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Offline Sasquatch

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Primive Weekend
« on: December 15, 2014, 01:46:36 pm »
Tower and i got to do some deer hunting this weekend again in the Texas Hill Country.  It was a primitive archery weekend.  We hunted, built bows, flint knapped and dug for artifacts.   The weekend started off with a trip to a cave that is on the property.  I had already found a small arrowhead earlier this month(after hrs. of digging) , but it took Tower literally 10 min to find a very nice Edwards.  That guy has a connection with the people of the past.  He told me that he was going to find one there.  I kinda halfway believed him.  Anyway we searched around and found some bifaces, half finished points, and a bone awl.   After the trip to the cave we went and worked on bows for a couple hrs.  He was able to finish his first selfbow, and man is that thing nice.  He did a dang fine job on that one.  Be on the lookout for his post in the bows section. After that it was a evening full of Edwards in honor of the cave findings.  The next morning we hunted.  Tower shot a squirrel but his arrow bounced off. :o I guess his points arn't all that shrap after all. >:D No but really, the squirrel was like a yard away.  So he only pulled the string 1-2 inches.  But he still drilled it in the chest.  The squirrel hit the ground, and rolled around for a while, then hobbled away.  No but really his points will cut you if you look at them wrong.  After that we spent the morning picking up flint from an ancient quarry that has been used for hundreds of years.  It was fun needless to say.   Here are some pics.  The dirty white Edwards is the point he found.  In the pic with 9 pts his are on the left and mine on right.

Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2014, 01:47:52 pm »
These are his points 8)

Offline Parnell

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2014, 02:20:24 pm »
Sounds like a great time.  Tower built a bow?!  Can't wait to see that.
Beautiful points and thanks for posting.
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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2014, 02:25:59 pm »
Thanks for posting, always wondered what a Tower bow looks like. Sounds like you gents had some fun anyway! Glad you found time to just get away.

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2014, 03:00:36 pm »
Wow!  My kind of weekend.  I'm jealous!
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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2014, 03:04:58 pm »
Geez, Looks like a great time. I was just talking with Alan planning a knapping weekend after this crazy holiday. Nice points a s always men.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2014, 03:08:54 pm »
Sound like a good weekend.

Offline Tower

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2014, 07:37:55 pm »
That squirrels reaction to my arrow hitting him was one of the funniest things I've ever saw.   Maybe I should have pulled back a few inches more.   I'll lay a weeks wages down he never hangs around to investigate another bush with blinking eyes.   As for the bow, I sealed it with a few coats of tru-oil. I'll wrap the handle & put fur one the string before I post it.    I had a very patient teacher. Every  time he turned around I tried to use my knapping tools. 😊
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Offline neuse

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2014, 08:13:26 am »
What Jackycraft said.
I'm jealous, yall are having to much fun.

Offline StevenT

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2014, 10:05:16 am »
Sounds like a million dollar weekend!

Offline Thunder

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2014, 06:54:46 pm »
That's my kind of weekend!  8)
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Offline cowboy

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2014, 08:53:25 pm »
Sounds like a fine time!
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Primive Weekend
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2014, 10:24:44 pm »
^ what he said!