Here is the bow I'll be toting this fall. I've never used/hunted a bow quiver on a self bow, but I am going to try it this year.

The bow is osage and the arrows are parallel cedars. I will glue some single bevel Grizzly heads on when we get closer.

Lets see your self bow rigs for this fall.

That there is great hunting bow.

I have a snakey osage bow and a yew English longbow started and hope to hunt with them this year, but I don't know if I'll get them done in time. I have about eight weeks until my vacation starts... but lots to do besides make bows.

Super Nice Pearl D, Nice grain, I like the grip, by looking at that upper limb, I bet it was a pain to get tillered.

Mine is not finished, but will be in a month, will post a photo anyway later today.

......RonG

i'll probably go with this hickory selfie. My arrows will be wild rose shafts tipped with trade points carried in a plains style quiver. Jawge

oops...:)

I will use one of the three on the bottom.

Great looking hickory stick Jawgey poo. Jon, I like that bottom one best.

Thanks, PD. Beautiful bows, PD and John. Nice to see I am not the only one hunting with a selfie. Great thread. Jawge

pearl drums

You need to make me one of them thats thing looks amazing

Beautiful bow Chris! What is the brace height running on that bow,around 7" ?

May take this one out at least a few times this year. 66", #51@28

Yup, 6-7" is pretty normal for most of what I build. The more reflex in the limbs the lower I brace them. The more straight the limbs the higher I brace. Power comes from string tension at brace and I try to get as much string tension as I can. Its a fun balancing act, I love it when I get it right and the bow just jumps to life.

That's a beauty Aaron. You build it?

longbow: My wife has one of Pearlies bows and she can shoot lights out with that thing. She will be hunting with it this fall.

I agree Pearl. The osage and iron wood bows have clubby handles but I am new to this bow building although the very first bow I made is the bottom one.

I will also be using stone points on my arrows.

Yes Chris. This spring. Really clean piece of Osage from MIssouri.

That's a perfect bow right there. Bet it shoots lights out.

It does shoot nice. The tips are a little overbuilt. Been meaning to narrow them a hair more. They're never "perfect". That's why we keep makin em;-)

I've come to realize tip size, within reason, plays no role. 1/4" wide will shoot just like 5/8" wide. Its all about tiller and moore importantly, balance in the bow hand.

I concur.

Could be this one, knotty Osage with a bone nocked bamboo arrow with a stone head.

Nice rigs guys.

JR that bow looks as if it has a story or two it could tell.

Second choice, just re tillered this one to a lower weight for this season.

Simple Osage selfbow. 66" nock to nock, 60@28, one I built in April. I always get fired up to build myself a bow right before the Classic.

Forgot to turn the camera sideways... Again.

First selfbow I've made, it's a 66" hickory

Tye that appears to be a nice bow, especially a first attempt. Anymore pics? Braced and drawn?

Hop Hornbeam, 62", 60#@26"

Osage twisted 66#at28 ceder with self nocks tip?

Love good HHB. Thankfully Michigan is full of it. That's a nicely shaped bow Kerry.

Man some great looking bows going out this season, unfortunatlly i didnt draw a tag so mine will be regulated to stumping and tree rats

Good job across the board guys. Love it. Thanks for the photos.

Self bows almost glow. There is just something alive and individual about them. Love it, love it love it.

Hey bubby you tree hugging California hippy. We have a lots of deer and free bedrooms in central Michigan. Probably thee coolest state in the 50.

I love the look of that bow (OP'r) Great grain and color

I gotta get a me self bow sometime before I kick.

All I can say is the deer might ought to be Leary this season. Great bows guys. I have not decided yet. Could be one of those flight bows or my old faithful bow I've been hunting with the last three years. My two piece. Arvin

Lol pearly i know , standing invite that i may take you up on one day

Mine is not finished, but should be done in the middle of September,

my first hickory bow, stave so graciously donated by Jeff Durnell.

I had a lot of growing pains, but the folks here helped me through.

I have a half dozen Douglas Fir arrows I am also making for it.

Hope to get 45 to 50lbs. @28" it's 68" from nock to nock, I am going to put deer bone on the tips.

That wood is so white it's difficult getting good photo's.

Great bows folks, I wish I had this interest in selfies a long time ago.

I forgot to mention that Mountain Man donated the bone for the tips, so many generous folks, I will pass forward.

Same as last year, seems I keep giving my new ones away, but theses still work just fine. Some great looking sticks posted, very nice work. Pappy

J.R. Nice quiver and arrows also.

Kurt, that bow pulls about 49-50# at just a fuzz over 28". I shoot 52-54# arrows cut 29" BOP with 125 grain tips. Absolute lasers off that bow.

Getting closer with that hick stick Ron. Don't be afraid to round that handle off, front and back. That 4" of handle will never bend so you don't have to worry about the back in that area.

Thanks PD, I need to stain it so you can see it, looks like a ghost...LOL!

Same one as last year. Homemade osage orange from a stave I cut near Cadiz Ohio in 2002. "Lightning Crow" 60# @ 28", 675 grain Surewood douglass fir arrow. It shoots 166 fps on my chrony.

Finished just in time for deer season. About 43#@28". Osage [img]http://i.imgur.com/W0crqFE.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/bAk9ZqG.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/QRuHtHI.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/5VpYAhR.jpg[/img]

Bamboo-backed osage, 62" 52@26

Nice bow Jim. I like the longer fades, makes for a smooth shooter.

osage with deer hide back,, from deer I killed,,,50ish at 26,, bout 55 inches long,, Ishi profile inspired,, shoots nice,, deadly on the stumps,, :)

It will be one of these 2. Both of them are osage.

Here's my go to snakey selfy with no shelfy, complete with stringy thingy. What do you think, Pearly and Jawgy and Bubby?

Y do I feel strange posting here?

Looks like the bottom limb got up too late to enjoy the sunrise :)

It's because of the eclipse

Beautiful bows!!! Maybe someday I'll give it a try! Thanks for sharing!!

I admire all of you handwork guys. Pat your selves on the back for a job well done

Richard that bow just stinks of deer hunting! Great looking bow and a perfect hunting size rig.

One something like that with a shelfy and a d97stringy and a 560 grain arrow with two bladeys. Now if that elky will cooperate . :-) Arvin

Beautiful looking bows!

Osage static, 52@25", best shooting bow I ever made.

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