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Title: bow for 3 year old.
Post by: sar on November 27, 2006, 08:14:00 PM

I'm wanting to build a bow for my daughter to try out.  I want to modify ElkChasers easy youth buildalong which makes a bow that's about 48" long.
My daughter is 3'2" tall.  I was thinking of scaling the bow down to 36" long, and bringing all other dimensions down to scale.  Think this'll result in a reasonable bow for a three year old?

Title: Re: bow for 3 year old.
Post by: brent d. on November 28, 2006, 10:28:00 AM

you should look at the dryad kids bow blanks. I made a bow for each of my kids (3 and 5) from red oak. a 36" and a 48". the three year old can easily shoot the 48" and he likes it better than the shorter bow and DANG! Mikes bows are made out of osage and a nice exotic riser! I was going to get one but money is too tight right now.
have fun with em

Title: Re: bow for 3 year old.
Post by: John Scifres on November 28, 2006, 10:51:00 AM

Longer is better.  A 36" bow has to be really narrow or thin to get bending by that little of a kid.  They work, they are just a bit more fragile.  Here's a little osage bow I made for my daughter when she was 3:    Laine\\'s Bow (http://residents.bowhunting.net/sticknstring/lainebow.html)  
It's around 36" but is really tiny.  I've made a bunch more since then and like the longer bows better.

Title: Re: bow for 3 year old.
Post by: Seven on November 28, 2006, 12:05:00 PM

Hmmmm, I have a three year old.  I've made some self bows.  And it's almost Christmas.  1+1+1= a new project.  Now where can I find this "youth bow buildalong" of Elk Chasers?  Thanks for the idea!!!  -Seven

Title: Re: bow for 3 year old.
Post by: John Scifres on November 28, 2006, 12:11:00 PM

Here's a kid's bow tute I did a while back.
  Kid\\'s Bow Tute (http://residents.bowhunting.net/sticknstring/kidbow.html)

Title: Re: bow for 3 year old.
Post by: Seven on November 28, 2006, 12:28:00 PM

Thanks John!

Title: Re: bow for 3 year old.
Post by: Glenn Carl on November 28, 2006, 01:05:00 PM

This is Elk Ninja's youth bow build along. I made one for my son, it works very nice.      http://tradgang.com//noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=035877#000000

Title: Re: bow for 3 year old.
Post by: macbow on March 30, 2007, 03:36:00 PM

Thanks all, Should be enough info to get me going.
Ron