traditional way..

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rsb_924

Discussion Starter · Nov 11, 2015

hey guys it's been a while since i have been on here but just wanted to say hi. show some picture of this years hunt and see how everyone else has been. keep in mind i only shoot traditional archery and hunt with arrows i make / build. this year i made arrows from bamboo and home made broadheads. anyway here are some pictures of this years hunt. thanks for looking.

Forehead Chin Sky Military camouflage Beard

Wood Twig Automotive tire Grass Natural material

Insect Arthropod Reptile Scaled reptile Parasite

Military camouflage Plant Hat Marines Air gun

Sky Plant community Mountain Cloud Natural landscape

Military camouflage Camouflage Plant Marines Outdoor recreation

Twig Terrestrial plant Grass Groundcover Bedrock

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wyogoob

· #2 · Nov 11, 2015

Well done!

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Airborne

· #3 · Nov 12, 2015

Way cool! The amount of work put into your setup let alone the amount of shooting it takes to be consistently accurate with trad gear is a testament to your dedication. As a former trad guy I applaud you--that is cool that you make your own broadheads, back when I was in it I thought I was cool just sharpening my own magnus BHs and here you make your own! Keep it up! :grin:

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longbow

· #4 · Nov 12, 2015

Absolutely Freakin' Awesome!!!
You mean to tell me you can kill a deer without a head that expands, slices, dices, minces, fillets and guts your deer??
Seriously though, I want to hear more about those broadheads. Where did you get your metal? Old saw blades?

Well done Randy, well done.

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Jonnyb

· #5 · Nov 12, 2015

That's pretty sweet dude you earned my respect for sure

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kailey29us

· #6 · Nov 12, 2015

That's pretty dang cool!!!

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Springville Shooter

· #7 · Nov 12, 2015

This reaches the highest levels of coolness. I really respect people who have a knack for making normal things extraordinary. ------SS

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rsb_924

Discussion Starter · #8 · Nov 12, 2015

longbow said:
Absolutely Freakin' Awesome!!!
You mean to tell me you can kill a deer without a head that expands, slices, dices, minces, fillets and guts your deer??
Seriously though, I want to hear more about those broadheads. Where did you get your metal? Old saw blades?

Well done Randy, well done.

thanks chuck,
they were made out of 14 gauge sheet metal (soft metal) about the width of a nickle. my cousin had laying around. (he's a machinist by trade.) i asked him if i could make braodheads out of it. so he made a punch and punch a bunch of them out for me. after punching them out they came out to be 3 3/8 long and 1 inch wide and 180 grains after i had shaped them to were i wanted them (to fit the bamboo arrows) they ended up at 2 3/4 long 1 in wide and 135 grain i put a single beveled edge on then at 35 degree angle.. in the one picture (after the shot) it is bent on the tip. i did not do any hardening and tempering with the steel as you can see. with the rest of the cut outs i have i will dot this extra step and hardening tempering them... but for the most part they worked great and held an edge just fine. i will try saw blade next after all theses i have are gone no since wasting them...lol

P.S. i hit the deer in the brisket. his front leg was forward as i hit the brisket it entered the brisket just above the heart took out the top part of the heart and the arteries above the heart and landed in the opposite side shoulder were it bent.. that's when the bamboo arrow had broke.

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