New Turkey Bow

[Peckerwood]

I thought I would share some pictures of my new turkey bow. I was having some trouble shooting my longbows out of my new blind so I decided to go the shorty route. I found a good shooter but didn't like the riser so I made my own with a cut to center locator style grip. The bow is 50" , 59lbs. @ 28 ". (can be drawn to 29" with no stack)The riser is wenge(SP?) and snakewood with flat grain elm limbs....Bill
 
 
 
Here is the bow compared to my 58 in.
 

[TexMex]

NICE!!

[Carcajou]

Are you kidding me? 50"??? Sa-weet! are ya taking orders?  

[initialimage]

Bill,

I really like that bow.  I'm actually in the process of making a short bow for hunting, though not that short.  A few questions:
How wide are the limbs?
Can you post a side profile of the bow both strung and unstrung?

Again...very nice and I like how you used the other bow for scale.

[Peckerwood]

Jeff, the limbs are 1 5/16 wide at the fades and 5/8 at the tips. I usually build short longbows  but the layout on the 50 in . was a completely different set up . It usually takes some trial and error ( and sometimes disaster !) to come up with a good shooting design. Here are some pictures of the bow strung and unstrung.
Bill
 
 

[Rusty Izatt]

Pekerwood, that is a great looking bow        . 50" man that is short!

Way Cool
Rusty

[Rusty Izatt]

Oops I meant Peckerwood    

Sorry for the miss spell
Rusty

[JEFF B]

hey peckerwood that is one awesome bow  you do a fine job.      

[Luke Vander Vennen]

sweet

 

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Great looking bow

[southernarcher]

Sweet lookin stick!I like it!Do you draw it to 28"?If so is there much finger pinch?

[Dano]

That is one dandy bow Bill.  

[MikeW]

New Turkey Bow

59lbs @ 28" ???
Some tuff Turkeys where you live huh?
  :p
Seriously though, that's a very nice looking bow you built.
 

[Chuck Case]

Bill,
Very nice!!! Does that length present a problem with hand shock?  From the pictures it appears alot of the lengh came out of the riser?  I notice you kept the wedge between the back and belly at a minimum and used a cap for the the riser, how does that effect the bow?  Again, great looking bow.  Sorry if it sounds like I am picking your brain (cause I am).
Thanks,
Chuck Case

[Donavan Daniel]

That is a beauty of a bow!

Cheers,
Donavan

[sticshooter]

That is one sweet little sucker. Congrats.<><

[4runr]

Very nice little bow!!

[Golden Hawk]

Really looking forward to shooting mine Bill.

[Stone Knife]

Real sharp looking bow.

[New to Traditional]

Very Nice!!!!