Bow owners quick question

[Mortblanc]

I LOVE IT!!!

That site and those bows are made by a Chickasaw tribe member!!!

That tribe was an eastern woodland tribe and never set foot onto the plains until after they had acquired rifles from the Europeans! They were one of the tribes forced to move to Oklahoma in 1938 from their home territory in Mississippi and Tennessee.

The only cultural connection that guy has to a "plains Indian bow" is the one between your credit card and his bank account!

That is about like buying a custom made English longbow from a Syrian refugee living in Poland!

Self bows as would be made by a survival oriented person have a different set of measurements to use as a guide. When making a self bow one measures the LOP, then doubles that for the length of the bow. A longer bow is better and will be less likely to shatter under use. A shorter bow will be in a condition of "overdraw", which stresses the bow and string.

Our use of artificial materials for bows has erased this information from the collective memory. Fiberglass can be overdrawn with no concern for the integrity of the structure.

NR I think you are putting too much emphasis on short bows for use in cramped quarters. SHTF you will not be operating out of your vehicle. If a bow is too big for use inside your house,,, move some furniture.

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Excuse me but in the above post I stated 1938 when it should be 1838 as the date of removal.