3Rivers Archery



The Trad Gang Digital Market













Contribute to Trad Gang and Access the Classifieds!

Become a Trad Gang Sponsor!

Traditional Archery for Bowhunters






LEFT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS TRAD GANG CLASSIFIEDS ACCESS RIGHT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS


Author Topic: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?  (Read 400 times)

Offline R.Cogburn73

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 10
What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« on: October 02, 2012, 10:28:00 PM »
Got a nice used custom bow coming and I want to wrap it or tape it for hunting but want to use good stuff....  Any digs?
Cascade Nighthawk 58@28 56"
Cascade Goldenhawk Magnum 59@28 52"
Zebra Grevy 55@28 69"

Offline m midd

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1072
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2012, 11:04:00 PM »
Usually copperhead skins. If you dont want skins onestringer.com has some neet stuff for bow camo
Traditional Bowhunters of Arkansas

Offline 30coupe

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3114
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2012, 12:01:00 AM »
I don't put anything on mine and the deer have never seemed to mind. If you move at the wrong time, camo won't help. Unless you have a really shiny finish on the bow, I don't think you need anything. My Kanati is kind of reddish stained bamboo, and it kills deer. My Mahaska is red elm, it does the same. My Orion has flat black limbs with a myrtle and cocobolo riser. I have killed a turkey with it and plan to kill a deer with it this year.

Don't worry about it, just go hunt.
Kanati 58" 44# @ 28" Green glass on a green riser
Bear Kodiak Magnum 52" 45# @ 28"
Bodnik Slick Stick longbow 58" 40# @ 28"
Bodnik Kiowa 52" 45# @ 28"
Kanati 58" 46# @ 28" R.I.P (2007-2015)
Self-made Silk backed Hickory Board bow 67" 49# @ 28"
Bear Black Bear 60" 45# @28"
NRA Life Member

Offline ChuckC

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 6775
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2012, 12:20:00 AM »
spray paint, green and black
ChuckC

Offline AkDan

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 2119
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2012, 01:10:00 AM »
winter I add white tape to the back for caribou/moose though I dont think its needed.   Easy to peel off and cleans up quick.

Offline Thumper Dunker

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3960
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2012, 03:05:00 AM »
Clear flat finnish.No need to camo a stick. But some do look cool. On my long bow the back is bamboo ,was way to light. Just dusted it with flat spray paint to knock the shine down and to make it just a bit darker.
You can hop but you can't hide.
If it was not for rabbits I would never get a buck.
Yip yipahooooo yipyipyip.

Offline longstiks

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 425
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2012, 04:20:00 AM »
Limb skins- slip on -slip off, also protect limbs.
Denny

Offline Bill Carlsen

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3928
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2012, 08:08:00 AM »
I use cloth camo tape but am expecting some new stuff from Ultimate camo. They have their pattern available in a tape. It should  be here shortly. Will post pics once it's installed.
The best things in life....aren't things!

Offline 3035Odell

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 11
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2012, 08:27:00 AM »
I just covered the front of my bear polar that is white with the camo cloth tape.  The roll is at least 20 years old and worked fine.  When I want it off it comes off easily and doesn't leave a bunch of sticky residue behind.

Offline R.Cogburn73

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 10
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2012, 08:34:00 AM »
Thanks everybody.  Gonna try limbsations @ onestringer.
Cascade Nighthawk 58@28 56"
Cascade Goldenhawk Magnum 59@28 52"
Zebra Grevy 55@28 69"

Offline PeteA

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 968
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2012, 08:54:00 AM »
Made some old school limb socks out of a t shirt. They stay on all year unless they get wet.
Predator Hunter 46#@28
'70 Bear Kodiak Hunter 45#@28
'72 Bear Grizzly 45#@28

Online Sean B

  • TG HALL OF FAME
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • *****
  • Posts: 3484
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2012, 08:55:00 AM »
I don't bother.  alls camo will do is prevent me from finding it when I lay my bow down!  :banghead:    :biglaugh:
Sean
PBS Regular Member
Comptons
NY Bowhunters Association
BW KB X
BW PCH X
BW PSR X
Robertson Tribal Styk

Offline Sam McMichael

  • TG HALL OF FAME
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • *****
  • Posts: 6873
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2012, 08:31:00 PM »
Be careful about using paint. You may want to remove the camo finish in the future. I did two bows with one of those camo paints that is supposed to come off easily with their remover. Did not work well, and I still have blothces of paint on these bows after 25 years.
Sam

Offline Kingsnake

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 412
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2012, 08:45:00 PM »
I'm still a trad newbie, but I assume my bow will be plenty camouflaged after I miss 3 or 4 deer, then throw the bow in the dirt and kick it around a while . . .  :bigsmyl:  

Kingsnake

Offline Knapper

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 204
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2012, 08:52:00 PM »
I feel that it all depends upon the bow, such as is the finish at least a satin finish, wood coloration, and overlay coloration.  If any of these stand out in the woods say by setting it up against tree and stand back and look at it.  I feel that this visual test will tell you what to do or not to do.

Offline Mudd

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 12391
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2012, 09:09:00 PM »
If I use anything it's dull black rubberized spray on.

Or snake skinz that slide over the limbs.

God bless,Mudd
Trying to make a difference
Psalm 37:4
Roy L "Mudd" Williams
TGMM- Family Of The Bow
Archery isn't something I do, it's who I am!
The road to "Sherwood" makes for an awesome journey.

Offline wapitirod

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 315
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2012, 12:04:00 AM »
I also use the limbskins, they don't impede velocity or arrow flight and they are easy on and off and protect the limbs.
89' Brackenbury Drifter 72# @28
Wes Wallace Stealth 66# @28
Wes Wallace Stealth 72# @27


I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.- John Wayne

Offline ronp

  • TG HALL OF FAME
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • *****
  • Posts: 4866
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2012, 08:23:00 AM »
Check out Onestringer's Limbsations.  Easy to apply and they look great.  And they are a sponsor here and great folks to deal with.
Ron Purdy

TGMM Family of the Bow
MTB
NRA

Offline Night Wing

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 2944
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #18 on: October 04, 2012, 10:09:00 AM »
I'm another one who doesn't put any camo on either of my two recurves.
Blacktail TD Recurve: 66", 42# @ 30". Arrow: 32", 2212. PW: 75 Grains. AW: 421 Grains. GPP: 10.02
Blacktail TD Recurve: 66", 37# @ 30". Arrow: 32", 2212. PW: 75 Grains. AW: 421 Grains. GPP: 11.37

Offline Dave Lay

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1556
Re: What do you all put on your bows for camo tape/wrap?
« Reply #19 on: October 04, 2012, 11:39:00 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by Thumper Dunker:
Clear flat finnish.No need to camo a stick. But some do look cool. On my long bow the back is bamboo ,was way to light. Just dusted it with flat spray paint to knock the shine down and to make it just a bit darker.
same here i use a product called  DULCOTE  sold in hobby stores its a clear flat finish that removes easily if you ever want to remove it.....
Compton traditional bowhunters
PBS regular
Traditional bowhunters of Arkansas
I live to bowhunt!!!
60” Widow SAV recurve 54@28
60” Widow KBX recurve 53@27
64” DGA longbow 48@27

Users currently browsing this topic:

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.
 

Contact Us | Trad Gang.com © | User Agreement

Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©