Author Topic: how many guys out there shoot self bows (Read 1145 times)

Big Dave · « **Reply #20 on:** August 18, 2007, 05:50:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 18, 2007, 08:15:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 18, 2007, 08:30:00 PM »

Flatstick, that is just pure poetry. Beautiful.

bowmofo · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:02:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:06:00 PM »

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

OconeeDan · « **Reply #25 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:47:00 PM »

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

schnitz · « **Reply #26 on:** August 18, 2007, 10:40:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 18, 2007, 11:26:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 19, 2007, 01:06:00 AM »

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

WESTBROOK · « **Reply #29 on:** August 19, 2007, 07:45:00 AM »

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 · « **Reply #30 on:** August 19, 2007, 07:38:00 PM »

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** · « **Reply #31 on:** August 19, 2007, 07:51:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:05:00 PM »

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

Adam Keiper · « **Reply #33 on:** August 19, 2007, 11:24:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #34 on:** August 20, 2007, 10:35:00 AM »

Arsenal is right!!!!!!!

Nice looking bows

bowmac · « **Reply #35 on:** August 20, 2007, 04:24:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #36 on:** August 20, 2007, 04:28:00 PM »

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

Now scuse me while I clean the drool from the keyboard

Osagetree · « **Reply #37 on:** August 20, 2007, 04:40:00 PM »

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

schnitz · « **Reply #38 on:** August 20, 2007, 11:19:00 PM »

man adam them are some nice bows

K.S.TRAPPER · « **Reply #39 on:** August 20, 2007, 11:55:00 PM »

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


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