How to Make a Bow and Arrow

Find a piece of dry, dead but not gray and cracking hardwood--oak, lemon tree wood, hickory, yew, black locust, or teak for example--about 1 meter (about 1 yard) in length. The wood should be free of knots, twists or limbs.

Try to get a piece of wood wow gold that curves enough so that when you release arrows, the string doesn't slap the side of your hand (which is very painful).

This piece of wood should be somewhat flexible, such as juniper or mulberry. You can even use a shaft of bamboo or cane but take care that it is not too thick. For that you can use a young bamboo which is strong as well as flexible.

Green wood can be used if absolutely necessary, but it should be avoided because it does not provide the same power as dry wood. If using green wood, try for pine. It is the easiest to cut, and clean. Steel wool is usable to clean it off. Also if using green wood, skin it and soak it in hot water. This will help the bow to bend. If it is green wood once you bend it you can smoke it over a fire to dry it; just don't hold it so close that it burns.

Using a knife or similar tool, shave wood off the inside of the curve or the "belly" (the side that faces behind you when shooting) on the thicker half of the stick until it has the same width and pull as the thinner half.

If the stick is roughly the same diameter all along its length, you may need to shave both ends to some degree. You want the bow to end up with a thick, strong center portion flanked by two thinner, more flexible end segments that are roughly the same thickness and length as each other.

If you plan to fish with your bow, make sure to aim slightly below the fish due to the angle of refraction from the water. Fletching is also not needed if you plan to fish with your bow.

The bow and arrow detailed here is meant to be temporary and will not have a long life. Army Survival Manual FM 21-76, a public-domain resource, provides instructions for a variety of tools and weapons, and is a goldmine of survival tips. You can easily find a used copy online or in military surplus stores, and it can be purchased as a slightly changed reprint at some bookstores. The entire manual is also available free of charge in PDF format on the website for the Equipped to Survive Foundation (see External Links below).

You can increase the bow's power by making two identical bows and lashing them wow gold together front-to-front (so that they form an "X" when viewed from the side) with string or rope. They should be tied together at the tips. Attach the bow string to only one of the bows. This is sort of a primitive crossbow.

Tightly wrap the bow with a wet strip of leather around wow items the center two thirds of the bow (before stringing) and let it dry naturally. This will give your bow extra strength to resist breakage and should allow you to project arrows at a greater velocity.

You can carve a notch about a centimeter into the wood and an inch up to put your arrows on once your bow is pulled back(to rest the arrow on, and keep it from wobbling).

When you are testing a bow's draw buy wow gear weight, do not dry fire, or let go of the bowstring without an arrow on it. This will damage the bow over time.

When making arrows, it is not necessary to fletch them, simply cut thin wow items shavings off the wood, and leave them attached at one end, when bent up, these should act as make-shift and easy to construct flights. Do not let them run across your hand, follow the above tip to avoid that problem.

To make a fire using the bow, you will need to gather dry moss, dryer lint, or other suitable tinder, a piece of hard wood that fits into your palm, and a piece of soft wood (softer than your arrow shaft). Cut a nock in the soft wood approximately 3 centimeters deep wow gold running the thickness of the wood, place this nock directly upon the tinder. Drill a small hole into the hard, palm-sized wood slightly larger than the diameter of your arrow shaft and no deeper than 5-10 millimetres. Twist a de-headed arrow into the string of the bow and place the butt of the arrow into the hole drilled into the hard wood. Be careful, as the arrow will want to twist out of the string and may injure you. Place the tip of the arrow into the nock of the soft wood. Begin pulling the bow back and forth, keeping the motion steady and even. The soft wood will begin to heat, smoke, and will eventually produce a small ember. This ember should fall into your pile of tinder. If carefully nursed, and blown upon until small flames appear, the pile can be picked up and carried by the bottom, carefully, and quickly to a prepared fire site.

When shaping the bow, make sure to shave wow items wood off the inside of the curve (the belly of the bow). Otherwise, the bow is likely to break on its first use.

The bow and arrow is not easy to use effectively. If you find yourself in a situation where you need to hunt to survive, you may be better off constructing traps or a more easily-used weapon.
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