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Archery Articles |
How to build a Long Bow From Scratch by Rancid Crabtree I am going to show the steps in making this bow for my son. I am not an expert by any stretch. This will be a build along sort of thread but I must warn you that this will be slow going. (video) Josh and his new homemade Longbow by Rancid Crabtree Deer hunting with a turkey by Rancid Crabtree This is how I recycle the wings fro the turkeys we arvest.I Use the feathers from the birds to make arrow fletchings. Deer are tough by Rancid Crabtree I process a lot of deer for other people so I get to see some strange stuff. The frontal archery shot by Rancid Crabtree I post these pictures in an attempt to show what the target opening looks like from both front and rear. Single Bevel Broadheads, Damage photos by Rancid Crabtree I have not yet been able to get out into the woods yet this year with my bow and I am itching to try these new broadheads I made. I am really curious about the single bevel blades and what they will do. How to recycle a turkey by Rancid Crabtree I Use the feathers from the birds we harvest to make arrow fletchings. Shooting through the mesh windows of a pop up blind by Rancid Crabtree I hunt with bot Traditional archery gear and modern equipment. My longbow is too big for the pop up but my BowTech fits nicely. Blood Trail spray by Rancid Crabtree I had heard about using peroxide and food coloring as a way to find blood when tracking a deer. I mixed up a little and put it in a spray bottle. The Quest for a homemade deer by Rancid Crabtree I would like to harvest a deer with all homemade archery equipment. I have harvested 37 deer with a bow but all have been with modern equipment. This year I will up the challenge a bit and try to do it with a Making a stone arrow point by Rancid Crabtree I was asked by a friend to make a replica arrow for is den. I was at the WI deer and turkey expo last weekend and picked up some chert stone flakes that will work great for this project. Arrow Cresting on the cheap by Rancid Crabtree I use this method to cap and crest my hunting arrows. First I stain them and apply a coat of lacquer. Upgrading a fiber optic bow sight by Rancid Crabtree I don't like the blue light that most sights offer to illuminate your pins in low light conditions so I decided to make my own improvements. I ordered some fiber optic material online. The frontal archery shot by Rancid Crabtree I do a lot of custom butchering for folks and I tend to take a lot of pics along the way. I post these pictures in an attempt to show what the target opening looks like from both front and rear. This opening on this small deer was 1 3/4 inch across. Homemade broadheads by Rancid Crabtree Since attending the big Trad shoot in Michigan (Compton) left me without any broadheads for this years hunt, I needed to make more. I use 125 grain field points and reshape them to remove the shoulders. this step may not be necessary buy It looks nice. Homemade camo by Rancid Crabtree I have made guillie suits before and found them to be heavy and hot to wear. I wanted one that is lightweight and of course cheap. I made this jacket from Landscaping fabric. It is inexpensive and easy to obtain. The 15 and 20 year types are the strongest. Homemade leather armguard by Rancid Crabtree I needed an arm guard for this years trad hunt so I set out to make my own. I used a piece of 5 Oz. tooling leather because it can be stamped easily. Homemade leather hip quiver by Rancid Crabtree After searching for the hip quiver design that I want, I started the project. I used cardboard to make a template for the back of the quiver. Broadhead Collection by Rancid Crabtree My Son Josh and I just loaded the latest case with heads. Josh has the beginnings of a really great broadhead collection. We built two cases. One holds the modern, screw in type heads and the other holds the old school glue on heads. Each case will hold 125 heads and both are nearly filled. It has been a great project for the two of us. Side Quiver Build Along by Rancid Crabtree This Quiver is for my Son Josh. It goes with the Longbow I made for him. He does not like back quivers and thinks a hip quiver is ok but when I explained this quiver to him, he thought he would like it. |