Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Announcements => Topic started by: MadMike on October 12, 2013, 12:20:39 am
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hello guys, i'm Mike.. new here not sure where this would go.
also new to the whole selfbow thing, been studying up on it for a while now, i'm 20 years old and cut trees for a living (bow wood!) i'm the only one in my family who hunts, i'm self/internet taught, and passed hunter education when i was 12, got my first deer kill that year as well! (12g shotgun) got my first bow kill when i was 14, with a compound bow (i'm good with those 1" groups at 40yards)
i ordered a longbow its a hickory backed osage bow 72" NTN #50 @30" i pull 28" so #40ish for me.
i've been shooting it for a couple weeks now and i can get 5-8" groups at 20 yards...i think this is really my thing..i've always wanted to live primitively since i was 10 or so watching tarzan!
like i said i've been researching for a long while and know most of it on paper...just have to actually do it!
just an introduction of myself, hope to be a big part of this community!
P.S the woods i can get are: Hackberry, Live oak, Pin oak, Chinese tala(sp?) Crepe mytrle, Pecan, Ash...thats about it off the top of my head...not much osage around here...thinking i want to try hackberry as my first attempt.
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Welcome ! Hackberry is good bow wood. Now just delete the word bow after compound and change it to contraption then we'll be good LOL
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If you let people know where you are from ,you'll likely get some people from that area that will chime in with all kinds of helpful info. I think the Moderators will move this over to another area , but people always look at the "show new posts" under your login in name. (very handy) Welcome aboard!
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Welcome dude! With your access to pecan I'm gonna make a wild guess and say you're from Georgia. The more you learn the more you learn that there's a lot to learn. Get on it as fast as you can. Get some staves seasoning ASAP. Collect as many as you can store and relax and hit those staves one after the other. Good luck!
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Texas, 8 pecan trees in my front yard, 2 in the back! A LOT of them around here.
thanks for the welcoming me guys!
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Hey mike just as a heads up these bowyers are a little on the off side if u are pretty city-ish. They are weird but probably some of the coolest guys u will meet. Welcome to the real world!
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oh no i'm about as country as they come lol...
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Welcome Mike.You'll have a blast.
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Welcome aboard friend!!
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Welcome Mike. Sounds like your ready to jump in full bore, gonna be fun having you here on the site. You'll find that you won't have to go at it alone if you post questions and pictures of your projects along the way, lots of people here will want to help you learn and you'll get some good advice. Get some wood ready cause I think your gonna like doing this. :)
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Welcome aboard! Get the traditional bowyers Bible books and read them cover to cover. Get some wood cut and split, and sealed. You might be able to trade some green staves for a seasoned stave or two, i would if i lived closer.
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Welcome aboard fellow Texican!
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hey welcome aboard. can't wait to see your first bow. and pictures lots of pictures ;)
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Welcome Mike. You will find so much help on here. People are very selfless with the info they have attained trough a long hard study of the art. Collectively there is more info here that you will find very useful. Can't wait to see you first bow ;D
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welcome, and good hunting the bow
chuck
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Welcome !
This is a great Place to learn from,a lot of talanted people that are generous with advice....But thre should probably come with a sticker sayin
"Warning highly addictive" or something like that ;D
Mikael
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Welcome Mike, lots of great experience to learn from here. Sounds like you found the right site ;)
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Welcome, I'm sure you'll have fun here. Kinda sounds like SE Texas to me or Wichital Falls. Saw lots of pecans when I hunted up there.
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welcome mike ! what part of texas are you from ..cuz there are texans all over this forum. again welcome!
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Welcome Mike,jump right in the water is fine. ;) :)
Pappy