remember kids, donny has worked decades to make things look that easy when he does them. dont despair when it doesnt look that way when you do it, just keep trying, practicing, etc.
Exactly. I can only advise any aspiring bowyer to join the bowyer subreddit and get a copy of the bowyers bible somewhere. Both teach you a lot, but the most important lesson for me was: the walls of the workshop of even the best bowyers are lined with broken sticks. Takes some time, and every broken stick that failed to become a bow is a lesson learned
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracksDonny(can I call you Donny?) I know you we're talking to Ryan, but now I'm also inspired With this new found inspiration I'm gonna Stay inside and keep watching youtube!
i made this once for fun on a nice summer day with my best friends. The result wasnt that bad with the fact that we did not dry the wood and that we had no clue what were doing. Years later i already have "real" bows and if i would build one myself again, it would probabaly turn out pretty well. As long as u listen to the basics, u can defenitely build a little bow that can hunt little animals. U just need a knife, a little axe or something to hit the knife, a string and selfmade arrows that use some feathers for stabilization.
@@daveyb6129 Not in a day that will last, green wood lacks the strength and takes set almost immediately. It's not a coincidence that after literally thousands of years of collective experience bowmaking there's not a successful bowyer on this earth that thinks you shouldn't season your staves.
@@daveyb6129 You're not as experienced as the entire collective human consciousness. Green wood takes set and is prone to warp as it dries, no two ways about it.
@daveyb6129 as strong as a compound bow? If you are refering to draw weight then sure fair enough but nearly any compound bow that is suitable for hunting will outperform pretty much any wooden bow but if you are talking about kenetic energy on arrow impact then i doubt you have made bows or atleast used a compound bow Been making bows, arrows and different types of arrowheads before i hit my teens even used them to feed myself when i was homeless, a wooden bow cannot compare to a compound bow, the first time i used a compound bow after about 5 years experience making my own bows and a few years hunting with them i immediately knew the gap in performance between wooden bow and compound bows, its a night and day difference. Wooden bows start with maximum force on the arrow the moment you loose then the string slows down merely guiding the arrow forward similarly to how a gun barrel keeps the projectile going in a relatively straight path. A compound bow however when fully drawn has the least amount of force applied to the arrow when you loose due to the way the cams work this is felt when drawing the bow back and is called let off and then rapidly accelerates drastically increasing the amount of force and speed on the arrow which is why its not uncommon to have a compound bow loose an arrow at over 300fps which results in a tremendous amount of kenetic energy being stored in the arrow. A wooden bow does have a higher potential to store energy but that doesnt translate to more force put behind the arrow and will not outperform the mechanical advantages a compound bow has. I love traditional archery and traditional bow hunting they will always have a place in my heart but if i had to choose between wooden or a compound its going ti be the compound every day of the week, the accuracy, speed of shots and increased range is going to greatly increase my chances at putting food on the table not to mention are more compact which allows more oppertunities to take game if there is thick vegetation i wont have to worry about a limb hitting a stray branch and throwing off my shot making me miss entirely or even worse maiming my quarry and causing an inhumane shot
We used white willow here in the bottom lands.My dad made me many bows from them & the tree was still green.I keep recalling how much my dad taught me especially since he didn't seem to be teaching me anything but I know better now. He passed in 2013 at 83.Thanx Pop,you taught alot more than I thought I knew about survival.
🧍♂️: gets lost 🧍♂️: gets rescued while waiting for bow wood to dry Edit: I appreciate all the helpful advice. The original comment was meant as satire. I’ve done survival training and am capable of living off the grid in an emergency even without my pack. Lots of helpful folks with good advice in the replies too. God bless
@@j-bob_oreo my comment is sarcasm. Knowing how to make a bow in the wild is 100% a valuable skill, though the caption says “easy survival”. Snares, traps, slings, etc are much faster and easier to work with than waiting a month for a bow to dry, etc.
