JOE PA

Frank:

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. And, nobody waits with eager anticipation for a bow report on a 2 year old bow.[8D] You get a lot of fun out of your 50-75$.

Arthur P

$50-$75 will buy enough red oak boards for me to make about 7-8 bows.

Straightarrow

I just went into the woods and cut a few staves and spent two years drying them. Not much cost, as long as my time is worth nothing - which it is when I'm having fun.

JOE PA

Arthur, I agree with that. If I could shoot trad like you can, it would be more fun for me too.

Straightarrow: I do have a little Hickory tree that was almost in the way of one of my treestand sites. I think I'll see if I can still make a self bow this year. AND..

My time seems to be worth the least when I working on the Honeydo list.[&:]

Arthur P

Wha... Have you signed a contract or something that keeps you from shooting stickbows?

If you could shoot trad like I can.... It's likely you could shoot better than my worn out, decrepit old self if you gave yourself half a chance.

PABowhntr

Whats a red oak board?

I thought that it wasn't a good idea to shoot wood arrows out of a modern compound.

Swamp Dawg

I suffer from tinkeritis as well. It is a terrible disease! I bought a Liberty a year ago and I can't help myself from wanting to get a new Allegiance even though I am totally please with my current set up. It definately is a sickness.

Arthur P

Who said it's a good idea to shoot a modern compound?

If you guys think 'tinkeritis' is bad, just try making selfbows. You talk about a sickness! You're never satisfied. You just KNOW the next one you make will be better than the one you just finished. You can't look at a tree without seeing bows. You can't pass the hardwood board rack at the lumberyard without checking out the grain lines on a couple dozen boards or so, just to see if one will make a bow. Then you play around with limb thickness, widths, different profiles, bow lengths, reflexing, deflexing, recurving the tips, stiff handles, working handles....

One good thing - with all the wood shavings from whittling on bows, you never have to buy mulch for the flower beds.

benhuntin

Ive wondered that myself. Unless a limb breaks I'll be shooting my PSE split limb until Im old and grey.