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    An awesome gift!

    I had the pleasure to get to go back to RSA in Sept for retirement hunt with African Arrow Safaris. On this hunts and stay I met a person that has become a friend. Billy Berger is a totally primitive bowhunter and was using all primitive equipment, a self bow he made and a recurve his Dad made, plus making all his own shafts and knapping all his flint heads.

    I watched him shoot and work on his equipment and was amazed at his talent. He ended up taking a Blue Wildebeest, a Kudu and Nyala all with primitive equipment, the first to ever do so with AAS and Harry Nel. Billy is a big ole boy and lives in Georgia. His claim to fame is: he was on Episode 6 (I hope I am right on this), Series 1 of Naked and Afraid, so I got to hear inside stories of this show. Very interesting from his take.

    On to the story of Billy and this gift.

    I found a very large piece of flint in our yard and sent a picture to Billy to see if he could use it. It was probaly 1-2 pounds of flint rock. Click image for larger version

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    He said absolutley so I boxed it up and mailed it to him. When he got it, he ask for my address as he wanted to send me something.

    I received a package last week from Billy and this is what was in it.Click image for larger version

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    I am beyond shocked and amazed at what he built for me. It is nothing fancy but this skinner is sharp as all get out. I told Billy I was going to skin my first deer with it and then frame it and put the letter he sent me and safe it for all times!

    Thank you Billy, I will cherish this skinner and your friendship till the day I die.

    #2
    That is awesome.

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      #3
      Cool story and gift. Thanks for sharing.

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        #4
        Very cool!

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          #5
          Awesome gift !

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            #6
            Awesome story!! Get him to join TBH and share stories!

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              #7
              That’s very cool!!!!

              Bisch


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                #8
                That’s something special and the man has some real talent working flint.

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                  #9
                  Very cool story


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                    #10
                    Very awesome!

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                      #11
                      That is bad azz! Does he have a website?

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                        #12
                        Cool knife!

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                          #13
                          Take pics when you skin that deer and tell us how it worked.
                          Very cool knife!

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                            #14
                            That's awesome!! Cool little skinner.

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                              #15
                              Very nice!

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