The constant kit maintenance of primitive gear gives nothing but an appreciation of our ancestors. The constant repairs of everything like the fletchings etc........re-hafting points. Man it's a bunch of work. Nice work Donny, that's a sweet bow.
I remember reading a book on the Old West that surgeons found stone arrows the worst to treat as they were nearly all impossible to remove. Your video supports that. Thanks.
Great video as always. Like you say, a carcass is the best way to test real world performance, but the ballistics gel gives such great visibility, especially when the arrowhead breaks off inside. Thank you for all the education and inspiration. You're a big motivator for me and I'm sure many others.
The good thing about using gel is it's consistent and it's something others can repeat compare results. While a carcass would be more realistic it would be had to compare to other tests.
What i take out of this, is that stone and bone arrows definetly work (it's almost like people have used them in real life for thousands of years!). The breakage seems real however. Taking in account this is balistic gel, not flesh and skin and bone. I would like to see how stone arrows hold up against medieval iron tipped arraws or even modern arrows. Just to see what breakage is to be expected anyway, if you know what i mean.
All arrows break, regardless of construction. Of course modern steel is more durable, but your average human can't craft a steel arrowhead using nothing but a piece of antler. There's always a trade off.
Absolutely love what you do 🤙🏾 I’d definitely like to learn more on how our ancestors made these tools, what type of rock or flint rocks to use? Where to get them?
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks I think I’ve checked out all if not 99% of them 🤙🏾 absolutely amazing what you do,I’m a native from northern bc Canada and teach children and schools cultural stuff, just missing the way we make and used the tools 🤙🏾 thanks and definitely looking forward to seeing more
When you think about it, a prone to break arrow is less effective, but probably much scarier than a regular arrow, imagine being hit by an arrow, and not only does it break in half, making it harder to pull out, but when you actually pulled it out, you realize the arrowhead also broke, so, there's a shattered piece of sharp stone still in you, probably causing much more damage in the long run
I remember reading years ago on a forum that supposedly the Cherokee did just this for war arrows. Used river cane without a hardwood foreshaft so that it breaks. No idea how true this is though
Hi really, interesting craftsmanship on your arrows. And a very good video. Could deer skin and fat deflect these arrows? Maybe the arrow would strave more often than metaltip. Never touched or hunted a deer
No. Deer hide and fat can’t deflect them, but rather will start them slowing down. As soon as the the point makes entry…hide, fur, tissue, tendon…all start the slowing process. Thanks for watching.
Gel is an approximation for flesh only, you would need to add skin and bone analogues extra. The problem is, gel only works for fast moving, small projectiles for approximating damage to real tissues. For blades and arrows its not so well suited because it hold on to surfaces (this also makes braking tips and shafts more likely because more force is exerted onto the arrow when stopping it so quickly). Most of these shots would go straight through a deer or something similar, probably even if you hit shoulder. The gel makes you undervalue the power of arrows by a lot! Just try stabbing at gel with a knife vs stabbing at a piece of meat. I am not trying to be a know-it-all, just added it if anyone is interested.
I agree totally. I can throw an Atlatl through a bison with no issues. Watch my bison experiment. This is the best I can do. Hide, if fresh would be good, but tanned leathers essentially act like a gentle armor.
I wish we had never gotten away from this way of life. Better for people both physically and mentally and better for the planet. I really respect you teaching us these forgotten techniques and technologies.
Love your work Donny ! I also make native style things... I was told by a Cherokee that they used hemp twin for hunting and cinue for was as the blood will loosen the cinue and cause the arrow head to stay inside the object.
Absolutely. Cultures all around the world would use different binding elements to secure a projectile and then, possible have it come out in the animal. The fore-shaft was one way to easily keep the projectile in the game animal. Thanks for watching.
