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An 8 pointer I took with all homemade gear (same bow I used for the bear above) but a different broadhead I made. I took him at 8 yards.

The woods I used for that bow are South American hardwoods. The riser is made from Bubinga, Bloodwood and good old American hard rock maple from a tree my Dad cut many years ago. Sort of a legacy piece of wood, cut by my Dad, Made into a bow by me . I also used some of the Maple in the limbs.



this is the order in which I stacked the layers.



I used spring clamps because C-clams get loose during the heating process when the glue oozes out. (trust me, there is a lot of oozing) Spring clamps keep a constant pressure at all times.



Next, I ran the block through my table saw to square it up and remove the excess glue.



Then I drew the riser pattern on the wood and cut it out with a band saw and sanded the fade outs on a drum sander.

The form I designed and built.



The heater box to cure the epoxy.






Next, I cleaned all the wood and glass surfaces and laid them in the order in which I would glue them.



1. is .050 clear glass

2. is .020 kingwood vernier

3. is .090 thick hard maple taper (two pieces glued together to make one long piece)

4 and 5. is .065 thick hard maple taper (two pieces glued together to make one long piece)

6. is a piece of hard maple .060 parallel from the piece of wood my Dad cut. (two pieces glued together to make one long piece)

7. is .020 kingwood vernier

8. is .050 clear glass

Missing from the above picture is the riser.

After gluing up.

That’s sweet!!!!! Haha

Looks like a Boyd’s stock.... haha

antler limb tips from one of my deer.

I built a tillering tree to make sure both limbs acted the same.

All hand made by me. And used to kill deer and bear.



Homemade broadhead I designed and built and killed my last bear with. (Made from an old saw blade.)

Oh wow such stellar work!!!!

You asked and wanted to see my gear and some kills. I had my first trad kill in 1974. (it was a mouse.) I still have that bow.

This is from a recent youth event I ran. 4 of the bows in that pic are my homemades. I built my first trad bow in 1988 (30 years ago). The year Fred Bear died.



Ive been doing this a very long time and set up many archers and saw many guys switch to trad only to fail because pride had them overbowed. Ive seen it over and over and over.

I teach archery (archery merit badge, 4H shooting sports, Youth events I run or volunteer at, guys that come to my house referred by others I have set up, etc)

You kill those bear the same place Troy Gentry did???? Hell I think that was even in your state wasn’t it???

I don't know who that is.

Sweet Jesus that’s funny!!!! Lmfao
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I got my bear with a bow that year. My younger brother got his with a old Marlin lever gun and my older brother got his bear with a 1895 Winchester 30-40 krag . All three of us scored that year.

Again, very impressive....

You killed a bear with your truck, and deer over an illegal bait site?

Holy [bleep]! Is that sloth from the Goonies?

Yes to the bear with the truck. No to the deer over an illegal bait pile. I did however get a citation back in 2012 for feeding deer before the gun deer season. There was no corn present when I got my citation (hence the feeding prior to season citation) He looked (boy did he look. He was tipping over leaves hoping to find some but in the week prior, the deer licked it all up. His words

"Since there is no corn present now, Im going to cite you for feeding"

Sorry to burst your bubble. I know how badly you wanted it to be a baiting citation.

Maybe next time?