Hunting with the Bow and Arrow

, and a shooting glove or leather finger tips. Our quivers are made of untanned deer hide, usually from deer shot with t

n such a way that the hair points from the larger to the smaller end; cut this piece and soak it in water until soft,

rcast stitch. Let the hair side be in while sewing. In the smaller end sew the circular bottom. Invert the quiver on a stick; turn back a cuff of hide one

iver over a woo

inches across the top, and slightly conical. Cut a strip of deer hide eight inches long by one and a half wide, shave it, double the hair side in, and attach it to the seamy side of the quiver by perforating the leather and insert

u may use any stiff leather, or even canvas. This la

uld swing from a belt at the right hip in such a way that in walking it does not touch the leg, while in

on the trail of an animal we habitually stuff a twig of leaves, a bunch of ferns or a bit of grass in the mouth of the quiver to damp the soft rustling of the arrows.

re ring a bit larger than the top of the quiver sewn in the cloth some three inches from the upper end. This keeps the feathers from being crushed. The mouth of this

the bottom. Where several bows are packed together, each has a woolen bow case and all are carried in a canvas bag, composition carrying

shooting or their anatomical formation, need it. It can be made like a butcher's cuff, some six or eight inches long, partially surrounding the forearm and fastened by three little straps or by lacing in the bac

ything such as a coat sleeve touching the bowstring when in action, diverts the arrow in its

rn use and quite in favor among target archers. We have found it rather hot in hunting, so have resorted to leather finger tips. These are best made of pigskin or cordovan leather, which is horse hide. This should be about a sixteenth of an inch thick and cut to such a form that the tips enclose the finger on the palmar surface up to the second joint and leave

by previously punching holes along the edges with a fine awl and sewing an overcast stitch of waxed linen thread which, having reached

ome. At the same time flex them strongly at the joints and try to keep them bent there. Such angulation helps not only in holding the bowstring, but keeps the tip from coming off under pressure. Wh

ether undone. When not in use keep them in your pocket or strung on the strap of your bracer. In by-gone days

amount of glue in the tip one has only to moisten his fingers in his mouth and the leather stall wi

st. Even now it seems a handy thing to have a deerskin wallet six by eight inches, by an inch or more deep. I

modern archer is ready and could step in