I envy the way you live life everyday, and cant even begin to imagine the survival knowledge and experience that you have, it's def an enormous safety net for yourself. Awesome video! 💥💥💥💥💥
I wait months for videos of donny.....and then I find out it's only 7mins fml!! some of the best content on RUclips, please make more stuff more often , the skills, craftsmanship and knowledge are seriously important! #bestever #embraceourancestry
Either way man....your a fucking Rockstar bro! I wod love to spend 1 day with you to just pick your brain, watch and learn from you!!! Keep producing things because you have a much needed gift/skill/talent in a world filled things that can go crazy at any moments notice...... People like you can actually save humanity!!!! Much love, your fan from Pittsburgh pa
Awesome video Donny, I would love to make my own tips, I've got a collection that I've found from fields in my area, Cherokee Indians is my guess, I live in Tuscumbia, Alabama, the name of my town was named after Chief Tuscumbia of the Cherokees that was here at one time.
It looks like you may be a bit nock high on you string. But another great video think you sir. It is always wonderful so see someone that truly investigates these things.
Donny, this is the first video of yours that I've watched. Makes me wish I could just come and spend a week with you in the wilderness! I feel like I could learn so much!
I love the fact that the bow is made of hackberry. I’ve got a roughly 45-50ft hackberry in my backyard and just recently fell a brach. Today I pulled out the chainsaw and took a cut that I’m going to shape into a board and try my hand at a bow and this raises my confidence that it will work out. I also got a mulberry cut as well as an elm cut that I’m thinking of making a light pull longbow from for small game.
I found a hearth site on a little hill. Usually under the lake but there was a bad drought. Tons of tiny flakes all over it. But in the hearth were scratched and cracked in half bones and broken points. The good ones were retrieved, the non reworkables were left in the fire pit. Except for one beautiful tiny point that must have been missed. Lake Lewisville, North Texas, mid or late 80s.
When I come across a video presenter I am not familiar with, I read some of the comments so I don't repeat from others. Your video led me on to a feeling i have had for some time. Before GEL was being used for bullet testing, I saw many programs made by Tread Barta hunting with wooden bows and arrows.He was very good with his skills and finally started to knap his own stone points, which I saw him put through many deer and caribou. When GEL got so popular, I always felt that it did represent flesh and muscle very well, but did not account for the much more fluid tissue in the thoracic cavity. But, I seem to be alone on that! Your points performed quite well for the type of media you were shooting!!!
Woah that neolythic arrowhead would do so much damage to animal that was running from hunter. Like literally cuting muscles with its own movement. Terryfying peace of neolythic technology. Thank you for this video! Have a awesome days
I used to be younger/healthy enough to do things like this. TY for bringing us along Donny. I'm trying to "' bounce "' back to my old self. God Willing, perhaps I will. Stay Healthy Stay Positive Stay Safe my friend.. I need knee replacements and Back surgery,, not good. God Bless 🙏 you. Big Jim New Hampshire USA aka BOSTON STRONG
Donny I've made self bows from hickory, & Osage. I've never thought about using Hackberry which is abundant on our property. Obviously it shoots pretty well. What is your opinion of it? Thank you for the great vids. Enlightening and entertaining.
Thank you Donny for this level of content your longer videos are even more enjoyable versus the shorts thank you for what you do because it allows all of us to see the level of compassion and love love ballistic consistency for the neolithic and Paleolithic styles of points Clovis and all the rest including the bone to show what other different types through time have adapted spot on sir
It seems to me bone would be the best option for hunting, because it is the most durable and wouldn’t fill otherwise useable meat with fragments of stone.
I really can't agree with this, the drag on Ballistic gel isn't a issue for a bullet, but for an arrow, the more shaft goes in, the more drag comes into play. With meat it doesn't nearly as much. Awesome video!
Takes a lot of skill to shoot a bow and arrow like that man...just found your channel and immediately subscribed....was watching th shorts on you making arrowheads and clubs, totally impressed man...
Hackberry bow- nice. Been shooting primitive but put arrows together with modern items. May all work but won't cut like a metal broadhead. Nice job, like to try it someday.