@@FknUsrnm3 You could do this with a fresh piece as well. It´s just not going to be as good. But you could cut two or more pieces. Dry all but one and use that one until the wood dries. You can also harden and straighten it using a fire if it´s not completly dry.
😂 I saw something similar on Clay Hayes' channel. Once he was ready to test his primitive bow, his dog Cedar kept wanting to fetch the arrows. What loveable scamps😊
@@StuartKerr-vp4ph I mean you're asking someone where their father is, not knowing whether this person even has one? Or whether the fathers just not present? I get your point but it felt more personal than just trying to make a point
Well... depends. Making small game worth bows and arrows is pretty easy, both for the bow and the arrow. The tiller on the bow will be pretty light, so you aren't likely to break it, and the arrow can literally be a stick with some thistledown glued on the end with pitch (obviously feather fletch flies straighter, but thistledown works, and small game shots are generally not from far away). For really high performance bows and arrows, you need a higher poundage and possibly a backing depending on the wood you are using, a REALLY strong cordage, and you have to either have microlith foreshaft arrowheads or be good enough to make a knapped broadhead. Both are tricky at first, and the performance scales with the effort. Cheers!
@MichaelW-vj6wx you also run the risk of the stave checking and having it become useless. Leaving the bark on the stave will usually always prevent that from happening on the back of the bow if you can't seal the ends and exposed grain.
if youre in a survival situation and have to wait 28 days for your wood to dry youre fucked anyway. this is a primitive living hobby not a survival skill
Thanks, mate, for the excellent tutorial. The back of the bow has long fibres which are very elastic, while the belly of the bow (with its denser heartwood) resists compression, trying to force the bow back into its original shape until it's constrained by the bowstring (keep this well waxed to avoid it wicking up moisture & loosening). This kind of bow can be augmented by steaming the bow to soften the wood, flexing the bow into a double curved shape & keeping it in a rigid jig until dried. You can also steam the willow staves that you're using for arrows to make them straighter for better accuracy.
That would liberate your digipeasant brain and make it develop towards independence and self-governance. And we know the schooling institution exists for the exact opposite purpose, to stump this growth early, replace it with dullness and keep you as a suckling for the rest of your life.
that would be awesome if teached in this way, many kids would like going to school much more. overall having a "survival and nature" subject in school, would probabaly become the most loved one by all students. where they learn how to plant crops, fruit and vegetables, go fishing, learn to identify plants and berrys, make fire / fire spots and ovens, treat wounds, clean water, build a weatherproof camp etc.
Dude i always see you make awesome tools out of nothing, im learning as i can but its nice to see someone still using these skills. Modern technology has eliminated the need, but technology wont last for ever.
I learned recently that a bow without a straight path in it for the arrow must be held a bit off center for the arrow to fly straight. Anyone who tries to make this, research that and keep it in mind, lest you give up on a totally usable bow.
Im not an experienced bowyer but from what i have tested i believe conifer branches are an ideal choice for a quick survival bow atleast for small game. They actually work better when fairly green and they take about 10-15 minutes to make. In Scandinavia where im at the Sami used to cut down a spruce branch and make a quick bow for when they needed to hunt squirrel or the like in a pinch. There's a guy from finland with the channel name Ugri Archer who demonstrated it in one of his videos.
I have little experience with making bows from green wood, except making little hazelnut bows as a child, but for properly dried woods generally, conifers aren’t great bow woods, and spruce in particular is a terrible bow wood, but the Sami probably knew what they were doing with the material they got. There are exceptions from the conifer rule though, most notably the yew tree, which is widely regarded as the best bow wood, at least for longbows.
