hickory limbs?

[Fred63970]

Hi, gang!
i hada little question :
do hickory limbs on a modern reflex-deflex longbow perform as well as other limb woods?
i saw on the Great Northern website that they offer their "fireball" model with different limb woods, osage, red elm, bamboo, and hickory...
it seems to me that hickory isn't a wood currently used in bowmaking so i would like to have more infos on it....
thanks in advance
Fred

[Danny Rowan]

Hickory is an outstanding core wood for limbs. Not a lot of bowyers use it but it is excellent limb wood.

Danny

[bentpole]

Yep there are a lot of bowyers out there that swear by hickory limbs.

[Steve H.]

I am another one that likes hickory.  I haven't made a bow in several years but the next one will be soon and have hickory limbs.

[ONE SHOT]

Yes Hickory makes excelent limb material. Iam currently using Shag Bark Hickory on most of My
Laminations for My Hunting 60" Recurve Bows. I also use it on My BBH 64" Long Bows. I cut down My own trees and dry the wood and make all My own wood laminations both Parrallel and Tapers....ONE SHOT...              :D