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05/31/2012
Made arrow holders for shooting and storage.
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05/30/2012
Fletched Arrows, Old Aluminum and Douglas Fir.
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05/29/2012
Made an obsidian point and put it on a primitive arrow.
Douglas Fir Arrows made with new arrow jig.
45 minutes work.
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05/28/2012
Real and imagined dangers of home made Bows. Broke when I tried to string it.
We remember who made our Freedom Possible
Thank You!
Dad, Hank E., Marvin M., Mike E., Ron E., Tim M., Neil M.,
Dennis P., Gary L., Brian O., and to all the veterans.
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05/27/2012
Worked on a new bow.
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05/26/2012
Made an arrow jig for making arrows. This is my first Douglas Fir Arrow.
Moved more dirt.
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05/25/2012
Worked on primitive arrows.
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05/24/2012
Happy Birthday Mom
Marge, she would have been 93.
Moved dirt.
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05/23/2012
16 Bees trying to get in the door at one time.
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05/22/2012
Moved trapped bees into a new home.
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05/21/2012
Ran around town and mailed stuff, moved the new swam home.
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05/20/2012
Made Arrows.
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05/19/2012
Made three more fletching jigs, out of scrap.
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05/18/2012
Worked on cordage from Maple bark.
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05/17/2012
Made a Fletching Jig
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05/16/2012
Caught another swarm.
Made New Pitch Bar. Made a fire biscuit with carbon cloth inside, wood shavings outside
and bees wax to seal and burn. Cut in half and hit with ember or spark.
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05/15/2012
Worked on cordage.
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05/14/2012
Made some arrows
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05/13/2012
Made a Bracer
Happy Mothers Day Mom!
Marge Helen
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05/12/2012
Worked on arrows, cat tail, maple sapling.
Turkey feathers, homemade glue and sinew.
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05/11/2012
Indian Soap Plant
Hats
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05/10/2012
Happy Birthday Dad! He would have been 92.
Once she learned how there was no stopping the box killer Karen!
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05/09/2012
Found a dead Cedar and cut out fire tools with my knife.
Made these tools with just this knife. Fire board, drill, pivot, catch board
and Atlatl to use as the bow. Made fire first try took less than 5 minutes.
Made a Hat
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05/08/2012
Mowed
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05/07/2012
Worked in the Garden
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05/06/2012
Started the Garden
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05/05/2012
Put out the last Bee Trap
Bought plants for the garden. Practiced with Atlatl from 10 yards.
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05/04/2012
Found a Prunus limb for an Atlatl and Mullein Stalks for Darts
Atlatl and Dart
In a short time, under an hour I made this Atlatl and dart. Works well.
Made a fire piston out of Lemon wood from Sharon's house.
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05/03/2012
Made soup, and started work on a new bow.
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05/02/2012
California ring snake, getting color from the Indian Paint Brush.
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