Made this shooting bag for a friend

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dhaverstick
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Made this shooting bag for a friend

#1 Post by dhaverstick »

My good friend, John Pruitt, made a couple traditional smokepoles for my dad and me and asked me to make him a shooting bag as payment. I finally finished it yesterday. What is really special about this piece is that the body of the bag is made from the hide off the moose I killed with my longbow in 2015. The light brown dotted leather is ostrich hide and the colored leather is ostrich leg skin. The trim and fringe are deer hide and I carved the buttons out of the antlers off a buck I killed with my longbow. Everything was sewn by hand using artificial sinew. The bag has one external pocket and two internal pockets. I hope he likes it!

Darren

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Crazynate
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#2 Post by Crazynate »

WOW that thing is sweet
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Jose
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#3 Post by Jose »

Awesome work Darren! Unbelievable detail....

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Graps
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#4 Post by Graps »

Very nice
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#5 Post by White Falcon »

Very nice work!

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#6 Post by stumper »

WOw just wow.
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#7 Post by Carpdaddy »

Wow; I want to be your friend! I think he will love it.

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#8 Post by USMC4life »

Very talented that is one fine looking shooting bag! Nicely done!
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#9 Post by Captainkirk »

Good...trade?
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Graps
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#10 Post by Graps »

Darren, where do you get the exotic leathers?
I've looked on line and some of that stuff is insane for the pricing.
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