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Offline Dan Bonner

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TX Bow for Duck'n
« on: January 20, 2009, 11:13:00 PM »
A long,long while ago. Duck'n posted a thread asking about what TX Ebony is good for. I replied that its my favorite riser wood. You see, he had a TX Ebony tree in his yard that shed a pretty large limb. So.. he cut it up and sent it to me all the way from McAllen to Houston, which is a long way. We decided that I would build him a bow of the wood as a courtesy for sending it my way (it was a lot of wood). It took FOREVER to dry enough to make a bow but it finally did. We also decided that I would build the bow completely from logs that came from here in TX (Texans love stuff from Texas). So here is the TX bow with the riser cut from a tree in his own back yard. Now he and I have never met...this is a total TradGang deal.

First the raw materials

 

Now the finished product. Its 60" 53#@28" TX Ebony riser, TX Hill Country Cedar limbs, Osage accents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty cool story isn't it?

Bonner
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Offline Fletcher

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2009, 11:17:00 PM »
The friends we've never met!  Great story, great looking bow!
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Offline BowHuntingFool

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2009, 11:25:00 PM »
Very cool story and sure is a beauty of a bow!!!!!!!!   :thumbsup:
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Offline longbowben

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2009, 11:35:00 PM »
Another great bow ,you have talent.
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Offline joe skipp

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2009, 12:02:00 AM »
Real nice...like the limbs.
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Offline Over&Under

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2009, 01:02:00 AM »
Would ya look at them limbs!!!!!!  Wow!!!!!

Nice story and nice bow!!
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Offline Chris Surtees

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2009, 02:13:00 AM »
Beautiful bow...thanks for sharing   :thumbsup:
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Offline Hot Hap

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2009, 02:28:00 AM »
That's something! Hap
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Offline Jeremy

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2009, 08:43:00 AM »
Love the limbs!

You can use those tips for a spear if the hogs get too close, right?  :D
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Offline Stripstrike1

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2009, 09:04:00 AM »
These new curves he's building shoot as well as they look.  quiet, no hand-shock,  and fast!
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Offline Son of Texas

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2009, 09:10:00 AM »
That thing is a beauty.   :thumbsup:
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Offline HATCHCHASER

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2009, 09:26:00 AM »
That's just too cool!
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Offline duck'n

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2009, 10:49:00 AM »
Well believe me all, I feel HONORED to own one of Dan's bows!  This is the first time I have personally laid eyes on it and I can't tell you how impressed I am.  I knew it would be really cool and Dan's work is very impressive but those pictures took my breath away!  Thanks again Dan and I hope to get together sometime and share a campfire...maybe even bloody that purty bow!
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Offline mwmwmb

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2009, 10:56:00 AM »
wow that is a nice one.
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Offline Izzy

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2009, 11:02:00 AM »
Beautiful.
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Offline Horne Shooter

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Re: TX Bow for Duck'n
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2009, 06:24:00 PM »
Bonner makes some great bows.  He has probably learned more about this stuff (and faster) than you guys can imagine.  A couple of years ago, he and I decided to make some self bows. That's how he got started. Now he is a full blown bowyer making incredibly fine equipment. The boy has talent!
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