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Offline Jon Stewart

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sticks N stones
« on: October 19, 2009, 08:05:00 AM »
Been around archery for 50 plus years and there have been many firsts during that time frame.  I had another and will probably be my most memorable first ever.  I took up arrowhead knapping a couple of years ago. I worked at it occasionaly at first but then this past year I hit it pretty hard.  So hard that I developed tendonitis in my right shoulder.  I say it was worth it but my wife who is a nurse questions my logic.  I made four  decent heads and attached them to wood arrows.  I shot my first deer with a stone head the other night.  Made a lung shot on a doe.  She went about 70 yards and piled up.  My son found the deer and we were like a couple of school kids high 5 ing each other.  It is a hunt I will never forget.
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Offline NoCams

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 08:12:00 AM »
Congrats on your first, "stone dead " deer Jon !

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Offline joevan125

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2009, 08:24:00 AM »
Man thats great.  :thumbsup:
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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2009, 08:25:00 AM »
Congats Jon on your stoned deer.

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Offline trapperDave

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 08:36:00 AM »
Congrats! Thats on my list of to do's  :D
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Offline centaur

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 09:12:00 AM »
I have tried knapping and only succeed in making small rocks out of big rocks. Can you post pictures of your heads? Congrats on getting a deer with a primitive head.
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Offline twitchstick

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 10:18:00 AM »
Good job.Primitive kill is next on my list.NOw I have to find the time to nap.
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Offline Jon Stewart

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2009, 01:33:00 PM »
Had the DNR check the head today.  She was at least 5 1/2 yrs old. She was a big old dried up doe.  She was with another doe that was just as big.
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Offline Gatekeeper

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2009, 03:39:00 PM »
Cool!  :thumbsup:
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Offline jcar315

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 03:45:00 PM »
Congrats!!!

Any chance for some pics of the stone heads and the doe???
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Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2009, 07:09:00 PM »
:thumbsup:
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Offline razorsharptokill

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2009, 07:36:00 PM »
That is my goal this year, to harvest a deer with this head. I knapped this this summer out of Dacite
 
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Offline Stiks-n-Strings

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2009, 11:22:00 PM »
Thats awsome! Congrats.
Now let's see those pics.
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Offline artifaker1

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2009, 11:54:00 PM »
Good job with the deer, take care of the shoulder, or you won't be able to shoot the bow either! Get better at percussion knapping...
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Offline razorsharptokill

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2009, 08:30:00 AM »
An Ishi stick makes pressure flaking a lot easier.
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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2009, 01:28:00 PM »
WOW!!! How cool!! That's the way to do it. Some time when I find one of those "roundtoits" I'd love to go all homemade. So Sweet!!
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Offline BUFF

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Re: sticks N stones
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2009, 01:48:00 PM »
too sweet...congrats
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