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I hunt almost exclusively with my selfbows...but you know I dabble in glass bows too! But make no mistake, a selfbow has a soul that glass bows lack, and I love to carry that into the woods with me. I've been building them and hunting with them 15 years or so and every year is a new challenge, every bow a new surprise. That's keeping it fresh, boys and girls, the secret to enjoying the trad challenge is always having new ones...
I will only shoot wood, cane, hand-planed shafts or shoots from my selfbows. Gotta match the best with the best.
-------------------- My head is full of wanderlust, my quiver's full of hope. I've got the urge to walk the prairie and chase the antelope! - Nimrod Neurosis Posts: 1901 | From: Livingston, Montana | Registered: Mar 2003
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I'm hoping to use my selfbow ( board bow, self made )red oak going by Ferret's website...
I saw some really nice ones at the Whittingham Archery shoot (Aug 18 & 19, 2007) Wish I had the money to get one of them.
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man i always wanted to shoot a well made selfbow!!! hunting with one will almost be a dream for me!!
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Another selfbow fanatic here. I make them mostly from osage. I only shoot wooden arrows. I love to try different shafting, but I've been hooked on ash for many years. I just get alot of enjoyment and satisfaction out of making using my own stuff. Here's some of what's currently in my arsenal...
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I love the Simplicity, Beauty and each one has its own Characteristics. I have a couple glass bows also but my first love is these. Whether they are made by yourself or a friend there is that special feeling when holding or hunting with them. The far right one is "Hopeful" cause I really didn't think she would make it but she did. I just made up my first cane arrows just for her. There not beauties either but I hope one of them finds the mark in October. Other than the comments above and a million others, I have no idea why someone would want to shoot or build one. I totally agree with what Dano said.
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Good gawd Adam, you are a man after my own heart.
Now scuse me while I clean the drool from the keyboard
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My wife thinks I have alot of bows,I think I will show her the picture of Adams.Nice collection there. Oh yeah,I almost forgot I hunt with self bows too.
Tracy
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That is most definitely an awesome collection you got there Adam!
KS Trapper, you might be on to somethin. I'll have to remember that pic when my wife (whom I love dearly) complains about the time I spend on bowz-n-arrers.
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Goodbye Shiner you were always a good dog. Posts: 1083 | From: Spread Eagle WI | Registered: Oct 2003
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I shoot a Lemonwood Selfbow and I love it to death...I'm looking for more,(addiction..lol..) but the first one being this one is in a special place in my heart. i guess that means it's time to let someone else enjoy her now though...once it's in your heart, it'll always be there anyway! I've always believed that if I have something, I have to give it up in the end, because I've already had it, so may as well let someone else have it..I don't know..I'm weird that way..
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I'm one of them guys Dano,I eat sleep and shoot selfbows,Thats all I make so thats all I shoot. Pappy
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I shoot and hunt with my own selfbows. Ash shafts are my favorite. I am learning to turn my own dowels and what not. All I have left is learning gut strings and trade points (stone is illegal in WY). Then all will be built by my own hands.
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