Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on April 16, 2009, 08:33:37 pm
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here is a spear i made today from river cane, i actually posted it on another site, and got it erased..lol guess they dont appreciate spears, like we do here. but anyways, the head is dacite, mounted on an oak foreshaft. nothing overly fancy but i would consider this one rugged enough to hunt with. i added some weight to the front end and the point is a bit smaller for better penetration. its 3 1/4 long x 2" wide. not too thin to make it brittle, probably 3/8 - 1/2 thick. thanks for looking, i am sure it will be appreciated here with my brother stone chuckers- Ryan
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Very cool. Do you plan on hunting with it? Now that would be the ultimate challenge. Nice work.
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that is sweet man, get a nice boar hog with that sticker... and what was this site that erased the post?
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That thing is awesome! Do you plan on using it on something? Appreciate the pics!
Tracy
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thanks guys, yea i plan on actually trying to kill a deer with t this year...or a spear just like it any ways i am goin to make a couple til i find a design that i think is fool proof. i actually think the trick is to hide in tall grass along a trail, with a little longer spear and thrust it into the deer rather than throw it...or stand in a tree and throw it straight down. i think it will be a challenge for sure, and the nice thing abut huntign with a spear, i dont expect to really get anything so there isnt any real disappointment.
no it wasnt this site huntertrapper, it was just another site that had a post about spears and i contributed with my pics, apparently its ok for other people to show their new knives, atlatl's, gigantic rifle killed boars, shotgun killed turkeys, and when i show a picture of a spear they say (lets keep it traditional) losing a lot of respect for that site. atleast we have different sections here for that type of thing, even though we are all pretty like minded. this is by far my favorite site.
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Cool spear,that should do it, good luck on the hunt. :)
Pappy
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Now that is really cool.
Nice job
N2
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Really wicked looking spear, Ryan.
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holy ouch !!!
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Cool spear Ryan! Looks deadly enough to me - use the loooong thrust :).
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Well now you went and done it........................now I want to make one
Nice job Ryan looks good
Bone pile
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cool spear. I want to make one now. Can't knap yet though... :(
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Very nice spear.. now go stick it in something with a heartbeat and eat it.... then you will be a real spear chucking ooga booga brother ;).. Hawk
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Neat spear Ryan.I've been thinkin' along the same lines myself.Great job. God Bless
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Nice work!!!!
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that thing is just plain mean looking,i like it >:D
you thinking on the hunting technique i believe would also be the correct way to use it.
i have seen shows on the discovery chanel about neanderthal man,his spear type weapons were similar.
they figured that the ambush/thrust style of use would have been best.you stay well hidden and the spear teh yfigured would have
been to heavy to have been efficiantly used as a throwing type weapon,not to mention that type of spear would have been more suited to
wide open areas and not foresred lands.that is where the atlatl would have been more efficiant
i hope you find a design that suits you,and good luck and happy hunting with it.
one question,is it legal to hunt with a spear where you live?its not here.
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Very cool.
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Nice! Did you throw it already? How does it perform?
Regards
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Thats one rad spear man. Is it legal to use one in Florida I think they would put us under the jail here in TX.
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no i havent thrown it, if i was going to i would throw it into a solid block of styrofoam. i think when it comes time to try one i will make one about the same weight with a metal blade to practice with hat way i dont chip my stone blade all to pieces.
yeah its legal to hunt with a spear here under certain circumstances
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That be one Radicool looking tool,I would venture to say that it would do the trick.Nice work ! Frank
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"Boar killer" that's all I can say about that weapon.
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Nice looking hunting spear, hope you can harvest some game with it, looking forward to some more pictures of your projects:)