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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 10:53:07 am »
Today is the last day of deer season, it is going to be 70 degrees after weeks of freezing temps. I am done, I am pulling trial cams,  washing a mountain of hunting clothes and putting up all my gear until next year, I have so much "stuff" this is usually a two day job.

I quartered my deer and took it to a processor to be made into burger, I could do it but I am giving most of this deer to a friend who doesn't have any. I am meticulous about cutting up my own deer but won't put that kind of effort into one that I am giving away. When I give away A deer I have it processed first, a cooler deer isn't that expensive to have cut up and makes a much better gift vacuum sealed and ready for the freezer.

Someone who isn't deer hunter doesn't know what to do with a whole deer. I gave a whole skinned deer to a friend at work once, he left it in a cooler so long that it spoiled, never again.

I have had good years where I am covered up with deer and other years like this year where I have a hard time killing anything with my selfbow in earlier years and lately with my flintlock. I have a group of friends who have given me hundreds of pounds of deer meat over the last 40 years when I came up short, some were whole deer, some was processed and packaged, they never charged me a penny for the packaged deer.

I know a partially disabled guy who loves deer meat but isn't a deer hunter, I need about 10# of burger from my latest deer, I am going to take him the rest packaged and ready to go.  This is my way of paying it forward for all of the deer meat that people have given to me in the past.
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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 10:32:00 am »
I don't save the hide but I do save the leg sinew, I have a pile of it from past deer that I can't use because old age and injuries have ended my bow making journey. The last batch I collected consisted of 26  backstrap sinew strips from a butcher shop, a guy traded me over 50 older broadheads both new and used for it.
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Bows / Re: Tanning snake skins for bow backings
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 10:12:43 am »
A friend sent me some eastern diamond back skins that were well over 6' long, the patterns were much to big to fit and look good on a bow, I thanked him but sent them back.

Another thing; check with your state laws, it is illegal to use snake skins in a state where killing them is banned. The fines are huge and the game wardens can confiscate your bow.

I gave a impromptu selfbow shooting demonstration at Davy Crockett park in Lawrenceburg Tn once, my bow was backed with copperhead skins that I bought from a guy in Texas. Turns out killing any snake is illegal in Tennessee, two game wardens were in the audience. A guy near them said they had an issue with the snake skins but decided to let it drop and didn't approach me. I got lucky that day, I quit taking any snake backed bows into Tennessee, I hunted on various leases there for at least 20 years and did get checked by a game warden once.
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Bows / Re: Tanning snake skins for bow backings
« Last post by Pappy on Today at 09:49:14 am »
I just skin /flesh a bit and tack to dry as the others have said, but a big python will require more fleshing and is worked more like raw hide , the hide is really thick, I have a couple of 12/14 footers and as I said more like rawhide that smaller snake skin.  :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: HHB Flatbow 52# @ 27"
« Last post by Pappy on Today at 09:44:25 am »
Nice job, I love HHB, it makes a fine bow and probably my favorite white wood.  :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM voting CONGRATULATIONS Robert Pougnier!
« Last post by Pappy on Today at 09:42:54 am »
Very nice job Robert, congrats.
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: HHB Flatbow 52# @ 27"
« Last post by bjrogg on Today at 09:02:58 am »
Nice bow Robert. Thanks for sharing

Bjrogg
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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM voting CONGRATULATIONS Robert Pougnier!
« Last post by bjrogg on Today at 08:57:22 am »
Congratulations Robert. Good to see some new bowyers competing. Thanks for sharing

Bjrogg
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Bows / Re: Tanning snake skins for bow backings
« Last post by bjrogg on Today at 08:54:03 am »
I do just like Eric.

One tip the smaller skins have nicer patterns on bows. Big skins patterns are sometimes too big to look good on bow. At least that’s my personal opinion.

Bjrogg
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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM voting CONGRATULATIONS Robert Pougnier!
« Last post by jameswoodmot on Today at 07:22:36 am »
Well done Robert well deserved!
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