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Title: Primitive hunting
Post by: Hopeful-Bowyer on October 14, 2013, 08:58:00 AM
Hey ya'll, been traditional bow shooting for over a decade now as well as hunting small game(never connected with big game in the past few years I've been trying) but I was wondering about getting into primitive hunting. I make stone points, arrows and have made my own laminated bows but I was wondering how many out there still go out with stick, stone, and string to bring home the groceries? My last season before joining the army and deploying(3 seasons back) I tried with primitive arrows and took a number of grouse and rabbits but never got within my comfort zone on the buck I was trying for. Plus I need to build a self bow..
Title: Re: Primitive hunting
Post by: twitchstick on October 14, 2013, 09:44:00 AM
I'm working on a set up for next year. There are some Tradgangers that do hunt regularly with primitive gear with successes. Maybe some of them will chime in.
Title: Re: Primitive hunting
Post by: RAU on October 14, 2013, 10:16:00 AM
Heres a recent one

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=132344;p=4#000054
Title: Re: Primitive hunting
Post by: scrub-buster on October 14, 2013, 10:53:00 AM
That's a link to my post of the deer I killed with a selfbow, hill cane arrow, and a stone point.
Title: Re: Primitive hunting
Post by: RAU on October 14, 2013, 10:23:00 PM
scrub buster I show that post around my office and to friends as if it was my own, I love it! one day ill do it too!
Title: Re: Primitive hunting
Post by: Hopeful-Bowyer on October 14, 2013, 11:13:00 PM
That's an awesome buck! And one awesome stone point! Did you knap it yourself Scrub-buster? Either way, that's really cool. Exactly what I wanna try doing.
Title: Re: Primitive hunting
Post by: scrub-buster on October 19, 2013, 07:40:00 AM
Thanks Rau.  Good luck. Keep at it and it will happen.

Hopeful-Bowyer:  I didn't knap that point.  My friend Tracy made it for me.  I gave up on knapping.