Hanging out with Samson…

[Dinorocks]

Making some bows!  I have been working on two from some Osage staves and blanks I had.  Rasp stage on one, scraper on the other…when I get tired of scraping I rasp.

 

 

 

[Dinorocks]

[Cabin Fever]

Very cool!

[mowin]

I really want to get into long bows. just don't think my shoulder would agree. 

I'd be happy to just target shoot, but shooting a deer would be fantastic. 

[Dinorocks]

A well built selfbow (long bow) has incredibly smooth draw, no hand shock, and doesn’t stack up.  Regarding poundage, I can shoot a heavy bow but target my weight when I build a hunting bow for myself is 45# …so much fun shooting a “lighter” weight bow! A bunch of years ago I harvested two deer with a bow I made for my wife…one arrow was a pass through and the other almost did but hit a rib before it exited…bow was just at legal limit of 35#.  Zwickey broadheads.

My go-to laminate long bow is a 45# Bear Montana…again, super smooth draw!!

[mowin]

4 minutes ago, Dinorocks said:

A well built selfbow (long bow) has incredibly smooth draw, no hand shock, and doesn’t stack up.  Regarding poundage, I can shoot a heavy bow but target my weight when I build a hunting bow for myself is 45# …so much fun shooting a “lighter” weight bow! A bunch of years ago I harvested two deer with a bow I made for my wife…one arrow was a pass through and the other almost did but hit a rib before it exited…bow was just at legal limit of 35#.  Zwickey broadheads.

My go-to laminate long bow is a 45# Bear Montana…again, super smooth draw!!

I find this so interesting. I started out bow hunting with a recurve.  Missed a couple shots at deer. Then went to a compound. 

I would love to get back into instinctive shooting. 

[nywaw]

This is awesome!  Looking forward to the progression!

[OldBrian]

Dino,

Looks like the bow is coming along nicely. Hope to shoot with you soon.

Take care,

Brian

[cj3a]

Nice work! 

[Spysar]

Awesome

[Dinorocks]

The floor tillering is almost done on one of the bows…hoping to get it on the tillering stick tonight after I finish some prep work for this weekends sap boil and move the fox I’m tanning to the next step. Very busy around the homestead!!

[Lawdwaz]

On 3/9/2023 at 6:34 AM, Dinorocks said:

The floor tillering is almost done on one of the bows…hoping to get it on the tillering stick tonight after I finish some prep work for this weekends sap boil and move the fox I’m tanning to the next step. Very busy around the homestead!!

You're busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest!!

When you come up for air, let us know how the syrup is coming.  Thanks.

[Dinorocks]

Ha! Funny Larry!  Finished boil number 4 last night!  18 hours boiling followed by 5 hours for the finish boil and bottling. …about 25 gallons of syrup for the season!  Had a big pancake breakfast and syrup making demo at my archery club a couple weeks ago…about a 100 people!  Not much syrup left!  I did put a few jars up for sale at our annual Alaskan Archery Shoot this weekend.

Done with sugaring for the season…after cleanup I can finish my bow…getting closer!

 

[mowin]

1 hour ago, Dinorocks said:

Ha! Funny Larry!  Finished boil number 4 last night!  18 hours boiling followed by 5 hours for the finish boil and bottling. …about 25 gallons of syrup for the season!  Had a big pancake breakfast and syrup making demo at my archery club a couple weeks ago…about a 100 people!  Not much syrup left!  I did put a few jars up for sale at our annual Alaskan Archery Shoot this weekend.

Done with sugaring for the season…after cleanup I can finish my bow…getting closer!

 

25g is a lot of syrup for your setup. How many taps you running?  We're all done for the season ourselves.  Think we're just over 40g.  

Did you make any light amber this year?  We only had med and dark amber this yr. I think the mild winter with warmer temps had something to do with it. 

[Dinorocks]

Thanks!  I tapped 50 trees with metal buckets.  We had a video invite for our members/family/friends pancake breakfast/demo at our club I was going to share that showed the setup but I think it was taken down.  

First two boils yielded amber and the last two were much darker…first batch was the lightest and the last was the darkest.  Cool how the color changes so much throughout the season!