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Getting familiar with it,I ve probably only taken 5 shots with selfbows before I got this bow....
     

     

Had to go to the hardware store to get some stuff for my taxidermy shop.Picked up 4 5/16 dowels.Two were spined right at 50#,straightened with a screwdriver,stained,sealed,fletched without a jig and trimmed with scissors,and were arrows by the end of the afternoon.Shot good with WW on the business end.Time to go hunting......

     
 
These were just dowels at the hardware store this morning...

     

I decided to go "no camo" and take as little as possible..."A la Ferret".....

     

More pix to come of the hunt....
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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2005, 09:49:00 PM »
Glad you got it and were able to make you some arrows!! I did the same thing with some 5/16 ramin dowels. They actually shot pretty good!

Good luck with the bow!

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2005, 09:56:00 PM »
And I anxiously await the next installment....Nice looking bow Stan, and those arrows look pretty good too...


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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2005, 01:42:00 AM »
Stan made a real nice bow..good luck Curt
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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2005, 01:56:00 AM »
Dang Curt, that things to pretty to hunt with>

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2005, 06:12:00 AM »
Oh we can't wait for the conclusion...Sure wish I had some of them real turkey feathers laying around. For some reason in my mind Jason's signature pink fletching just don't seem to go with that selfbow or the self nocks we had planned. Then again he's the one who will be shootin Stan's bow and his brain is programmed for the pink feathers. Maybe it will be a deadly combination... Now Curt blood that thing and take the pressure off my boy.
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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2005, 06:20:00 AM »
Beautiful bow and the arrows too. If anybody could blood that bow Curt can do it. So I wonder if it's off to the apple orchard?
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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2005, 06:59:00 AM »
I'm sure gonna try...as you can see I got a bit nostalgic today.I'll hunt the rest of the week this way.Plaids and solids,I have a bin full of plaid cloths I save for hunts like this(I only hunted in plaid for years).

I'm the 3rd guy to get the bow,"Yleecoyote23" and "Razorbak" had it before me.

This bow is very,very different than I'm used to shooting.So,It's real tough getting used to it.But I did shoot it pretty well out to 20yds yesterday.The biggest thing with me is I shoot with a straight wrist,very loose.This bow feels like it's going to jump out of my hand at release everytime,the grip is very small.I've actually dropped bows before at release.One someone elses longbow on the concrete floor of Joe Skipps shop!!
 I also always shoot my curve with a full bowquiver,so all that weight is missing too.

I should be back out tomorrow somewhere..here's more pix....

 

 

 

I didn't see a thing.I was hunting behind the house,few deer,but it was worth a shot.Hopefullt tomorrow I will go to a spot I know that's loaded with deer!!

 
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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2005, 07:12:00 AM »
good luck Curt, sweet lookin' bow, good pics. BD   :thumbsup:

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2005, 07:14:00 AM »
That sure is a purdy bow.  :thumbsup:

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2005, 08:03:00 AM »
Curt...doing it in style  :thumbsup:

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2005, 08:29:00 AM »
That is a purty bow.

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2005, 08:48:00 AM »
Wow don't ya just feel FREE hunting like that Curt   :D  unencumbered, light, agile, stealthy

You may or may not kill anything but either way you'll look good doing it   ;)

Get em close and HAMMMER EM!

Next step... stone and cane! LOL We'll make a proper primitive archer outta you yet.

JC's next on the list for conversion! ha
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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2005, 09:16:00 AM »
Mickey, Yes it felt very good not to be weighed down with stuff.I wish I had a stone,cane combo to hunt with this week.

If one comes close,I'm con
fident it'll get "hammered"!!!!

Thanks Mick

I can definately see an addiction out of this....
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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2005, 09:36:00 AM »
Good luck Curt. I will be watching this thread as your hunt progresses  :)

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2005, 11:01:00 AM »
COOL BEANS!! I hope ya whack something with it!! Shawn
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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2005, 03:55:00 PM »
my first season with a selfbow( last year) whacked a nice big doe. you will get one I'm sure. BD

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2005, 08:33:00 PM »
Looking forward for the pictures.

Nice looking bow also!!!

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2005, 09:13:00 PM »
Hey Curt, you are killing something, time, in the best of ways. Good luck man. Seeing that bow in the pics sure puts a smile in my heart.

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Re: My Week with Bama Stans left handed story bow......I KILLED A BUCK!!!!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2005, 06:49:00 AM »
You're right Stan...I'm really having a ball with this bow! Thank You

I also got your e mail,I'll get that right out to ya...
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