Well after spending countless hours on the Bowyers bench and searching every thread that I could find here along with many other resources and a ton of help from The Gang I have managed to finish my primitive setup for the upcoming bow season.

Osage character bow pulling 47# at 28" that I finished about a month ago.

Tonkin cane shafts with turkey feather and goose feather fletching from birds that I took. Stone heads made by one of our own, Bill Skinner And A nice simple plains style quiver made by me from deer skin.

 

 

 

 

Wish me luck guys it should be a journey in it's self.

I will also be hunting with my Striker slapstick but I really hope to get a chance at the big boy I seen last year and have seen this year as well with this rig.

Stiks

Awesome...good luck

Nice looking set-up  

Stiks.
Good luck with that set up. To me it's the ultimate challenge. I really like the equipment you've made. One of my goals in the not so distant future. I hope. Any harvest with primitive equipment is truly a trophy.  Thanks for sharing.

Magnus

Good lookin' gear, now go get'em..  

That is an awesome looking set up.  Simple and effective.  I hope to be using the same kind of equipment next year or the year after.

That looks like a great set up. It takes alot of work to get a full set up made,you been busy for sure. I'm still collecting staves for this winter. Maybe next year for me.

Very cool looking setup.  Good luck and good hunting.

Very nice set up you have there sir, Good luck & take lots of pics of the hunt.

Good luck! Great looking setup!

You putting Copperheads on it?

Not this one Keith, Got plans for another bow with the copperheads.

WOW.... Awesome setup!!!!!            

Great looking combo. Good luck!

Great Job! Good luck to you..

Stiks, love to see more pics of the selfbow. I am working on my first. It is a juniper stave. I am just starting to tiller it now that it is shaped. What did you put on it for a finish? Good hunting!
David

Very cool!!!  Good luck!  

Total primitive is something I have always wanted to do.
All I need to do is:
-Fell a suitable osage tree, split a stave, and learn how to chase a ring.
-Learn how to flint knap
-Dry some sinew, from a deer I killed myself.
-Collect some river cane and make some arrows.
-Fletch arrows with feathers from a wild turky I killed myself.
I better get started!!

Nice set up Kris. The ball is in your court now!

Snag, I used deft satin wood finish You can see some good pics of the bow in the bowyers bench.

The only thing I didn't harvest or make was the heads and shafts. Bil Skinner made the heads which are awsome and fly great and I bought the Tonkin cane shafts from Primalneedarchery. David sent me some real good ones.

I plan on learning how to do a little knapping this winter so maybe next year I will be using my own heads.

...I have killed many now .."primitive"  The first was a Ohio Button buck (20 some years ago) ..I hit him high but dropped him with a spine shot... I WAS SO PROUD !!! Stone point and short selfbow 60# @ 22 " draw. Last year I shot my biggest Ohio Primitive Deer with stone point.... 8 point Ohio Buck. Hit him @12 yards ..past through both lungs. He wen't about 40 yards if I recall. Yes You will get hooked... But what a ride it will be ...Jeff