5 Primitive Archery MISTAKES you are probably making 

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The emphasis on a quick kill is to always do everything in your power to prevent the animal from suffering. It's not about killing more efficiently for your own score card. I think that's just Ryan's way of saying his weapons are humane as modern ones if they are used effectively

@@shanejohnson3525 I agree. What I'm saying is that a lot of modern day hunters are missing the point. For them it is bragging rights and a score card. If a person hunts the way Ryan does he has to know the habits and behaviors of animals. Of course you want to make a kill as humanely as possible and that is the end you're going for. But, in our modern day, we have everything from drones to computers to figure out long range shots and many an AR carrying, paramilitary wearing, tech savvy nimrod wouldn't know an oak tree from dogwood and wouldn't know how to process an animal if they killed it. In my opinion technology is ruining the sport. If you limit yourself and put in your time you're going to get a lot more from what you're doing than you would if you go out opening morning, make along range shot, take the carcass to the butcher and get back for the football game. What's the point? I figure a fellow with traditional gear and especially primitive gear is going to pay his dues for success and he's going to be a lot more savvy, a lot more appreciative of the animals he hunts. I've seen a lot of so called hunters come out of their heated blinds thanking the good Lord for the animal they just shot over the corn pile. Baloney! It was a 6.5 fired from long range at an animal the game keeper has been feeding for 4 years. He's probably got him named Oscar.

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Hi my friend outstanding videos and the last one was very funny and family first

First arrow is the one that counts.

@@2anonymous true true

I have seen their work and I have tested fire hardening extensively in the book. They still resorb a lot of moisture through the back of the bow. We tested multiple examples including a stave directly from them and the results always included significant performance loss with moisture resorption. Some we even fired multiple times to the point of ruining the bow just to see if it would in fact repel moisture. While the moisture meter reads low on the belly, the backs read high, but the real story is in the fps decreases as the bows are subjected to humid environments. I highly recommend the secrets and science book. It's very conclusive regarding moisture tests.

@@huntprimitive9918 how's about sinew backing? Also, there are other woods pretty close to Osage, black locust and mulberry for example. Not disputing your conclusions. I know that Osage and yew are the best. But I'd like to know your opinion on those two woods. I've had pretty good success with black locust and found it easier to work than Osage. Not as many pin knots.

N m went to your site found it

cuz i do plan on hunting with very short comanche style warbows. i actually made a 36 incher

btw i used pacific yew

Nowadays I typically test the arrow with no point at all. I just shoot the blunt ended arrow into a hay bale. If it flies good (which it typically does) then I put a stone point on it and I'm ready to hunt. If I need to test with a field point, I use a 70 gr glue on field point

So the material that you remove in changing the blunt end into a tapered tip for the point probably balances out the weight of the added knapped point? Brilliant!

whitewood is a generic term for white colored woods like hickory, elm, ask, etc. Those woods are predominantly sapwood which is more white in color. Compared to woods like osage and black locust which utilize the heartwood and are a darker color. So when someone says whitewood, it's referring to woods like hickory, or bows made of sapwood as opposed to heartwood.