Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Archived Hunting Pics => Shooting and Hunting => 2011 Hunting Pictures => Topic started by: iowabow on October 27, 2011, 08:56:13 am
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Here are some pictures of my first deer. It has been a lot of work but it finally came together.
(http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m559/iowabow2/flint/2011-10-26134413.jpg)
(http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m559/iowabow2/flint/2011-10-26142050.jpg)
(http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m559/iowabow2/flint/2011-10-26142114.jpg)
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Very very cool, Congrats,good eating and supplies there. :) :)
Pappy
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Congrats!!! Awesome looking gear your using too. Can you tell us more about the hunt and the arrow(shaft material, art. sinew?)?
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This is an osage bow that I made this weekend it is 53 lbs at 26 inches. The arrow is made from a red oak log that I split for the shaft the feathers are from a turkey and are held on by milkweed fibers that I made thread from. I glued the feathers on with deer hide glue. The point is attached with pine pitch and is tied with sinew from the leg of a deer. The cock feather was dyed with blood root and the black paint was made from egg yoke and charcoal. The orange paint for the cresting was from blood root. This buck came into the stand at 723am and stopped at 30 yard then walked to 25 yards and turn to leave. I took a shot and missed then he ran 5 yards closer and I carefully notched another arrow and aimed for the center of the deer because I have been hitting to the right a little but this time it went right where I was looking. The arrow went all the way through the deer. I did not go through the Lung but the liver and spleen that caused the deer to bleed out very fast. He only went 300yards or less. I waited 6 or more hours before I went to look for the deer but it died within minutes after being hit. I was very happy with the way my arrow held up the pinpitch is still glued to the point and the sinew never broke.
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well done i really like your quiver.
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Congratulations John!!! Feels good don't it! Man this just made my day!! That is so great bother! Way to get it done man! :) :) :)
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Congrats on the great kill
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Can't congratulate you enough....great job!!! 8)
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Ok, you are now officially one of the supercool people on this forum. All those details on handmade materials from start to finish makes this deer extra special. When people refer to "primitive archery" this is the very heart of it!
Well done!
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well said JW! Thanks for the extra info iowabow. That arrow looks awesome
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Great hunt,and equipment. Congrats. God Bless
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Very nice. Great job all around.
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I think you ought to get a nice fine tipped black marker, write "28" somewhere on that arrow, then mount it in a shadow box. While it may be perfectly able to keep working for you, it should hold a position of reverence and be retired.
My 2 cents worth.
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I will do that for sure thanks for the idea
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That's a good point JW. I used to keep all the arrows I shot deer with. If it was a buck I glued the arrow to the antler. In our last move they all got mixed up. Have no idea anymore what goes with what. Now I only keep the arrow if it's special. John, yours is special.
George
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After thinking about this for a long time I decided to share the photo of my bucks rack. Say what you will but size does not matter.
(http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m559/iowabow2/_10temp.jpg)
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Hey, that's a great trophy! If I see one like that on Friday, he's coming home with me too.
George
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Congratulations and building some fine primitive equipment and getting the job done with it. My first deer was pretty similar minus my own points and it sure felt good and I thought of the hunt and making my equipment at every meal of venison from that big old doe.
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Congratulations on a fine deer and a nice set of authentic primitive tackle. Well done, sir.
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Great primitive tackle - the fact you made it all yourself is the real "trophy". Besides, antlers tase terrible.
Congrats!
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Congrats there Iowabo this is Beadman.Good looking hard earned meat there.I hit a big doe hard too with a stone point.Right in the boiler.The blood trail quit and I never found her.Never seen her again either so I think she's dead somewhere,cause I do see her fawns.I hit a yearling later with a steel broadhead,went completely through and found her 70 or 80 yards dead.All with self bows.Got this big buck haunting me around here too I'd love to get a chance at.Congrats again on your hard earned meat.You deserve it.
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Hey Ed sorry to hear about the doe. Good luck on the buck. The quiver you made works great and I use it everyday. I found that a glove placed it it till I reach the stand helps quite it down.
Ed I made a new bow since you came to the house it is 53# and it is great! Go to see you on the site!
