Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: JW_Halverson on May 06, 2015, 10:21:03 pm
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I was asked to make a very old fashioned and handmade object for someone that that came late in life to hunting. The intended recipient is 64 years old and just last year he went pheasant hunting for the first time. He got a deer license this year and spent days in the woods, but didn't pull the trigger...still had a good time. He is now busy trying to figure out what the heck the crazy lure of turkey hunting is all about.
And a friend of his wanted something to give him as a gift this spring. So, I dug around and found a set of wingbones from a gobbler that had wandered in front of me while I was sleeping in the woods cradling a shotgun in my lap. He scared me and I accidently discharged a load of shot in his snood. The button is a shed from a fork whitetail and the beam on the other side is from a mule deer. The wooden base is a slab of walnut that I scavanged from a pallet....turns out this guy used to work in the corporate office of a major trucking company (lots of stuff on pallets in them trucks!)
(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Turkey2012/IMG_20150505_211651535_zps2mfhm1f5.jpg) (http://s365.photobucket.com/user/JW_Halverson/media/Turkey2012/IMG_20150505_211651535_zps2mfhm1f5.jpg.html)
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Super nice!
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That is very nice turkey cal JW. Top notch work.
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That is very nice turkey cal JW. Top notch work.
Have you made that trip to the Post Office yet, Swampy?
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Very nice JW ! Bob
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Sweet,very cool .
Pappy
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That is very nice turkey cal JW. Top notch work.
Have you made that trip to the Post Office yet, Swampy?
I have not made the trip yet. After being off work for a week, I had to pay the piper by working some long days when I came back and have not made it into my shop. I have the items in the freezer right now and should be able to go to the Post Office this weekend.