Nice find Eric, looks like nice rings also.

QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
Got me a gift in the mail today, one god darn beer. What kind of guy would only send one god darn beer? LOL Thanks Johnny Boy:)

 

Roy - I did exactly as you requested in your "I LUV U MAN" thread.

Sweka-boy, just send me one:)

I'm gonna send ya the empty bottle back. LOL

You almost got an empty bottle. I was thirsty the night I warapped it up.

SWEET BOW Andy!!    

Eric, that osage is known to be springy, nuthin wrong with not gettin whacked by a limb!

Went out yesterday scouting some hickories and maples for my future bow projects and found a boat load of suitable hickories big enough to make four bows out of (I could wrap both arms around them and give them a hug). Yesterday my shipment from three rivers came in with my flemish string and materials so today I'll be building myself a flemish splice string jig and make myself a tillerin' string. Can't wait for spring to harvest those hickories!

Randy if you can hold off till they start budding out the bark will be very easy to remove, good plan.
My biggest problem in picking,a,tree was looking,it over enough to avoid so many pin knots etc.

Today I've got a BB Cumaru bow almost to weight for a young boy in NC

Randy, Roy tells me it's best to harvest hickory in August or September. bark peels right off and there's your final ring. give him a pm, I'm sure he'd offer more input.

Yeah I've been reading that the warmer months are typically better to harvest whitewoods like hickory. My gut instinct has always told me winter time because the sap is down, but apparently it's not the case. I will definitely send him a pm.


I merely marked the trees with ribbon so I can find them again. I figure i'd harvest one or two per year so I'd have a steady supply. Surely I've got to wait 1 or 2 years for them to season though anyway.

These hickories really don't have many knots, there are a few pin knots which I will need to be careful with, but overall they are perfectly straight and good to go. The bigger ones have no knots at all. If I can get some pictures I'll certainly post em.
Thanks!

Yup August or September is good time.

Today I finished up some Sitka Spruce arrows for the wife's new bow and then she shot it. Check out her form, I taught her how to shoot:) Sure is great having a wife join in what I love to do:)

 

Bow is quiet as hell and purty quick.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h_XpvWpKXo

Man what a pleasant change from your ugly mug.        

You must have one fantastic personality to land a gal like that with a body from page 150. Haha

Spent the day building and installing some upper cabinets in the shop. I'll be glad when I get them finished. I need the storage space.

Troy

OK DVS, your back at the top of the Thumpin list, Boy:)

Heck DVS I bet she taught him how to shoot even!      

Kelly, ya just made the list after all these years:)

Kelly, I bet you're right. Been nice knowin' ya, Dave.

Spent the day in Columbia, Mo.
Our UBM booth managed to give away 400 PVC bows to kids and they each got to shoot 3 arrows.

Lot of happy kids when they heard they got to keep them.

That is great Ron. ^ 5 to the UBM...

No play today all work, hung some drywall and started digging a hole for an egress window 4x5 by 4 deep got another 1.5 to go, hopefully I can still move my arms tomorrow. Gonna be decent out tomorrow so I wanna shoot some erras.