Do you have a video on arrow-making? I have a bunch of obsidian and I've made a few points (still a novice knapper) but I find it difficult to source decent wood for shafts. I live in California. Not a lot of reeds or straight branched wood around here. Also what weight is your bow?
This is a great demonstration. I'd point out though that these arrows would most likely blow threw real targets like a deer. Sense ballistic gel is kinda rubbery it grips and absorbs energy and actually stops projectiles a bit short. Just makes this field test even more impressive
I would expect no less. There was a lot of work put into the development of these weapons, it doesn't even matter how "primitive" it is. Trial and error, and learning as you go, is what we are good at as humans.
that's awesome! i did a similar test with some stone and obsidian heads along with some shark tooth heads i made for fun. I put a rack of ribs in front of the gel and it was surprising how sturdy the average arrow head was. Love the video!!
Hell yeh my brother cool video I been a Archer and bushcrafter before there was a sushi thing as a bushcrafter but been shoot a bow for 46 years to love the contents bud
you pointed out that the neolithic microlith arrow dropped some microliths but could easily be repaired and re-used. I have always thought that was one of the reasons that style was created and spread so far. The individual microliths can be created out of smaller easier to find cores more quickly, they can be secured to the arrow haft with pitch alone, and they're less likely to damage the haft if they come loose. So you can carry some extra microliths and replace them to use again with less effort.
Thanks for the demonstration. I think that this is first time that I have seen stone points in action. It looks like there is a similar failure rate when compared to modern equipment.
Took a whitetail deer doe with a self Knapped, self made river cane arrow a few years back. Penetration was through to the opposite hide. Went between ribs on entry side through both lungs. She died within 60 yards. 52 pound hickory longbow off the knuckle.
Excellent shot placement for a primitive bow! I don't think alot of people can appreciate that-i shoot a Hungarian recurve and I'm lucky to hit the 8" boiler plate on my target at 20-25yds. I'm not ready to hunt with it yet but almost
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks that's fantastic. I really appreciate that you take the time to read our comments. I didn't mean to imply your demo was incomplete. I'm just really curious to see how primitive arrows from bows fared when hitting resistance
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Definetly. Its easy for us modern people like myself to under estimate how effective stone weapons are, and to forget how our ancestors used these to hunt big game. Metal tools are really just glimpse in time compared. I think the wounding effect is quite comparable between metal, and stone heads. Maybe stone point penetrates less through bone if it chips on impact? Awesome video like always.
@@lalli8152 One of the first videos that really got me into this channel was the one testing atlatl penetration on a buffalo carcass. I was blown away by how well it performed. Obviously our ancestors took down some serious game animals, but they must have done it far more effectively than I would have guessed before seeing that video.
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Yeah no problem, the things that you do are interesting and badass. By the way is there going to be a second season of Mud, Sweat & Beards?
Interesting stuff; when you think about it, some arrow tips break more easily yet create a bigger wound, increasing your chances of having a whole animal sustain you while you make more arrows... and it also provides the sinew to do it.
Excellent video. You have a relatively flat trajectory with that much draw weight, but It almost looks as if your relationship between grip and nock point is a little off. I expect an arrow to swim off the rest/support hand a little with a finger release, and a little porpoising as the fletching rides over your grip hand. You can see it in some of the inflight arrows, and most of the impacts were nose low(lots of vertical shaft motion). Thats why that arrow broke, it hit the target tail high/left in relation to its trajectory. Grip/rest high or nock low? As the arrow launches, a low nock forces the arrow down onto your rest and then it and the fletching rebounds upward off the rest when it detaches from the string. With a nock point a little higher, the arrow lifts away from the rest as it travels forward, and there is no rebound off the rest, and less fletch contact with the hand/rest. Of course too much and you get the same effect as the rebound, but a little higher nock is better than too low. The tiller of the bow can effect this also, and make the proper nock point look weird(but fly well). and of course shooting different points and arrow weights, all bets are off for consistency, but traditional is surprisingly tunable. Even with all the variables, you were still maintaining minute of next meal consistency… Well done!
