RE: Survival Bows
Today I made a Bundle Bow. Im letting it season and hopefully in a week or two, I will have a good homemade bow. It's about 69 inches long, and has about a 35 or 40 draw weight so far. If its like 35#or 40# when it is freshly cut wood, then it will probally end up a 40-45# when dryed. I used tight binding electric tape and im going to finish it off with a couple layers of duck tape. These bows are very simple to make I think. All you need is at least three freshly cut green saplings that are skinned, a rolll of electric or duck tape or cordage, and thats it. I don't want to try hunting Deer with it so soon. First I want to test the arrows flight speed and penetration when the bow is done seasoning, and I will try hunting small game with it. Once the bow is broken in and the test results are good, I might just try hunting a Deer with it. I took apart my Fiberglass Tent Pole bow becasue we are going camping soon and my parents told me to put them back in the tent bag. And for any of those people who are against the fact of hunting Deer with a homemade bow, people use homemade bows to hunt all the time, especially back then. You don't need high-tech commercial equipment to hunt with, as long as the hunting tool can kill, which I am certain my homeade bow can kill animals.