home made 1 pc recurve indoor shooting

[Gene Roberts]

thanks

[trad kid]

man thats an owsome bow dude

[Gil]

Nice bow! Finally,another Asian on this site.Where did you get the materials for the bow?I see you are new to trad gang,Welcome to this site.Glad to see another Asian here.              
Gil

[hera]

Material from Bingham projects.    
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I don't remember how they got my picture on their catalog.    
I builded that bow 5 years ago.
I start to build my next TD recurve today,it's been 5 years w\\o building .
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Hi Gil,what animals are there to hunt over there?

[Jason Lester]

Hera,

Nice work. That bow looks awesome.

And here I thought I was the only one crazy enough to shoot at work. Of course where I shoot there is a little more room.

I just love homemade stuff.

Is there any woods there you can make a selfbow out of? I have yet to make a laminated bow but I've made selfbows. its alot of fun to make them.

Anyway keep up the good work!

[vermonster13]

Very nice looking bows and great form.

[Horne Shooter]

Good stuff and nice bow!

[hera]

Is there any woods there you can make a selfbow out of?

In Taiwan,there is a lot of Yew,but buy or lumber Yew is illegal.I like the grain of Yew,but my first choise is bamboo.Bamboo in Taiwan is very common and cheap,and there is many kinds  bamboo also.
Boo selfbow is my 2008 project,I will try to build boo lam bow(with glass),and full bamboo veneer lam bow(w/o glass) or bamboo stick bow(no lamination).

The picture is a BIG THICK BOO.        

[Gil]

Hera, I am only able to use my bow on fish,tilaia and mudfish are the ones I get.Trying to arrange to bowhunt ib the Subic bay area for pigs and deer, with Aetas as guides.Not sure if we can make it happen.
I have a bamboo selfbow from southern Philippines  and meybe a little thinner  as the one youve shown but slightly longer internodes ,it goes with a cane arrow about 40+ inches long with only one internode and palmwood foreshaft and sharpened bamboo point dubbed with poison.I will try to post p[ics of it tomorrow.
Gil

[hera]

Gil,deer is uncommon in Taiwan,esp spotted deer(Formosan sika deer).
Formosan Muntjac (or Formosan barking deer) is my favor,body weight up to 30LB.They are shy and small,but beautiful.

I never go out with my bow,I wish I have a chance.   Barking deer.

[V-Archer]

Hera,

Cool video and nice bow you made.
Like Jeff said, have a look at Terry's video and form. It helped me a great deal to improve my form.

V-Archer

[pete p]

awesome! are you in a hospital or a clinic? i saw the stethescope hanging on the counter. funny as heck...i work in a hospital, i think security would boot my a$$ out if i brought my bow to work

[hera]

V-Archer,nice to see you here.I'll practice like you and Jeff said,but where I can get the video?

Thanks Trad Gang,it's a good place.

[hera]

pete P,You have a good eye,I work in my animal clinic,the picture is a corner of my clinic.  

[JBiorn]

Your A SICK man hera-----definately have an addiction problem with trad bows. I think you oughta send tham all to me for safe keeping while you rehabilitate!

 Jeff

[hera]

LOL,I said I need to do something in my long long clinic life,in order to prevent some mental problem in the future.
I destoried my CRT PC screen 5years ago(over heat?),just because too much dust made by electric sander (bow building).Now I move that sander to the backyard.

[Gil]

Hera,
Your Formosan barking deer looks similar to the Philippine mouse deer.Terry's form and shooting video is at the member videos section.
What are those rods in the picture in front of the bookshelves, are they walking sticks or blowguns?
Nice collection of bows too.
Gil

[hera]

Gil,mouse deer and barking deer is different.
No mouse deer around here.
Thank you very much for the info about video.
The rods is Japanese fishing rod made by japanese bamboo,I made it.hera is a kind of flash water fish in jap,visit here:http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~koutiku/link1.htm

the bow in my bookshelves, one Bob Lee TD classic.