Ahhhh, this is thenone I was looking for along with the rib video. I really wanted to see various point styles and what they were made from. So amazing.
I could watch this guy do literally anything and be entertained
I agree like, a million percent
Me too. I find him to be my all year Santa. Only with Christmass he can have a break 🤟😉
Appreciate you all watching. Much respect and gratitude to you all.
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks i love it your a realy nice dude and you teach us things we may need some day or just doing it for fun... Btw i love your dogs
have you watched primitive technology?
The constant kit maintenance of primitive gear gives nothing but an appreciation of our ancestors. The constant repairs of everything like the fletchings etc........re-hafting points. Man it's a bunch of work. Nice work Donny, that's a sweet bow.
Also shows you how the probably spent most of their time when not on the hunt
Yup........but when the kill was successful you had the food you needed to give you some spare time to do all of that. As you relaxed and digested. :)
This is honestly so cool. One forgets how effective old cultures were on getting a good meal
No doubt. Very effective in many forms.
We wouldn't be here if they weren't.
You’re one of the coolest dudes on the planet man. Thank you for all you do🙏🏼
My pleasure. Appreciate you watching and sharing my videos.
I remember reading a book on the Old West that surgeons found stone arrows the worst to treat as they were nearly all impossible to remove. Your video supports that. Thanks.
Great video as always. Like you say, a carcass is the best way to test real world performance, but the ballistics gel gives such great visibility, especially when the arrowhead breaks off inside.
Thank you for all the education and inspiration. You're a big motivator for me and I'm sure many others.
Appreciate your kindness and watching the videos. Thanks so very much. Much respect and appreciation.
The good thing about using gel is it's consistent and it's something others can repeat compare results. While a carcass would be more realistic it would be had to compare to other tests.
Spoiler Alert: The arrows are gonna be effective.
Everyone wants to see the theory in practice. I love this stuff.
That last shot must have been a gut shot.. it ran off with your arrow! 😆 great video!
Haha. I like…that’s funny.
What i take out of this, is that stone and bone arrows definetly work (it's almost like people have used them in real life for thousands of years!). The breakage seems real however. Taking in account this is balistic gel, not flesh and skin and bone.
I would like to see how stone arrows hold up against medieval iron tipped arraws or even modern arrows. Just to see what breakage is to be expected anyway, if you know what i mean.
All arrows break, regardless of construction. Of course modern steel is more durable, but your average human can't craft a steel arrowhead using nothing but a piece of antler. There's always a trade off.
Killer video Donny love seeing these kinds of test showing many people that stone point are in fact still an ethical way of hunting if done right!
Absolutely Amigo. Appreciate you watching. Thanks.
Absolutely love what you do 🤙🏾 I’d definitely like to learn more on how our ancestors made these tools, what type of rock or flint rocks to use? Where to get them?
Check out my other videos on my main channel. Tons of examples there.
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks I think I’ve checked out all if not 99% of them 🤙🏾 absolutely amazing what you do,I’m a native from northern bc Canada and teach children and schools cultural stuff, just missing the way we make and used the tools 🤙🏾 thanks and definitely looking forward to seeing more
Great demonstration, thanks! Just in time for bow season in Texas, too
Appreciate you watching. Thanks.
Thanks for demonstrating some of your arrows and that beautiful bow. We all appreciate you man!
I'm so glad this guys getting the popularity and recognition he deserves.
I'd wanna be with this guy during an apocalypse.
Up until you run into some gun toting crazies.
@@JoshManMate given his military history, he'd probably still be the best guy to be around when the gun toting crazies show up.
