To the Bone! The primitive Rendezvous 2014

[mlsthmpsn]

The spider a few days back is a Marbled Orb Weaver....fitting since you were searching for weaving material yourself.

[mlsthmpsn]

Oh, and great thread guys! I'm just getting into archery (mostly a gun dog kinda guy)...I tend to tinker in everything I do, so this is right up my alley.

[Sockrsblur]

Thanks Ron, I'm excited to get this started too! Good luck this year Ron.

Alex that is awesome buddy! I wanted to go this year and learn but didn't make it. That's a great offer, thanks. After our hunting season maybe I could talk to him? Thank you for mentioning it...

Miles I love that you knew that spider, that's crazy to me, good on you. Thanks for the compliment. I grew up with hounds and have a deep love for fine working hounds... so a gun dog kinda guy is cool with me  

[longrifle]

Getting my gear all in order as well, going NO camo on this hunt. Nothing but plaid wools or Moleskin pants.

[Jack Skinner]

I agree with all this is a fantastic thread. Because of it I could not help myself when in the elk woods and collected a bunch of sap. As you all know the beetles have killed much of the lodge pole here in WY. Well the trees have been dead for about 3 to 5 yrs now. Most of the sap is pretty dry, and just crumbled away at my touch, so as I went I just put what I could get in my pocket. Well after a 6 mile 5+hr morning hunt it had soften and stuck to my keys and my pocket what a mess     . Now I carry a zip lock bag. As soon as the leaves fall from the choke cherry I will begin collecting shoots.

[NathanS]

Great thread very motivating!! now i got to go build a bow    keep up the good work!

[Knawbone]

After much preparation the camp is set to hunt, and I now have time to finish building my last two arrows. Don and Gerald and Jim my renowned ungulate hunting brothers of the primitive bow ,are set and ready to go. Details and arrival times have been hashed out, settled, and finalized. What a great group of guys I'm being blessed to hunt with. Hard core hunters each and every one of them. Not only do these men love to hunt deer, but are willing to match wits and tackle their prey using primitive gear from the ground level. Thank you guys, and thank you Lord for bringing this hunt together.


I'll try to get some pictures posted of my gear when I get it finished


COME ONNNNNNNNN.... FRIDAY!!!!!!    

[Soonerlongbow]

Good luck guys!

[Knawbone]

Thanks AL, and thank you all for the nice responses.  

[Sockrsblur]

There is something special about opening day. For the process with all it's highs and lows... Struggles and accomplishments to begin again. In Cuba NY our morning began with rain and heavy fog...

     

With an east wind I took a different approach to my hunting area. As the fog lingered i kept a watchful eye toward the field while I still hunted 20 yards inside the face of a woods. Often there are large scrapes under the drooping oak branches where the woods and field meet, often deer beds just inside the woods, always rubs on the old logging roads leading toward the field... This is prime hunting ground. Moving through cover slowly is a challenge for me early in the season... Its like I need to refine that slower gear, those stealthy movements.

As I progressed further along the field edge a blow down tree top pushed me deeper into the timber. As moved slowly back toward the woods edge more of the field came into view. About the time I could see the field rather well I saw a year and a half old spike that had found my wind take his first of many big loping bound along the woods edge towards safety.

Those long graceful seemingly effortless bounds, that flagging twitchy big white tail, the forward curving bone like antlers mostly obscured by his ears.... That's it.... It has begun! I am a hunter again and I feel very alive    

[Knawbone]

My last two heads built from blue ribbon spring steel. R/C 50-52



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[Knawbone]

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My bow is a Ryan Gill snaky Osage 51 @ 27 deer antler tip overlays. Both steel tipped arrows weigh 562 grn. One is made with a shoot shaft, and the other is plant steak bamboo.I made the add on nock for the boo arrow.The quiver is made of buffalo hide.

[ron w]

More cool stuff........      

[Pat B]

It's all up to you now! oh, and the deer.    

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Great stuff guys.  When  is the hunt again?  is it next weekend or the weekend after?

[Knawbone]

The hunt was this last weekend Charlie. We all had a fantastic time. Don hunted until today.He left for home this morning. I'm sure the other guys will chime in soon. I want to thank Jim, Gerald and Don for making such a memorable weekend. Thanks again guys. May God bless your hunting season!  

[ron w]

So how did you guys do......I'm sure all had a good time!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

   

[Sockrsblur]

The hunt was awesome and I feel confident saying we all had a great time at David's property. I really enjoyed being some place different, seeing someone else's piece of paradise materialized by sweat and hard work. David, Gerald, and I had spent enough time together that I felt we slipped into a comfortable relationship...Don was a great addition to the group. Unfortunately David's brother was unable to make the gathering so it was the four of us Fri, Saturday, and Sunday.

I drove from our hunting camp in Cuba, NY to David's house near Corning, N.Y. a little over an hour away. I arrived about 130pm to see Don and Gerald talking beside a tractor and trailer of gear. It was the tee wam express! Davids way to transport all our gear to our camp teepee... and it worked great.

[Sockrsblur]

 

David's 25' Tee Wam was amazing! An impressive site from the first look, it's a well crafted shelter with all the comforts one would want. There was a perfect sized wood stove inside that we used Saturday night when it dropped to 33 Degrees. We were toasty as can be inside with enough fresh air to breath.

   

Inside there was an awesome fitted flat stone floor. Around the inside edge there was 5 built wooden platforms to set our cots on. The cot was velcrowed to the platform to keep it steady.