@@BoarhideGaming Very good points, and i agree spruce is definitely not ideal but it is a good option (The branches that is) if nothing else is available. If you'd like to read more into conifer bows john j riggs here on youtube has a series of videos on the topic worth checking out. Cheers
Awesome job, although after 25 days, smoking the wood, then steaming it would have helped both in seasoning it while smoking it. Steaming it would have help put the elasticity back into the fibers and help shape it easier. Awesome video Donnie. 😁👍
@@lynch42o That I can answer. In order to steam something, it's similar to smoking meats. The only addition is adding a means to have water between the fire, and what is cooking on a make shift grill/rack. So pot, sauce pan, something that can contain the water to boil. Once you have your fire/hot coals, then pot of water. Space what you are cooking enough from the water that the steam can cook it. Make sure to create a cover to direct the steam you are cooking and you should be fine then.
@@Serjo777 It can be, your smokers function in a similar way if you think about it, including the vertical barrel smokers. In fact if you smoke a turkey or chicken turned upwards vertically. Folks would use a can of beer inside the carcass so as the heat boils the beer, the vapors from the beer flavor the meet. Similar principal.
Freaking awesome! The things you do are your norm, for those who have never done, what you do, makes it really cool. I've studied martial arts and well humans lol my whole life, being autistic I had to learn why people are the way they are because it didn't make sense to me, it's been pretty rough lol, anyway. Closest I got to this was my 53rd time moving and it was to my husband's grandparents homestead where we lived in an A-frame with a wood furnace. A neighbor owned a wood reserve and we could go clear fallen trees.. k I'm a city boy lol and now I'm out in the woods with hundreds of cattle, chainsaws, 4x4 Ram, hauling wood up hills and having to split, stack to get enough to get ahead into the following year.. I kinda miss it lol, did that for three years before we bought a house. Anyway, love your work, those swings with the hatchet are honed and experienced, it's impressive.
Willow is a soft wood, to make an officiant bow with it you need to fire harden the belly, and compress the fibers on the back by rubbing it with bone or porcelain.
@@lambertsaldi1550 you are confusing hard, the quality, with hardwood, the somewhat confusing category of deciduous trees...some deciduous trees have quite soft wood but are still classed as hardwood
Donny ive been watching your stuff on tik tok and here your amazing i feel like qe as humans have lost this skill a skill that will be necessary if things go south dude keep up the awesome work!
Wow that was a lot simpler of a process than I thought it was. Could you go into a little bit of detail on what kind of wood to pick, and how you string it? In general I'd really appreciate just a tiny bit more insight into how and why you are doing certain things because it's fascinating and I'd like to give it a go someday. Edit: just discovered you have a book out on the general topic, does it answer these sorts of questions about bow and knife making or is it more general?
Dang! I grew up in North Carolina back and forth from Florida! My cousin and I would try and make bows. We didn’t know what we were doing. Wish we saw this.
A "survival" implement that requires a month to prepare to work. That same hatchet can be used to dress an already dried small trunk. Split it for a stave to fashion the bow from. 3 - 4 days, tops. What about tillering and bow geometry? What about string making? Any tensioned branch can fling an arrow once. In the absence of suitable wood, thinner sticks can be bundled together for an ersatz bow. The most important item is the arrow. Nice build, but a lot missing between "Step; Chop" to "Step; Shoot".
Is bark removal necessary or preferable? Or is there a benefit to keeping it? Also would removing the bark before hand help it to cure the wood faster?
Remember that making a bow in a survival situation isn’t surviving; it’s thriving. Making a bow that shoots straight, fast, or let alone shoots at all in no easy task.
My man, if im in a situation where i need to make a bow to survive then by the 28 day mark when it was dry id already have been dead for roughly 20 days. Great video love your content!
Well, just now seeing this and greatly enjoyed it. If/when you can do a few follow up videos, it’d be awesome to compare drying methods: plain 28!day shown here vs partial carved 28 day. Then smoked/fire dried with both plain and partial carved and then a fire bed/hot sand drying with both as well. In axe handle making, the ends are sealed during drying and I’d suggest the same either as standard or another variable, possibly with pitch vs fat.
remember kids, donny has worked decades to make things look that easy when he does them. dont despair when it doesnt look that way when you do it, just keep trying, practicing, etc.
