Here last summer Connie, Jason and I were out in AZ enjoying the sun and playing a little. . .Golf.  I know, I know a dumb game.  Anyway we stopped by one afternoon and visited with the Petkos.  Terry mentioned that Debbie had given him a guided elk hunt for his birthday in CO and that he had decided to tip the scales in his favor by setting aside the selfbow in favor of a glass longbow because he was more consistant with it.

Well during the day we ended up breaking out the bows and heading for his backyard target range.  Soon we were swapping bows around and he shot my new BushWacker that we had just finished for our elk hunt.  And he shot it well.

When we got back, I got thinking that Terry would rather hunt with wood then glass but shot the glass better.  But he shot the BushWacker better then the glass.

So I called him and offered up a trade.  I've wanted one of his sinew backed selfbows for my collection and hoped that he would bite on the deal.  Anyway yesterday we finished up Terry's bow and will be delivering it the second week of the new year in AZ on the Javie hunt.

We'll take a few sneak preview shots this morning and post em here on this thread.  But a quick description is Indian Rosewood with an Osage handle cap and tips.  Natural Tonkin Bamboo backing with Osage and bamboo lams.  It actually is very close to the bow I hunted with in Idaho (mine has Shedua instead of Rosewood).  I didn't realize it til Jason pointed it out yesterday.  This one is seven pounds lighter though and tips the scale at 56 # at 28".

Stand by for a sneak peak.

LOL

Mike

Can't wait to see this!

Bet this will be a real looker!

Terry, don't look!!!

Mike,, thats cool thanks for sharing...oh yeah what Dano said, no looking...      

My peekers are a waitin  

Almost like getting to open a Christmas present early. Waiting to peek.

Tap, tap, tap, tap,........standing by.....


David

OK, first of all the picture disclaimer.  These are snapshots and not the professional quality pics that Connie publishes on our website.  But heck I was excited about sharing them.  Here ya go:

Full length



Riser from the side



Riser and handle cap from the belly



And the Osage tips



Ok you can look but don't tell Terry!!

LOL

Mike

Sweet! Looks like elk medicine to me.

Great looking bow Mike, Terry is going to love it!


David

Georgous bow Mike and Jason.

That is a sweet looking bow Mike. Terry will be thrilled I'm sure.

Beautiful work Mike!

Thanks guys!!  I wonder where he is this morning?  Probably Christmas shopping.

LOL

Mike

Thanks for the look-see Mike that thing is awesome!!

*drools* I can't wait till mine's done!!

Wonder what Christmas is like in AZ where it's like 100 degrees..no snow that's for sure  

Don't know about that Terry, We had some snow here in Prescott and the temp was at 19 deg. But it is nice in the lower desert. Can't wait for javi season in Jan. Going to build a 56" bamboo longbow to hunt those boys with.  Saw the better half in the TBM that came yesterday.
Chort

Well I jsut talked with Terry, he's on the road headed this way to visit the daughter in Dallas.   They left at 0100 this am, so he hasn't seen the pics yet.  LOL

Mike