The bow i made,and the first turkey of the year.

[tradhunter]

Good day to be out in the blind.I put the turkeys to bed last night and set up down the draw from where they would pitch in the morning.At 6:40(in the very a.m.)three jakes left the tree that is in the background.I gave a few get to know ya yelps,and they came runnin.Five min. later the turkey was in the decoys,and then my arrow was in him!!
     I got to thank Vince Smith for making this all happen,I had been talking to Vince for several years about making my own longbow and hunting with it.Well,last year Vince told me I was going to do it,and that he found the wood combo that i was looking for.Over the next month,with Vince's help,i got to learn how to grind lams,shape the riser,glue it all up and shape,sand shape,sand-several time,then finish(i will never complain about bow prices ever again,they don't charge enough!)The final product is a 60"longbow pulling 66# at my draw.I have no name for the bow yet but she is smooth and whisper quiet....and very deadly.She shoots a 750gr. goldtip arrow like it has a rocket in the tail.

[stickbowmaniac]

Awesome job.I hope to build my own 1 day .Congrats.Thanks for sharing  

[Michigan Mark]

   

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Congrats on the whole package!  

[Mudd]

[Jwilliam]

Dosen't get any better then that !!!    Do you have anymore pictures of your bow???


Bill

[Hummer3T]

doesn't get any better than that.  Nice pic.

[turkey522]

[Fritz]

Cool bird and bow! Congrats!

[Big Ed]

Well done!!!!

[wildgame]

Congrats!!

[OBXarcher]

Good job, you can smile now !

[hood_lum]

Like Paul Harvey would say...and this is the rest of the story. First of all I was a witness to all that was said. Yes he did make the bow with the help of Vince Smith. Yes the bow is whisper quiet. (I am a very critical person, anyone who knows me can say that) I would have to say we put them to bed the night before. That was a team effort. Most importantly...Sometimes its not all about the kill...in my case it was getting to go hunting with my younger brother. It has been far too many years since we have hunted together. We started out that way. Learning how to hunt turkeys with the stick and string. Two pretty large boys in one blind with his 72in Longbow and my 66 in Longbow. Pretty comical actually. And now we were finally able to hunt together once again. I hope we can continue to do it in the future. For me today was all about the time spent. I have been fortunate to hunt a lot of game in many places. But I would honestly have to say this hunt meant more to me than any of those hunts. Congrats little bro on making such a fine bow and getting that bird.

[Thumper Dunker]

Way to go .Thats realy cool stuf.          

[carpsniperg2]

Congrats! That is great!

[Plumber]

good job stick with your buddy an learn all you can

[Dirtybird]

Well hood_lum, those words speak volumes.  To have a hunt with your brother and have everything come together is a special moment for the both of you.  Cherish the memories!

[KentuckyTJ]

Gets no better that's awesome congrats brother!

[PA Bones]

That is a great accomplishment.  Congratulations.

[snakebit40]

Congrats brother! That's an accomplishment I would like to have one day too, congrats again.