He would literally eat you
In Saskatchewan, chokecherry make great Arrow shafts. The Wooly Mammoths didn't have a chance with arrows like yours. Devastating!!🤙🤙
When you think about it, a prone to break arrow is less effective, but probably much scarier than a regular arrow, imagine being hit by an arrow, and not only does it break in half, making it harder to pull out, but when you actually pulled it out, you realize the arrowhead also broke, so, there's a shattered piece of sharp stone still in you, probably causing much more damage in the long run
Absolutely. Couldn’t agree more. Great points.
I remember reading years ago on a forum that supposedly the Cherokee did just this for war arrows. Used river cane without a hardwood foreshaft so that it breaks. No idea how true this is though
@@bushcraftingmuslim I could see that being true river cane can make some nasty sharp splinters
Hi really, interesting craftsmanship on your arrows. And a very good video. Could deer skin and fat deflect these arrows? Maybe the arrow would strave more often than metaltip. Never touched or hunted a deer
No. Deer hide and fat can’t deflect them, but rather will start them slowing down. As soon as the the point makes entry…hide, fur, tissue, tendon…all start the slowing process. Thanks for watching.
The oils and grease and blood in a deer can help penetraition
Gel is an approximation for flesh only, you would need to add skin and bone analogues extra. The problem is, gel only works for fast moving, small projectiles for approximating damage to real tissues. For blades and arrows its not so well suited because it hold on to surfaces (this also makes braking tips and shafts more likely because more force is exerted onto the arrow when stopping it so quickly). Most of these shots would go straight through a deer or something similar, probably even if you hit shoulder. The gel makes you undervalue the power of arrows by a lot! Just try stabbing at gel with a knife vs stabbing at a piece of meat.
I am not trying to be a know-it-all, just added it if anyone is interested.
I agree totally. I can throw an Atlatl through a bison with no issues. Watch my bison experiment. This is the best I can do. Hide, if fresh would be good, but tanned leathers essentially act like a gentle armor.
I wish we had never gotten away from this way of life. Better for people both physically and mentally and better for the planet. I really respect you teaching us these forgotten techniques and technologies.
HE LISTENED TO US I love this guy
At 5:15, you can see the arrow moving up and down, most likely causing severe internal damage far bigger than the entrance wound. Great video!
Love your work Donny ! I also make native style things... I was told by a Cherokee that they used hemp twin for hunting and cinue for was as the blood will loosen the cinue and cause the arrow head to stay inside the object.
Absolutely. Cultures all around the world would use different binding elements to secure a projectile and then, possible have it come out in the animal. The fore-shaft was one way to easily keep the projectile in the game animal. Thanks for watching.
I envy the way you live life everyday, and cant even begin to imagine the survival knowledge and experience that you have, it's def an enormous safety net for yourself. Awesome video! 💥💥💥💥💥
I wait months for videos of donny.....and then I find out it's only 7mins fml!! some of the best content on RUclips, please make more stuff more often , the skills, craftsmanship and knowledge are seriously important! #bestever #embraceourancestry
I appreciate that greatly. I have a bunch of videos in the queue. I hoping one a month until the new year.
Either way man....your a fucking Rockstar bro! I wod love to spend 1 day with you to just pick your brain, watch and learn from you!!! Keep producing things because you have a much needed gift/skill/talent in a world filled things that can go crazy at any moments notice......
People like you can actually save humanity!!!! Much love, your fan from Pittsburgh pa
Он показывает шоу а не секреты мастерства, к сожалению!
Awesome video Donny, I would love to make my own tips, I've got a collection that I've found from fields in my area, Cherokee Indians is my guess, I live in Tuscumbia, Alabama, the name of my town was named after Chief Tuscumbia of the Cherokees that was here at one time.
Awesome. Appreciate it. I have tons of Knapping videos to get you started. Thanks for watching.
It looks like you may be a bit nock high on you string. But another great video think you sir. It is always wonderful so see someone that truly investigates these things.
Donny, this is the first video of yours that I've watched. Makes me wish I could just come and spend a week with you in the wilderness! I feel like I could learn so much!