Exactly. I can only advise any aspiring bowyer to join the bowyer subreddit and get a copy of the bowyers bible somewhere. Both teach you a lot, but the most important lesson for me was: the walls of the workshop of even the best bowyers are lined with broken sticks. Takes some time, and every broken stick that failed to become a bow is a lesson learned
Kids aren’t trying to do anything anymore. It’s the adults that need to remember 😂
@@damianpogu7272 What do you mean, “kids aren’t trying to do anything anymore”?
Not a kid but I'm still trying to get it right lol and then u gotta do the arrows..
@@BoarhideGaming not sure ofc, but probably that generation "participation trophy" often loses interest if they aren't succesful immediately.
Donny was a world renowned professor during the paleolithic age.
Don't tell anyone but I wrote the answers to the test on the walls...!
(Points to cave painting)
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Dude made it look so effortless, I’m convinced I can go out and just make a sick ass bow now
@@ryanmac3134 you can. I believe in you!
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracksDonny(can I call you Donny?) I know you we're talking to Ryan, but now I'm also inspired
With this new found inspiration I'm gonna
Stay inside and keep watching youtube!
i made this once for fun on a nice summer day with my best friends. The result wasnt that bad with the fact that we did not dry the wood and that we had no clue what were doing. Years later i already have "real" bows and if i would build one myself again, it would probabaly turn out pretty well. As long as u listen to the basics, u can defenitely build a little bow that can hunt little animals. U just need a knife, a little axe or something to hit the knife, a string and selfmade arrows that use some feathers for stabilization.
@@ryanmac3134 me too honestly i think im gonna just buy buy 400 recurve instead
Oh yeah?
I've never seen anybody make a bow so simply and so quickly
@@daveyb6129 quicker than drying for a year then carving down and days of tillering.
@@daveyb6129That’s because you’re not trying to make anything that can actually kill game
@@daveyb6129 Not in a day that will last, green wood lacks the strength and takes set almost immediately. It's not a coincidence that after literally thousands of years of collective experience bowmaking there's not a successful bowyer on this earth that thinks you shouldn't season your staves.
@@daveyb6129 You're not as experienced as the entire collective human consciousness. Green wood takes set and is prone to warp as it dries, no two ways about it.
@daveyb6129 as strong as a compound bow? If you are refering to draw weight then sure fair enough but nearly any compound bow that is suitable for hunting will outperform pretty much any wooden bow but if you are talking about kenetic energy on arrow impact then i doubt you have made bows or atleast used a compound bow
Been making bows, arrows and different types of arrowheads before i hit my teens even used them to feed myself when i was homeless, a wooden bow cannot compare to a compound bow, the first time i used a compound bow after about 5 years experience making my own bows and a few years hunting with them i immediately knew the gap in performance between wooden bow and compound bows, its a night and day difference.
Wooden bows start with maximum force on the arrow the moment you loose then the string slows down merely guiding the arrow forward similarly to how a gun barrel keeps the projectile going in a relatively straight path.
A compound bow however when fully drawn has the least amount of force applied to the arrow when you loose due to the way the cams work this is felt when drawing the bow back and is called let off and then rapidly accelerates drastically increasing the amount of force and speed on the arrow which is why its not uncommon to have a compound bow loose an arrow at over 300fps which results in a tremendous amount of kenetic energy being stored in the arrow.
A wooden bow does have a higher potential to store energy but that doesnt translate to more force put behind the arrow and will not outperform the mechanical advantages a compound bow has.
I love traditional archery and traditional bow hunting they will always have a place in my heart but if i had to choose between wooden or a compound its going ti be the compound every day of the week, the accuracy, speed of shots and increased range is going to greatly increase my chances at putting food on the table not to mention are more compact which allows more oppertunities to take game if there is thick vegetation i wont have to worry about a limb hitting a stray branch and throwing off my shot making me miss entirely or even worse maiming my quarry and causing an inhumane shot
Homemade bow that works beautifully, dog that is beautiful, beard that is beautifully kept, man's got everything on point.
