Your Self Sufficiency - Bow Making

Bow making is an age old skill which has proven its enduring usefulness, rather as a hobby to a sporting capacity or even a means of reaching a higher spiritual goal as practiced by Zen buddhist monks.

However, the bow in particular has it humble roots in hunting rather than an offensive 'killing' capacity which is depicted so much in films and stories. Not eveyone who is trying to be self sufficient is going to be able to procure firearms weapons and some may choose to not use such instruments because of the inhert difficulties and danger in storing, maintaining and definitely those who do not want to be stockpiling ammunition!

In this case - a BOW is going to be the most useful tool you will have for gathering food and also it makes for a very handy hobby, this guide teaches you how to select the appropriate wood, to construction of the main body and how to maintain and protect such tools. It may seem like a very basic weapon but we are not tooling up for war! But a very neat addition to your hunting and home protection!