Damn

Modern hunters strive for a quick kill to minimize suffering, ideally 1 or 2 arrows. This also increases the chance of recovery. A bow like this would not be suitable for buffalo for modern ethical hunting.

@@Lost_Hwasal I think the serious buffalo hunting bows where bigger or used at closer range

@@Lost_Hwasal Quite right but when it is your dinner and there are no grocery stores you don't care about that kind of things.

@@ReasonAboveEverything Of course, we live in the age of grocery stores though. So youre talking about something that doesnt exist anymore.

There are lots of videos on how to make them on utube on how to make bows

@@Theresalove34 No kidding Mr Bill Jarvis, but the comment is referring to this!

Yes please

I would love a how to so I can make one too.

I'd watch it I love primitive crafting videos

Aye that, Laddie, but the sound of hard flesh slapping against the soft is quite pleasing as well !!!

@Grim Peeper aye, you're not wrong. We each have our weaknesses for the sound of glory

@@DonMorganSeawolf 😄😄

Oh interesting! Thanks for the info and for watching!

For that exact reason with the deer is why Aragorn was given a bow in the first place as originally he wasn't going to have one. But then Viggo Mortensen came to Peter Jackson and said to give him and/or asked for Aragorn to have a bow as "How would he get any food when traveling?" Or something along those lines. And thus Aragorns short bow and quiver of arrows were added to his bedroll kit.

Found the scene on YT - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5qVpZt2ydeWd6M.html&ab_channel=Gollum

here my dad bought me a bow, then ax, then knife all before I 11...then I took up fencing kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jc6GoZeXsLq6dIU.html

ROFL-- great educational movie, I'm sure.

you built a new bow every year? I guess the regular "training" in bow building made you quite fast, still I though building a bow is quite time consuming and you need to dry wood before? Which tools did you use to build, which tips for arrows? What did you hunt with it? Sorry for the many questions

@@tterexx426 Once a month not year. Always had the next one under construction. All were from green wood and slowly hardened over a fire and continuously rubbed down with fat until they would take no more. Tools, hatchet, small draw knife made for bow making, sharpened side of planer blade and 4 way wood file rasp. Tips were mostly bone and nails with the had for flat blunt tip or glass. Rabbits. fish, stupid chickens (grouse), ducks, geese and birds. Lived on mostly small game.

@@luckylarry5112 yeah meant to write "month" instead of year 🙈 That's so cool. I just shot my first grouse a few months ago (in Finland) and was soooooo happy - but with rifle instead of bow. Bow hunting grouse would be a dream - but my bow skills are yet far from that. And I will have to go to another country again because they are rare and protected here and can't be hunted. The lifestyle you tell of kinda sounds like a dream to me. But one dream after another next goal will be bow hunting (also not allowed where I live, but in Finland it is - so I will be going there again once my bow skills are enough to pass the bow test there). And then probably build my own bow. You say, cold destroys bows?

@@luckylarry5112 and thanks for the fast response by the way

Carrying the weight of ammo sucked so you made a bow? You can't tell me an arrow is lighter than a bullet. Plus, a gun can shoot way faster, is easier to use, and bullets are less likely to miss, when they hit a branch or something. So EVEN IF arrows were lighter, they would have to be much lighter, for a bow to be a reasonable option for self defense.

Hahahahahah

Yes

“Do you want to explode?”

Just wait until he discovers primitive brick throwing techniques

OP cheats though, most of his kit is mass produced Chinese LARP costume. And our boy PT is an Aussie. He'll be lobbing beer bottles at him long before he comes into bow range.

@The Head Reacher Bwaaahaaa. 😂😂😂 Ribbit.

Well a little tidbit from somewhere I heard that the English Longbow isn't really from England, but borrowed from somewhere else. Admittedly they are the first to us it in war that they. Don't know how true it is but the person used facts to back it up just don't remember where I heard it from. Might make an interesting look at.

@@johnree6106 here's a link that presents the history well: www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Longbow/

@@BeetleBuns Thanks it was the Welsh that they where mentioning but I was surprised that a Longbow was found in other areas also.

It has pretty much always been illegal to bow hunt on the island of great britain given how the forests belonged to the king and you could get in trouble for shooting his deer

Glad you enjoyed it buddy! I'll bring it along when we finally get round to meeting 😊

@@FandabiDozi if u shoot it like a cross bow it will be way more accurate

Awesome! Something to add to the next bow then I think! Thanks for the info!

can i please get a source on this?