@LameMule probably has a hot wife too.
Agreed. And he has that look where you can’t tell if he’s 35 or 65 but he looks good for both.
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Weird .
@@AlbertRossi92oh we're just gonna ignore Brandon over there saying this dude "probably has a hot wife", but nah _this_ guy's the weird one\j
@@basaltcrust1915 does the j stand for jacking off
We used white willow here in the bottom lands.My dad made me many bows from them & the tree was still green.I keep recalling how much my dad taught me especially since he didn't seem to be teaching me anything but I know better now. He passed in 2013 at 83.Thanx Pop,you taught alot more than I thought I knew about survival.
😢😢RIP. Sounds like a great man. The best lessons are the ones you don't realise you've learned, but were a staple in your every day life
🧍♂️: gets lost
🧍♂️: gets rescued while waiting for bow wood to dry
Edit: I appreciate all the helpful advice. The original comment was meant as satire. I’ve done survival training and am capable of living off the grid in an emergency even without my pack. Lots of helpful folks with good advice in the replies too. God bless
@@FknUsrnm3 yeah why learn skills right ?
@@j-bob_oreo my comment is sarcasm. Knowing how to make a bow in the wild is 100% a valuable skill, though the caption says “easy survival”. Snares, traps, slings, etc are much faster and easier to work with than waiting a month for a bow to dry, etc.
if you are going somewhere you may get lost, you should already have a bow......
@@FknUsrnm3 You could do this with a fresh piece as well. It´s just not going to be as good. But you could cut two or more pieces. Dry all but one and use that one until the wood dries. You can also harden and straighten it using a fire if it´s not completly dry.
That's why you build the bow _before_ you get lost.
The dog is like damn that is an awesome stick throwing device you made pop 😂
😂😂😂
Helluva spin on "Fetch"!
😂 I saw something similar on Clay Hayes' channel. Once he was ready to test his primitive bow, his dog Cedar kept wanting to fetch the arrows.
What loveable scamps😊
@@iammichaeldavis Dog was hoping he was gonna shoot something besides dirt .
My brother used to practice with a sling, not a slingshot an actual sling, our dog loved that just as much as Donny’s.
This guy is the coolest dude ever.
wheres your father.
thats his job
@@StuartKerr-vp4ph not everyone has a father, and even if they do, they're not always present. Let people have someone to look up to
@@rs.c.2562 you miss my point. but yes, society is broken and male role models are few these days
@@StuartKerr-vp4ph I mean you're asking someone where their father is, not knowing whether this person even has one? Or whether the fathers just not present? I get your point but it felt more personal than just trying to make a point
@@rs.c.2562 its a good job your father taught you about keeping you feelings to yourself in public.
That things pretty legit, that arrows cruising.
You make everything look easy …. This is the signature of a master !
Not only is Ukraine corrupt, but Traitor Joe is VERY corrupt.
This man developed and released his own real-life immersive survival game.
The sound of the bow shooting was so nice, well done that thing rocks!
I learned that making usable bows was far easier than making usable arrows
Which is why they are two completely different professions
Well... depends. Making small game worth bows and arrows is pretty easy, both for the bow and the arrow. The tiller on the bow will be pretty light, so you aren't likely to break it, and the arrow can literally be a stick with some thistledown glued on the end with pitch (obviously feather fletch flies straighter, but thistledown works, and small game shots are generally not from far away). For really high performance bows and arrows, you need a higher poundage and possibly a backing depending on the wood you are using, a REALLY strong cordage, and you have to either have microlith foreshaft arrowheads or be good enough to make a knapped broadhead. Both are tricky at first, and the performance scales with the effort. Cheers!
You know that removing the bark before drying will allow the wood to dry faster and more evenly. Just a tip.