I love the fact that the bow is made of hackberry. I’ve got a roughly 45-50ft hackberry in my backyard and just recently fell a brach. Today I pulled out the chainsaw and took a cut that I’m going to shape into a board and try my hand at a bow and this raises my confidence that it will work out. I also got a mulberry cut as well as an elm cut that I’m thinking of making a light pull longbow from for small game.
Can't believe I missed this video. Really looking forward to watching this
Never seen this done before. Very interesting. It'd be interesting to see flint vs obsidian, vs glass, or etc.
I found a hearth site on a little hill. Usually under the lake but there was a bad drought. Tons of tiny flakes all over it. But in the hearth were scratched and cracked in half bones and broken points. The good ones were retrieved, the non reworkables were left in the fire pit. Except for one beautiful tiny point that must have been missed. Lake Lewisville, North Texas, mid or late 80s.
Awesome demo mate. Did you make the bow/string too? Could you do a video of a bow build?
Absolutely. No problem.
I 2nd this. A bow build video would be cool
When I come across a video presenter I am not familiar with, I read some of the comments so I don't repeat from others. Your video led me on to a feeling i have had for some time. Before GEL was being used for bullet testing, I saw many programs made by Tread Barta hunting with wooden bows and arrows.He was very good with his skills and finally started to knap his own stone points, which I saw him put through many deer and caribou. When GEL got so popular, I always felt that it did represent flesh and muscle very well, but did not account for the much more fluid tissue in the thoracic cavity. But, I seem to be alone on that! Your points performed quite well for the type of media you were shooting!!!
Awesome man. Love you Donny!
Good to know that Donny got us covered for all our primitive weaponry.
I needed this because in the short clip of the ballistic gel, the scene is hard to capture. Nice work, praise God
Woah that neolythic arrowhead would do so much damage to animal that was running from hunter. Like literally cuting muscles with its own movement. Terryfying peace of neolythic technology. Thank you for this video! Have a awesome days
Appreciate you watching. Absolutely…a huge wound cavity. Thanks.
Donny Dust you're so awesome bro.
I try my best. Thanks so very much for watching.
This is awesome 😎 thank you!!
I used to be younger/healthy enough to do things like this. TY for bringing us along Donny. I'm trying to "' bounce "' back to my old self. God Willing, perhaps I will. Stay Healthy Stay Positive Stay Safe my friend.. I need knee replacements and Back surgery,, not good. God Bless 🙏 you.
Big Jim New Hampshire USA aka BOSTON STRONG
You might already have a video but can you show how to make an arrow?
Coming soon. Thanks.
Donny I've made self bows from hickory, & Osage. I've never thought about using Hackberry which is abundant on our property. Obviously it shoots pretty well.
What is your opinion of it? Thank you for the great vids. Enlightening and entertaining.
Hackberry is a great bow wood. It does well in the full fabrication. It’s a solid piece of wood to use.
I've only used iron and steel points. Really interesting, great craftsmanship on the arrows too.
Thanks.
Damn! Who doesnt like this craftsman and his presentations!
Thank you Donny for this level of content your longer videos are even more enjoyable versus the shorts thank you for what you do because it allows all of us to see the level of compassion and love love ballistic consistency for the neolithic and Paleolithic styles of points Clovis and all the rest including the bone to show what other different types through time have adapted spot on sir
It seems to me bone would be the best option for hunting, because it is the most durable and wouldn’t fill otherwise useable meat with fragments of stone.
Donny I love you man I hope I see you while I’m at work again it always makes my day
He reminds me of my dad just super chill, relaxed and awesome to be around
Thanks. Appreciate you watching
I really can't agree with this, the drag on Ballistic gel isn't a issue for a bullet, but for an arrow, the more shaft goes in, the more drag comes into play. With meat it doesn't nearly as much. Awesome video!
Probably the most unique and interesting ballistic gel video on the internet. Would love to see how these affect a pig/cow cadaver.
Takes a lot of skill to shoot a bow and arrow like that man...just found your channel and immediately subscribed....was watching th shorts on you making arrowheads and clubs, totally impressed man...
