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Offline Blacktail

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real gut string
« on: July 05, 2008, 08:46:43 pm »
is it really possible to make strings from guts (deer)..and how would you go about curing the guts and what part of the gut is best small intestine or big.i dont know any thing about this.i am just trying to salvage more from a deer.and if you know how to prosses the guts when dry that would be great to...thanks john
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2008, 11:35:45 pm »
I've never tried one, but I've always wanted to. The Cherokee preferred bear gut over pretty much anything else for bowstrings.
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2008, 12:33:35 am »
In the Book ..... Bows & Arrows of the Native American....it talks about Deer Gut Bow String....and how to Reverse Twist them.....I have made Strings from Commercially bought Pig Gut...and they work as well as Sinew or Rawhide do....so Deer should be just fine....just make sure that you wash it really good inside and out....just like Chittlins!!!!
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2008, 11:09:48 am »
o.k. so i clean out with water.and i wonder if i could take a wooden dowel or wire and string it through and let it air dry.john
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2008, 11:59:37 am »
Quote from: blacktail on July 06, 2008, 11:09:48 am
o.k. so i clean out with water.and i wonder if i could take a wooden dowel or wire and string it through and let it air dry.john

I washed mine really good inside and out with Dawn Detergent...then I cut them into long pieces and I just took a small weight and tied it to one end to keep them straight....nailed the other to my raftersin the Garage...and let them Air Dry...they shrink way up...from the size they are to about as thin as a pencil lead!!
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2008, 10:59:27 pm »
thanks my long haired freind.i will print this out so i can remeber what to do..thanks john
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2008, 11:50:39 pm »
You are welcome John....I think that they are almost as strong as Sinew....and a whole bunch easier to make too!!! Lot less pieces to mess with!!
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2008, 07:28:49 am »
Do you turn the gut inside out like my Granny use to before she stuffed them with sausage.
She would turn them inside out to be sure they was clean,nothing worse than get a piece of corn in your sausage.  ;D ;D ;D At least that is what she said.  :)
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2008, 07:48:16 am »
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2008, 08:13:42 am »
Quote from: Pappy on July 10, 2008, 07:28:49 am
Do you turn the gut inside out like my Granny use to before she stuffed them with sausage.
She would turn them inside out to be sure they was clean,nothing worse than get a piece of corn in your sausage.  ;D ;D ;D At least that is what she said.  :)
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2008, 08:41:04 am »
That was a good one Pappy...I don't care who you are! ;D
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2008, 09:20:23 am »
I'm still laughing about the corn in the sausage!
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2008, 09:59:19 am »
Pappy, I wonder if Granny ever slipped a clean piece of corn in there just for a little laugh.  :o ;D ;D Justin
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« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2008, 12:35:37 pm »
She probably did,she was a heck of a lady.But seriously she did turn them inside out to
clean them. :)
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Re: real gut string
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2008, 09:58:48 pm »
thats a great question pappy.so,does any one know.i dont want to find corn in my string ;D.
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