Anyone useing knapped heads they made themself for hunting whitetail im thinkin about giving it a try. Just think it would be awsome to take a big game animal with the same equipment that the natives used I already have primitive bow and arrows that i have made but yet to use knapped heads been using steel.
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There are quite a few people here that get it done with primitive weapons of their making and im sure they will chime in. Its my goal to take a deer with weapons of my making. I too have the bow and arrows for it but no head yet. I have flaked several pounds of flint and have not yet made a head to my liking.. I cant get them thin enough... One day i will get there
I shot wheels from age of 6 till about 5 years ago then i met troy breeding when he had a wheel bow shop in missouri and got my first recurve from him fell in love with traditional. A hoyt gamemaster the wheels was gettin to easy so took the recurve challenge then made some recurves for myself and friends.I have taken 17 deer 3 turkeys a black bear in canada a gator in florida lost count on fish and small game all with trad tackel now looking for new challenge all primitive seems the road to take.
Here are some hand knapped arrow heads for hunting white tails... Obsidian arrow head to be precise.
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u301/kirkll/Bows%202012/Big%20Foot%20Obsidian/Arrowheadcloseup600.jpg)
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u301/kirkll/Bows%202012/Big%20Foot%20Obsidian/600widthbows.jpg)
try a search, you can find quite a bit about flint heads;
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=116212;p=1
Took up knapping a couple of years ago. I get one good head out of twenty so I am still learning. Shot a deer two years ago with one of my stone heads and it gave me a feeling of pride that I cannot explain. I think my son was excited as I was.
This years new adventure includes using a self bow that I just finished up and using a stone head on an arrow that I made out of yellow burch and feathers from a turkey that I killed.