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runningboar said:
My favorite www.tradgang.com
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tradgang rocks....:D i;m on there from time to time....

RR-- compound or traditional... get a bow you like and a bow that best fits your needs... if possible, try and shoot it a bit too....

there are a lot of great trad. bows out there.....:D simplicity is good... that is why i prefer the longbow.... :D
 
Thanks Mike...your a cool Kat for sure....I'm leaning for the compund for the short term for more immediate use, and will pickup a more trad recurve and practice as a pursuit, it seems like from what I've experienced and read, that it takes ALOT of practice with a recurve to get comfortable and intimate with it...I like that and will engage in that as a process, and have something to dot i's with as well in the interim...well hopefully
 
Riley,

Here is an light weight, packable (cocealable) idea for you to consider:

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www.libertyarchery.com

I'd sure like to shoot one.

-- FLIX
 
Flix,
If that thing didn't cost 700 bones I would buy one right now.:thumbup:

I am saving up for a crossbow right this minute. GA allows them now during the archery season and I have been drooling over the Excalibur Phoenix for a while now. Chris
 
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Every thing in the pic was made by me. I forged the knife and hawk from steel I salvaged. Made the bow from a log I won in a raffle. Arrow shafts were hand planed and sanded round. I made the quiver from leather that I helped in tanning.
I taught my self how to make all of this from books at the library,(before Internet) Save your money. Make it your self and you wont have to sell your wife on anything.
 
dude, you are a cool cat as I mentioned once before....I oneday hope to reach a level of bushcapability, that even remotely resembles yours, and some of the others here...but I've got a LOONG way to go.....THose are awesome tools...and I started planning my first homeade bow the other day, but it'll be a while.. Beautiful stuff as always, thanks for sharing :)
 
Anyone can make a bow and arrows 10 year olds make them everyday. However very few people can make works of art, bikermikearchery those are not only capable outdoor tools they are beautiful as well. I think you have a real talent, not everyone can read books in the library and make things like those, if I could, I wouldn't buy a bow either.:thumbup: :thumbup: Chris
 
The good news is you should have an accelerated learning curve. Things that took me 10 years to learn, and many hours in the Liberia, are now 3 clicks of the mouse away. Glad to hear your going to make a bow. Doc, and Longbow have posted some great links to get you started. I'd recommend a board bow. The only tools you will need are your knives a rasp and some sand paper.
Once you take a homemade bow out and put meat on the table you'll feel a satisfaction that no paycheck will ever give.
 
I also plan on buying a compund bow in the near future.... but all these threads planted the idea of making one...the board bow does seem the easiest so far. Thanks to everybody....I love this place.
 
bikermikearchery said:
Every thing in the pic was made by me. I forged the knife and hawk from steel I salvaged. Made the bow from a log I won in a raffle. Arrow shafts were hand planed and sanded round. I made the quiver from leather that I helped in tanning.
I taught my self how to make all of this from books at the library,(before Internet) Save your money. Make it your self and you wont have to sell your wife on anything.
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Excellent stuff, bikermike. I especially like the quiver.

Like you, everything I learned came from books, including bow drill and hand drill fire making. Not the easiest way to learn, but has its own rewards. The only difference being is the books are in my library (Charter member BJA [Book Junkies Anonymous :(] ) so I didn't save as much money as you.

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." ATTRIBUTION: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784),... - little of the former, tons of the latter. :)

BTW, wife take the picture? :)

Doc
 
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