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First ever whitetail deer with primitive bow in Finland
Swamp Thang:
Very proud of you!
willie:
Congratulations on the successful hunt.
--- Quote ---This bow I hunt these deers is sinewbackes oak bow, 139 cm long. 55 pounds. Arrows are made from Finnish pine. Self forged arrowheads and fletshing with feathers from our own turkeys.
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A few pics of your bow (and arrows) would look nice in the Bow section.
rautasarvi:
Thank you all for Your nice comments!
Someone was writing that in my pictures there are roedeers. But no, they are whitetaildeers and yes, we have whitetaildeers in Finland. Whitetaildeers have been brought here in 1934 from Virgiana USA. Just few deers and they were released free. It has been a great succes and whitetaildeer is now in our area the main game. So thank you for this great animal. Actually whitetaildeer was first called as a "virginianpeura" which means Virginiadeer. Then it was called as a "Laukonpeura" which means Laukkoīs deer. That name comes from the mansion which land was the first place where whitetaildeers were released. This place is just about 20 kilometers from the place I live and hunt and these areas are most populated by whitetaildeers in Finland.
Whitetaildeers in Finland are quite large. Approximately adult bucks carcass weight is about 70-80kg and the largest are more than 90kg. Does are normally 40-60kg and fawns in hunting season are between 20 and 30kg.
I have heard that in america whitetailbucks antlers are not very solid. I really dont know is this true or not, or are there some major differences between bucks antlers in USA. Finnish whitetailbucks anyway have a very solid and tough antlers. I make a big part of my living by making and selling knives. I use a lot of whitetail antlers and I can say that itīs actually quite rare that adult whitetailbuck has not solid antlers. Also because of cold weather and long winters the fur of the whitetaildeers are very thick and furry in wintertime.
Roedeer is original Finnish animal, but in my area there are much more whitetails than roedeers. Roedeer has always been legal to hunt with bow and arrow and whitetaildeer has just legalized in this Autumn.
I have made a lot of bows. Hundreds. I use to sell selfbows for many years but nowdays I sell them just randomly and took no more orders. Few last years I have use only sinew backed bows while hunting. I have found that even those are very sensitive with moisture and heath/cold, they are great bows for hunting. Here in Finland temperature can be in hunting season everything between +15C(59F) to -30C(-22). That changes bows features a lot. 45 pound bow turns to over 50 pounds in very cold and dry circumstances. But when you know your bow and know how it works in what ever circumstances, I think short sinewbacked bows are a good choice for a hunter who spends a lot of time in woods.
We just got our moosehunting done. 16 moose down. I shot one bull moose and two fawns. I just hope so much that some day moose is legal to hunt with bow and arrow in Finland. So far I have to use my rifle.
I tried to find some pics about this bow I used with these whitetails.
I will write a little story about these deerhunts for you soon.
There has been quite a lot of interest in Finland about my primitivebow deerhuntings. Iīve already wrote an article in Finnish Bowhunting Associations annual magazine and I will write about primitive bowhunting and primitive bows in to one of the biggest outdoor magazine in Finland "ERÄ-magazine" (I have actually had my own "traditional finnish woodlore"part in this magazine about 2 years. So I really want people to understand what kind of weapons are primitive bows.
Here are some pics about this exact bow I used with whitetailhunting.
By the way; there were quite nicely snow here but it all melted away. So itīs been total darkness here. Only couple of hours in middle day there is some light. But now itīs snowing again! That means more light and good changes to hunt with bow. So maybe I can soon share you some new bowhunting-deers! =D
Here is also one of my quivers. This one is made from roedeers fat tanned fur. Its quiet and very nice to carry.
Raccoon dogs are very common stuff for me to hunt.
I shot these in one night. There is a quite unique story behind this hunt. I first shot the rabbit and while after, I saw fox was fallowing this rabbits tracks. I shot this fox in exactly the same place where I shot the rabbit just a while before. One of the greatest moments for me as a bowhunter!
-Ilkka Seikku
www.rautasarvi.fi
ksnow:
What an amazing story. Congratulations on expanding bowhunting in your country. Would love to see more pictures of your hunting.
Kyle
GlisGlis:
Amazing hunts and beatiful knives and carvings !! exceptionals :OK :OK :OK
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