I make 'em to use, fellers. Life is too short to shoot ugly arrows!
Darren
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- Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:43 am
- Forum: All about arrows
- Topic: Finished my arrows for the 2023 season
- Replies: 7
- Views: 351
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Leather Crafting
- Topic: A new back quiver and arm guard
- Replies: 2
- Views: 200
A new back quiver and arm guard
https://i.imgur.com/a6oINNA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/iuhS1hU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/NRP9PBL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/gpfpdpR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/H1jP8Ql.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Xrtt01n.jpg I finished this back quiver and matching arm guard a couple of days ago. They will be donated to the live a...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: Campfire
- Topic: 2024 United Bowhunters of Missouri Festival
- Replies: 1
- Views: 166
2024 United Bowhunters of Missouri Festival
https://i.imgur.com/NGNizv4.png Come join us at the 36th annual United Bowhunters of Missouri Festival. This family-friendly event has something for everyone; seminars, auctions, vendors, raffles, food and a whole lot more! Come learn about black bear hunting in Alaska or get some tips on controlli...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:10 pm
- Forum: Forum Announcements and Updates
- Topic: C'mon now...no excuses!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1370
Re: C'mon now...no excuses!
Welcome to the forum, Hillstyle! Looks like you had a mighty fine season.
Darren
Darren
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 6:38 am
- Forum: Campfire
- Topic: Happy holidays from the Haverstick!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 282
Happy holidays from the Haverstick!
https://i.imgur.com/ae93aql.jpg For almost 30 years, I have been writing our family holiday newsletter and sending it out to a bazillion of our closest friends. When I first started, it was dispersed via USPS, a very expensive and time-consuming job. As years went by, and we all became connected el...
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:13 am
- Forum: Campfire
- Topic: Put a little meat in the freezer last Friday
- Replies: 3
- Views: 322
Re: Put a little meat in the freezer last Friday
Kirk, red balau is an Indonesian hardwood that is quite dense. I'm able to go down in shaft diameter, 11/32 to 5/16, but still keep my weight up. Most of Kevin Forrester's shaft offerings have such a tight grain that you don't have to worry about nock orientation, unlike every softwood I've ever use...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:33 am
- Forum: Campfire
- Topic: Put a little meat in the freezer last Friday
- Replies: 3
- Views: 322
Put a little meat in the freezer last Friday
I took last Friday off for an extended weekend of bowhunting at my farm in south-central Missouri. The mast crop there is very poor this year due to some late freezes so I knew I would have to hunt field edges in order to see anything. I hate doing that because it's like playing a giant game of Whac...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:10 pm
- Forum: Bow Hunting experiences
- Topic: Never too old to get 'er done!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 472
Never too old to get 'er done!
https://i.imgur.com/AXLnolD.jpg My dear friend, John Pruitt, killed this nice buck two evenings ago off his place in Tennessee with a bow and arrow that he made last Thursday. The hickory used in both pieces of equipment came off his farm. I own several selfbows and flintlocks that John has made fo...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:39 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Flintlock fall turkey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 372
Re: Flintlock fall turkey
Our fall season runs the entire month of October. You can kill two birds of either sex.
I hunted this evening with a flintlock and had a nice buck and a doe walk by me within bow range while my longbow safely hung on its rack at the house. Never even heard the turkeys. Go figure?
Darren
I hunted this evening with a flintlock and had a nice buck and a doe walk by me within bow range while my longbow safely hung on its rack at the house. Never even heard the turkeys. Go figure?
Darren
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:14 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Flintlock fall turkey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 372
Re: Flintlock fall turkey
Kirk, I heard the birds fly up last night in the same place. Probably gonna have to go and fill my other tag.
Darren
Darren