God Bless the simple beautys, and the simple man

[Brianlocal3]

Seeing as elm is my favorite of all the bow woods, that one just screams perfect to me!!

[mike g]

Good job Mike.
    I like simple but effective bows....
Both of my Hill's are pretty plain....
    My first longbow was a Saxon, and it was Red Elm I believe.

[Sam McMichael]

Very nice! As much as I like pretty bows, there is just something special and elegant about a simple, no-nonsense working bow. It is sort of like comparing a racehorse and a workhorse. Each has its place in the scheme of things.

There is always a place for the bow that works perfectly and is not so costly that it cannot be used. Regardless how a bow is fancied up, the one that a hunter uses the most will be his favorite. Reminds me of a fellow unloading his brand new canoe heading out on a wilderness trip. He scratched his brand new canoe on a rock before he got it into the water. He went from dismay, to acceptance and then said, "now that I got that first scratch out of the way, I can fun with thing."  Bows that are too expensive to use and arrows that are too expensive to shoot, can really limit a bowhunter.

[bentpole]

Mike, you hit the nail on the head. Elm makes some great shooting limbs for sure.  

[Joe03]

Hey, Mike that bow looks familure , wait, it's sitting upstairs on my rack.
I was going to post a pic. Mike but you beat me to it.
Mike made that bow for me, yes, I wanted simple. Received it yesterday, partially set it up, basically threw a nock on it and out to the garage, to much snow for the yard, and shot. All I can say is the 15 shots I was able to squeeze in before the wife ended the session were right ON. I am used to shooting longbow so that was an advantage. Granted my garage isn't that big but was shooting around 11 yards. First shot right in the middle and the rest just above bull down into the bull.
I know I was close and the arrow was quick, but the only noise I heard was the arrow hitting the target.  She's 62".
A big thanks Mike,    Joe.