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 …
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.