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Blacktail:
is it really possible to make strings from guts (deer)..and how would you go about curing the guts and what part of the gut is best small intestine or big.i dont know any thing about this.i am just trying to salvage more from a deer.and if you know how to prosses the guts when dry that would be great to...thanks john

Hillbilly:
I've never tried one, but I've always wanted to. The Cherokee preferred bear gut over pretty much anything else for bowstrings.

El Destructo:
In the Book ..... Bows & Arrows of the Native American....it talks about Deer Gut Bow String....and how to Reverse Twist them.....I have made Strings from Commercially bought Pig Gut...and they work as well as Sinew or Rawhide do....so Deer should be just fine....just make sure that you wash it really good inside and out....just like Chittlins!!!!

Blacktail:
o.k. so i clean out with water.and i wonder if i could take a wooden dowel or wire and string it through and let it air dry.john

El Destructo:

--- Quote from: blacktail on July 06, 2008, 11:09:48 am ---o.k. so i clean out with water.and i wonder if i could take a wooden dowel or wire and string it through and let it air dry.john

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I washed mine really good inside and out with Dawn Detergent...then I cut them into long pieces and I just took a small weight and tied it to one end to keep them straight....nailed the other to my raftersin the Garage...and let them Air Dry...they shrink way up...from the size they are to about as thin as a pencil lead!!

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