To: Fedora
Several good websites are stickbow, tradgang and primitivearcher. two good periodicals are traditional bowhunter and primitive archer. good books are "the bent stick" paul comstock; Native American bows, arrows, quivers" by Jim Hamm; Hunting the osage bow by dean torges and secrets of the omaha bow by Vonderhey. on stickbow use the search: type in board bows and there are several tutorials that take you step by step. Enjoy, it is a pleasant pastime or cheerful addiction, depending on who is describing it. :-)
To: osagebowman
Wow, thanks for all the resources! Copied that down and will be checking those out. On the pleasant pastime vs. cheerful addiction, I'm already inclining towards the cheerful addiction :) I often find myself starting out, "Okay, I'll shoot X number of practice shots today," but then when I'm done I'll say, "Well. . .maybe 10 more shots. . ."; then a half hour later I'm still there shooting. . . :)
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