Hello Gang, well today I was pacing back and forth all day hoping the trusty USPS would get the Misty Dawn into me. As luck would have it, she arrived at 3. I ordered a Vixen at the end of November and after getting it a couple weeks later I knew I was a Berry bow convert so I went ahead and ordered a Misty Dawn on the 18th and James had the Misty Dawn done on the 21st!!! BUT i was leaving for KY so I had him hold off on mailing it untill Wednesday.
She is 68" 50@27 Red elm core with Yew back and belly under clear glass. Bolivian rosewood riser. For the first time I have a reflexed (vixen) and string follow (misty dawn) in the same specs so I can accurately compare the two styles.
This is just my preliminary review because I am shooting it without silencers or an actual nock yet, i have electrical tape at 1/2" above center right now. The Misty Dawn is a very smooth bow to draw, and feels much lighter than she actually is. Excellent cast from her and she is shooting the exact same arrows that I have tuned for the Vixen without a lick of difference in spine or trajectory. Virtually no hand shock what so ever, and the belly trap on this bow has to be seen to believe. Fit and Finish are immaculate as one would expect from James.
The cores are very deep on this bow and it just screams classic longbow look . Now the magic in this bow for me really shines in the way James makes his straight grip . The only way I can think to describe it is a race track grip BUT the sides of the grip just under the shelf have almost a concave like indention that seats the hand perfect every time without thought. The Vixen and Misty Dawn both have this grip and without looking id be hard pressed to tell the difference. I have James make my grips 2" deep, 4 1/8th long and its wonderful.
Now enough of my black and white words and on to some pics.
Im getting stoked here
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Almost to it now
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The Berry Bug
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Bolivian Rosewood
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Here is the tip off the wall, thats with the back of the handle against the wall,
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Full length to see the string follow
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Braced pic, ill take a better one tomorrow
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And the first four arrows from it at 15-16yrds
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It shoots real good right now, I might just keep using electrical tape as a nock point LOL
Nice looking bow!
WOW THAT BOW IS SEXY!!!!! Good on ya Brian ... nice shooting too buddy! I jsut got back from a hog hunt and wanted to see what is going on with the trad gang ... and there was your post. That is one sweet bow buddy.
Bob. :jumper:
very nice! some amazing Yew.
How did you do Bob?
You got some nice Yew......lol! :cool:
Oh and Bob, everyone gets lucky shooting sometimes HA HA
Beauty! :thumbsup: :archer:
Hawaiian Punch!
Awesome bow brian. Looks great. I shot my misty daen for a while today and love it the more i shoot it. So smooth. And whisper quite.
Brian, that Yew is jsut so FINE!! I get crazy over YEW, and that is some beautiful stuff.
About the hunt, I shot a 253 pound boar ... with my Shrew Hill of course. Doug Fir shafts and 125 Ace head. It goes to the locker Monday morning, it is skinned and dressed already ... can't wait to eat some bacon!
Bob.
You got that right Pat, it keeps the kids happy!!!
Love that yew and your choice of riser wood, and for a first four arrow group, Id' say you better keep it- nice bow and nice shooting. Congrats
If you have any more problems with it, let me know and I'll dispose of it properly for you.Oh and good chose on the string follow.
Great job Bob
And knawvone thank you
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Congrats on the new bow!!!
Great looking bow Brian.
That is some very nice looking yew!
Glad you like your new bow Brian, shame it's shooting so inaccurately for you right now. I'm sure you'll get it dialled in though.... ;-) lol.
Nice shooting!
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back of handle
better strung up pic
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Hey Brian,nice looking bow there,love that Yew !LOL.I found after years Yews just got a feeling like no other wood.When I was a young fella hunting with my Dad he would piont out Yew trees to me telling me how good of bows it made,If I only knew !LOL.I would love to go back and get a truck load.My new to me JD rennaisance is all Yew,Fantastic bow,JDs workmanship is incredible.
Ooooo, that's a nice one Brian. Yew outdid yourself this time, esWesley on your choice of bow designs. Can't go wrong with those Hill-styles, they're ALMOST as nice as a Hill. :biglaugh:
P.S. Good shootin' on the bale, but what can you do beyond 5 yards? :laughing:
Best!
Tony
past 5 yards you better watch out. But if you stand in front of the target you will be safe LOL
And brian i did measure the limb depth on my misty dawn. It has a deeper core than my shelton thats a tad more pounds. Didnt think it ead deeper but it is.
incredible yew! i like that he didnt put overlays on the tips, id never cover up that yew. the strung profile is awesome, that one has got to be smooth. very nice bow.
To are correct Pete, it is very smooth. And James only offers wedges in the Misty Dawn and Vixen, and I prefer it also thank you.
That's interesting Shawn. Thanks for letting me know
That is some awesome looking yew. My next bow from james will have yew. And white glass. Lol i know its almost a shame to cover up that pretty yew. I just prefer opaque glass
Very nice, Brian!
If you had to let one of your Berry's go, which one would it be?
I need to rattle James' cage to see when mine hits the forms!
If I absolutly had to, no way around it...it would be the misty dawn and the reason for that is I prefer and always have preferred reflexed over string follow .
So that settles it! You don't like the Misty Dawn! How much you want for it?
Just kidding! I may have to get a Vixen just so I can compare the two myself.
I'll tell it to you like this. I'll keep both of these because they fit me perfect, string follows have a softer draw and the release feels different than a backset bow, both of which are good qualities just qualities that I actually don't prefer. I like the stiffer draw from the backset bows. I preferred my NM classic over the Shelton.
Man I wish you people would stop posting pics of beautiful bows... I don't need a new bow...now I want one but I don't need one....
That is a beauty.
Thank you Joe, I didn't need it either. :) but it sure was nice getting it LOL