If so, I'd like to talk.

I thought it said felcher and I was going to refer you to Sinus.

Something tells me to not look up that word.

Good plan.

In full Predator fashion the Dread-I needs to make these instead of buying?

Somehow I'm not surprised.

Yeah figured if I shoot a turkey next year I can use the feathers. But those $100 reflex bows are tempting. How much tech do you really need?

I'm starting to worry about him, he needs to start sleeping and not work on projects 24 hours a day at some point!
Besides, he's getting too many man crushes going on!

I will admit to having spent too much time on things that should have been lower on my list of priorities.

Archery can be practiced in the back yard all year long and I'd like to get a multi season tag or two next year. I've been told I need to start practicing now if I want to be ready in a couple years for hunting with a reflex bow. So if I'm going to make my own, I better start collecting materials or get a reality check and buy something.

I have my dads old recurve. Have a mid early-mid 90s compound(slow and heavy nowadays), amd enjoy shooting the recurve the most. I should probably be more proficient with it. Something about snap shooting by feel makes you feel like the Last Mohican.

Cock-blocker

Shall we call you Uncas?

I fletch my own shafts. I use vanes not feathers if that makes a difference. Currently, I prefer the Bohning Helical Jig over the Blitzenburger Offset Jig. A helical fletching seems to be more accurate for me.

I have the Google. It makes sense now. I didn't know what those were called.

Dreadi ...I used your name in the Pissed off thread ....

I'm thinking you could cure the homeless/feral cat problem.

I think your thoughts of making a bow might be a bit ambitious with work schedules, etc, but I wouldn't want to discourage you. To make a recurve you would need a form, heat box, fiberglas laminations and a core wood properly shaped. Then you would have to experiment with Urac 185 adhesives (or modern equivalents) till you can guarantee that all those parts stay together during the stress of drawing it back 28+ inches. I have seen the results of improper glue adhesion. One friend took the de-laminated upper limb directly in the face, cutting him badly and breaking his nose. I watched my Dad build my first recurve when I was 6. He purchased the materials from a local archery shop that I went on to buy from the retiring owner when I was 26, and operated 25 years. Unless you can commit adequate time to the experimental phase of bow construction I would find a good used recurve or longbow and spend your time building arrows and practicing with your weapon of choice. To take a turkey or any other game for that matter requires a commitment to not only becoming proficient with the bow and arrow, but also becoming a skilled master of the woods and the stalk. To close the distance to within 30 yards of a game animal means to be able to defeat an animals defensive senses, which can be a life long skill building challenge. It is extremely rewarding though when you're successful.

Arrow construction is something I really enjoyed. One year back in the 70's I personally built 9000 arrows for our customers. At the time they were mostly port orford cedar from Oregon. As technology progressed, or regressed, depending on who you asked, aluminum shafts took over, then carbon shafts.

To build a set of cedar arrows is a blast and can be a real expression of the craft. That is something you could do evenings, watching TV even. One fletch at a time, one arrow at a time. You tend to pick your target carefully because it's hard to watch a beautiful, hand made arrow slip into the blackberry thicket, never to be seen again.