/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>400919

Haha, yep, I've got a couple of stories.

One day, I was out hunting deer with my larger bow - it was carved out of black locust wood, and was about as tall as me unstrung. Didn't see any deer, so I made my way back home, when I was startled by a grouse. It flew about 20 meters before stopping, and then promptly forgot about me. It stood there, facing the other direction, and it was such a perfect shot that I had to take it - despite only having a deer bow with broadheads on it. It had plenty of time to take the shot, and I aimed for the upper body. The arrow flew a bit flatter than I expected, and when I went up to collect my kill, I saw that I cut the head clean off with the blade. The arrow went on another 30 or so meters before pulverizing itself on a rock.

>>400945

There are two nocks that I made with a rat tail file. In a rare case of guidance, an old guy with a bow shop said I should make one groove across the back of the bow to seat the string, as in pic related. The string is just a piece of cotton clothesline. This little bow was my "bird bow", which I used on everything from grouse to geese.

>>400978

I AM QUALIFIED I HAVE MY PHD IN OUTDOORS LISTEN TO ME THANK YOU