@MichaelW-vj6wx you also run the risk of the stave checking and having it become useless. Leaving the bark on the stave will usually always prevent that from happening on the back of the bow if you can't seal the ends and exposed grain.
Thank you for teaching this!
Survival skills are a lost art
Thanks for keeping it alive
if youre in a survival situation and have to wait 28 days for your wood to dry youre fucked anyway. this is a primitive living hobby not a survival skill
Thanks, mate, for the excellent tutorial.
The back of the bow has long fibres which are very elastic, while the belly of the bow (with its denser heartwood) resists compression, trying to force the bow back into its original shape until it's constrained by the bowstring (keep this well waxed to avoid it wicking up moisture & loosening).
This kind of bow can be augmented by steaming the bow to soften the wood, flexing the bow into a double curved shape & keeping it in a rigid jig until dried. You can also steam the willow staves that you're using for arrows to make them straighter for better accuracy.
We need guys like this I wish they would teach stuff like this in elementary school
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That would liberate your digipeasant brain and make it develop towards independence and self-governance.
And we know the schooling institution exists for the exact opposite purpose, to stump this growth early, replace it with dullness and keep you as a suckling for the rest of your life.
that would be awesome
if teached in this way, many kids would like going to school much more.
overall having a "survival and nature" subject in school, would probabaly become the most loved one by all students.
where they learn how to plant crops, fruit and vegetables, go fishing, learn to identify plants and berrys, make fire / fire spots and ovens, treat wounds, clean water, build a weatherproof camp etc.
@Satori-Automotive yeah teach simple stuff from elementary school and get more complex as they get older to allow them to fully learn and remember
Dude i always see you make awesome tools out of nothing, im learning as i can but its nice to see someone still using these skills. Modern technology has eliminated the need, but technology wont last for ever.
You're manliness level is incomprehensible.
I learned recently that a bow without a straight path in it for the arrow must be held a bit off center for the arrow to fly straight. Anyone who tries to make this, research that and keep it in mind, lest you give up on a totally usable bow.
skip the 30 days and fire harden your wood. Don't put it directly in the flames just high enough to get hot and drive out moisture
That’s fine archery, primitive is skilled.
I love the no hesitation when he says "yes"
That’s pretty sweet. Thank you sir,
Dude, ive seen a bunch of your shorts, and you make some of the coolest content ive seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
That shoots like a beauty, well done!!
Thank you for being you Brother!! These teachings should not be lost and YOU are blessing for that very reason.
You have influenced me to want to build a bow today. Thank you DD
This really puts it into perspective. Thanks.
Man be like "Can you build a hydrogen bomb, yes" 🤣
Man, *he's still one of the coolest old guys out there.*
Im not an experienced bowyer but from what i have tested i believe conifer branches are an ideal choice for a quick survival bow atleast for small game. They actually work better when fairly green and they take about 10-15 minutes to make. In Scandinavia where im at the Sami used to cut down a spruce branch and make a quick bow for when they needed to hunt squirrel or the like in a pinch. There's a guy from finland with the channel name Ugri Archer who demonstrated it in one of his videos.
I have little experience with making bows from green wood, except making little hazelnut bows as a child, but for properly dried woods generally, conifers aren’t great bow woods, and spruce in particular is a terrible bow wood, but the Sami probably knew what they were doing with the material they got. There are exceptions from the conifer rule though, most notably the yew tree, which is widely regarded as the best bow wood, at least for longbows.
@@BoarhideGaming Very good points, and i agree spruce is definitely not ideal but it is a good option (The branches that is) if nothing else is available. If you'd like to read more into conifer bows john j riggs here on youtube has a series of videos on the topic worth checking out.
Cheers
@@smucko1232 Thank you for the recommendation, I’ll give it a look!
Super impressive. Really enjoy the doggo having fun as well.
That’s how you build a bow. I don’t have that skill thanks for the short Donny !
