Live Stoner Chat January 2019

[Weed Warrior]

@Dichoti - man you are lucky to have osage orange at your fingertips!! Wish we had that species up here...said to be the very best for making longbows(along with yew)

 

[Jraven]

Morning friends hope everyones off to a good start or finish if that's the case!

 

[Weed Warrior]

I bet but still would be fun to try.

ive been trying for years!! But again wood selection has been rough....hoping that it will all change now that we are seasoning our own!! I am no stranger to working with wood either(ex cabinet maker)

 

[Dichoti]

@Dichoti - man you are lucky to have osage orange at your fingertips!! Wish we had that species up here...said to be the very best for making longbows(along with yew)

If I had the land for it, I'd use my tent to germ and start osage seedlings.
If you look at how many seeds are actually in a hedge apple... I could cover the state with O.O. trees with 20-30 hedge apples lol

 

[Weed Warrior]

I made "caveman" bows when I was a teenager. They worked for killing groundhogs in the garden, and that's about it haha. I used to just find a maple sapling, halve it longways on my dad's tablesaw, then whittle it down to an elongated football shape. As long as the flat side was facing away from you, It had enough power to peg a groundhog to the ground until it bled out.

(Dad's 20ga worked to "speed up" the process if it was bad shot placement)

Haha yeah cool...ive also made some caveman bows. They will work for sure...accuracy though i found to be rather lacking

 

[Weed Warrior]

Morning friends hope everyones off to a good start or finish if that's the case!

hey buddy!

 

[Weed Warrior]

the wood we have cut for staves is 12" diameter sugar maple, split into segments.....there is going to be some winners for sure!! There has to be! LOL

 

[Weed Warrior]

@Dichoti - this is the ultimate in traditional bow building

 

[Jraven]

I've always loved working with wood. I even got to make a little money at it before our shop burned down. That's been a long time ago now.

 

[Growtogrow]

sorry about the loss of you sister.

I was thinking about trying to get some steelhead and salmon through the ice this year, but i doubt the water will freeze the way the season is going (lake huron)
Likely rainbows will have to hold off until last saturday in april for me....walleye, whitefish, burbot, northern pike, jumbo perch, brook trout, black crappie to be caught in the next 2 months!!

Thanks WW I appreciate it.

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