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hey guys any more info would be awesome I'm already fantasizesing about me taking game with a true Turkish short bow off the hand turkeys the most then a ton of deer and even caribou I live In PA I'm 16 Its a passion not an obsession but if you new me you would know I'm obssesed I get my gear ready for next year 10 days after the seasons end and just my world revolves around bows bucks broadheads and family (friends count as family) enough talk

... saw this thread a few days ago - but thought I stay clear, as I dont know a thing about Turkish Bows - well, with a myriad of TTT's I finally may say something:
Spend the small money you have in some good literature and a few tools and start making bows for your own. For every TTT you can produce a big pile of shavings - and before long - you have a servicable bow, if you are lucky ...!

Please use the correct nomenclature. A Turkish Bow is a horn composite. If you are lucky, you may find one second hand for less then $2000. Maybe Edward McEwen is still making them, or his Krim-Tatar? The later is pictured below (out of my old catalog) and was available over here about the year you are born - for 3500DM. Since then almost everthing has the same price tag, but reads in Euro nowadays. So to gestimate Dollar, take this number x1.4 = $4900.-
 

I have a friend who build horn composit bows and they are shooting okay and looking pretty neat. But have a tendency to produce cracking sounds during the draw, due to the thick sinew layer etc. Nothing you'll need in hunting.

If you can find a copy, you may want to read the following book (I paid only $115 for mine):
KLOPSTEG, P.E. (1947): Turkish Archery and the Composit Bow. – 187 p., 52 figs.; Evanston (Klopsteg).

cheers

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rambo1993,

I admire your determination in searching for an inexpensive turkish bow.

Check out Attilasarchery.com

He has a u-finish bow for $149.

Good luck with your search.

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thanks Shifting Shadow

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I don't think there's anymore we can help you with mate. Shifting Shadow even offered a direct link to a cheap, turkish bow. It's alright to ask for help, I tend to do it all the time, but it would seem that you've gotten an answer to your questions.

Actually, check out Grozer:

 http://www.grozerarchery.com/index_b.htm  

He sells a "junior" turkish bow for 120 euro. Has a maximum draw weight of 50#, and maximum draw length of 30". There's a normal one for 250 euro too. Right now, that 120 euro one is the closest thing you will get to a cheap and yet useable turkish bow, I think.

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if i took a turkish bow hunting and a little water cause of rain or snow because i always hunt the winter bow season would this ruin my bow because my bow is covered in leather. the grozer junior turk is what im getting and its leather covered thats why i asked

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Have you shot a bow of this type?  I have two and while fun, they are darn hard to shoot well.  I think I know my way around a bow and unless you use the thumb ring you will be hard pressed to shoot them consistently enough to hunt ethically.  The performance is awesome (thats the idea), but IMHO they were created with war in mind........not hunting.  They are very good at throwing huge arrows vast distances, and equally hard to be accurate with.  Just my $0.02

Love mine as oddities and conversation pieces at shoots.........but I wanted to hunt with one too and never could shoot them well enough to despite not having any trouble with any other "regular" trad bow I own/have owned.  

Oh, and I'm not some funsucking "adult" either.......I bought one when I was 15 and one when I was about 18!

matt

I guess all stiff-tipped recurve bows were made with war in mind. English longbows too. Yet still, if it can kill a man, it will kill deer. Depending on the length of the bow, it should be suitable for hunting. Every type of bow can be used to hunt with, a very short bow is probably just a bit more... noisy. And inaccurate, depending on your skill with the particular bow.

Have to disagree on the short bow being inaccurate and noisy. I have a Saluki Turk 54". Dead quiet, very quick and sends an arrow where I'm aiming.

Now as far as finding a Turk bow that performs as well as my Saluki Turk at such a ridiculous low price, don't think so. Lower cost would be a used Saluki, Black Mountain Sheepeater (on sale now!!), Siegeworks looks like they make a decent bow. Heck I'll even include my Great Northern Ghost, with it's static tips, it's "Turk" like, and you won't find a tougher bow than that.

I guess both mine are quite a bit shorter than 54".  I am thinking 46" or 48".  Very severe string angle.  The Saluki is made for the modern archer in mind (they most often hunt) and has (I think) been modified to that end.  I was not saying they are inaccurate.......just that shooting them well is a chore compared to a regular bow.

Matt

no i havent shot one but if i took a turkish bow hunting and a little water cause of rain or snow because i always hunt the winter bow season would this ruin my bow because my bow is covered in leather. the grozer junior turk is what im getting and its leather covered thats why i asked

My experience with my Grozer CrimTartar is that as long as you treat it like any other bow in wet weather i.e. wipe it down and dry it off there is no problem.  The reason I switched to a thumb ring is because of this bow it performs so much better with the thumb draw.  I think you will find that true with the Turkish bow as well although these bows are the "coolest bows EVER" (according to my daughter) they are a hard mistress and dedication is a must to get the full potential out of this style of bow.  Good luck and have fun once you master a short bow you will never want to shoot anything else.

thanks another qt. who ever has this bow does this bow pitch black total black as shown on hunarchery.com