A REQUEST FOR THE NEW FOLKS

[DanaM]

Welcome to PA Bret glad ya stopped by, we'll be here when your ready to start building bows

[deiselbrown]

Hi all

     i just go in to primitive hunting about 3 months ago. i have turn 5 very good staves in to fire wood in that time. I have a bow just about complete, and another partal suscess that i just linen backed to try and bring back to life. i live in mid michigan if anyone is close give me a holler. i am kinda of alone in my little township here. met a few people that do traditional archery but mostly compound bubbas. no self bow folks though

[DanaM]

Hey diesel, a man needs fire also so the wood wasn't wasted

Mid Michigan eh, I'm in Manistique in da UP eh About 1.5 hours west of the bridge on US 2
If ya ever get up this way give me a holler.
Glad you stopped by and welcome to PA

[daryush]

Hi

I'm new here, from Nottingham (holiday time) / Sheffield (uni term time) in the UK. I plan on building a composite bow at some point, thought I could learn lots from this site. I lurk lots, so you might not hear from me much!

[DanaM]

Hey daryush feel free to lurk all you want but don't hesitate to ask if you have a question

[staveshaver]

Hello , my name is Bob Brewer I am from Tulsa Oklahoma .I been making self bows for half my 31 years on earth.  only got good at it in the last few years.   I discovered paleaoplanet  a few months ago, and just found primitive archer about a month ago or so , I really like this forum , seeing other peoples bows is a great learning experience. I will be ordering a lot of back issues of P.A in the next couple of days and subscription, maybee the E mag that I ve read about.  I am going through a D-bow phase right now I just love them ,and being part Cherokee and from Oklahoma I guess it was bound to happen .I just finished a" Cherokee" D-bow of hickory from a stave I got at O-jam.  anyway it is nice to meet you all. Bob

[DanaM]

Thanks for stopping by Bob and welcome to PA

[jthompson1995]

Another newbie here, though I've been lurking for about a month.  My name is Jason, I live in Parkville, MD.  I just made my first bow, 68"tip to tip hickory selfbow, 55#@26", this January in a class at a local nature center (photos below).  It's been a number of years since I shot a bow and this is the heaviest draw I've ever shot.  I was surprised how smooth the draw is, how fast it shoots the arrows and how powerful they hit the target.  I'm looking forward to trying it out hunting.

Now I've got the bow bug and I've already started on a red oak board bow for my 2nd.  Just thought I'd say hi instead of lurking.







Close to full draw

[DanaM]

Welcome to PA Jason there is always room for another bowaholic on here
Your first bow looks great and a heck of a lot better than my first bow

[Startingover]

Howdy all,

I just joined up, my name is Frank from upstate NY.

Went to the Whittingham Rendevous in NJ this past Saturday and found everyone there very nice.  I had shot my Ben Pearson Colt quite a bit when I was about 15-20 years old (I'm 54) and picked it up again last year.  I was a little apprehensive about going to an event as I didn't know what to expect and I am just getting back into archery.  i am very excited about PA magazine and the opportunity to meet some archers and learn what I can about making equipment or anything else related to traditional archery/primitive archery.

Thanks to the Appalachian Bowment for putting on such a great event and giving me an opportunity to come out and get my feet wet again!

[El Destructo]

Welcome Frank....Glad you got back into Traditional Archery......The Board will most likely be a little Quiet this next week or so....Almost Everyone including Me are heading to Pappy's Place in Tennessee for the 12th Annual Tennessee Classic Traditional Archery Rendezvous...the Tournament don't start till May 1st and goes through the 3rd...but everyone goes early to meet and have a good time....maybe you can join Us next year...plenty of People from Your Neck of the Woods on this Board

[Tracer]

My name is Scott and I live in North Carolina but I am really from Pittsburgh, Pa.  I just recently met up with some primitive archers and was taken with their ways.  One was nice enough to trade me a hickory stave and help me lay out the pattern.  I love the idea of making my own stuff.  I have several other "Traditional Bows" on the wall but this is my first attempt at a selfbow.  I have read a good bit both here and on other sites about it and its is now time to just do it.

Thanks for all of the tutorials and willingness to share info.

Tracer

[hedgeapple]

Welcome Tracer, I'm sure you've notice by now there are a few folks for NC on this site.  Good luck with your hickory stave.  Dave

[Tombow]

I'm a 59 yr.-old avocational archaeologist from the South Texas coast. I'm drifting more from hi-tech to traditional archery and have been experimenting with local woods for bow making. The local natives were known for their archery skills but no real info on materials. Glad to be here! (oh yeh, I like to hunt & fish w/bows.
Tombow

[Michael C.]

I went to OJam with one of my buddies this year, last time I shot a bow was when I was 10 and I don't know how to hunt, but was excited to see someone make a bow again. I ended up forking out the cash for some tools and an Osage stave and now I am hooked. Thought I would sign up here, so I could keep up with everything and learn. If anyone here is from Oklahoma I would be glad to hear from them, because a large part of what I enjoyed was hearing the older guys talk and learning from them. Glad to be here and be a part of the insanity. Michael