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Great Northern Bowhunting Company was born during the summer of 1982. A burning desire to create these sleek hunting weapons soon became reality as Jerry and Rick were brought together quite by accident and with no initial plan to become part of the resurgence of real bowhunting. As soon as the first few yet unnamed bows were created it became apparent that these two bowhunters had a new purpose in life. In these times before instructional
videos, "how to" books, and magazines... all was learned by
trial and error. Eventually there emerged a new style of sleek, simply
designed, functional hunting bow. This sleekness, combined with unequaled
craftsmanship and performance has made Great Northern one of the most
sought after bows on the market today. Each and every bow is carefully
handcrafted one at a time. All of the core woods used are cut, milled and
air dried by Great Northern. The laminations are cut and custom ground for
each bow using only the very best of woods. Great Northern offers you your
choice of woods, but prefers to work with osage, hickory and red elm. Keep
in mind as you browse thru these pages that any bow's performance is 95%
by design of bow. The core wood has very little effect on how a bow
performs. The bows are very carefully laid up using
the best epoxies and adhesives. They are then heat cured and slowly cooled
to room temperature. From this "bow blank" the finished longbow
or recurve is hand crafted to meet the customer's specifications. The bows
are then sanded and finished with a tough epoxy finish in either a flat
"hunter" finish or our popular hand rubbed satin finish. The
finish used is far superior to that on most bows. It is harder, tougher,
and yet more flexible against chipping and cracking in any weather. The innovative designs of these two
bowyers also bring you the Jack Knife series of folding bows, the only
hinged bow on the market today. And to compliment these bows, Great
Northern has created the Professional Bow Quiver, the perfect companion
when quick arrow accessibility and convenience is needed, again considered
by most as being the best bow quiver on the market. After 25 years in business there was a
need to expand. Now there are two individual companies with the same
dedication for producing excellent handcrafted traditional products.
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Custom traditional bows
Great Northern Bowhunting Company 201 N. Main S., PO Box 777 Nashville, Michigan 49073 Phone 517-852-0820 Fax 517-852-2082 Jerry Brumm
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Professional bow quivers
Great Northern Quivers, LLC 4784 S. M-37 Hwy. Hastings, Michigan 49058 Phone 269-945-2249 Fax 269-945-2273 Rick Shepard
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