Hi guys-
I've been lurking over here and enjoyed the pics and build alongs and am ready to get a book or two and get started-  
I'm thinking about starting with the trad bowyers bible1.
I want to build Osage or hickory self bows for hunting.
Any other book suggestions for a rookie?  
I've hunted w longbow and made arrows for 20 yrs so I'm not new to it all just haven't jumped off the cliff to building my own bows yet!
Thanks
TIM B

Buy the whole series. Each one doesnt neccesarilly progress with your talent level. Its more of a potpourri of info in 4 books.

Hunting the Osage Bow by Dean Torges

+1 for Dean's book.  
Get all four TBB's.  They are really full of useful info.
Paul Comstock's "The Bent stick" is good too.

I think the Bowyers Bibles are better understood after you've actually bent some wood.

I bought Al Herrin's "Making Cherokee Bows and Arrows."  I also bought Easter's DVD (google osage and you'll find him).

The Bent Stick by Paul Comstock is a good one to start with. Jawge

Jim Hamm

And here is an inspirational thread to keep you motivated
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=39;t=000219

The art of making self bows by Stim Wilcox

TBB I for sure
The Bent Stick (Comstock)
Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans (Hamm)
Rattlestick DVD (Gary Davis)