Primitive Archer

Welcome to PA, Dillon. I've never made a vine maple bow but I've seen quite a few and some with amazing character. Looking forward to seeing some of your work in the future. 

After somewhat of a hiatus from knapping I sat down with renewed enthusiasm on the weekend and made a couple of points for a project I'm working on.
Purple glass bottle and obsidian.

this things are huge! did you weigh them?
I love horns too but I'm sure my wife would kill me even if I talked bringing them home 

I haven't weighed them but they are very heavy.  I can't get both hands around the bases.  I got rid of the wife a few weeks ago so there was no one to complain when I brought them home.

Oh wow! Thank You! - I'm glad I decided to look at the "Around the Campfire" section today.
I will take a look.

Welcome to Primitive Archery site Dillon. I think you are going to like it here.

Sounds like some good advice already. I don’t have any vine maple but I have seen some beauties posted on here.

While you’re waiting for your stave to dry you might want to make a caul for straightening.

A nice tillering tree. With a scale, rope and pulley. And cut some more staves so if you really get bitten by the bug you never run out of wood. Amazing how much a person can go through.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions. And pictures. We like pictures

Bjrogg

I think so, I like the oldschool look and feel of the site brings back memories.

Good ideas!

I like posting pictures, i've only taken Blacktails and Mulies with my compound but have started dippin my toes in the traditional world I picked up a take down recurve to start getting a feel for it, shoots pretty well to 20 right now just grabbed it 2 weeks ago. So no animals with the traditional gear yet, but the goal is to eventually start taking game with bows i've made. I also see you guys got some forums about flintknapping and primitive skill which I research pretty extensively and got a lot of projects to complete with that stuff. I am a full blown hunting, scouting and shed hunting addict so i'm sure i'll have some traditional stories to share here in the not so distant future.