Ozbow

Bear season was tough due to the cover but still had a good time. I made a trip back home to Nebraska and hunted with some old friends. We were after deer and there were whitetail and mule deer on my friend's property. The deer were all nocturnal for the first half of the hunt because of a full moon...

Looks like there are multiple bear in the area. I went out Saturday and tried calling with no luck but found quite a few bear on my game cam. Saw the first sow with 3 cubs. She's a good sized girl as the tank is 10' across. The tank in the second picture is 6'. 2 of the cubs have their heads down so...

Here are a couple of pictures of the cliff on the south side of the mesa. Lots of good elk country. The cliff is a 100+ feet down so I tread lightly near the edge.

Perry I hate to hear you're having back trouble. I'll say a few to the Good Man for you.

Fine looking bows, how do they perform?

I went out again last Monday and set up camp where I could setup and glass the base of the cliffs where there were oak and pinion trees. I also did some hiking to the south side of the mesa to look down into the trees below looking for feeding bears. The acorn and pinion crop hasn't been very good s...

I hiked to the top of bear mouth point which ends in a 500+ foot cliff where I will be heading back to next week to check for sign of bear feeding on the pinions. When a storm comes in from the southwest off of Mount Taylor the lightning can be dangerous when exposed on this high point. The first pi...

I got out last week to hunt bear but our rainy season was going to make it harder. Plus when I got to the area there was a crew rebuilding the road into the area. I pulled the card from my game camera and as I feared the rain and road crew cut back the number of animals showing up at the spring. The...

Man Perry that would be great. Had my cam out for almost a month and got these pictures. The bear would come down and cool off in the spring tank. Just another week and I'll go chase this bear. There were also a lot of elk and deer that showed up. I added a blown up image to the original. Caught the...

Yeah the call of an elk is unique for sure. Way different from a red stag. Perry I've never had the chance to eat bear. Some people love it and some hate it. I imagine it has a lot to do with what they're eating and how well they are taken care of after the kill. I'm away till August 3rd and I've le...

Its hard to get a good gloss finish but you nailed these two bows. Great work.

Nice, really like the oak!

I set out my game cam over a spring on the 2nd so went back on the 8th to check for images. I took the bow along to do some stump shooting as well. Dang rocky place to do some stump shooting that's for sure. The first image on the camera was a nice color bear. Then these 3 guys came through at diffe...

Nice! I like the purpleheart zebrano combo.

Yeah Daryl I agree. But I may try to adapt the holder so it has a 45 degree slot for the arrow shaft.

Daryl you said something that should have been so obvious I shook my head and why didn't I think of that. Stand the box so the arrow holder is upright then the arrow will set in it perfectly. Duh of course. Thanks Daryl!

OK just doing the final finish work but here is the build after the box is built. I Started by cutting a 3/4" wide by 1/8" deep dado across the front. Then drill a hole that the T-nut is driven into from the inside. This will hold the lock knob for the arrow holder's slide adjustment. http...

Here is the box/housing roughed in and sealed. Its made with spalted Chinese elm that my friend Ralph cut in his saw mill. I think I need to stick to building bows not boxes though.

I'm building a feather burner and will do a build-along here so anyone who wants to build one can. Here is a picture of one someone else built that I am using as a basis. http://i.imgur.com/LAKbJ1a.jpg I'm in the process of building and will add more pictures when I have them. Here are the materials...

Nothing better than working on a bow with a friend. I miss my mentor and the times we had. By the way I love the scullpted look of the riser and the low grip. It's got to be a shooter.

Wow I love the woods and great workmanship. It looks fast!

Looks good and pots them right in there.

Decided not to paint it as that seems to be the consensus. So I want to hide the plugs. I have some bison horn that comes off in layers and is curved. It will lay right over the plugs so I need to decide what shape to carve them so they're decorative. Maybe a bear head for one and a knapped arrowhea...

Well limbs on, stippled the grip, satin finish over gloss, and got some shots through it. Really liking the light weight and feel of the low grip. Not a screamer but smooth, silent, and crisp. Unbraced http://i.imgur.com/VJvBUvC.jpg Braced http://i.imgur.com/EwBkRMr.jpg 28" draw http://i.imgur....

Got the limbs finished last night so I'll get more pics up. 64" n to n 43.4 # at 28" plann on building a set of 55# limbs to match. I made this out of a 19" riser block that I made for a heavy set of limbs. It had limb bolts coming from the belly of the riser into hidden nuts in the l...

:biggrin: Feels good to smell sawdust again. I'm finishing up a new longbow based on my interpretation of the Cari-Bow Silver Fox riser. I've been sliming my risers down and think this it getting close to what I'm after. 17" end to end, cut 1/8" past center, hickory with bloodwood beam, bl...

Yes a gutsy move to cut that work of art in half!

That is one nice looking bow!

Rod I built a 19" riser to hopefully get the weight down but it only dropped it 2 1/2 pounds. Had to go to 21" and a couple of inchs of deflex to get it shootable. Always been a little off center so I didn't have a problem building a crazy riser. Just started a new set of limbs and a 17&qu...