How to Make a Bow and Arrow

Step 7 How to use your bow and arrow

In the movies they make shooting a bow and arrow look like a piece of cake, but its not! Hold the bow with your weaker arm in the middle of the bow. Then grip the arrow with your thumb, pointer, and middle fingers each in between one of the paper feathers. Pull back the arrow against the string as far as you can, and watch the arrow fly, you will be amazed by how far this easy to build bow can shoot.

Comments

[lukeocartwright]

use a thin cane as ashaft for the arrow it makes th errow extremely light and will fly further

[Keli33]

Hey, what kind of string did you use?
What kind of string is the best for bow strings?

[ethiran]

i think you must use a nylon string not a string

[esmith37]

The fletching on an arrow shouldn't come that close to the nock. You want enough space for your fingers to fit between the nock and the fletching. Then you can draw the bow properly, using all your finger strength. Just curl the fingertips of your index, middle and ring finger around the string with the arrow between your index and middle finger.

[Turtlepirate101]

btw firstly a notch in the bottom at the side of the arrow is more reliable than a slit in the bottom and secondly the arrow is to be held with the thumb and the index finger ( the first crease from tip of finger)

[chadwell]

people just go to walmart with 3 dlars and buy an actual arrow that works garanteed

[rugnor]

im from spain and here we dont have wallmarts(in fact where i live there arent shops that sell thing like that at all)

[Billgun]

Yeah u have Walmarts, ASDA or something is europes walmart but trust me theres a walmart in just about every single country on earth wal-mart is a HUGE company

[poboyle666]

Yeah, we have ASDA in the UK but you'll never find arrows in there!

[Saturday_Mourning_Cartoons]

Walmart may be a huge company, but that doesn't mean people shop there. Also just because someone has on in their country, doesn't mean that it is right down the street. I mean, who in their right mind would bus somewhere for 6hrs just to shop at Walmart?

I know that Walmart is having a lot of trouble marketing in Europe because a lot of Europeans shop at the stores they've been going to all their lives. The same stores their parents shopped at, and their parents before them.

[bennyboy1994]

australia dont have it

[chrizw123]

they have asda where i lve and they dont sell that sorta stuff...

[lukeyj15]

No walmarts in australia as far as i know

[scott rox]

There aren't any Walmarts in New Zealand either.

[fartnocker]

 sandy4444s new account: not walmart! walmart does not carry green day cds.
and its for people hoo cant afford to go to real stores

[fartnocker]

 also its more fun to make it yourself

[Frankie174]

duh

[glitcher]

It also garuntees a broken bow and wasted 3 dollars...

[alfonso]

Thats probably the way to go if you want to spend money. But if you want to make a arrow to mess around with, this will work just fine.

[Spartanatheart]

your not supposed to hold the arrow your supposed to pull back the string either to your ear or just under your eye and also your supposed to have notches on the arrow

[greymatter21]

if uve ever shot a REAL bow, it is a piece of cake(minus tha fact that u have to hit tha target XD).real arrows have notches in tha back end for tha bow string to hold onto,so u dont have to hold it with 3 fingers.plus those arrow "veins"(feathers) look as if they would give u 3 good paper cuts after shooting tha arrowDX.but other than that, tha bow is great;D

[Ditz]

I'm just saying that that's not a good way to hold an arrow. I'm not sure about the correct way, but I am sure that that isn't it.

[superxj9]

all of these comments are really good help if you want to build a bow thanks.

[Nalydorthebuilder]

so, what, do u just sharpen the end of the stick? I don't wana hurt someone, but a pointed arrow will fly farther and straighter than a blunt tip, plus you can kill squirrels and stuff... Joke!

[sharlston]

get a thin dowel and use a pencil sharpener to sharpen it

[bubba j]

a blunt tip works well for me and the shocking power can kill squirrels no joke

[CapnTac]

I prefer to make my own arrow heads out of flint.

[sharlston]

me too

[15zhangfra]

how do you make flint arrow heads

[Frankie174]

rock against rock

[15zhangfra]

oh, i did try it yesterday but i id it wrong so i ended up with an over sized blowgun dart head. and lol, frank/frankie is my name too

[Rotten194]

Get some flint, some gloves, goggles and a bigger rock. Smash the flint. Pick the best shard, shape it with a screwdriver. Use.

[15zhangfra]

yeah i didi, but even though i was using a tiny screw driver, my chip just cracked and fell apart by the middle

[Pbyrd]

Didn't you see that episode of Mythbusters where they coompared sharpened stcks and flint arrow heads? The determined that the penetration was about the same and that it is easier to just make the sharpened stick. You could still make flint arrow heads but I'm just telling you that the two are nearly identical.

[NRen2k5]

Yeah, and that episode also sucked. They got complaints on their website from experienced archers and bowhunters pointing out that penetration isn't the only thing that matters. A flint head is better for hunting because it cuts the animal's flesh and blood vessels rather than just poking it. It also can do more damage when the animal tries to run, rather than just falling out. And finally, it's convenient because when it breaks or goes dull you can just remove it and put a new head on the arrow, rather than having to whittle the arrow down.

[Frankie174]

flint cuts skin better

[bubba j]

flint gives better hole

[Nudo64]

yes, thats true, but if you have a flint arrow, in shooting people, or animals (hunting) flint arrow breaks, and cause massive pain, with chips and pieces constantly stabbing you inside your body.

[Deathcapt]

Until you shoot something that isn't styrofoam. The wood arrow will break. and the tip with crush. The flint can be used more before it breaks. Also adds weight to the front of the arrow making it fly straighter. There are slight advantages to using a proper arrow head. Not so much for target shooting but for hunting they help a lot. Especially with increasing cutting area, so you cause more damage.

[15zhangfra]

yes but the flint arrow head can cut a wider swathe, which is better, because what damages more, a thin scaple blade or the large axe blade