@@quartzteeth8429 Well as further information the longer bow also often had a metall end up in the north of Scandinavia to be able to be used as a staff while skiing. This is well documentet if you just google. As an example of this is page 76 of this long document: www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1226157/FULLTEXT01.pdf unfortunately in swedish but I'll quote one passage: "I nedre änden sitter en järnsko där en skidstavskringla varit fäst; bågen har alltså fungerat som skidstav vid jakten vintertid"/"at the lower end is an iron shoe to which a ski pole pretzel has been attached; the arc has thus functioned as ski pole when hunting in winter." Drammensfjord area in south-eastern Norway has still living tradition of these bows and I have in my own family and others heard the same stories. I don't know if there are any english documents about this but much of these special details about old things aren't common knowledge nowadays - even among scholars. They tend to make one find and generalize out of that. I just happened to like sitting with the old people and listen to them sharing their knowledge ever since I was a child. I believe them but ofc people always believe documents someone not familiar to them has written more. Such is the way of our age.

No it's made that way so tht when you shoot your enemies the can't pull it out

@@joshlower1 these kind of arrows is/was not made to haunt other humans. I know no animal able to pull out an arrow by itself. I guess there is no such animal.

@@stormnr2 That's a bold statement considering humans have been warring against each other since inception.

Bowhunting (inc bow fishing) is unfortunately illegal in the UK, so he might not be able to. I'd love to see it too though

@@tomhannigan2234 What is legal in the UK? 🤓🍻

@@alsaunders7805 Only what the monarch and government say is legal. Exactly like it'll be in USA when Biden/Harris get in.

@@timbayliss7720 Yeah that's what I'm worried about. My only consolation is that my vote didn't do it.😪🍻

@@timbayliss7720 not going well for B&H.....we DO NOT COMPLY WITH TYRANNY! As a 13th generation American with ancestors from Isles of Mann & Skye, I stand for my rights to live free.

Its a very rewarding thing! Good luck with it!

it gets better 52 went to doctor 1st time in 40 years dr sez i'm in perfect health;;;receptionist asks me next appt...when I'm 104? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jc6GoZeXsLq6dIU.html

Thanks for the support over the years buddy!

It's a shame from a bow nation to ban hunting with bows.

@@Bergerons_Review ridiculous isn't it?

They have a system that if its not authorized it's illegal. Since there is no law authorizing you to make a bow than its illegal.

More in germany

If its an offensive weapon,.. yes

Lol

Not allowed in UK, target shooting only permissible with a bow and arrow.

@@timbayliss7720 really? Sheesh...

Hey again! Its a great thing to learn! Very satisfying! The arrows arn't too hard, but a bit fiddly. Feathers often have a natural twist in them anyway. Thanks so much for supporting me over the years and always leaving a supportive comment! Have a great day!

Your Highness, practice and trial/error is valid way to go, having experienced instructor cuts time though. few pointers below. Making a bow require you to pay attention to the growth rings, try avoiding cutting them on side away from you, it weakens the bow A LOT for this reason splitting is better than saw. arrows are also best made from split wood straightened by heat and/or steam. Putting feathers is fiddly, try few times with just beeeswax (as "glue") and thread to get technique right. Good luck Örjan

Forgot to mention, many archery ranges/clubs have days you can go there and try archety for free with a volonteer instructor, just few arrows downrange but...

Making a bow and archery can be completely free! :)

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550 cord

Good idea 💡 though. I never thought of that.

I'll look it up! Thank you!

With his short bow the arrow is being pushed by the string for a much shorter time and distance before it leaves the string hence the need for the high poundage. Hope that makes sense.

Longer arrows have more forward weight so they are more accurate the First Nations who used these bows would us arrows up to 30 inches because they were more accurate super short arrows would need really big fletching to make em fly straight and they would slow the arrow down it could work but it would be a lot of work

@@avidanglerorobsession6127 thanks for those little tidbits!! i have always wondered why those arrow guides weren't more prevalent!

@@avidanglerorobsession6127 some first nations used long arrows with short bows, but a lot of the arrows collected from plains tribes used short arrows around the 20"-24" mark

@@avidanglerorobsession6127 To add, longer arrows are more aerodynamically efficient, as they carry more mass for a given frontal cross section area. Not really a concern at short range hunting distances, but definitely an advantage in military archery.

dylan holderman yes arrows of 20 to 24 inches were used and I have had some very accurate arrows as short as 18 inches but arrows the the guy who commented was referring to seem that they would be around 10 inches witch is much shorter

according to google "Hunting with the bow and arrow was prohibited in the UK in 1965"

Its how I started shooting as I was self taught as a kid. Then someone told me it was wrong so I learned to shoot on the left. I know know many cultures shot right side! so felt a bit cheated! haha

Thanks it always best to line up on your dominate eye. However it is easier is best. I really enjoyed your video.

I've seen that done before. Good suggestion.

I've used that for blowgun darts and even after thousands of shots they're still going.

3 days is only the longest I've done. Would be interested to try for longer for sure

@@FandabiDozi thanks for replying!