Hackberry bow- nice. Been shooting primitive but put arrows together with modern items. May all work but won't cut like a metal broadhead. Nice job, like to try it someday.
Always good to see your name pop up in my notifications!
Great video 🏹
Appreciate you watching. Thanks so very much. Much respect.
Do you have a video on arrow-making? I have a bunch of obsidian and I've made a few points (still a novice knapper) but I find it difficult to source decent wood for shafts. I live in California. Not a lot of reeds or straight branched wood around here.
Also what weight is your bow?
That video is coming soon. Thanks for watching.
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Awesome, thanks for all of the great vids. Always looking forward to seeing them.
The real question is, can you craft it tho?
Thank you for sharing your video.
Very informative video. And nice shooting!🎯
Thanks
Awesome video buddy would really like to see a step by step guide for the bow you used
Indeed
I know I've made comments in the past asking for full length videos so thank you
Great test ,I use Clovis points on my arrows for large game and bone for rabbit and squirrel
Thanks. ✌🏻👊
This is awesome! Love this content! Please keep keep it coming. Really inspiring me to get out and try to do some of this stuff old school style!
Awesome. Can you do a video on serving bowstrings, without modern tool?
I was skeptical about the arrows, but those are the ones in the shorts. Genuinely humbled
That was awesome !
This is a great demonstration. I'd point out though that these arrows would most likely blow threw real targets like a deer. Sense ballistic gel is kinda rubbery it grips and absorbs energy and actually stops projectiles a bit short.
Just makes this field test even more impressive
I would expect no less. There was a lot of work put into the development of these weapons, it doesn't even matter how "primitive" it is. Trial and error, and learning as you go, is what we are good at as humans.
that's awesome! i did a similar test with some stone and obsidian heads along with some shark tooth heads i made for fun. I put a rack of ribs in front of the gel and it was surprising how sturdy the average arrow head was. Love the video!!
Hello, done perfectly.It's just great how you explain it.
Hell yeh my brother cool video I been a Archer and bushcrafter before there was a sushi thing as a bushcrafter but been shoot a bow for 46 years to love the contents bud
Thanks Terry. Appreciate you watching and following the adventures.
Good Morning 🌄🌲
Donny & Fynn
I would love to watch& learn
Bow & Arrow
One day if you make another how you should show us how, i really want to make one . Love this channel
you pointed out that the neolithic microlith arrow dropped some microliths but could easily be repaired and re-used. I have always thought that was one of the reasons that style was created and spread so far. The individual microliths can be created out of smaller easier to find cores more quickly, they can be secured to the arrow haft with pitch alone, and they're less likely to damage the haft if they come loose. So you can carry some extra microliths and replace them to use again with less effort.
Thanks for the demonstration. I think that this is first time that I have seen stone points in action. It looks like there is a similar failure rate when compared to modern equipment.
awesome...what are you using for shafts?
This is awesome. Wish I could go to school for this type of stuff, just to know it
You don’t need school…a couple good books, a sense of adventure and the ability to fail…and succeed. Thanks for watching.
A Native-Nord, an Injun Irishman- words not meant for slander, but for acknowledgment and praise.
Awesome video! I would like to know more about the the top garment you are wearing.
Man, thats fantastic shots...all bulls.. wow..
Took a whitetail deer doe with a self Knapped, self made river cane arrow a few years back. Penetration was through to the opposite hide. Went between ribs on entry side through both lungs. She died within 60 yards. 52 pound hickory longbow off the knuckle.
That’s what I’m talking about. Nicely done.
This is awesome, I've seen your shorts before but now that I've found your actual channel I'm gonna have to watch more
Ever tried a split tip arrow, same concept as a hollow point...very hard to build. Never seen in done on video. ✌️👍
Love your stuff man
Excellent shot placement for a primitive bow! I don't think alot of people can appreciate that-i shoot a Hungarian recurve and I'm lucky to hit the 8" boiler plate on my target at 20-25yds. I'm not ready to hunt with it yet but almost
I'd be really interested to see what these arrows would do to pieces of rib bones embedded in the gel with hide over the top. Great work
I can do that. No problem at all.
