West Coast Native Tribal Bow

Started by Silent Bear, June 25, 2010, 12:23:00 AM

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Mike Gerardi


George Tsoukalas


coaster500

Great looking bow! It would be really cool to see a video clip of you shooting the bow!!! Is that possible for you?

Great job!!

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fujimo

beautiful gear man!!
the hide used for the quiver, is from the small desert dwelling antelope, called a springbuck (south africas national animal) so named for their tendancy to "pronk" or "spring". which is the act of jumping stiff legged, straight up into the air.
in my humble opinion, these are the best eating of the african antelope, theyre all good, but man springbuck is the best- often referred to as "kalahari lamb".they are  not very big though bit smaller than the sitka, or black tailed mulie.

Silent Bear

coaster500- im pretty sure my camera doesent have a video mode on it so that most likey wont be possible, I am going to  build a tillering jig up tomorrow and will be able to get some full draw pictures
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When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard. - Lakota

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Silent Bear

pic at full draw, drawing 22 inches
When a man speaks of truth he has nothing to hide. - Silent Bear

When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard. - Lakota

When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us. - Arapaho

coaster500

The American system of democracy will prevail until that moment when politicians discover that they can bribe the electorate with their own money

Silent Bear

Full draw 22 inches

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When a man speaks of truth he has nothing to hide. - Silent Bear

When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard. - Lakota

When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us. - Arapaho

gudspelr

QuoteYes that is the way most west coast natives shot, look up ishi and the way he shot, Ishi's tribe was a neighbor of the Atsugewi so there methods are similar the main difference is the Atsugewi did not use the same release as ishis  
Now you've got my curiousity going...  I must sadly admit that I don't know much in the way of history, here.  Maybe you could write out some some of the practices and history of your tribe in reference to bows?  Never thought about different shooting styles, releases, etc.  Anyway, thanks for sharing and again-really cool bow and quiver.

Jeremy
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Silent Bear

I would love to share knowledge about my tribe, what specifics are you wanting to know
When a man speaks of truth he has nothing to hide. - Silent Bear

When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard. - Lakota

When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us. - Arapaho

Izzy



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