Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Lee Lobbestael on December 26, 2013, 05:11:31 pm
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Has anyone on here made a primitive or traditional bowfishing reel? If so I would love to see some pictures! I want to make one this winter because it just doesn't feel right strapping my plastic bowfishing reel to my self bow. I have a design in my head but would love to see some others if they are out there.
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Prairie bowyer has made s few. They are nice!
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Yep I have one if pbs reels it's nice
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Dont need a reel if ya bow fish like I do I just use a barbed arrow and I bow fish in a shallow river so i just walk down the river and stick fish easy as that
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Do a google image search. Quite easy to rig up a reel, one guy even used a pop bottle.
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Do a google image search. Quite easy to rig up a reel, one guy even used a pop bottle.
It would have to be a 7 oz Coke bottle to be traditional. Am I showing my age? ;D
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I seem yo recall a beautiful yew reel being made for last years christmas exchange.
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Here is one I made over 20 years ago. Dang that makes me feel old. :( I turned it on a wood lathe in high school. It has seen a lot of use and is still in good shape. You can see the little metal keeper you slip the string on. When you shoot it slips off.
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Wow that reel looks nice! I was gonna make mine kind of the shape of a 20 ounce pop bottle but out of wood. Joec123able, I would need a reel for my kind of bow fishing. I'm often in a canoe or boat and those big ol carp can go on quite a run once hit.
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I have taken several carp and buffalo with the silly little pop bottle reel...
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BUFFALO? that's a serious reel! :o
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Yeah you have to use 6000 pound dacron and a very large reel to handle those buffalo! Especially bulls during the rut! >:D
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Yeah you have to use 6000 pound dacron and a very large reel to handle those buffalo! Especially bulls during the rut! >:D
You shoot them and then hang on for your life. :laugh:
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I think I still ahve some floating around. PM me.
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I seem yo recall a beautiful yew reel being made for last years christmas exchange.
I think your talking about my spool ;D I sent prairie bowyer a yew stump and he sent me back an excellent spool.
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I seem yo recall a beautiful yew reel being made for last years christmas exchange.
I think your talking about my spool ;D I sent prairie bowyer a yew stump and he sent me back an excellent spool.
Could be. According to my wife I always remember stuff wrong. ???
But at least i got the yew part right. ;)
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I cant post pics with my phone but ive made a couple on the lathe similar to some others here. I sent one to Cade in a Christmas trade a couple years back and I use mine all the time and it works well.. I dont want to drill holes in my bows so i made mine tape-on style... Brian
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I cant post pics with my phone but ive made a couple on the lathe similar to some others here. I sent one to Cade in a Christmas trade a couple years back and I use mine all the time and it works well.. I dont want to drill holes in my bows so i made mine tape-on style... Brian
You can buy a device that straps on a longbow that accepts a screw in reel. I think it is made by Great Northern. 3Rivers sells them.
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Been meanin to get one of those for my AMS & 808... Theyre rather pricey for a 5/16 nut in a rubber strap tho, lol