A "Wisconsin" bow

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Originally posted by Steelhead:
I would look at Whippenstick bows Hellfire recurve.Ken builds an awesome bow.RERs are very sweet shooters ofcourse as well.

10 X on Ken's bows brutha.     .. he builds a very nice RC and long bow both. He's north west of Green Bay a couple hours.  


Whippenstick   gives a whole new meaning to the term cheese-head bow.....       Kirk

[jiane]

Well I went with a New Wood Longbow.
 62" Stealth model  50-52# @28".  

The riser will be Red Oak, Black Walnut, and Black Ash.  The limbs will be maple cores, with Black Cherry veneers on the back and Easter Redcedar on the belly.  

Can't wait to get that baby into the woods

[Sirius Black]

RER

[jmahma]

having shot 4 of the bows by mentioned bowyers, i would go with a whippenstick hands down.

[papawoody]

There are a lot of great bowyers in Wisconsin.  And a whole lot of woods.  John McDonald makes great bows, so does RER, and Dwayer, and New wood. But I do know a knife maker that makes some really nice shooting take down recuves.  Hopeing one day to learn how to kill with the bow I hve before I buy a Dave Ricke take down.

[eflanders]

Being a Wisconsin native myself I have made some all-wood laminated longbows.  Of course I only used species common to the area and they are: Hickory (back), Black Walnut (core) and Black Cherry (belly).  It's a great wood combination!  There are a lot of really fine full-time bowyers in Wisconsin, how did you choose?

[Bow-n-Head]

Use osage with holes in it.

[elkken]

A Wisconsin bow ???? I would think that would be a green and yellow bow with static tips that look like Hockey stick blades and a riser that looks like a beer stein handle ....    

[Kris]

Go Pack!  Go Bucky!

X2 what NBK (Mike Reilley) said.  Before I got down to his post, I was thinking exactly the same combinations of woods (great minds think alike).  

I like your quest for a Wisconsin “indigenous woods” bow...an outstanding concept!  I have done similar in the past.  Neither of the two bowyers Mike mentioned will do you wrong.  Steve Welte of Deathwish would be another good choice for a longbow.

Good Luck

Kris

[Chuck Janssen]

As Charlie stated earlier in this thread, I have been thinking of this for some time. I plan on cutting some different variteties on the farm in two weeks and going to see John at Big River. He builds a great bow and is great to spend some time with him.
Great idea.