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Author Topic: Your favorite snakeskin backing?  (Read 650 times)

Offline YORNOC

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Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« on: January 05, 2012, 05:43:00 PM »
I know different snakes look better on one bow or another depending on woods, but in general....whats all your favorites?

Bullsnakes are tough to beat for me....not the rarest of snakes that I've used, but MAN do they make a lot of bows just POP when you look at 'em.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012, 05:46:00 PM »
Gotta be copperheads. I would think that red rat snake, aka corn snake, skin would look really good too.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2012, 05:48:00 PM »
I vote for copperheads.....
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012, 05:48:00 PM »
I like Copperheads and Canebrakes because i think they go with the browns and grey woods i like.

Sure makes some great natural Camo...


 

 

 
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 05:54:00 PM »
Yeah! Rats are awesome... the limbs to the left are red rat, and the skins are a pair of wild caught okeetee corn snakes going on my Silvertip next month.

 
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2012, 05:55:00 PM »
Copperheads over osage and yew are incredible.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2012, 05:58:00 PM »
Very nice David,I need a couple.  :rolleyes:
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2012, 06:02:00 PM »
i love them all, but my favoirite is prarie rattler only because in MT thats all we have, and they are a pretty snake, if not as vibrant as some of the others
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2012, 06:04:00 PM »
I like watersnake.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2012, 06:21:00 PM »
Diamondback watersnake, broadband watersnake, other??  They all have cool patterns.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2012, 08:07:00 PM »
I like bullsnakes, but they're illegal to possess in my state.  Second choice is diamondback rattler.  Either goes very nicely over black glass.  Also have some bows done in prairie rattler.  Very nice as well.

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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2012, 08:09:00 PM »
I love copperheads, but those rat snakes are nice.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2012, 08:11:00 PM »
Bullsnake for me.  Looks great with Osage.

 
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2012, 08:17:00 PM »
I put some water moccasins on a short yew bow that turned out fantastic. I used to think copperheads on osage was all there was but lately I've been looking to other skins like diamond back watersnakes. I'm always on the look out for something that is not done a whole lot.

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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2012, 09:12:00 PM »
x2 on the water mocs. Got to hunt up a pair.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2012, 09:50:00 PM »
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I like Copperheads and Canebrakes because i think they go with the browns and grey woods i like.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2012, 10:59:00 PM »
I love those watersnakes. I also love really dark diamondbacks with the white diamond outline,.
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2012, 11:28:00 PM »


Boa have been the coolest i have used.

 
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2012, 11:30:00 PM »
I'm kinda partial to canebreaks at the moment.

 

 

 
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Re: Your favorite snakeskin backing?
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2012, 06:38:00 AM »
Copperhead, Canebreakes, eastern diamondback,and the skins i just bought on some of Bob's limbs. Beautiful.
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