a little reward for a lot of effort came the other day while on a hunt for pigs. i've been trying my hardest at trying to take something with some 'organic' arrows i made up. nothing that doesn't come from the earth went into these arrows!
the morning started off well because i saw a boar on the 1st swamp i came to. i slid in to 10m only to blow it with a poor shot an inch over its back. to add to my disapointment it was with the only arrow that was wearing a point that i knapped myself. it disappeared into the swamp forever. back to where it came from i guess....the earth.
a chance at redemption followed latter that day though. i snuck in to about 20m from a mob in another swamp but not happy at shooting that far with an arrow that took me longer than i care to guess to make, i backed out and repositioned for an ambush as i could see where they were feeding too. this little boar walked out and presented a shot from about 8m. i let him have it and i it him a little higher than i would have liked but i saw blood straight away, not lots but enough to tell me that it might still be a good shot.
i followed up soon after.....no blood. bitter disapointment engulfed me again. my mate and i searched around the little mangrove islands where he ran too and my mate found him a few moments before i would have. oh how quickly disapointment can turn to happiness. finally, after much effort i had achieved another goal, to shoot something with a stone point. the next goal...to get something with a point of my own making. so close yet so far......
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/IMG_1896.jpg)
it was quartering slightly towards me and the arrow went in angling down because it was so close. the point severed a rib took out one lung and lodged beside the knee in his off side ham. i think the motion of him running broke the point from the shaft. the point was recovered intact.
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/IMG_1903.jpg)
many thanks to bill skinner who so kindly gave me the point. :notworthy:
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Good Job !!!!
Nice accomplishment Clint. Don
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Congrats Clint,that point is stunning and made a great job.
Awesome pics and story ! Congrats !
Very cool! Way to go.
-Jeremy
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Way to go Clint, looks like it did the job.
Good job Your Bob Lee is racking up an impressive kill record.Keep it up Kip
Nice job Clint!
Greatness right there....wow I'm jealous
Great Job! Congratulations!
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Thanks for sharing!
Good job. Beautiful point!
Way to go Clint! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Cool!! Great hunt! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapper:
How cool is this? Way!! I'm saying.
Thank you for sharing the making of your rocks and the taking of game with them.
God bless,Mudd
Great job Clint!
I have some heads I got from Bill and they are sweet for sure. Nice to see what they can do. I plan on taking a deer with the heads he sent me and hopefully will have a story as good as yours.
Congrats! Stiks
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Now that's a hole :thumbsup: .
Very Awesome!!
Way to go, Clint. And now for a buff! d;^)
.... SWEET, NICE !!! ...To a nother "STONE PUSHER"
Very cool, Clint
Very nice!
Very cool Clint :thumbsup:
Way to Rock his World Clint. :bigsmyl:
Very nice good job. :)
Now that is just too cool! Great job! :clapper:
Great entrance wound I bet there was a good blood trail...right to the bbq...Yum
The pic with the stonepoint and the lung is great. :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: Congrats! Well done!
Yes!! good job, I need to show this to my friends :archer:
Way to go! It is amazing how big a hole you can put in a pig and how small the blood trail is. Bill
Awesome Clint!
Fantastic stuff!
too cool!
J
Now that the way to hunt.
Congrats bud it is very well deserved, one day I'll learn to knap my own points but till then I'll just be envious of those who have achieved this goal.
Great stuff, Clint! Congratulations on your first successful hunt with stone!
What did you use to adhere the point to the wood? We chatted a little about the pitch you used when you tested stone points on a dead buff. I was a bit concerned then that the points' breakage pattern might have been due to weak/brittle adhesive. If this point was fastened with the same stuff, I'd sure recommend something different -- like five-ton epoxy. I've never had one (or seen one) come completely off the shaft like yours.
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woody- i used some pine pitch that i made up. pine resin, charcoal, manure and bees wax. isn't that what is normally used or is there a better resin/pitch to use? i know you can use epoxy but i wanted to use a primitive method. i have some spinefex that i gathered from central australia. its resin was used by our natives as an adhesive. i'm going to try that too.
what do you use besides epoxy?
thanks for the help by the way. one of the points you made me for the buffulo testing was with me on this hunt. i touched up the tip and rehafted it for use on a scrub bull but i never got the chance at one. next time......
Thats great.
Great job.Congrats
Nice work!!! Enjoy the BBQ. :notworthy:
Very cool! I'm going to try stone on my black bear hunt next month. What was that point made from, George Town?
What a nice bow... glad to see it's working hard for you!
Clint, I played with a few things like asphaltum and pine pitch but quickly settled on epoxy. You're quite right that it's not naturally occurring stuff, but it's so strong it keeps the point in position so that it penetrates deeper and cuts more. That's a trade-off I'm okay with. YMMV. :)
Congrats!!!
Well struck
So awesome! I have a special flint head that I really need to get into some flesh and vital organ. This might be the year.
Very cool! I have thought about trying knapped heads with my self bow, but since I have to trouble a buddy to make 'em for me I have hated to shoot one and risk damaging/dulling one.
How do they shoot? Rock is surprisingly light compared to a similar profile steel head.
they shoot just fine. mount them and spin test them like you would with any other head and they will fly just as good. i weigh the point i intend to use then tune the shaft using a field point of the same weight then haft the point. i test shoot it into some styrofoam to double check then retouch the edge a little then it goes hunting.
don't think about damaging one, they are just a rock afterall. target panic will set in if you worry about damaging them.
Well done Clint, looking forward to the next one.
Thats great! Its a great feeling when it all comes together. Congrats!
:thumbsup: Good lookin' point. Good shot along with a good story. Way to go... :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Congrats, ozy!
Bisch
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The perfect reminder of how Mankind has survived and thrived for 40,000 years or so prior to gunpowder and microwaves being invented! Great shot!!!!