How to Make a Bundle Bow
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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In this video Doug teaches you how to make three different types of 'Bundle Bows', from willow or bamboo to fiberglass poles, and with bank line to duct tape.
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Great stuff! Thx!
so it is a tripod lash for the rafts?
Hey Corporals Corner - I use what's called a 'Wrap & Frap', popularized by the Boy Scouts. You lay the sticks flat and wrap around all of them, without letting them bunch up. (That's the Wrap.) Then turn your string 90-degrees and wrap in-between the sticks, around the Wraps of string. (That's the Frap.) So you end up with a +++ pattern if you look at the face of the rafts.
I know this is probably a bad idea and likely will not give any benefit but, I am going to do a double bow version of this if it is at all possible.
These bows are just for emergency , but I have made a hazel bundle bow 10 years ago
( about 50 lbs ) , and is in totally function today , an is even more powerfull because the hazel sticks are dry now .
Anyway , great video mate !!! 😀😀😀
Thanks Ion! Agreed, these are fantastic bows. I'm a little jealous of your access to hazel! Appreciate the info/reference to a 10 year old bundle bow still shooting 50 pounds. Good information to have. Thanks again!
Ion Sorin Porojan
A 50# bow still in use > 10 years is not an Emergency Bow, imnsho !
@@TrackerScout Shut up dude.
50!?
Excellent video
I made one out of curiosity using river cane, then by chance I found this video. What are the odds?
Ficou muto bom qual a precisão da flecha ficateo grato
Any chance ud be willing to shoot these bows for us and measure speed and give us an idea how the feel? It was an excellent vid good info thanks!
How heavy do you think the small bundle bow would be when dried?
Would it be possible to make a bundle bow out of reeds (phragmites)?
I’d say no because reeds (phragmites in particular) are even at their thickest quite thin and even once dry they provide almost no flex or snap-back. Plus they tend to split.
best bow in the extreme situation !!!!!! simple immediate strong ##bravo....
Thanks Danny Lee! Agreed, these are an excellent weapon to have in the 'back pocket'.
Can you make it out of tree branch? Just wondering
Seu arco recurvo alcança uns 100 metros
How do you stop the string from slapping your hand not your forearm but the palm that’s gripping the bow? It’s seems like because the string is so close to the bow it slaps my hand.
Try rotating your hand/arm inward toward the bow. Might seem light a slight arc. But if you focus on just the hand/wrist, with letting the point where the bow rests on the hand as the focal point, rotate outward.
nice
Hey, great information and just a quick question. Would we beable to use forsythia to make these stacked bows? I use it for arrows, but I'm always left with beefy sticks left over. Thanks again..
Jay
With a bundle bow, as long as the material is fairly straight and has some flex to them, it won't matter what you make it out of.
Hey Jay - good thinking. Best to just give it a shot. Maybe start with a lightweight/quick one to test the forsythia. I've saved forsythia for just this reason, but have yet to get around to it. (Always more projects to do than I have time for.) My guess is that it's too brittle once dry (at least what I've had access to). But using thinner pieces (and more of them), may allow for the needed flex. Post here if you get around to it. I'll do the same.
@@goneferalprimitiveskills2444 are you feral in the sense that you have reverted back to your primitive instincts and now you never take showers and hunt your own food?
@@goneferalprimitiveskills2444 I would think if you made the bow while the canes were green, and drew the bow from time to time, the the fibers would retain some flexibility. Similar to how you do with hardwood during tillering to set the fibers up before full drawing.
Nice man, thank you very much!
Hi, for the 3 bow, what cord did you use?
Paracord
Nice job. I built a bamboo bundle bow recently. It was 1/2" bamboo, 54"L, 80# at 22" draw. So I need to use less than 4 pcs I guess.
I,ll try your 3pc. Thanks
Excellent! 80 lbs, wow! Let us know how the 3pc works out.
thanks
even though it look ugly but i like the idea.
What's ugly? the only thing that's ugly is u. Oh oh don't even get me started roasting you. What's up with your name? Ghosztfaze sounds like what a 5 year old would name their roblox account. That gramar though. that's what I would say if I was a crack head like you. Wow 2 likes let me guess you liked your own comment and who's your second like your grandma? And what does that 09 stand for? Ohhh yeah I remember that was how many times you got dumped on. And oh oh don't even be angry or comment back at me because you'll just humiliate your self.
Kinda reminds me of the bow Dutch made in the jungle.
Right on, Seph. We even reference Swarzenegger in 'The Predator' at the beginning of the video. Nice job remembering the character's name! This is exactly what he makes. Though his was a little 'heavier' than what we're making here. (Unless you subtract the Hollywood factor.)
@@goneferalprimitiveskills2444 should hear my Schwarzenegger impersonation. Text does it no justice. So you cooked up a story and dropped the six of us into a meat grinder.... Great video
For the first bow how did you make the nocks?
For the first bow (just three sticks), you'll need to either: 1) carve step-nocks into the 'back' of the bow (side facing away from the archer) which you can see on the bow I'm holding around 1:21, OR 2) use build-up nocks: basically soak some string in glue and wrap around the limb ~1" from each end, so it creates enough of a ledge for the bowstring to catch.
@@douglashill9506 okay thank you very much.
Use this bow with cattail arrows, and yer in business !
Btw, love that half-log field table !
Right on, IAC - cattails make great, lightweight arrow shafts - especially when fitted with a solid wood foreshaft. And though they grow worldwide, they actually don't grow near our 9500' field school.
And thanks for noticing the table! It's seen a lot of use and takes a pounding. Ripped it with a chainsaw, but you could split it with a few wedges instead. Then drilled the holes with an old auger and carved the legs to fit with a knife. So easy to knock out in a bush setting and you can make it to any comfortable working height you like. Inspiration came from my time with Steve Watts in North Carolina. He had several.
well, I looked at the tiller of the second bow and I thought I should not have done that. Please take your time when you are making things.
I always wonder, I guess I goof when mine went in the neighbors yard. Indeed, it will work, be a good idea to wrap the center of the bow for flex , as well for your hand so the arrow have something to rub against. You can also lash a stick that goes of to the side, for the arrow travel through .
Hi Tony, I think you're talking about an arrow rest? With a lot of primitive bows, we just shoot the arrow off the back of our hand (top nuckle). Long-term, it's helpful to wear a glove to protect the hand or to build an arrow rest for accuracy. I think the suggestions you made could work.
I just watched a predator, and I started to wonder if it is possible to make a bow that has the strength to pierce a tree😀,but then you need someone like Dutch to draw a bow like that.
Did shane from fight tips get lost
0:16
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When did Jake Gyllenhaal get lost in the woods?
I'll gladly take the compliment! Thanks @watson
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Bird hunt
Not entirely true, you show the common perception of what bundle bow should look like, so make yours the same.
Not entirely sure what you mean here, Inspired. This video shows how to make at least 3 different types/methods of bundle bows. All are made within the span of the video.
yeh was a good bow and by the look of it a pretty sturdy build with good poundage, but a half an hour vid...for a bundle bow...with all due respect, a person could construct their own quicker than watching this.
Hey Aaron, right on. You'll notice, though, that we make 3 different types of bundle bows in the half-hour video.
Aaron, where's your video ?
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