on a rack I made from the first deer I killed with it, 10 years ago.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/wesbrock/Tour/IMG_3745.jpg)
My favorite home made recurve (now retired) hangs on a rack made from hoofs off the same deer.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/wesbrock/Tour/IMG_3635.jpg)
JC and Curveman,
I really like your bowracks. Very neat ideas!!! :thumbsup:
Bill
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Sixteen penny nails in the basement rafters 8^).
Nothing fancy, just a peg board from Lowe's, tacked to the wall in the laundry room has served me well for many years. My shop has a similar rack filled as well and 5 gallon buckets full of arrows.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bowrack.jpg)
Jason, I just happen to reread the story you wrote about your Grandfathers bow in an old issue of TBM. Very nice story, very touching.
I just bought a bow off the auction site and I believe the owner stored his over the fryer in a restaurant. I woulndn't recommend that no matter how cool the bow rack looked.
I've cleaned this bow several times and am slowly getting rid of the smell of onion rings and french fries. Who knows, maybe some deer are attracted to fried food.
Pete
QuoteOriginally posted by Harmless:
Jason, I just happen to reread the story you wrote about your Grandfathers bow in an old issue of TBM. Very nice story, very touching.
Thanks. I think about him a lot, especially this time of year.
Heres mine..not as nice as some found here, but it was very simple to make....Holds lots of arrows 2 deep and two bows. You can seperate your arrows for the two bows (cause that's all I have).
PS these are not the arows I currently are using (paul jalon Sitka supremes is what I am shooting now), but I needed to put the pic in for now ok
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side view
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Jer Bear
i just use some flower pot hooks screwed into studs or trus, makes your wall the rack