Building wooden Recurve Bow from Tree and Bow Hunting

In this video Clay Hayes shows the entire primitive bow building process from start to finish. This time we'll be building a wooden recurve bow form a tree and bow hunting with it towards the end of the video. This bow is made from an osage orange tree and backed with elk sinew and snake skins. This process is basically the same for most wooden bows regardless of whether they are a longbow, recurve bow, flatbow or some other design. Here are the links I mention in the video: https://www.twistedstave.com/shop/master-bowyer-dvd-3-disk-set/ https://www.twistedstave.com/shop/traditional-bowyers-handbook-bow-building-book/ https://www.patreon.com/clayhayes The bow building process starts with harvesting and splitting bow staves. Once the staves are dried to an internal moisture content of around 10% or less a drawknife is used to chase a ring on what will be the bow's back. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel. We're uploading a new video each week that features one of the following topics: archery, bow hunting, bow building, survival skills, bushcraft, self reliance, primitive skills, primitive bows, hunting, camping, fishing, and a lot more! Big thanks to our partners who help support these videos! https://www.3riversarchery.com/ https://seekoutside.com/dst-tarp/?utm_twistedstave https://www.vortexoptics.com You can also connect with me on my other media outlets! Website: https://www.twistedstave.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clayhayeshunter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clayhayeshunter/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/clayhayes