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Title: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: sadiejane on November 12, 2011, 01:33:57 pm

thats about it. have numerous paleo and/or archery related items.
would like to gather as many deer leg bones as i can get for arrow point making and other projects.
thanks!

ps elf, coyote, and many other critters bones would work too!

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: nclonghunter on November 12, 2011, 03:08:43 pm

elf bones are very small and hard to find.. 8)

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: burchett.donald on November 12, 2011, 06:55:14 pm

    Sadiejane, depending on your location you could talk to your local deer processing place. Here in S.Carolina we have many places in each county that process deer by the hundreds especially now during deer season. Great place to ask for bones, sinew, antler and hide.

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: madcrow on November 14, 2011, 04:36:29 pm

I made fish hooks out of the last elf bones I had.  Pm sent.

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: Fred Arnold on November 19, 2011, 12:03:31 am

I've access to hundreds for the next couple of weeks. How many do you need and how clean do you want them?

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: JW_Halverson on November 19, 2011, 12:07:06 am

If you are going to make arrowheads or knife blades from them you don't want them boiled or cooked in any way.  It softens the collagen matrix that the calcium is affixed to, raw is best.

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: Fred Arnold on November 19, 2011, 12:11:50 am

JW= We boned out 143 this week. Next week will probably be similar. If anyone's interested, let me know. All hides and antlers are spoken for.

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: Eric Garza on November 24, 2011, 11:47:13 pm

Hi Sadie, I can probably get you some. How many do you want? I get sinew and hides from a local game processor, and planned on getting some femurs for my own crafts so I'll probably be grabbing a few anyway.

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: Gus on November 27, 2011, 01:57:25 pm

In reference to white tail leg bones for arrow heads.

What is the proper method for preparing the bones for trade or arrow head making?
I have started amassing quite a few bones as a byproduct of sinew harvesting and don't want to mess them up.

Do you wash them with dish soap and lay them out in the sun?

Thank You.

-gus

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: JW_Halverson on November 27, 2011, 03:41:23 pm

You certainly want to use a strong grease cutting detergent, Dawn works great!  Sun only bleaches, something has to get rid of the fat. 

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: Gus on November 27, 2011, 06:24:49 pm

Okay,

So Dawn first, then Sun...

Cool, Thank You JW!

-gus

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: Marc St Louis on November 27, 2011, 11:19:39 pm

Washing the leg bones won't help, much.  The bones will "bleed" oils for a little while.  They need to sit outside for awhile

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: mullet on November 27, 2011, 11:29:53 pm

I just throw mine in the back of my small garden till they are bleached out. And check with me in a few weeks, our Elf Season opens next weekend. :)

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: Pappy on November 28, 2011, 10:33:38 am

For some reason my girls[sadie/Hannah ] only eat the meat and sinew off,then I just go gather them up all over the cabin yard in the spring. Easy. ;) ;D our Elf season stays ope here year round Eddie. :) ;D Guess that why we don't see many,all been killed out. :) :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: madcrow on November 28, 2011, 01:42:52 pm

Must be nice pappy.  I have a yellow lab and a blue healer that eat everything.  I threw two whole backbones with ribcages in and the only thing left was a few vertabrae. 

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: Gus on November 28, 2011, 02:58:36 pm

Okay, so sun bleaching is the ticket...

Just picked up another load of White Tail legs (150) and Back Sinew (60) to process.
Gave my processor friend a bottle of three year old Tequila from one of my better casks.
He said he'd have another load ready next weekend.
I'm already harvesting sinew in my dreams...
But then I guess that's better dreamin' material than Earthquakes, Floods and Tornadoes. :)

Unfortunately my girls eat the legs, bones and all.
They are pretty disappointed that I'm harvesting the sinew and long bones.
They'll have to be satisfied with some skin and hooves.

I don't know about you fellers...
If y'all keep killin' Elves Santa is gonna be pissed.

:)

-gus

Title: Re: wtt for deer leg bones
Post by: johnston on November 29, 2011, 03:03:04 am

Gus that was funny.

Lane