Primitive Bow & Arrow and Rabbits.wmv

This is a very small segment from my next full length primitive bow hunting and skills dvd! It shows the use of a 40 pound hickory bow and river cane arrows with stone points, wood blunts and points made from the scale of a garfish! Thad is wearing braintanned buckskin and mocs. Then Thad shows you how to cook your rabbit with soapstone pot to make tender and then to grill over the coals to brown!

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• survival
• bowhunting
• native american
• flintknapping
• primitive skills
• fire making
• braintanning
• bows and arrows

[pbldhdeerhunting]

do you live in that little camp of yours

[BeckumOutdoors]

@pbldhdeerhunting..... I have a regular home and i camp and film there at the lean-to

[TheJcreg]

What did he mean by saying the bow was "decrowned" ?

[BeckumOutdoors]

@TheJcreg That means working off the "crown" or radius of the bows back!

[blackjeepsqad92]

hey im making a bow out of elm and i was wondering what are the specs on your bow like the length and width....im trying to make mine have a 45 to 50 pound draw..so any help would be appriciated.

[BeckumOutdoors]

@blackjeepsqad92 The hickory bow is 62" long ..... the limbs are 2" wide just above the handle and tapers down too small for cut in nocks, the nocks are sinew wrapped around the limbs. It is decrowned! The nock end is less than 1/4" wide. It is a light bow of 40 pounds but this design will make a solid fast bow of greater weight. The osage d-bow is 59" long and is 1 1/2" wide center bow...it tapers down to 7/16" wide at the pin nocks. It is 52 pounds and has a great tiller. Shoots fast.

[TheJcreg]

@BeckumOutdoors Thanks! I suspected that was it. I've read some info that warned against that, but I just completed a bow made from a hickory sapling that had cured for a couple of years and had to do that to remove irregularities on the back. It shoots well and doesn't seem have been harmed by that. I really enjoyed your video. I subscribed. Blessings.

[BravoAlphaLimaJR]

@oakland002 Yeah, I see what you're saying... There are obviously differences between the two journeys. However, I enjoyed Lars more than Ed. It was mostly that Ed had no clue what kind of mental toughness was required, whereas Lars is cool as a cucumber.

[oakland002]

@BravoAlphaLimaJR i just watch it , season 1 and 2, then i was bored, it's not all that good, they guy just travel from point A to B, and he camps out, but most of his travels are done by dog sled or airplane, then he stock up supplies again, where's the true wilderness survival / living off the land .

[blackjeepsqad92]

@BeckumOutdoors thank you so much!