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Offline seabass

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2012, 07:26:34 pm »
i saw Stim Wilcox make a hatchet only bow in 20 minutes at the tenn classic.he then shot three arrows into a target with a real tight group.i don't know if the bow lasted forever,but it was real cool to see it done.
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Offline kid bow

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2012, 07:27:36 pm »
i hant seen it was it a good bow
i need nothing but my old bow and arrows.

Offline paulsemp

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2012, 07:31:27 pm »
Amen blackhawk, I will never do that again also. Even if I was in a survival situation I would at least toast  it on a fire for a while before I strung it up.

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2012, 07:32:02 pm »
Tim baker went from green wood to bow in 6 days. I know I can't beat that.
And I have been dropped off in the wild for 7 days. Made traps that coyotes kept robbing. Managed to get a working bow from a dead/pre-seasoned piece of oceanspray, i dried oceanspray and osoberry shoots in my camp fire smoke and had a hunting weapon in 2 days. Which got me 1 pheasant 2 grouse and countless rabbits. It was also in August so wild edibles where very abundant. I was never starved.
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Offline kid bow

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2012, 07:35:02 pm »
i wish i could do that
i need nothing but my old bow and arrows.

Offline kid bow

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2012, 07:38:47 pm »
lol looks good havnt seen a bow made like that in a while
i need nothing but my old bow and arrows.

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2012, 07:44:59 pm »
Where's the full draw shot bud!?
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Offline kid bow

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2012, 07:46:19 pm »
lol
i need nothing but my old bow and arrows.

Offline kid bow

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2012, 07:53:31 pm »
eh i figured as much
i need nothing but my old bow and arrows.

Offline kid bow

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #24 on: November 30, 2012, 08:13:32 pm »
eh i wanted to see wat everyone could make and what you said sounds good about a fast drying bow challenge.
i need nothing but my old bow and arrows.

Offline Dictionary

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #25 on: November 30, 2012, 08:34:38 pm »
i think a sapling bow contest would be good as fine hunters can be made from saplings but i just dont see the point of making a bow from green wood when the whole time making it, i'd be thinking, this thing aint gonna last anyways.
"I started developing an eye for those smooth curves as a young man.  Now that my hair is greying and my middle spreading I make bows instead."

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #26 on: November 30, 2012, 08:36:38 pm »
thats kinda wat i meant
i need nothing but my old bow and arrows.

Offline Dictionary

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Re: green wood hunting bow
« Reply #27 on: November 30, 2012, 08:51:09 pm »
There seems to be dissenion on whether or not a sapling can make a good durable bow. Some believe only split tree stock can make a functional bow. All i make is sapling bows because they are easy to cut, make, and shoot well. I don't believe the natives cut down 10 inch trees with a stone axe and split them with their antler wedges. I've said it before, only a Sith deals in absolutes. There are many ways to make bows  ;D
"I started developing an eye for those smooth curves as a young man.  Now that my hair is greying and my middle spreading I make bows instead."

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