homeade trad stuff?
 

Hey I was wondering if anyone has any cool homeadetrad hunting ideas? I've been doing bowhunting for a while and I thought it would be cool to start making some stuff for hunting. Please leave a post if you have any ideas. Thanks!!!

Nick [8D]
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Target: Turkey and small game
Weapon: Martin recurve X-200
Time Frame: None

RE: homeade trad stuff?
 

Well, at my lake cabin I've made quite a few bows out of trees out in the woods in back. My first one pretty much sucked. I found a slightly curved stick and just cut it down to size and carved out a handle and a shelf in it and my first shot I got a bull's eye about 10 yards away but after about 30 times of shooting it, it broke. I've made a few since then but none are good enough to go out hunting big game with. I mainly just carve mine out of solid wood but if you wanted to make some that'd last you awhile, you'd want to go get some hardwood laminates and read a lot about making them. I've also whittled a few arrows out of wood before that didn't work very well and now I'm getting started in making arrows for hunting with. For those, I just order bare shafts from my local store and buy some feather fletchings and glue them on there. I've also made a few decent spears and atatls.

RE: homeade trad stuff?
 

I've made bows, arrows, quivers, arm guards, tabs, strings... Tried knapping some stone points, but I'm not any good at that, at all.[&o]But give me an old saw blade and I can come up with some trade points. ;)

There's a bunch of good projects over here on this site:

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/rshealer/gear/biyg.htm

edit: By the way... The guy in the photo on that sitewith Taterbug's Bog Hog might look an awful lot like me, but he's not. He's too short.;)