Bighorn Bows

longrifle · October 09, 2019, 03:25:51 PM

As we speak I am putting together my own version of a Ramhunter longbow, after looking for several years I've decided to build my own. I've been building my own bows for many years now and have all the equipment to do it myself. It will have a black future wood ( ram wood )riser with maybe a white accent stripe , grey glass , red elk limb cores and elk tip overlays. I'm going to try and copy it as close as I can with a severely trapped belly like the originals.

shick · October 09, 2019, 04:05:07 PM

Gerald, good luck with your build. Back in the early 90's I ordered identical Ramhunter and Little Bighorns. I outdid myself; I decided to go with very dark gray ramwood and black glass with an osage flare. When they arrived, I thought they were the most hideous bows I've ever seen. The osage was so bright yellow against the dark gray. Shame on me. Sold them both within 2 months. Plain Jane brown ramwood and brown glass for me. I didn't like the cut of the red elm under clear glass that Bighorn offered at the time. Looked like butterscotch sticks. Anyway, I'm going to try to construct a photo like you posted earlier. Keep you posted.
Shick

ron w · October 09, 2019, 04:40:24 PM

If you guys had let that Osage age to a mellow honey color it would have looked pretty good.

shick · October 09, 2019, 07:34:11 PM

Ron, I agree with you, but I think the dark gray was my downfall, I may have lived with the osage and brown riser.
Shick

longrifle · October 10, 2019, 08:51:19 AM

More history from BH

longrifle · October 10, 2019, 08:54:15 AM

First Ramhunter brochure

longrifle · October 10, 2019, 08:55:53 AM

What about theses guys, the old Bighorn crew turned Bowyer Fletcher

longrifle · October 10, 2019, 08:56:52 AM

More BF pics

longrifle · October 10, 2019, 09:01:36 AM

Some supplies for my own version of the Ramhunter, form,riser temp,futurewood, (ramwood),red elm limb cores. I think I should call it the "Bigstorm". "Whamhunter" !!!!! What do you think lol

R.V.T.B. · October 10, 2019, 08:54:55 PM

I found a bunch of Bighorn bow kills from... hard to believe, over 30 years ago. Dang I'm getting old....
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R.V.T.B. · October 10, 2019, 08:56:46 PM

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R.V.T.B. · October 10, 2019, 09:00:17 PM

A couple more. Looking back over the photos, I had a couple pretty good years with the Bighorns back then. I didn't realize I have several dozen old photos from back then.

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Mike Bolin · October 10, 2019, 10:53:57 PM

R.V.T.B.- Great old photos and some history to boot! Thanks for posting and feel free to post up some more.

DWT · October 11, 2019, 06:23:28 AM

pretty cool historic photos

stagetek · October 11, 2019, 03:55:23 PM

Wow, look at all that Tre-bark camo. We're all getting old !

Todd Brickel · October 11, 2019, 09:54:46 PM

Love all the additional brochure photos, success photos and stories. Keep them coming!

Keith Zimmerman · October 12, 2019, 10:03:25 PM

Grand Slam
60 65@28
D&M Arrows

carbonflyr · October 12, 2019, 11:53:22 PM

stagetek:
i was just thinking the same thing!!!

shick · October 13, 2019, 02:29:41 AM

Good one Keith.
Shick

Eric Krewson · October 13, 2019, 09:45:47 AM

Before I ordered my Bighorn I checked to see what all the high profile hunters like Gene and Barry Wensel were shooting, at the time it was mostly Bighorns so I ordered one.