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Author Topic: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge  (Read 857 times)

Offline zipper bowss

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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2012, 07:44:00 AM »
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2012, 08:05:00 AM »
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:  Good for you Mike..Congrats on a fine hunt.
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2012, 08:09:00 AM »
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2012, 08:19:00 AM »
Good job Mike. I remember you working on that self bow with Pearl Drums at Marshall last spring.  You are a member of a club with just a few members.
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2012, 09:55:00 AM »
That looks like a great hunting camp.  Thanks for showing us.  Congrats on a good primitive hunt.
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2012, 10:29:00 AM »
Fantastic looking camp, well done!
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2012, 01:18:00 PM »
Way to go Mike!! congrats!!
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2012, 01:29:00 PM »
Nice work Mike! Glad to see the bow kill more than foam. Congrats.

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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2012, 04:23:00 PM »
You see, We have a primitive shoot in Marshall Michigan each Memorial day weekend.
Mike and Kevin Came down and brought some bows, boards and such with them.

Kevin had started on some bows and had some good fun getting his shooters made over the spring and summer months.

Mikes bow was made about 8 years prior but was to heavy for the ole boy and a couple of tradgangers helped him out with a do over. This is the thread that explaines what went down in Marshall that weekend in May.

  http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=008534
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #29 on: October 22, 2012, 04:28:00 PM »
The boys got ate up with bow making and that got me to thinking about a wood bow hunt for the fall.
I was all the time on the emails and PMs with Mike and Kevin(mostly Mike) answering questions and such.
So I called my Buddy George and asked if he would like to host a "Primitive Hunt" this fall.
He was on it like a duck on a Junebug.
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #30 on: October 22, 2012, 04:55:00 PM »
The bow recieved attention all through the summer.
We wanted to use primitive arrows as well and that took some time to get ready. I had planned to make up some cane/bamboo shafts but time never seemed to become available for that.
Kevin and Mike knocked out some wild wood arrows, cane arrows and bamboo arrows. Some worked better than others but in the end it was ceder that was used by all.
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #31 on: October 22, 2012, 05:05:00 PM »
One of the best perks that comes from having Kevin as a friend is that he is a  very good knife maker. He knows how to forge steel and heat treat things to maitain the cutting edge.
If you have been to my booth at the shows you have seen Kevins Knives for sale. I cannot keep them on the table for very long. They are very nice and hold a tremendous edge.

He went to work on some tradepoints and started to show me some pics over the summer. I was really digging the points he was showing me.
At Comptons this year,He gifted me some steel from an old sawmill blade. I was planning to craft my own points from it,but as with most of my projects this year, time ran out.
This is a thread of Kevins donation to St.Jude

 http://auction1.tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=167;t=000051#000000
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #32 on: October 22, 2012, 05:11:00 PM »
The post Lady pulled into the drive way one day and Handed me a package from Kevin. Inside I found 6 wonderful points. Ready to mount and razor sharp.
A day or two prior, Mike sent a box that had three matching arrows that he had put together.
A simple hickory stained ceder shaft fletched with 3 natural turkey feathers sporting a P/Y cut.
I fixed the trade points to the shafts and was ready to find a bow to use for the hunt.

The three shafts from Mike as well as An English arrow that would fly well for me.

 

 
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #33 on: October 22, 2012, 05:23:00 PM »
I can't take credit for the arrows, I got those from Roger Crow. I gifted them to Kevin, Chuck, and George  :)  I wanted to hunt with my bamboo but I developed a problem with my arrows coming off the shelf and the cedar seemed to be the most consistent arrows I had. So that was the deciding factor. Thanks for all the congratulations fellas. Things came together for me this time, and I'm still smiling!  :D
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #34 on: October 22, 2012, 06:09:00 PM »
Your "RAHC" cabin looks like an ideal place to enjoy your hunt from George.  Congrats to all.
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #35 on: October 22, 2012, 07:34:00 PM »
Had a great time at our hunt and congratulations to Mike for winning the Primitive Hunt challenge.  Thank you Mike for the beautiful arrows, thank you Kevin for the flat out awesome knife and thank you Chuck for the one of a kind flat bow.  (Guys, check out Mike's picture of our bows.  The flat bow is the one in the middle.)  Next year for sure.  George
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #36 on: October 22, 2012, 08:02:00 PM »
That must mean owlbait got a second invitation! This is just the greatest week ever!!  :bigsmyl:
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #37 on: October 23, 2012, 12:42:00 AM »
Dang, hate that I missed this thread the first time around.  Looks like a great group of bows and folks, but don't think I will be making my own bows anytime soon.  Ver, ver nice Mr. owlbait.     :goldtooth:    

And good to see Kevin's talents on display.  I hate to report that his knife he made me did draw blood, but that it was the first time I ever stabbed myself (in the arm) - I violated the cardinal rule of cutting things and was in a hurry.  And yes that bastard was sharp and wouldn't stop bleeding and will leave a mark for years.   :biglaugh:
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #38 on: October 23, 2012, 01:28:00 AM »
Great job   :thumbsup:
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Re: Red Arrow Club Primitive Hunt Challenge
« Reply #39 on: October 23, 2012, 06:13:00 AM »
Dang Limbender, BECAREFUL MAN. Hope all is OK with you. Just think up some cool story to tell in camp..."hey! I got the scar to prove it!!!"

Kevin does good work,
 

The spalted ash on top is my go-to knife.
some of the others are stock knives. The bottom Knife is a gift from Kevins son,an up and coming knife maker. I plan to work it over in the field SOON  :pray:
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