Author Topic: Character Billet HedgeHunter (Read 1930 times)

smag · « **on:** August 02, 2021, 10:30:45 AM »

Here's a 66" 48@28" Osage character bow. Limbs are 1" wide at fades. Wood was two pieces of left over billet split-outs left on ground after splitting a snakey osage tree awhile back. Not sure if was do-able but it worked purty well. Pretty much new going in the bow was going to want to bend in handle and pop the riser off. Took care of with a tennon on edge grain in the handle, really stiffened it up. Shoots really well with a 550-600grn arrow.
Tips came out of an old Bear Polare that my friend had that had exploded. Was an I Beam riser so I took some Rosewood out of it and it was really figured stuff. Enjoy. . .

HedgeHunter~

smag · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2021, 10:31:49 AM »

Few Others. . . .

HH~

Friend · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2021, 10:59:32 AM »

Very nice Smag....really like those specs...could shoot that one out of 7 of my ground blinds...

Flem · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2021, 11:09:24 AM »

Nice bow

Those were some nice cast offs!
Any reason you are short drawing with your bow arm bent?

Jeff Freeman · « **Reply #4 on:** August 02, 2021, 11:28:22 AM »

Koohool👍

smag · « **Reply #5 on:** August 02, 2021, 12:18:28 PM »

Scottie!

If i remember correct? You have an old skewl HedgeHunter 50@27” Superhedge??

Camera timer took shit while i was still drawing prolly. Can tell because arrow is not even back. Dont my left arm goes straight. Take home prize from BiG OD Green.😝

Lotta stuff going on with a bow thats only 1” wide with a glue on handle. Hand carved a slot in bow and handle. Then, insert a edge grain tennon. The tennon is only about 1/16” beside sight window. Looks just like a billet bow but hecka lot more you dont see. Shoots right where you point it.

Hedge~

Flem · « **Reply #6 on:** August 02, 2021, 12:40:18 PM »

Sorry to be clueless, but can somebody enlighten me as to the meaning of "BiG OD Green"?

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #7 on:** August 02, 2021, 01:19:11 PM »

Nice bow..

Flem OD

Olive Drab Green

smag · « **Reply #8 on:** August 02, 2021, 01:27:06 PM »

US Army=Big Green

Hedge

smag · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2021, 08:35:17 AM »

Where's that old 50lber Scott, Wonder if it has some color to it now?

Hedge~

Mad Max · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2021, 08:49:20 AM »

what is a HedgeHunter Superhedge??????

Friend · « **Reply #11 on:** August 03, 2021, 08:51:23 AM »

Friend · « **Reply #12 on:** August 03, 2021, 08:53:08 AM »

smag · « **Reply #13 on:** August 03, 2021, 09:02:43 AM »

Nice, i fogot that bow came off the tree we cut in Todd County, KY.

Thas a super HedgeHunter, an early one at that.

HH~

smag · « **Reply #14 on:** August 11, 2021, 03:36:18 PM »

Shooting some 575gr BH arrows off this rig. Its a shooter.

HH~

Mad Max · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2021, 03:48:17 PM »

what is a HedgeHunter /Superhedge?????? :

smag · « **Reply #16 on:** August 12, 2021, 07:09:54 AM »

Best shooting Osage selfbows made.

Hedge~

Shredd · « **Reply #17 on:** August 12, 2021, 10:01:24 AM »

Great looking bow... But she appears to be bending a lot near the fades...

smag · « **Reply #18 on:** August 12, 2021, 10:18:31 AM »

No not at all. You build selfbows much? If anything this one is stiff on outer third but thats how i prefer them.

Selfbow building not like glass bow building. Done plenty of that too. Building selfbows you really learn what and how to build bows and what makes perform. Tillering is about non existent with glass. Get yer lam stack recipe, glue it up and maybe have to sand belly glass a touch to get it to gall into the tiller you we looking for.

I thought i knew how to build bows when i built lots of glass bows. Not at all really.

HH~

Flem · « **Reply #19 on:** August 12, 2021, 10:36:08 AM »

Quote from: Shredd on August 12, 2021, 10:01:24 AM

Great looking bow... But she appears to be bending a lot near the fades...

Does look that way. Be interesting to see an actual full draw pic

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