Dang man! That's a great bow! We made a lot when I was a kid in the 70s but nothing that nice. Thanks for the content!
As far the doggo is concerned, you just made the ultimate stick launcher for fetch.
you are legendary... we need more of you... 10 of you in every neighborhood
Enjoyed watching you on Alone, and Alone: The Beast. Love your short videos as well. Keep em coming please.
That was impressively effective
Cool and quick! Awesome dude.😊
Crazy to think man survived like this for a long long time!
Awesome job, although after 25 days, smoking the wood, then steaming it would have helped both in seasoning it while smoking it. Steaming it would have help put the elasticity back into the fibers and help shape it easier.
Awesome video Donnie. 😁👍
Yeah
how do you steam something in the wild??
@@lynch42o That I can answer. In order to steam something, it's similar to smoking meats. The only addition is adding a means to have water between the fire, and what is cooking on a make shift grill/rack. So pot, sauce pan, something that can contain the water to boil. Once you have your fire/hot coals, then pot of water. Space what you are cooking enough from the water that the steam can cook it. Make sure to create a cover to direct the steam you are cooking and you should be fine then.
Sounds like a lot of extra work, is that even worth it?
@@Serjo777 It can be, your smokers function in a similar way if you think about it, including the vertical barrel smokers. In fact if you smoke a turkey or chicken turned upwards vertically. Folks would use a can of beer inside the carcass so as the heat boils the beer, the vapors from the beer flavor the meet. Similar principal.
Nice bow dude!
Thx
:)
Freaking awesome! The things you do are your norm, for those who have never done, what you do, makes it really cool. I've studied martial arts and well humans lol my whole life, being autistic I had to learn why people are the way they are because it didn't make sense to me, it's been pretty rough lol, anyway. Closest I got to this was my 53rd time moving and it was to my husband's grandparents homestead where we lived in an A-frame with a wood furnace. A neighbor owned a wood reserve and we could go clear fallen trees.. k I'm a city boy lol and now I'm out in the woods with hundreds of cattle, chainsaws, 4x4 Ram, hauling wood up hills and having to split, stack to get enough to get ahead into the following year.. I kinda miss it lol, did that for three years before we bought a house. Anyway, love your work, those swings with the hatchet are honed and experienced, it's impressive.
@@Kemp1730 gaaaaaay
Definitely works seems pretty simple
Willow is a soft wood, to make an officiant bow with it you need to fire harden the belly, and compress the fibers on the back by rubbing it with bone or porcelain.
Hardwood have broad leaves,softwood like Conifer have needles, Coyote willow has long thin and tapered leaves, making it hardwood!
The Vermonter
@@lambertsaldi1550 you are confusing hard, the quality, with hardwood, the somewhat confusing category of deciduous trees...some deciduous trees have quite soft wood but are still classed as hardwood
That's a very impressive survival tool. Thanks for demonstrating.
I could not wait to laugh at your attempt at a bow. I was wrong. Your skills are insane. Most people don't have the follow through. Very impressive.
I like Donnys' confidence response to questions - "yeah"
The time for sending coal is long gone... young Santa Claus preparing for war on those naughty ones.
Man now I want a movie with a warrior/hunter Santa using a handmade bow
There is always something magical about making your own bow.
I didn't know you were in CO. That's awsome.
Donny ive been watching your stuff on tik tok and here your amazing i feel like qe as humans have lost this skill a skill that will be necessary if things go south dude keep up the awesome work!
You should try the Penobscot,or double bow, for fun. It's designed to give bows slightly better power, especially small bows.
teaching us the skills we have forgotten, and will more than likely need again. thanks.
Do you know the name of the tree breed you used to make the bow can you please give me the name❤ it will be pretty helpful
Coyote willow 🤙
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks thank you so much
No freakin way this man in -30 days made a bow 10x better than most bows u can find online. Gosh. What a beautiful specimen
Bro fo real one of the Dunedain 🤘
Is more powerful than i expected 👏
Could you please cover how the native Americans desired the trade of metal knives and the difference vs. the stone tools they were used to?