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Yea John the bow looks great and you must be at one with it.Good shootin.I forget but I thought I mentioned when I visited that putting a little hand full of dead grass down in the quiver between the arrows keeps things pretty quiet too.I'm hunting from blinds mostly.They're sure moving well lately are'nt they.Till I hunt in one spot tooooo long.LOL.I used to see a lot of bucks coon hunting I thought but this bow hunting is showing me there are a heck of a lot of bucks all sizes out there.At least during rut.I'll have to get a digital camera and get acquainted with the use of it to transfer pics.Put it on the list LOL.Waiting six hours and tracking the deer about three hundred yards gets a tip of the hat from me.
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Congratulations, on everything! ;) I am sure your ancestors are smiling appreciatively! Racks? You can't eat them! ;) ;D That is a much tastier deer, than an older rut smelly big racked buck! ;) Great job, and way to go on the all "PRIMITIVE" gear also! That is a nice looking arrow head. I like the one Twisted limbs used on his Mulely Buck also.
Wayne
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well done john, glad you got it to come together for you. Wish I had seen this sooner
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NP I have had a great hunting season this year. This was the best hunting I have done in my life. I saw deer almost everytime I went to the stand. I am already think about next year and this year is not even over yet. during this season I built two new bows and I have plans to build one more this spring. I am getting ready to build my arrows for next season for the two I built this season. What a rush it was to finally take a deer. Thanks to all of you guys for the help too!!!!
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Congrats ,Don't know how I missed this. Very good season I would say.
Pappy
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A deer is a deer regardless of what you're tackle, but especially great using primitive weapons. And look at it this way, if you don't plan to mount the rack you just picked up some more bow building material. Good work in either case. I'm finding out how tough it is since moving to traditional gear full time last year. Had my first deer in range with traditional gear, during a time when it was legal to shoot. Now the only part I need to figure out is how to get the shot off when they're right there at 10 yards and can see every move I make haha.
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I just dont move unless it happens because if you do their gone.
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I also set up my stands so i can see them coming but they cant see my movement until they step into the 10 yard shot. So like I can see them through a cedar and start my draw before they step out.
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That's what happened to me. When she did turn her head, I started to draw and she heard my arm brush up against my side as I drew and it scared her enoughto jump out of my shooting lane.
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Ya that happened to me twice also, bummer. I don't have any answer for sound I have not figured that out yet. I just find it easier to draw when there is a little noise in the woods like early fall when the nuts are falling.
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First I've seen this. Great job John! You definitly put your time in hunting and making your tackle. We are still in late archery here and I'm off all next week. again, great job, dpgratz
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great looking gear you got there and a mighty fine job on the little buck. just the way it is supposed to be. congratulations- Ryan
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Thanks I had a great season and in Iowa it will be over on Tuesday. I find it more difficult to hunt in Jan than Oct so I only hunt when it is warmer. Next year I am going to add addition primative gear to the challege by making some period clothing.
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HAW HAW! Your wife's buck was bigger!
>:D
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Lol ya ya she tells me every day but I have 2 hours let in bow season to change the score.
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Atta boy, go down swingin' !
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Congrats on the fine trophy. Do you by chance know the grain weight of your arrow? And the speed of your bow?
Was it a complete pass-thru, the arrow laying on the ground or was the shaft still in the deer but the point was sticking out?
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Thanks, it was a great day! The fps was 146, 53#25" 500 grain total all up including the point. The wt of the point was 100 grains. It did not land on the ground on the otherside but was in the deer with about 4 inches sticking out. If shoot a deer at ten yards I am sure it would have passed all the way through. The deer was at 20 yards and I was 12 feet up in a tree stand. After i saw what the arrowhead did I would not change a thing. The trick in my opinion is to have very sharp arrowheads that are well made.
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Thanks for the info. Again, great shooting on a trophy harvest.
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Gratz on a great season. Yes size does not matter. Only we know the work and effort that went into our accomplishments. I hunted for about 100 hours my first year hunting (with a gun) and didn't get a deer until almost the last day of extended season. It was a tiny doe but meant more than a 6x6 elk to me. I suspect the first with my selfbow may mean even more. Thanks for sharing!
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Very cool arrow head >:D
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Thanks mason!
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well done man. stone point, primitive bow thats awesome
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Thanks it was a long road to that deer and the next season will be even better now that the first one is over.