#5 Crow/Apsaalooke Child's Bow and Arrow – not all the arrows were straight, especially the first five or six I made. My father made me stay with blunt tips, so I didn’t hurt anyone. But they did come in handy hunting rabbits.
#4 Browning Nomad Stalker 1 Recurve – my first real bow. My first harvest with it was a grouse. Never found the arrow that sailed through it, but it tasted good. I took my first deer and an elk with this bow.
#3 Bear Polar Compound – my first compound bow. It felt like cheating with the draw weight release.
#2 Hoyt Carbon RX-7 - My current Hoyt is quiet, lightweight, and ridiculously smooth. No bow has a stronger strength-to-weight ratio and can withstand the temperature extremes when I’m hunting. It’s super quiet and that’s a must have for me. Quiet, invisible, and deadly. It’s sorta my mantra.
#1 Crow/Apsaalooke Warrior Bow and Arrow – This one is in the National Museum of the American Indian. The next time mine sees the light of day will be when I send El Chapo to hell.
My kit is made of Otter skin/fur, wood, canvas, feathers, and wool cloth.
I make my own broadheads. I sent one to El Chapo to remind him I’m still on the hunt.