solid fiberglass arrows

[gb]

Has anyone tried hunting with a broadhead mounted on a solid fiberglass fishing arrow? I use them with blunts for stump shooting because they are inexpensive and never break.

[BodarkOkie]

I believe Monty Browning used to hunt with them.  You need a pretty heavy bow though.

I made up 6 several years ago and shot them for a while out of my
60-70# pound bows.  Boy, they zipped out of them at about 135 feet per second.    

Work pretty good up to about 15 yds.  After that, gravity is a serious force.  You don't have to worry about penetration.  They hit like a run-a-way freight train.

[Hoytman]

If I were inclined to use fiberglass I would use it slid inside a 2216 shaft. Then you could use point insert, adapters, nock inserts, etc.

[laddy]

I used to use solid fiberglass and birch stuffed microflight 12s out of my heavy bows, for white tail deer excessive penetration to say the least.

[gb]

Thank you all for the advice. I'm trying to stop armadillos from undermining my trailer and need to pin them to the ground. Neighbors don't like dead dillas in their yard with my arrows sticking out. Being partially disabled, I use a 175# recurve crossbow at 5 to 10 yards and 30+ degree downward angle. I believe your suggestions will solve the problem.

[gb]

I became interested in archery two years ago. During that time, as physical and mental limitations have allowed, I progressed thru xbow and compounds to my now favoite Ben Pearson no.3340 solid fiberglass stickbow. All were gifts or purchased at thrift stores or pawn shops for $10 to $15, and all have been a challenge to me. Archery has helped me greatly in recovering from a near fatal heat stroke while working that damaged my lungs, heart and brain. (Heat related illness kills more Americans than all other weather events combined...Be Careful.) I've enjoyed learning to repair and tune several bows. I really like building my own arrows from hardwood dowel rods and making broadheads from scrap steel. My "hunting" is still limited to shots at varmints and predators thru cracked doors and windows at home. I hope to go bowfishing from the bank some day, but barebow shooting is my passion. Let all of us who are healthy and able to enjoy the CHALLENGE of traditional archery be thankful. We could at any time experience an illness, accident (or war wound) that would teach us the true meaning of the word.

[tomh]

good luck with those killer dillas. glad to see you are getting after them! we need to see pictures when you connect.

[heydeerman]

gb,  Good luck killin the dillas. Can that hard skin be used for anything?

[BodarkOkie]

Jim,

Use it for a bowl.  Haven't you ever had "Possum on the half-shell?"

       
 
Gene

[gb]

Thanks for the encouragement.

[Naphtali]

Originally posted by BodarkOkie:
I believe Monty Browning used to hunt with them.  You need a pretty heavy bow though.

I made up 6 several years ago and shot them for a while out of my
60-70# pound bows.  Boy, they zipped out of them at about 135 feet per second.        

Work pretty good up to about 15 yds.  After that, gravity is a serious force.  You don't have to worry about penetration.  They hit like a run-a-way freight train.

Solid fiberglass-shafted arrows, in your experience, are not inaccurate beyond 15+ yards because of excessively weak spine? Are ALL solid fiberglass [fishing] shafts of equivalent spine? If they are not, where would I find spine chart for solid fiberglass fishing shafts?

Do a SEARCH on "Has the ultimate arrow shaft been in plain sight?" to find an excerpted Browning article on solid fiberglass shafts.