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2nd Annual Snowshoe shoot NW Penna.

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uwe:
Nice shooting event! It seems the snowshoe don`t sink in. I could use them here too, now, cause a lot of snow fell. Did you make them by your own? Are there any good plans for making them? Sure its a little late but may be the next winter comes earlier as expected.
Regards Uwe

Outbackbob48:
Uwe, We have about a foot of fluffy snow on top of a crust an who knows how much snow under crust so you don,t sink much. I did't see any homemade snowshoes but there are quite a number of very old shoes there. I bought my shoes in 1964 as a young trapper that was going to set the world a fire, probably one of my better investments, Mine are mod. bearpaw design, good for brushy terrain, not so good for open country an real deep fluffy type snows. One guy had a pair of Michigan type shoe that his uncle bought in 1944 an man they were in great shape still peforming there job, can,t tell you much about the newer types except they looked real light an most have some type of claw on bottom for hilly terrain. ;D Bob

uwe:
But its a good craftmanship to make them, famillar to skills in bowmaking, woodbending, caring for growthrings, bindings etc.
Shouldn`t be impossible. I remember the Bodmer painting of the Indians, hunting a Buffalo in deep snow with lance and bow.
Thats a nice pair of snowshoes.
Regards Uwe

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