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks that's fantastic. I really appreciate that you take the time to read our comments. I didn't mean to imply your demo was incomplete. I'm just really curious to see how primitive arrows from bows fared when hitting resistance
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks excellent! Not many shooters or archers test with bone!
@@17Liberty76 absolutely. I’m doing a new batch of gel, dropping some rib bones in it and seeing what can happen. Appreciate you watching.
What is the biggest animal you hunt with these?
Elk and hog would be doable.
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Definetly. Its easy for us modern people like myself to under estimate how effective stone weapons are, and to forget how our ancestors used these to hunt big game. Metal tools are really just glimpse in time compared. I think the wounding effect is quite comparable between metal, and stone heads. Maybe stone point penetrates less through bone if it chips on impact? Awesome video like always.
@@lalli8152 One of the first videos that really got me into this channel was the one testing atlatl penetration on a buffalo carcass. I was blown away by how well it performed. Obviously our ancestors took down some serious game animals, but they must have done it far more effectively than I would have guessed before seeing that video.
Awesome video and awsome gear, I’m a bit jealous🤙🏼🏹
Thanks. Appreciate you watching and following the adventures.
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Yeah no problem, the things that you do are interesting and badass. By the way is there going to be a second season of Mud, Sweat & Beards?
@@StefDude00 no second season. Sorry. USA network messed it all up. Haha
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Man, that’s BS
Interesting stuff; when you think about it, some arrow tips break more easily yet create a bigger wound, increasing your chances of having a whole animal sustain you while you make more arrows... and it also provides the sinew to do it.
Here’s the video we’ve been wanting to see. Awesome bro
I want to know more now about the age of bows and how primitive man made this genius invention. This concept has opened up my curiosity. Big time!
Just finished reading book about commanche, some of best horse archers in history!
Definitely Deadly! ✌🏼
Does the various weights of these different heads require different degrees of compensation in your aim?
Yes and no. I make them pretty universal in size, so I will get a consistent weight and shot.
On my first bow. It's hackberry. I think it will come in low poundage. Lol. So sure already started on the persimmon stave
Excellent video. You have a relatively flat trajectory with that much draw weight, but It almost looks as if your relationship between grip and nock point is a little off. I expect an arrow to swim off the rest/support hand a little with a finger release, and a little porpoising as the fletching rides over your grip hand. You can see it in some of the inflight arrows, and most of the impacts were nose low(lots of vertical shaft motion). Thats why that arrow broke, it hit the target tail high/left in relation to its trajectory. Grip/rest high or nock low? As the arrow launches, a low nock forces the arrow down onto your rest and then it and the fletching rebounds upward off the rest when it detaches from the string. With a nock point a little higher, the arrow lifts away from the rest as it travels forward, and there is no rebound off the rest, and less fletch contact with the hand/rest. Of course too much and you get the same effect as the rebound, but a little higher nock is better than too low. The tiller of the bow can effect this also, and make the proper nock point look weird(but fly well). and of course shooting different points and arrow weights, all bets are off for consistency, but traditional is surprisingly tunable. Even with all the variables, you were still maintaining minute of next meal consistency… Well done!
Excellent content awesome video thank you for sharing five stars brother
My pleasure. Appreciate you watching. Thanks.
Do you know offhand what the draw weight is on your bow? Apologies if you said it, I might've missed it.
He mentions in the beginning that it's about 65 pounds.
65 pounds. Thanks for watching.
Ahhhh, this is thenone I was looking for along with the rib video. I really wanted to see various point styles and what they were made from. So amazing.
Incredible technique! Where did you learn this stuff?
Just spent years and years in the bush. Thanks for watching.
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracksno problem! I definitely could learn alot from you.
Excellent work