Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Sockrablur on September 18, 2014, 12:22:40 pm
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Hi guys I wanted to introduce myself briefly and show you my hunting arrows I made for this fall. though not entirely primitive, it was a big leap for me and I'm happy with all I learned along the way. My brother Dan started our traditional journey in 2011 By pulling a cheap LB and six mismatched arrows out of his truck at hunting camp. What started as laughter and pure fun has resulted in a passion that has built and progressed deeper year to year. I found this site through Pat and have been amazed, couldn't read enough, I was drawn in...
last Jan after reading here I was able to identify a good crop of redosier dogwood and for a lack of real wild rose harvested shoots from the biggest 8' thorn bushes I could find. I was going to wait till next year to make shafts but an invitation by a friend to attend a primitive gear, ground hunting only, sleep in a 25' tee pee hunt the first weekend of our season gratefully set me in motion early...
The 14 arrows...
33" matched 700 grain (shaft + head) average spine 450, self nocks, wild turkey feathers from my spring gobbler a couple years ago, deer sinew from last year and previously harvested deer, heads attached with my first batch of pine pitch glue, I was able to make hunting heads of bone, glass, and obsidian, admittedly I used TB3, polyurethane clear coat, and fetching tape... each shaft is such an individual to me, I simply marvel at each one. I intentionally left as much bark on as possible, wanting the shoots to look like the wild sticks that they are. Only two shafts were so stubborn in spine and weight reduction that I had to scrape well below all the bark. I experimented with lightening groves advancing to what would more likely be considered flutes, in an attempts to weaken 3 stubborn shafts. Later ill share specific numbers of spine and weight changes related to these groves... adding it to existing threads I searched out here.
Some pictures...
cherry bark wraps
(http://i.imgur.com/glQJLAb.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/00Vn8IA.jpg)
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3 practice points...
(http://i.imgur.com/6D2vZge.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/t2Icax1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/3tASLBE.jpg)
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White birch wraps on a dark shaft with bone tip
(http://i.imgur.com/mti4p4q.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/mZA0Zbp.jpg)
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My first pitch glue lines were messy but with practice I improved...(http://i.imgur.com/pe1mzb6.jpg)
2nd green glass head with lightening groved shaft...
(http://i.imgur.com/xwbz9j5.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/VfCe1DP.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/UJ9TAU4.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/IJAlZ3q.jpg)
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In the spirit of out upcoming primitive hunt I made a twig quiver to carry my arrows in, it took a few tries and I already see possible design improvements but it's functional.
(http://i.imgur.com/rqW9KNh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/632lBw7.jpg)
Thanks for looking guys, I've spent so much time lurking and reading here I wanted to say Hi and give back a little. Thanks again to Pat and everyone else that graciously shared so much knowledge in all the posts I searched out here. So many of the things I did for the first time would have been near impossible without your wisdom.
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You did a really nice job.
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Those are really nice arrows and quiver.....good job
DBar
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Real nice work! Thanks for sharing!
Best of luck hunting!
Tracy
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Those arrows look great. Nice work.
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Good job. Anxious to hear and see how your arrows perform. They look like real meat getters.
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That is one fine set up.
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Nice set of arrows. :)
Pappy
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Very cool, I really like those antler field tips/blunts.
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Awesome setup, love the quiver, nice work all around
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Thanks guys, I appreciate all the kind words. It really turned out to be a labor of love for me, lots to learn but enjoying it for sure.