how many guys out there shoot self bows

[Big Dave]

I started shooting a selfbow early last year that was built by a friend . Ended up killing a couple small deer with it and plan on hunting with it this year. I am trying to build one my own self, but have not had very good success yet but it's fun and I think I will get it done (maybe not for this year but next)I use cedar arrows that I build tipped with Eclipse or Zwickey Eskimo.   :D    :D    :D

[Jim now in Kentucky]

I like a stick and string better than an artificial stick and string. I make my bows from ash, black locust or osage and I make my arrows from white spruce. I cut the trees too, except the osage, which doesn't grow in Maine.

[Ghost Dog]

Flatstick, that is just pure poetry. Beautiful.

[bowmofo]

One of my good friends is a seasoned pro when it comes to selfbows,I test shoot everyone of his creations right & left. I can tell you there is somthing special about them. I am in the learning process now, and hope someday to hunt with a bow of my own making. Mike

[onemississipp]

I have just begun in selfbows, I have built 2 and plan on hunting this year with another I'm working on now!!!

[OconeeDan]

Flatstick, that is awesome!  Do you feel like you have reached your "peak"?
Dan

[schnitz]

thanks guys for all the in put i shot my brothers quillian wood self bow today very sweet just something diiferent about an all wood bow im hopefully getting one later in the week from a fellow trad member then ill have to make some of them trade point and a new set of arrows and flat stick thats some pic thats the way it supose to be done nice job

[Flatstick]

OconeeDan,,Nope no where near the peak yet! There's alot more different bow designs and types of arrows to build and I Know there are bigger bucks roaming around too! Been building bows for alot of years now, but still feel like the adventure has just begun    .

[Shakes.602]

I Hope To Experience the Self-Bow and ALL of the Cool Things it brings, Very Soon!!          

[WESTBROOK]

Well said Flatsick!
I would use one if I had one, If I was smart enough to make one I would. A homemade selfbow and cane arrow, that would be the ultimate hunting rig!

Eric

[Mark Baker]

I hunt almost exclusively with my selfbows...but you know I dabble in glass bows too!   But make no mistake, a selfbow has a soul that glass bows lack, and I love to carry that into the woods with me.   I've been building them and hunting with them 15 years or so and every year is a new challenge, every bow a new surprise.   That's keeping it fresh, boys and girls, the secret to enjoying the trad challenge is always having new ones...

I will only shoot wood, cane, hand-planed shafts or shoots from my selfbows.   Gotta match the best with the best.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I'm hoping to use my selfbow ( board bow, self made )red oak going by Ferret's website...

I saw some really nice ones at the Whittingham Archery shoot (Aug 18 & 19, 2007) Wish I had the money to get one of them.

[deadpool]

man i always wanted to shoot a well made selfbow!!! hunting with one will almost be a dream  for me!!

[Adam Keiper]

Another selfbow fanatic here.  I make them mostly from osage.  I only shoot wooden arrows.  I love to try different shafting, but I've been hooked on ash for many years.  I just get alot of enjoyment and satisfaction out of making using my own stuff.  Here's some of what's currently in my arsenal...    

[onemississipp]

Arsenal is right!!!!!!!

Nice looking bows

[bowmac]

I love the Simplicity, Beauty and each one has its own Characteristics. I have a couple glass bows also but my first love is these. Whether they are made by yourself or a friend there is that special feeling when holding or hunting with them. The far right one is "Hopeful" cause I really didn't think she would make it but she did. I just made up my first cane arrows just for her. There not beauties either but I hope one of them finds the mark in October. Other than the comments above and a million others, I have no idea why someone would want to shoot or build one. I totally agree with what Dano said.

[the Ferret]

Good gawd Adam, you are a man after my own heart.

Now scuse me while I clean the drool from the keyboard  

[Osagetree]

Adam,, I would like a close up of the one with the big hole in the limb.

[schnitz]

man adam them are some nice bows

[K.S.TRAPPER]

My wife thinks I have alot of bows,I think I will show her the picture of Adams.Nice collection there.    
Oh yeah,I almost forgot I hunt with self bows too.

Tracy