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Title: Made me a bow rack today!
Post by: House on August 06, 2010, 08:07:00 PM
Been planning on doing this for quite some time now and finally decided to just do it.  Took about 30 minutes start to finish.  I had an excellent collection of spike deer sheds I've found over the years and decided to put them to use.  I thought it might look better that just cutting some tines to length.

It's got some character to it, I thought about felt lining behind where the antlers contact the cedar, but now I kinda like it the way it is.

Just thought I'd share!

Travis

(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss212/thouse_bucket/1281138036.jpg)

(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss212/thouse_bucket/1281137960.jpg)

(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss212/thouse_bucket/1281137882.jpg)

(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss212/thouse_bucket/1281137910.jpg)
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Post by: John Scifres on August 06, 2010, 08:08:00 PM
I really like that.  I'm going to copy OK?
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Post by: J. Holden on August 06, 2010, 08:09:00 PM
Nice!  Been mullin' over some plans similiar in my head.  Nice job!

-Jeremy
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Post by: House on August 06, 2010, 08:09:00 PM
Absolutely!!!

That's why I'm sharing!

Travis
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Post by: stabow on August 06, 2010, 08:13:00 PM
Nice.....stabow
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Post by: Wannabe1 on August 06, 2010, 08:19:00 PM
Very cool looking bow hanger! Great job!   :thumbsup:    :clapper:
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Post by: mattmcdonald on August 06, 2010, 08:23:00 PM
very nice i think i will try something similar to that
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Post by: Ron+dog on August 06, 2010, 08:25:00 PM
looks great !
nice bows too !
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Post by: House on August 06, 2010, 08:28:00 PM
Thanks to all.  Yeah I kinda like the bows too.  All it's missing is my 3 piece Orion and my one piece Leon Stewart that is on the way!  Oh yeah and after I took the pictures my son asked me if we could hang his mad dog pup longbow...of course it's just as deserving as any of dad's bows!

Travis
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Post by: DVSHUNTER on August 06, 2010, 08:32:00 PM
cool rack
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Post by: Ray_G on August 06, 2010, 08:32:00 PM
Sweet rack, Travis.  A little play on words.  Nice collection of bows and with your son's bow up there it will be an encouragement to him.
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Post by: House on August 06, 2010, 08:39:00 PM
Left to right the bows are as follows:

Fox Archery:  arctic fox- 58# @ 28"

Leon Stewart:  R/D longbow- 61# @ 28" two piece with conexion hinge

Jim Fox:  32# @ 28" for the boy to use when he outgrows the Maddog

Tribal Archery:  62# @ 26" (scales 60 @ 28") snakey osage selfbow
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Post by: coaster500 on August 06, 2010, 09:09:00 PM
Cool !!! Good work  :)
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Post by: heydeerman on August 06, 2010, 09:35:00 PM
That is pretty sweet. Here is one I made for my man cave which is a room on the side of my garage. It's made of rough cut oak and osage with hooves from a buck I killed about 10 years ago. It will hold my bow with the quiver attached.

(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb286/heydeerman/IMG_0011.jpg)
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Post by: Shinken on August 06, 2010, 09:57:00 PM
That's a very creative bow rack Travis!

AND you already have it *loaded* with longbows!

Enjoy!

Shoot straight, Shinken
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Post by: RocketDog on August 07, 2010, 12:03:00 AM
Nice rack, nice bows.
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Post by: Shaun on August 07, 2010, 10:49:00 AM
Very nice, but you need two more bows.
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Post by: 59Alaskan on August 07, 2010, 10:54:00 AM
Definitely like it.  Great idea.  I am sure it will be done again...
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Post by: House on August 07, 2010, 01:04:00 PM
Shaun-

I've got a Leon Stewart on the way and my Orion is off with Mike getting worked over...what I really need is another bow rack!  :bigsmyl:    :biglaugh:  

Travis
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Post by: smokin joe on August 07, 2010, 01:07:00 PM
That is a very cool bow rack. Great idea!
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Post by: NC BowBender on August 07, 2010, 04:06:00 PM
Very creative use of the sheds.

Gives me something to plan for this winter.
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Post by: Killdeer on August 07, 2010, 06:40:00 PM
You are right, it is much nicer with the antler bases on there. Very nice work, and excellent taste in bows!

Killdeer   :thumbsup:
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Post by: L. Bullington on August 07, 2010, 10:52:00 PM
Very cool rack!
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Post by: Maxx Black on August 07, 2010, 11:53:00 PM
Thanks for sharing people,I love your individual ideas,and workmanship. Good Job!
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Post by: Osagetree on August 08, 2010, 08:47:00 AM
Simalar rack here on table but just used tines
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Osagetree/Z%20Lander%20selfbow/Zlandercompleted6.jpg)
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Post by: Achilles1 on December 04, 2011, 11:03:00 AM
(http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n578/achilles112/IMGP0012.jpg)

This, is a bow rack!
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Post by: far rider on December 04, 2011, 11:11:00 AM
I like it!
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Post by: Friend on December 04, 2011, 12:39:00 PM
Well done!
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Post by: Leland on December 04, 2011, 08:12:00 PM
Very nice.I like the antlers with the burrs left on.
Leland
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Post by: tradlongbow on December 04, 2011, 10:19:00 PM
House-

Nice bow rack. I decided about 8 years ago to put up a rack and display my bows too. My wife was surprised how many bows I had:^)

Darren
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Post by: huntnmuleys on December 04, 2011, 10:53:00 PM
i like that!  might have to make something similar myself...
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Post by: scedvm on December 05, 2011, 12:16:00 AM
Travis, I like it.  When you mounted the sheds did you just predrill and screw or did you use some sort of adhesive in conjunction?  Been thinking about doing something similar just haven't decided how to mount the antlers yet.  Looks great....Shawn
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Post by: caleb7mm on December 05, 2011, 01:02:00 AM
now I know what to do with my box of antlers.

very nice job!
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Post by: kykiller on December 05, 2011, 01:05:00 AM
This gives me and idea.  I've been trying to figure out how to store my recurves in the house with so my 14 month old boy can't get to them.
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Post by: L. Harris on December 05, 2011, 11:15:00 AM
Very nice job for sure! I used a 3ft. section of a cedar post split down the middle and used the rounded outside with deer horn like you did.
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Post by: leatherneck on December 05, 2011, 01:40:00 PM
Looks good Travis. But you have a couple open pegs..........  ;)
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Post by: House on December 05, 2011, 04:20:00 PM
This was an old post...

Shawn, what I did was predrill and use epoxy with a wood screw.  Still holding up great a year later.

Mike- no open pegs now, having to double up actually    :thumbsup:

I'll try to post an updated pic later.

Travis