Thread: Archery, anyone?

I've been involved in archery for over 30 years and own www.TradTalk.com , which is a site dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in Traditional Archery. I've competed at all levels in 3D competition and enjoy bowhunting for whatever the local game laws allow.

I'd like to get into it once the finances permit it. I know Colleen's into archery and so's one of our Dutch members (I think it's Kees).

We've got quite a few European members on TradTalk. I don't recall having ever seen Kees there, though. Maybe if he reads this.

I've been into it on and off most of my life, I really enjoy it but don't have time for it right now.
Would love to make my own bow one day.
will pop over to your site and have gander.

Not as much as I used to be. I've made several bows over the years. One lightweight rodent bow out of osage, and a medium hunting bow out of sassafras, an elm flatbow, and one out of black locust as well. Got one partially-completed bow in hickory that's intended for knocking around with.

Uh, I love that stuff... Never tried it though. I would love to. I heard of "recipe" for making the bow out of those thin Nordic running skies...

Nenad

I grew up in the country, and I used to make little quick-and-dirty bows out of switch cane for carrying around when I was rummaging around in the woods and didn't want to make a lot of noise with a rifle. You can make a surprisingly useful bow by taking 8-12 switches and arranging them in a staggered pattern so there's a gradual taper towards the ends of the limbs, then tying them together with a good nylon cord or duct tape and tying a bowstring on the ends. For the switchcane around our place that usually worked out to 45-60 lbs of draw.

Ive been shooting instinctively with both compound and traditional equipment since I could draw a bow. That and fly fishing are my two extracurricular passions. I guess one could add straight shaving now. I like all things old and traditional really.

Originally Posted by mparker762

I grew up in the country, and I used to make little quick-and-dirty bows out of switch cane for carrying around when I was rummaging around in the woods and didn't want to make a lot of noise with a rifle. You can make a surprisingly useful bow by taking 8-12 switches and arranging them in a staggered pattern so there's a gradual taper towards the ends of the limbs, then tying them together with a good nylon cord or duct tape and tying a bowstring on the ends. For the switchcane around our place that usually worked out to 45-60 lbs of draw.

Cane (a type of bamboo) works well bundled together to make a bow. It'll shoot an arrow pretty good but it isn't very quiet.

I'd love to try archery. The only stuff around here is compound bows and I think I'd prefer more of a traditional recurve long bow.