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Flint Arrow:
Check out my Gobbler taken with 52 pound Osage bow and rivercane arrow. The bird weighted 19 pounds and was taken on Briar Creek in southeast Georgia. I also used a native bird point to shoot at the head
/neck region. I made the deer antler tine point with stone tools ...drilled out with stone drills and hafted using deer skin glue. The cross pegs of oak are there to increase my chances of getting a hit on the head/neck region, the most vulnerable region on a gobbler....the deer tine point hit the gobbler dead center at 17 yards and the gobbler was down for good. The heavy cane arrow broke his neck bone upon impact. I made my blind from natural brush and also used a real gobbler fan for a decoy. The bird walked to within inches of my fan. I believe he was confused because the gobbler fan did not have a body. He stood there with his head within inches of the fan until i shot. To make this even better it was filmed by the NWTF and should air on television in the future , just don't know when at this point. Also as a side note after taking this bird a learned about a deer tine point that was discovered on the Withlachoochee River. It looked just like the point i made and used to kill my bird. This point was discovered in a bone processing site ( Woodland Period ) that was preserved by natural means and the point was laying with leg bones and spurs from a gobbler

Adam:
Congratulations on an amazing accomplishment!

JW_Halverson:
I gotta say for your post you sure scored some big points here on Primitive Archery!!!  Whadya say folks?  Is he one of us?    ;D

You look like a historical re-enactor, too boot?  You do the rendezvous stuff or trekking, too?

barefootbowhunter:
wow! primitive head shootin! im a big fan of your work thad, prooving to all our craft is deadly effective in skilled hands, i will definitly be making some of these points, once again you have taught me somthing and i havnt even met you. cant wait to do my own field testing with that point, it looks deadly

Flint Arrow:
 I don't do reenactments...but i do film most of my hunts and it is just cool to wear period dress when filming. My mom's family is part of the Family Tree DNA American Indian Q1a3a1 Haplogroup Project...which means they were dna tested to be native descent which is rare this far east. It is my way of connecting with my hunting past using a primitive bow and arrow and dressing the part ...also we shot this segment for television and the NWTF wanted the hunt to be as historic as possible. Besides it is a very good feeling to put on your braintan mocs and head out with your primitive bow and stonetipped arrows looking for game.

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