In search of a big bow for a big guy

[four bears]

I have a friend who is possibly the tallest guy you would ever meet. He Likes archery and would love to shoot traditional but he has a 40 inch draw. Does anyone know of any bow maker who might be able to produce a bow capable of being drawn that far?

[wv lungbuster]

40" draw length. Whats he going to use for arrows?Holy smokes

[Dusty Nethery]

Using the wingspan divided by 2.5 formula for draw length, your friend would have a wingspan equaling 100", or 8'4". Are you 100% sure this is his draw length?

If so, Black Swan advertises bows being drawn to 45", however, he would probably require a 80" bow. Maybe an English Warbow would be a good fit.

BTW, will be seeing this guy in the NBA soon?

Dusty

[dan d]

Originally posted by wv lungbuster:
40" draw length. Whats he going to use for arrows?

Logs    

[Burnsie]

Maybe a 70" Hill bow, but I doubt that would do it.
How about one of those really large Japanese bows.
How tall is this guy anyway??

[Arwin]

The only thing I could think a guy like that would use for arrows is bamboo shoots.

 70 inch bow at least to start with. 75 inch static tip recurve to keep the string from pulling off the end?

[Zradix]

What a freakin powerstroke eh!!!

Dang!

I wonder is anyone would do a special run of long carbons, Al's or long woodies?

If you get this guy shooting PLEASE post a vid.

I would think the easiest bow would be a LooOOOOnnnnGGGG Hill. like around 90-95".

OMG I want to see this happen!
   

[GRINCH]

Thats huge,I can't wait to see what bow he shoots.  :eek:

[coaster500]

I'd put in a call to Big Jim he's not a 40" draw but the biggest, longest drawing bowyer I can think of.....

 http://www.bigjimsbowcompany.com/

pics for his slide show...

 http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Big%20Jims%20Bows/?albumview=slideshow

 
 

[Dick in Seattle]

I met a real tall young man at Moses Lake last weekend.  He had an 84" self longbow.

I've had the thought of trying to build a really long Hill style just for the challenge.  I figured it would be easy enough to do, but would be expensive in that what it would take four pieces of glass instead of two.  You'd have to use a really strong laminated riser, glass reinforced.   Form for a straight bow wouldn't be a problem.  It'd be a fun project, but I might have a little problem tillering it, being as I have a 25" draw!
   

[Steve Clandinin]

2nd Vote for Big Jim,If Jim can't make it it can't be made .The Little Fellas a Wizard!

[Swiftspeed10]

get him a 68" highly r/d bow, if we can draw 52" r/d bows to 28+ he can probably get a 68" to his draw length.

[Zradix]

Originally posted by Steve Clandinin:
2nd Vote for Big Jim,If Jim can't make it it can't be made .The Little Fellas a Wizard!

First time I've seen seen Big Jim and little in the same sentence.

[YORNOC]

I know Chastain from Wapiti will make super customs like that too.

[bowmofo]

He can always use driveway markers for arrows.    

[four bears]

He is 6'8" and has VERY long arms but i'm checking on his draw length again to be sure. I wasn't there when he came up with that number.

[BigJim]

When checking his draw, tell him to anchor at the corner of his mouth. There are many different anchor spots, but that is about as short and consistant as you can get. He won't need any extra draw length, infact, this is 0ne instance that longer draw could hurt him.

BigJim

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Is your friend blue, "Maybe he's one of the avatar people".

[Shawn Leonard]

Wow, I find that hard to believe. I have a bud who is 6'11" and he draw 32" maybe 33 on a good day. 40"s seems to long to be real, I would definitely check it. Shawn