Maddog Prowler II

Focusource · August 07, 2009, 03:41:00 PM

Here are some pictures of the Maddog Prowler II I received last month. The riser is walnut, the limbs are bamboo with sassafras laminations, and the tips are antler. It is 56# at my draw length of 27". This bow and me are buddies now.

Sassafras lam and sassafras leaves.

My thanks go out to Mike Mecredy.

Jeff Howell

BRONZ · August 07, 2009, 03:43:00 PM

Very nice!

Ybuck · August 07, 2009, 08:53:00 PM

Another great look'n bow by Mike! Have fun!

DanDaMan · August 07, 2009, 09:52:00 PM

Wow I dont think I have ever seen Sassafras lams. That looks beyond awesome. I was planning on Tulip wood on my next bow, but Now I dont think so. That thing is a Winner!

vermonster13 · August 07, 2009, 10:09:00 PM

That one sure is pretty.

wv lungbuster · August 07, 2009, 10:14:00 PM

Super nice looking, those lams are awesome.

joekeith · August 07, 2009, 10:29:00 PM

Good lookin' bow, congrats. Tell us how she shoots, 55# @ 27" is just my size.

Focusource · August 07, 2009, 11:17:00 PM

Thank you for the replies.

Dan, tulipwood is a real eye catcher. Another Trad Gang member had a tulipwood bow at a local shoot and it was "Wow"!

Keith, I am really enjoying this bow. It is quiet and stable. I served a strand of tightly wrapped wool around the ends of the string where it meets the limbs and added a small wool silencer about a quarter of the string length from each end. This bow is only 54". The string I made for it is 52". Mike describes it as having "pronounced recurved tips". The brace height is 5 1/2" and I don't notice any stacking. The weight curve during draw feels really good. I shoot this one better than I do my 45# longbow, a combination of the grip design and the added draw weight giving me a cleaner release. It fires a 506 grain GT 5575, with 250 up front, nice and flat. It has taken me three weeks to learn to compensate less for distance. I am starting to have a strange feeling of calm confidence at full draw.

Here is a photo showing how the lams take on a deep honey color in direct sunlight.

Mike Mecredy · August 08, 2009, 12:42:00 AM

Thanks for the kind words and the promotions Jeff. And for anyone who likes it, I have a bunch of sass left just waiting to be made to laminations.