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HAJ
Anyone can do it with some practice and instruction. My first attempts were quite childish but they did return the fun I had as a child to archery.

BigBuck
Many indian bows were styled differently. Some were short, heavy sinew backed bows ,shot from horseback. Some were longer wide flat bows.

Most of my bows are a combination of flatbow and English longbow.

Is woodworking a primitive skill? Here is a table top I made of teak, with an inlaid starfish of birdseye maple. Dimensions are ~24" x 48". Shown in raw state prior to varnishing.

Anyone who has tried to read what it type know almost everything I do is primitive.

But besides trying to type I do other less modern things. I have not used big bundles of newspaper, gas or much of anything else modern for fire starting for a long time. It is just more fun to start with feather sticks and some sort of a spark.

I like to find and restore axe heads then hang with a handle made from scratch. I have made rope from cordage, and camp with a bedroll rather that a sleeping bag. I have played with arrowheads using obsidian found in Oregon and deer antler tools but an mot good at it and shoulders do not like pulling bows at all in my senior years.

Scott,

Just thinking out loud here but if you can't do the bow thing can you do something like an atlatl?

That should give your arrowheads something to do.

Not only is woodworking a primitive skill, but I can think of a ton of things to do with that beautiful piece of work you have there. That would be handy on so many levels.

I'm impressed with your work!

The wolves travel in a big circuit basically. A pack may run through an area and not be back for weeks. I've seen a fair amount while in that region, but they are getting pretty wary of dudes in the mountains.

Glad you had fun though.

Thank you Hug.