[SJackson]

Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

[carcraft]

My guess is trading , war trophy, or the Guy who lost it was poaching on another tribes land.

[carcraft]

My guess is trading , war trophy, or the Guy who lost it was poaching on another tribes land.

[Bob434]

Fred Bear lost it.

[packagingguy]

“So how did a Yupik hunting bow end up here?”

An Athabascan fellow probably bought it from Yupik traders. Then Democrats threatened a ban on bows and he had an unfortunate “boating” accident.

[Red Badger]

Was lost in a tragic canoeing accident when the local chiefs decided to implement common sense bow and arrow control laws...........

[nicollo]

Let that sink in for a second.

I did, and it didn't sink in. It just sank, like an old bow somebody left behind one day, four hundred years ago.

[minnesota_bound]

You do not lose a bow like that. I bet a bear got em : )
Maybe a moose or a pack of wolves.

[wbarmy]

The bow was found in 2 feet of water. The cold temperature of the water and lack of oxygen probably contributed to the wooden tool surviving out in the elements for so long. The 54-inch long curved strip of wood was transported to the Alaska regional office of the U.S. National Park Service for conservation.

That really doesn't sound right. Even with 0% oxygen, water does things to wood. There is no seemingly possible way it sat there for 400 years and didn't get soft, warp out of shape, something!

Is there a Freeper out there who can explain this.

[Seruzawa]

Let it sink in? Is this some sort of earth shattering find? Stop hyping everything.