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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: lowell on March 12, 2008, 08:16:15 pm

Title: gourd quiver
Post by: lowell on March 12, 2008, 08:16:15 pm

Neighbor had a bumper crop of snake gourdS and he gave me a straight one to make a quiver out of.  Don't plan on making it my hunting quiver but will use it for 3-d shoots!!

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Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: DanaM on March 12, 2008, 08:27:22 pm

Now thats something different, I like it. Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Justin Snyder on March 12, 2008, 08:29:11 pm

Nice quiver, it looks primitive to me. Justin

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Cromm on March 12, 2008, 08:34:49 pm

Hi, that is just great!!! But what the h*ll is a gourd??

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: huntertrapper on March 12, 2008, 08:39:14 pm

is it weak? i always thought dried gourd was brittle.

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: 1/2primitive on March 12, 2008, 09:11:26 pm

Very unique! Cool looking, too.
    Sean

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Strongbow88 on March 12, 2008, 10:10:28 pm

awesome quiver

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: lowell on March 12, 2008, 11:02:59 pm

Cromm,

  Never had to think what a gourd was????  They are a plant that is harvested in the fall here.  Not grown commercially.... mainly just for fun in small gardens.  If they are not suspended some way to keep them off of the ground they will bend and turn (like a snake) if they touch the ground!! Some gourds are used for fall decorating... I think maybe pumpkins are gourds??

  Some gourds like this snake gourd dry out to just a thin shell.  Bird house gourds are another gourd that dries to a outer shell.  They are used for......what else but birdhouses!!

  huntertrapper,  It is kind of fragile but I think it will hold up fine for stump shooting and going to 3-d shoots.   Definately would not want to lean on it hard or sit on it by accident in a hunting situation!! >:D  It is kind of like the thickness of the cardboard wrapping paper comes on.

  That's all I now about gourds!!!!! :D ;)

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Hillbilly on March 12, 2008, 11:33:41 pm

That's cool. Never thought of using a gourd for a quiver, I like it-looks good .

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Bishop on March 12, 2008, 11:33:50 pm

Lowell
That quiver is awesome, i love the way you can access the arrows. i bet if you had enough gourds you could make a tidy sum selling those. i want one!!!
Bishop

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Hillbilly on March 12, 2008, 11:35:32 pm

And you could make a bunch of those Papua New Guinaean gourd garments and sell 'em on Ebay  ;D

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: lowell on March 13, 2008, 12:33:58 am

Hillbilly.....  I'll send you a gourd if you post a picture of you hunting with your "Papua New Guinaean gourd garment" on!!!! ;D

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: david w. on March 13, 2008, 12:52:23 am

thats awesome i love it

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Pat B on March 13, 2008, 12:57:59 am

Cool quiver Lowell. Gourds are pretty sturdy. With care your quiver could last a long while.
  Hey Hillbilly, you sure thats big enough. ;D     Pat

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Pappy on March 13, 2008, 11:53:50 am

Very nice,I like that a lot. :) Thats a heck of a gourd. :)
    Pappy

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: cowboy on March 13, 2008, 11:59:15 am

Yeah, now that unique and original - I think ;D. Good use of a gourd...

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Post by: Stonedog on March 13, 2008, 12:03:51 pm

Very cool!  I have made water bottles out of gourds before...but never a quiver.  I bet it's lightweight!

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: John K on March 13, 2008, 01:21:06 pm

I like it ! I have grown dipper gourds before and made water dippers out of them.

Cool quiver ! I might have to try growing some of those this year.

Thanks for sharring.

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: wolfsire on March 13, 2008, 02:35:45 pm

very cool

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: crookedbow on March 14, 2008, 09:35:31 pm

That is one Kool Quiver.  I really like it....will be looking for a gourd like yours. 

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Dustybaer on March 22, 2008, 09:07:11 am

what a great idea.  i like it a lot.

Quote from: lowell on March 13, 2008, 12:33:58 am

Hillbilly.....  I'll send you a gourd if you post a picture of you hunting with your "Papua New Guinaean gourd garment" on!!!! ;D

hey, i'll pay the shipment of the gourd if you post that picture on the web  >:D

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: DBernier on March 22, 2008, 07:26:12 pm

I would love to see Hillbilly hunting over here with a gourd quiver.  :o  I would be sure to take a bunch of photos of that hunt. BTW Hillbilly, there were 11 deer in back last Wednesday evening. They were asking about you.  >:D

Dick

Title: Re: gourd quiver
Post by: Hillbilly on March 22, 2008, 08:18:04 pm

Dick, they better not ask about me too much -the deer in the freezer are almost gone....... >:D