To many, the idea of going to the woods, cutting down a tree, crafting a simple longbow, and taking a deer with it is nuts—very cool, but nuts. But for some, the idea is captivating: as it was, and ...
Zach Borger switched from modern compound bows to primitive longbows for a greater challenge ... The 33-year-old from Carbon ...
Rising YouTube star Primitive Technology has a knack for recreating Neolithic tech in the modern era. For his latest trick, he built himself a bow and arrow, using not much more than a stone ax, some ...
WHEN RYAN GILL was 13, his father gave him a stave—or long stick—from a black locust tree, along with a single wood rasp. By the time his dad got home from work that evening, Gill was standing over a ...
Halee Asch, of Westminster, notched an arrow on the string of a freshly hewn bow of black locust wood, took a moment to take aim and let fly with an arrow — and, shortly thereafter, with a beginner’s ...
Building a bow from scratch taught me more about respect for life and balance in the wild than any modern gear ever could.
SECRETS OF THE OMAHA BOW : CRAFT SECRETS OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND TRADITIONALPRIMITIVE ARCHERY INCLUDING HOW TO MAKE A COMPLETE AUTHENTIC 1800S PLAINS INDIAN ARCHERY SET BY WILLIAM VONDERHEY ...
A Pennsylvania archer handcrafts his own arrows from trees, stones, and turkey feathers. Zach Borger switched from modern compound bows to primitive longbows for a greater challenge. The archer has ...