Pronghorns

[Roadkill]

Our local shop just got a 3 piece in. Too light for me but he let us shoot it and Herb has not lost his artistic toch.  This one has a red wood riser that is beautiful. Anyone shoot pronghorns that have a different color riser than Herb usually uses?

[SCATTERSHOT]

Here's mine. Been so long I can't even remember what it's called anymore, but I haven't seen too many like it.

[Shedrock]

Oh gosh yes. I have 19 Pronghorns all a bit different. Hard rock maple, curly maple, laminate, bacote, hickory, osage, walnut, shedua, ziracote (I think thats how you spell it), zebra wood, and some more I do not know what the risers are. I can't keep track of "the herd" anymore.

[YORNOC]

19????!!!!!!  You are officially my hero

[FerretWYO]

I have a few Osage zebra hickory

[Shedrock]

Originally posted by YORNOC:
19????!!!!!!  You are officially my hero

My wife say's I'm officially stupid! I only want 2 more, a 62" one piece, and a 50's recurve if I can find that one.  

[YORNOC]

Ferret and Shedrock....your avatar pictures are of mythical proportions.

[Roadkill]

19?  You are THE man!  How can you decide which one to take a walk with?   Mine is plain but she makes meat and I love that extra mass in the riser. I have a cow tag for rifle but "Rita" will walk with me and I hope to let her put a bh through a cow.
Herb doing OK?
Tim Miegs is turning out his bows still at his age.

[NotThe10thMan]

I've shot half a dozen of his bows.  All have been incredibly nice.  There was one with...what I recall was a desert ironwood riser and action boo limbs that I shot far better than my own long bow...consistently.  I've never seen or shot a bow that suited me better.  I begged my buddy to sell it to me, but he wouldn't- Which I figured, since the bow was marked "To my good friend _____" but I had to try.

He told me Herb would make me one just like it, but I wasn't interested. I'm not convinced any other bow would have the same "mojo" as that one did.  Besides, if I'm paying out the cash for a custom bow, I don't want to have one made "just like my buddy's"

Another friend tried, tried, and tried to get Herb to make him a 3 piece out of black micarta, but Herb absolutely refused.  That particular buddy of mine can be remarkably stubborn and persuasive, but he lost that one.  I guess Herb had tried micarta before, and had a few of them fail. (a small proportional number as I recall, but..perfectionism IS something we all appreciate in a Bowyer...)

Thankfully there's no shortage of wood that he's willing to work with.  He's still on my short list, when the day comes that I can afford a custom bow.

[Shedrock]

Pronghorn longbow risers


Pronghorn recurve risers

Sorry for the poor pics

[Shedrock]

Herb is doing well, just spoke with him last night.

Notice the "bikini" lines on the longbow second from right? Osage started to darken while my quiver was on.  

[GWV]

I only have one and I do enjoy it.

[Rusty Izatt]

Here are a picures of a few of my Pronghorn risers.








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[Rusty Izatt]

A couple more pictures,

[Shedrock]

Sweet Rusty! Look's like you have 2 50's model recurves? Oh, I want one bad!

[GRINCH]

You and me both Shredrock,they are sweet looking bows.

[FerretWYO]

Originally posted by YORNOC:
Ferret and Shedrock....your avatar pictures are of mythical proportions.

Thanks both have Pronghorns in them as well.

[Paul WA]

I have owned 3, my current one has a Zebra wood riser with Zebra wood lams over amberboo at the time it Was $800.00. Herb makes one of the sweetest shooting bow I have ever shot...PR

[DannyBows]

Shedrock, I only have one thing to say to you...          

I'll soon have 5 BamaBows, and you are helping me feel better about it! Absolutely stunning collection of Pronghorns.    

This is my only one, Tiger Maple.

[Shedrock]

Beautiful bow DannyBows!

Now I think I need one in that tiger maple. WOW!