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
Homemade bow. I made an English longbow with a walnut riser, leather grip and a flemish string, I made string silencers from a tanned raccoon tail. It is tillered to be 45 pounds at 28 inches.
The bow case I sewed from a piece of denim.
The arrows are cedar. I crested them and fletched them with the feather from a turkey I shot.
I made the broadheads from field points and band saw blade material.
I used leather to make a finger tab, arm guard and field quiver. I decorated them with leather tooling and antler buttons and bear claws.
My camo is homemade as I posted in the "homemade camo" thread.
I made my own portable climbing stand and ladder stand.
I made the safety harness from seat belt material and metal buckles.
The hunting knife is made from an old sawsall blade and a deer antler with deer rawhide.
I get the rawhide from working the hides of the deer I shoot.
I practice into a homemade target.
I would love to sleep in my homemade Tipi the night before the hunt.
If I am successful, I will turn my deer into homemade sausage and jerky.
