Lets see your homemade longbows you hunt with...

[RC]

This is I think my 3rd homemade longbow. 66" and 52 lbs. Maple cores killed several deer and pigs with it maybe 8-10 years ago..


   
   


   

[RC]

And "Mojo" a 64" bamboo longbow built in 2007 Lord willing I`m gonna hunt with some this year..RC


   

   


   

   

   

[Bud B.]

RC, you and Pat B. are my heros. If I could only have 1/4th the success and hunt opportunities y'all have it would be many times the harvests and opportunities I have had. I retire next July. I plan on trying to catch up with you guys, if that is even possible.

I have not made any bows though  :(

[RC]

When you retire come to Ga. and hang out a bit. We`ll have some fun.RC

[dkincaid]

Darn it now I want to build a bow again.

[dlnwohio]

My first I built a 55@28" 60" (only because I messed the tips up....I was attempting to build a 62") hybrid longbow.
 
Curly maple veneers and bacote handle. I had a great year with that bow killed 4 does all from the ground. The tips are antler from my first trad buck. Also killed my first trad turkey the fallowing spring with it, a 23 pound tom with a 10" beard.

[eman614]

this is my most newest. i made it about three years ago now.

 
this is my same bow and one that i made for my uncle down on blackbeard island.

 

a buck i killed with the same bow.

 

pig with the same

[eman614]

and a stingray at port st joe

 

some fish i shot with the first bow i ever made.

 

my first trad buck

 

first deer with my newest bow. its the same bow as in my first post

 

bobcat i shot with the first bow i ever made.

 

thats all i got.

Way to go with the homemade sticks, guys!

I have only built one bow myself but have never killed anything with it. It just does not seem to "fit" me and I am not near as confident with it as I am my others. That being said, I will never sell that bow either!

Seeing all of y'alls pic makes me want to break it out of the closet, practice a bit, and go shoot a critter, so I can add a pic to this thread!

Bisch

[jsweka]

Here's the first deer I killed with a bow I made (2010).  The bow as cherry limbs with actionboo core, walnut riser, 68" 54# @ 28".
   

And here's one from 2012.  This bow is black glass on the back, clear glass on the belly over curly maple, actionboo core, cocobolo riser, 68" 58# @ 28".
   

I still have yet to kill a buck with a bow I made.  Missed one a couple years ago.  Maybe this will be the year with this bow.  I went "old school" with this one...brown glass on the back, gray glass on the belly and myrtle riser.
 

 

[kennym]

Here is a few, hate to do it this way, but don't have time to hunt all the pics down on p bucket!!

 http://www.kennyscustomarchery.com/The_trophy_room.html

[D]

Here's mine.  First glass and take down.  I don't have any kill pictures with it yet but hope to change that this year.
 
 

[wooddamon1]

Yowza! How about these guys from the "Bench"?! I lurk over there all the time and am amazed at the talent! Killers too, how cool...

[wooddamon1]

KennyM, those pics with your son are fantastic, and from what I've seen when I finally take the plunge my stuff is definitely coming from you.

Great thread!        

[jsweka]

Can't go wrong with supplies from Kenny    

I'm working on one right now for a friend of my from work with materials from Kenny.

[frassettor]

Great thread !        

[KentuckyTJ]

These are the truly talented Trad Gangers, amazing!  

[LookMomNoSights]

This is awesome!!!  Hope to make my own at some point.....way to go guys!  

[gringol]

Very cool.  I wish I could find the time to tackle building bows and trad hunting.  For now I'll just have to admire the great work of others.

[RC]

Jsweka, That bow laying on top of the doe is a fine looking bow.