Primitive Archer

Got about 34 lbs of burger and 22 lbs of steak and back strap for me and Beau , also 4 shoulders. Shawn's deer had some issues but we work through it and got a pretty good pile on meat for him also.
 Pappy

You and yours also Steve  Had a good weekend, got caught up on all the deer processing for now, done a doe for me and Beau's last buck, Shawn showed up and Saturday we did his also. My little freezer where I keep my brain's and a few dead critters was getting full so Friday morning I laid out a bob cat and coyote head and a few other choice items  the bob cat came from a friend in the club killed last year and the Coy. head was one DaveO[otis] killed I think. I let them thaw and after I got the deer processed I went to work on them. I wished I had done a video of Annie's reaction to the cat and coy dog head, she would sniff and I could stomp my feet and she would take off like a rocket, I got a good laugh out of her. 
 Pappy

Hardening wood with fire to make it more durable is a very old technique. It was used to harden the ends of grave sticks and the tips of the first spears.
Heat changes the cell structure (caramelization, carbonization) and reduces the equilibrium moisture content.
The wood becomes harder and more durable (less susceptible to microorganisms and fungi).
For example, so-called thermo spruce used as exterior cladding for houses lasts just as long as larch wood.
Heat treatment—whether with a heat gun or over an open fire—has a lot of potential for bow wood.
But be careful, because although the wood becomes harder and more durable, it also becomes more brittle. Too much heat or heat for too long is not good for any wood.

I heat treat all of my osage bows but never tried to fire harden one.

Lately I have been attempting to make double barrel  Turkish style arrows to do some flight shooting with some of my fastest bows through a chrony. I made 5 arrows, and non of them flew perfectly, but with a 36lb fire hardened hickory bow with a 285 gr arrow my  grandson shot one special arrow that flew the straightest  200 yards, or more. I need a new battery for my rangefinder. That was special. This is the first attempt at flight shooting with my own bow,and arrows, or any bow. To make an excellent bow from wood is one thing, but making a perfect shooting  Turkish flight arrow is something else. It was a fun day, and I will keep honing my skills to try , and make a more perfect flight arrow.