I took all my "toys" to my stomping grounds today and had a blast with all of it; bow, musket, kayak, and assorted bushcraftavetry. After some kayak roll practice with my Greenland paddle, I decided to see if I could roll up with a paddle bow (thinking that I might be able to coast inverted into a flock of geese, and then roll up for a jump shot). A 50" bow sure doesn't give much roll lift, (about halfway between a Greenland paddle and a norsaq), but my first two tries were successful, which were caught on film. :D Bless my oldest for filming. He was freezing and just wanted to run up to Grandma's house. Haha!
http://youtu.be/z2CrvrWbzj4
now that is cool!!!!
Looks like fun,
dont know what to say, but if you could strap the bow with the arrow nocked on the deck and roll with your hands?
How hard is it to shoot with the facemask on?
Yeah, having a reliable handroll might help. I'm working on rolls with just a norsaq right now, and handrolls are more miss than hit...at least until warm weather returns and I can squeeze barefoot back into my skin-on-frame.
I thought afterwards that it might be possible to roll with an arrow on the bowstring. Hmmm. Shooting with dive mask on is no sweat. I wear a mask or at least a nose clip for roll practice, since fresh water sinus flushes are just painfull!
Now that's EXTREME! Very nice bow.
That's pretty wild! Do you paddle upside down or drift in to the flock, if you see a big fish while your down there do you shoot it? Lol
How long can you hold your breath?!
You would have to do something to camo-ise the bottom of the boat. I know a couple of guys that noticed a lot of ducks on a stretch of river when the local duck ponds were getting hunted hard. they made a blind for a canoe and did a lazy low in the boat drift and got there limits easily. They thought that it was so easy that they could do it with thier bows. Problem was, one of them shot a nice eight pointer in the first mile, which ended the bow hunt for ducks.
I have a greenland skin on how to build kayak book on my nightstand. Looking up materials as we speak, thats way cool!
steve...no need to hold it, use a straw lol.
Nice roll! I have been a whitewater kayak instructor for years and have never seen anyone perform a "bow" roll.
That is pretty cool. looks cold.
WOW just WOW.... don't see that every day.
Very cool!!
i'm well impressed!! :thumbsup:
cool! :bigsmyl:
Yer havin' way too much fun !!
I'm seeing the next Navy Seal commercial here. :thumbsup:
Pretty cool. How long do you anticipate drifting and how are you going to know when you are "there"?
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That was really cool, but how do you keep your fletching dry?
Ak, Dan, Build that SOF qajaq! It takes quite a bit longer than building a selfbow, but you'll have a handmade custom craft in the end, that weighs half that of a fiberglass sea kayak. (FYI, from my experience with 2 Greenland qajaqs; if you're building a Greenland roller, my advise is to build it width-of-hips wide and no more, with a snug zero-clearance masik, yet big enough under the foredeck to allow wearing booties instead of bare tootsies. Might save you from eventually wanting to re-build one, or making a third.) :saywhat:
"Pretty cool. How long do you anticipate drifting and how are you going to know when you are "there"?" ...By calculating the airspeed velocity of a swallow carrying a coconut, of course!
Oh, yes, and for serious inverted kayak goose hunting, a silly straw snorkel or traditional hollow wooden bilge might be a must! Icy, wet fletchings be darned!
QuoteOriginally posted by Adam Keiper:
Oh, yes, and for serious inverted kayak goose hunting, a silly straw snorkel or traditional hollow wooden bilge is a must!
and some bail money if the warden catches ya! :eek:
you can't hunt waterfowl from anything that conceals you under the surface of the water. :nono: ,
Darn, might have to disguise the kayak as a trojan rabbit instead... :rolleyes:
Trogan Mallard might get you closer to the geese. :p
that was just too cool
this summer was my 25th year kayaking, and I got on the river 65 days. Never once did I ever consider trying to roll my Jackson 'rock star' with my Black widow long bow. Nope never even crossed my mined. But now that I've seen you do it I DON'T HAVE TO. Thanks
That was awesome, good job.