Taught Mountain & Survival to Army troops in Alaska. Even with commercial bow, the biggest problem is knowing how to hunt and shoot well enough.
Next do a composite bow of wood and antler!
I was in Boy Scouts as a kid and learned how to make a bow string. I still have the one I made and kinda want to make a bow now.
Wow that was a lot simpler of a process than I thought it was. Could you go into a little bit of detail on what kind of wood to pick, and how you string it? In general I'd really appreciate just a tiny bit more insight into how and why you are doing certain things because it's fascinating and I'd like to give it a go someday.
Edit: just discovered you have a book out on the general topic, does it answer these sorts of questions about bow and knife making or is it more general?
Thanck You. Awesome.
I remember this dude from the series Alone. I liked the stuff he did. Good to see he is teaching on a bigger platform.
Don’t get it twisted it takes a lot of strength to loose a bow especially one like this where its whole instead of composite
Sweet. I needed this. Thank you very much 🙏🏽
Imagine being the guy who invented the bow. I mean that guy must have been the most intelligent badass in all of history.
Got credit 💳 the doggos 🐕 🐶 enthusiasm for going out to retrieve all the arrows !
today i learned bows have backs and bellies. rad. thank you mr donny
Dude is a modern day Viking. Born about 900 yrs too late.
Dang! I grew up in North Carolina back and forth from Florida! My cousin and I would try and make bows. We didn’t know what we were doing. Wish we saw this.
On my bucket list of things to learn to do properly
A "survival" implement that requires a month to prepare to work.
That same hatchet can be used to dress an already dried small trunk. Split it for a stave to fashion the bow from. 3 - 4 days, tops.
What about tillering and bow geometry? What about string making?
Any tensioned branch can fling an arrow once. In the absence of suitable wood, thinner sticks can be bundled together for an ersatz bow.
The most important item is the arrow.
Nice build, but a lot missing between "Step; Chop" to "Step; Shoot".
Always been interested in bow making and this is awesome 👍👍
That looks pretty solid 👌
I've noticed that your complexes have a lot of empty space that you aren't doing anything with. Maybe you could add some secret rooms there?
The bow is great with modern arrows.
He didn't even use a crafting table for this one. What a legend!
Thank You Man!
I love your work, brother. Keep it up.
Is bark removal necessary or preferable? Or is there a benefit to keeping it? Also would removing the bark before hand help it to cure the wood faster?
I liked the other primitive tool building but this is GREAT!!
Camera man didn’t even flinch. Props
@@jjmonty8090 it was probably on a tripod
Thanks Fore tacking me😮
That willow is real snappy. Ive been making bows for years and never imagined using willow
Remember that making a bow in a survival situation isn’t surviving; it’s thriving. Making a bow that shoots straight, fast, or let alone shoots at all in no easy task.
Your craftsmanship is 💯🤟spot on
Magically the bow was shined lacquered and ready to go!
Wow. Sweet bow and arrow.
Awesome build, always enjoy your videos
Well done !! that was very cool
My man, if im in a situation where i need to make a bow to survive then by the 28 day mark when it was dry id already have been dead for roughly 20 days. Great video love your content!
Great bow Donnie, I'll try that method on my next build.
Well, just now seeing this and greatly enjoyed it.
If/when you can do a few follow up videos, it’d be awesome to compare drying methods: plain 28!day shown here vs partial carved 28 day.
Then smoked/fire dried with both plain and partial carved and then a fire bed/hot sand drying with both as well.
In axe handle making, the ends are sealed during drying and I’d suggest the same either as standard or another variable, possibly with pitch vs fat.
Holy shit. Thank you! for this content!
@@baliankorvus5802 my pleasure. Appreciate you watching!
Nice awesome bushcraft skills
You’re a true survivalist that bow will take some game down