Traditional Bow Hunting Equipment
A couple years back, I was gifted an older Sunset Hill string follow longbow by one of our custom bowstring customers. That bow (then named ‘El Cazador‘) was a bit too heavy for me to shoot comfortably – 53#@27.5″ – and it had a huge handle and riser. In Nate’s words “The bow was originally …
Shot from the ground using a tree seat and a JD Berry “North Star” Hill style longbow.
They don’t put much meat in the freezer, but rabbit is my favorite tasting wild game. It’s very rewarding to take a rabbit with a traditional bow. I like to carry a small game head arrow when I’m deer hunting just incase of an opportunity like this on the way in. Took this rabbit with …
For this recipe, start with a Venison bottom butt “football” roast with silver skin removed. Season with kosher salt, ground black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and paprika. Sear the roast on all sides in a cast iron skillet with olive oil. Throw veggies into the crockpot and turn on high. Add seared roast on …
Keeping sharp with the smaller critters in late season.
Taken with vintage 47# Wing Gull recurve purchased for $100 and fitted with a Saucon Archery 14-strand B50 EL bowstring and handmade Douglas Fir arrow. Harvested a doe with the same set-up just 3 days earlier.
March is winding down and it is time to get serious about Spring Gobbler hunting. I recently acquired a vintage Bear Kodiak Hunter recurve and just finished building a set of wooden arrows to shoot from her. The Bow I was lucky enough to pick up this mid-70’s era Bear Kodiak Hunter recurve – a …
I was recently given the idea, from one of the archery forums, of how simple it might be to convert a strap-on bow quiver to a side quiver by using “a wood or metal piece to separate the hood and arrow holder by 18″ or so.” I was having some difficulty maintaining good groups with …
I wasn’t settled with that bareshaft nock kicking high and right, so I did a little more tuning. I added one more complete twist to the bowstring and moved my silencers out a hair closer to the limb tips, and also went from 125gr points to 145 all to adjust for a stiff arrow reaction. …
I’ve been working on tuning this bow to the new wooden arrows I built. I’ve brought my nocking point down a bit. Initially I let some twists out of the new string to get closer to the bow’s 7.5″ recommended brace height. Now that the string is shot in, and has settled from some initial …
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