Re: MtMan-List: Elk Antler Bows

[clarke5706@juno.com (Charles E. Clarke)]

 <Louis.L.Sickler@lmco.com> writes:

>Hope someone out there can help. I know I read in one of my stacks of 
>publications a description of making a bow either as a wood/antler 
>composite or completely out of elk antler. I thought it was in a 
>recent Backwoodsman or Best of or Wilderness Way, but I can't find the 
>reference again.
>I am hoping one of you can provide a source and/or a brief description 
>of such a process.
>Thank you kindly,
>Red (now Gray) Coyote


I have found two sources that  cover antler bows. The first and best in
my opinion is called "American Indian Archery" by Reginald and Gladys
Laubin, University of Oklahoma Press. The other is called " Bows & Arrows
of the Native Americans" by Jimm Hamm, BOIS d'ARC PRESS. Both books cover
horn and antler bows but the Laubin book goes into more detail. I don't
know if these books are still in print. Good luck with your bow.

Chuck Clarke
clarke5706@juno.com