The article says, " In all, Beckum figures he has killed 16 or more whitetails with his homemade gear, including the highest-scoring Pope & Young buck ever taken with primitive archery gear in Georgia." 10,000+ years of history can' t be wrong.

That' s fantastic! His arrows are works of art. From also hunting with my own gear, I can attest that making a set of straight, properly spined, well matched and tuned primitive arrows requires as much skill, knowledge, and time as a hard hitting hunting bow; and that' s not including the stone points. They are another art form in their own rite...something I would love to acheive, but a challenge I haven' t begun to tackle. I' m also sure the quality of his brain tanned quiver and clothing exceeds that of any modern-tanned leather we can purchase today.

There is something very special that comes from taking after game with primitive equipment. It' s something that really has to be experienced to be appreciated. Words just cannot do it justice. Invigorating, sense of belonging in nature, self-reliant pride, and the feeling of walking among an ancient family (our family) are but a few phrases that come to mind that " might" give a glimpse as to why we choose to hunt as we do.

Here' s another article that might spark some interest, one that I wrote for our state' s bowhunting organization last year:

http://www.ubofpa.org/selfbow.htm