Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Kegan on November 07, 2007, 08:26:13 pm
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Anybody know just how well a bone arrow head would work? I know Natives used them for warfare, and assuming you give it a 2.5:1 or 3:1 ratio, perhaps flake some serrations on the blades, would they work well on big game? Or could bone never come close to steel and stone ????
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If you do a search you can find some pictures of bone points others have made and hardened. I don't know if anybody has used them though. Justin
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Marc St Louis posted some pictures of some quite awhile back.
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A few guys on TradGang have taken deer with bone points. Pat
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they work, ive used em. i am more than positive that our fascination with stone points is because its all thats left behind for us to see. im sure in a lot of areas hardened wood and bone were used more. if i had to walk 100 miles to get flint or use what i had left over from the previous nights meal , id be saving my energy and smashing bones. ;)
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(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/wolfsirebella/quiver001.jpg)
These have held up against my target. The bone was from a pet store. I have read fresh bone from the flat side of the leg bones, oiled and heat treated should work best.
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Thanks guys! I was just wondering, it seems my crude stone points "break" really easily. Bone doesn't. I can also make them better, and just wanted to know if anybody had any experience with them. Thanks alot guys, it REALLY helped ;D. Guess I have to get to work :)
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Funny, I was just thinking the same thing. :) Good to hear that they will work!
I hunt with my uncles and they already think I'm crazy, just wait until I pull out a bone pointed arrow! ;D :D
Sean
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Just make sure to check your hunting regulations. Some states explicitly prohibit the use of other than metal points.