Jamie you are just going to have to put together a SERE class for all of us. Most of the forums within the survival realm you have a post, or you are the host of the questions. Thanks for all you in puts. These things help me think of things that I can do in the field to survive. I do have to tell you in my unit I was the only one issued a yellow rain suit so people could find me in the trees.

When I was growing up in Oregan we made bows out of Vine Maple and used boot strings for the string. We hunted rabbits, squirrels and birds with them. We would look for a limb about 1 1/2 inch to 2 inch in diameter. we would leave the bark on and taper the ends to attach the string. They coulgd be used right away because it is springy. the more days it dried the stronger it got. Once it got to dry it would become to strong for us and pretty brittle.

you can make a pretty good bow out of ash but it takes a little bit longer but if you make one they can make really good bows they are really strong yet springy. I never have been able to kill anything with it because i don't really have a lot of time to practice

sorry about the posting it three times

every time i make a bow it ends up breaking

When I was younger I use to make bows out of oak branches. The bow was good but the arrow didnt go anywhere