Photo Caption: Drew Turner talks about making long bows, fashioning buckskin clothing, and living a pioneer lifestyle during a workshop presented by the Calico Rock Museum on July 7.
The Calico Rock Museum hosted a Pioneer Living Workshop on July 7 presented by Drew Turner, a taxidermist from Mississippi. Turner and his brother built a log cabin when they were just boys twenty years ago. Since that time, he has embraced the pioneer lifestyle hewing a canoe from a Yellow Poplar tree, also known as the Canoe Tree; built his own long bow for hunting; and fashioned clothing from deer buckskin.
Thirty people attended the workshop in Rand City Park in Calico Rock where Turner explained the process of making long bows, decorating them with dried snake skins for natural camouflage, and living a pioneer lifestyle. Turner helped young and old alike to try their hand at shooting the bow.
One local resident noted, “The bow has a real nice draw and it’s easy to pull back with plenty of tension and power that you know you could kill a deer with it.”
The workshop was sponsored by the Calico Rock Museum as part of the summer education series. For more information or to view photos from the event, visit the museum website at www.calicorockmuseum.com. To learn about future programs, call 870-297-6100.
