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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: kylerprochaska on November 24, 2009, 10:29:53 pm

Title: Bowfishing points
Post by: kylerprochaska on November 24, 2009, 10:29:53 pm: Anyone got any pics of tradepoints/homemade bowfishing points to give me some ideas?? Just lookin to make some this winter so im ready next spring/summer

-Ky
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: kylerprochaska on November 24, 2009, 11:37:29 pm: sorry I posted this in arrow's instead of flintknapping or anything else...if someone could move it I would appreciate it!

-Ky
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: Swamp Bow on November 28, 2009, 10:09:55 am: I'd be interested in this one as well.

Swamp
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: recurve shooter on December 03, 2009, 10:42:59 am: same here. i bowfished all summer with storebought stuff. id like to see the homemade side of things.
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: Hillbilly on December 03, 2009, 11:02:12 am: Mechslasher made up a couple primitive fish arrows last year with cane shaft and antler points. Pretty cool. I think antler or wood would be the way to go with primitive fish points.
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: recurve shooter on December 03, 2009, 11:06:59 am: Quote from: Hillbilly on December 03, 2009, 11:02:12 am
Mechslasher made up a couple primitive fish arrows last year with cane shaft and antler points. Pretty cool. I think antler or wood would be the way to go with primitive fish points.

against gator gar? wouldnt they break or smash?
or are yall shootin carp?
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: mullet on December 03, 2009, 09:09:22 pm: I've made them out of deer leg bone and shot Gar with them.
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: jcinpc on December 03, 2009, 11:37:14 pm: heres an authentic socketed antler point I dug up. This site I find antler handles and bones pins and a broken antler atlatl weight and all part sof the deer in different stages of manufactor

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g228/jcinpc/DSC02187.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g228/jcinpc/DSC02193.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g228/jcinpc/DSC02194.jpg)
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: recurve shooter on December 04, 2009, 12:37:09 am: Quote from: mullet on December 03, 2009, 09:09:22 pm
I've made them out of deer leg bone and shot Gar with them.

oh. my bad. ;D
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: Mechslasher on December 09, 2009, 03:18:33 pm: i don't have a pic of mine, but i'll take one the next time i'm at my farm. i'm planning on using it against carp this spring and maybe writing up an article about it. still waiting on hillbilly's on hunting dinosaur fish.
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: Auggie on December 09, 2009, 05:06:44 pm: I use trade points Ive made,file a couple of serrations on each side, put it in a cane shaft,and let er rip tater chip.
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: recurve shooter on December 10, 2009, 10:25:22 am: Quote from: Auggie on December 09, 2009, 05:06:44 pm
let er rip tater chip.

lol ;D
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: Hillbilly on December 10, 2009, 01:32:46 pm: Quote from: Mechslasher on December 09, 2009, 03:18:33 pm
i don't have a pic of mine, but i'll take one the next time i'm at my farm. i'm planning on using it against carp this spring and maybe writing up an article about it. still waiting on hillbilly's on hunting dinosaur fish.

Chris, I've got it almost finished, needs a couple more paragraphs and cleaning up. Just getting to writing season now, I do most of my writing in the winter.
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: Mechslasher on December 13, 2009, 11:28:11 pm: here's the antler fishing point i'm planning on using this spring. i'm gonna make a couple more in case i break this one.

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Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: recurve shooter on December 14, 2009, 10:55:10 am: i like that one. can you push it through and take it off to remove the arrow? or take off your string and pull the arra al the way through or what?
Title: Re: Bowfishing points
Post by: stickbender on December 17, 2009, 03:29:41 am: You need to get Mullet trade you a triangular stone head. By trianagular, I mean it has three sides. Eddie put one in a hogs brain. Should push some hard scales aside.

Wayne