New to me..... Great Northern Bushbow

[German Dog]

Ok the story first then the pictures.

In spring of 2011 after 7 years of shooting my one and only bow a Caribow Featherhorn takedown I had the itch to get a new bow. So after much thought and eyeing up the bushbow that had been advertised on the back of TBM magazine my mind was made up and I called Jerry to order a bow. I settled on a 62" bushbow with  stained hickory limbs identical to the bow he had used on the add. At the same time my step son was needing a bigger bow so I ordered him a field bow.

Now the cool part... just a week after ordering both bows a used 45# bushbow with spalted pecan limbs popped up for sale. Looked awesome and was about same price as what the fieldbow was gonna be so I called Jerry to see if I could cancel the fieldbow. No problem he said so I bought the 45# bushbow for my son.  It arrived and I was floored with how it felt, shot and looked, what a beauty! I then immediately called Jerry and asked if he could change my order on put a set of those Spalted Pecan limbs on my bushbow and he said NOPE cause that spalted pecan was a very unique wood and told me all about it but he is all out of it. The bow I ordered arrive a couple months later and it was awesome and everything I wanted. But I still had an eye for my sons bow as it was such interesting wood.

The other thing I wished I'd of gotten on my bow was a Jack Knife takedown option. So I had plans to get new bow maybe next year.........
Then just a few days ago I about feel out of my chair when I opened up the classifieds on Tradgang and seen a 48# bushbow with spalted pecan limbs and the jack knife option for sale. Yep I could hardly stand the wait between pm's. The bow arrived and it's a beauty!!!  And the jack knife takedown is the easiest i've every tried. I ended up being able to fold it in half and stick in my MTM compact plastic arrow case with 5 broadhead tipped wood arrows. What neat package for travel.

My sons bow on left, new to me jack knifed bow in center, and my first bushbow on right.
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and thanks to Nomadarcher for selling such sweet bow      

[longbowray]

Nice !

[paradocs]

Owned that very bow for several years...a sweet shooter for sure.  "Aim for the mark", right?

[Wannabe1]

Outstanding and congrats!      

[Brianlocal3]

Good for you bud. Beautiful bows.

[German Dog]

Originally posted by paradocs:
Owned that very bow for several years...a sweet shooter for sure.  "Aim for the mark", right?

Yep thats what the bow says    


Now if I could happened to find a left handed version for my 6 year old to grow into.....  yeah I'd buy a lottery ticket the same day!

[momo-t]

Congrats on your new bow Ed

You have no idea how hard it was 'not' to pick this beauty up. I followed it on the Classified for some time and was sure relieved when it was finally snatched up.
I honestly didn't need yet another Great Northern to add to my collection.
Thanks again Ed for putting me out of my misery.

Life is hard when your a bow-a-holic

Mo

[Knawbone]

My Bushbow is the sweetest shooting bow I own. Congrats on your bows, you couldn't have made a better chose IMO. Enjoy

[German Dog]

Yep they sure do shoot nice. Also nice how they seem to handle such a wide range of arrows.

I was really amazed at how nice I like that jack knife option for takedown and SO wish I had Jerry put that on my first bow.

Wish that picture would of turned out better cause it doesn't do the bows any justice.

[German Dog]

Here's the picture of the bow takendown and put in arrow case.


 

[Knawbone]

German dog,Your right about these bows not being to picky about what you launch out of them. My bow is all bamboo limbs, with the osage riser, 64" and 56 lbs @ 29". My draw length with this bow is 25 1/2" and I'm getting 45-46 lbs. Even at this draw length, this bow has excellent cast and shoots harder or as good as any bow Iv' shot at that poundage. The way it points, shoots, feels is fantastic. Would like to find one 62" in the Hickory or pecan limbs.

[NomadArcher]

I am happy this bow is going to be shot     enjoy it Ed.
I will get a other GN in a year or so when I can shoot again.

[Steelhead]

You got a great deal on that 2 PC Bushbow.Its a beauty and so functional.Congats
Hopefully Kens shoulder heals up and he's shooting again soon!

[Richie]

[Wiley Coyote]

         Great bows!!