ORIGINAL: MichiganWhitetails74

I'm not sending this to upset anyone but I want to educate those that have not had this experience..

I am an active compound shooter and I like to make sure my broadheads and arrows are straight and true...

However...

Please take the time to read this......

At 21 years old.....1995 I dumped the compound and changed my ways...My uncle and I madeour own osage stick bows out of osage orange. The bows had lots of character and many curves from tip to tip. When I drew the bow it felt like my shoulders were going to explode. When I neared full draw my whole body shook as I tried to hold steady and fire that cedar arrow off my knuckle. This was not a recurve......it was bare bones like the indians did it....

Listen closely...my arrows were made of cedar.....the broadheads were flint heads...they were held onto the arrow with dried deer tendons....the fletchings were turkey feathers...also held on by dried deer tendons.....

I practiced with this bow and held 6 inch groups at 18 yards...when I was finished shooting my hands were scared from the fletchings wearing away at my hand...

I am a compound shooter now-----but I want compound shooters to learn from this.....If you have not tried bare bones shooting like the indians did hundreds of years ago you must do it...:"if it is in your heart to try it".... in this life that you live you must do it in respect of the hunt and respect for what you have for the animal.....after you do it....if you decide to quit.....at least you can say..."I understand".... how it was to live like the indians did..."remember what your heart is telling you"

I am a compound shooter...I am reminding you again....however....realize this......I learned this.....It does not matter what broadhead you have.....the name brand.....the cutting diameter.....or how sharp you made the broadhead after you shot it in the dirt.....When you send an arrow threw the air with a piece of wood...with a stone on the end....at 15 yards...that stone will poke a hole in the vitals....if you make a good shot....when you make a hole in the mid section of an animal it bleeds and dies....it does not matter if you shoot a 15 dollar broadhead or a stone on a stick....an open hole in the mid- section of an animal causes the animal to blead.....make the right shot....in the vitals....and you will go home happy...please remember this when you are at cabelas studying what to buy......whether you are like an indian....or going with full technology....its about making a hole in the vitals for the animal to bleed.......try traditional archery before your last day on earth....harvest an animal at least once...and you will change your outlook on what bare bones hunting is all about....remember.....stones makes holes too....and the animal bleeds....they are also very deadly........If you have not killed with sticks and stones you may not truly realize how hard bowhunting really is........life is too short......try it..........Good Luck