Selfbows?

[North Idaho Stickbow]

This is such a cool thread. I want to dive into the selfbow game so bad, but the last thing I need right now is another hobby. I have a couple selfbows made by others, and they are really fun to shoot. I even got a whitetail with one two Christmas’ ago.

But I have a hard enough time trying to get game with a modern tradbow.

 

[BoTheHunter]

This is such a cool thread. I want to dive into the selfbow game so bad, but the last thing I need right now is another hobby. I have a couple selfbows made by others, and they are really fun to shoot. I even got a whitetail with one two Christmas’ ago.

But I have a hard enough time trying to get game with a modern tradbow.

Same here lol.

 

[huntercole]

I broke two boards and two stave bows before I got one to last. I think I get in a hurry and rush the tillering too much. Seems that my issue is usually right after the fade meets the working limb. I have about 2 dozen hickory staves in the barn and a couple roughed out so I have plenty to learn on. I think hickory is a good wood to start with. It's usually fairly clean and straight and you just strip the bark off and the back is pretty much ready to go.

 

[LanceM]

Bought a recurve this year, building a self bow next year. Not saying I'll never touch my compound again, but man, this is addicting and WAY more fun.

 

[Cbrick]

I’ll second Ddog on the bowyers bible books, tons of helpful info. Also Dean Torres first book is really informative and helpful. If you have a good source of Osage, it’s easy to work with clean straight staves if you can find them. Just about any fruit or nut tree will make a bow, only some make a really good hunting bow. Design your bow based on the piece of wood you’re using.


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