Please Help Me with a Market Research Project!

[badbadleroybrown]

Hello everyone,

I would appreciate your help with a market research project for my management class.  Please complete the poll and answer the following questions:
1. Do you shoot carbon, aluminum, or wood arrows?
2. How often do you buy arrows and how many do you usually purchase?
3. In what ways can your current arrow be improved upon?  
4. Do you prefer plastic or feather fletches?

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I buy just the raw shafts, feathers, points, glue & tape.. I cut my own nocks...Plan Jane arrows, just whip-on some poly

[JImmyDee]

You need some "no preference" and "all of the above" choices...

[Rob DiStefano]

ttt

[BobW]

not enough options for answers....

[tim roberts]

Got to agree with Bob W.  The loss of quality POC, has left a void in the wood arrow market.  Some better worded questions, or more options on answers might have been better, but that is just my opinion?

[heydeerman]

I shoot carbon. I have some a few cedar, ash, and lodgepole arrows that I will shoot on occassion.

I rarely buy arrows. I have several dozen shafts and make my own as I need them which is not very often. Remember, I shoot carbon.

I cant think of a way to improve my current arrow.

Feathers.

[Rob DiStefano]

1. Do you shoot carbon, aluminum, or wood arrows?  
95% carbon, 5% wood

2. How often do you buy arrows and how many do you usually purchase?
Never buy arrows, always make - I always stock at least a few dozen carbon and wood shafts

3. In what ways can your current arrow be improved upon?
No substantial need for improvement

4. Do you prefer plastic or feather fletches?
Feather

[just a bit outside]

1. Do you shoot carbon, aluminum, or wood arrows?
Carbon only. Tried the others but didn't like them.

2. How often do you buy arrows and how many do you usually purchase?
Usually buy arrows about every two years by the dozen.

3. In what ways can your current arrow be improved upon?
No need for improvement. Like them where they are; simple, plain and effective.

4. Do you prefer plastic or feather fletches?
Shield cut feathers... definately.

[BEN]

1:   Carbons about 95%
     Chundoo woodies about 5%

2:   Usually buy 1 dozen a year

3:   No need to improve my arrow----just my shooting:)

4:   Feathers----parabolic for hunting.
             ----Shield cut for target shooting (for looks)

[last arrow]

1. Carbon 95% wood 5%

2. buy 1.5 dozen carbon shafts per year. Wood shafts about 1 dozen per 5 years.  I assemble the arrows

3. none other than price.  carbon shafts are very expensive for the low level of complexity in thier manufacture.  Must be a lot of cost in distribution and marketing.

4. feathers only.

[badbadleroybrown]

Originally posted by tim roberts:
Got to agree with Bob W.  The loss of quality POC, has left a void in the wood arrow market.  Some better worded questions, or more options on answers might have been better, but that is just my opinion?

What type of questions or options would you, or anyone else, suggest to make this survey better?

Thanks,

Eric

[Dave Worden]

I mostly shoot alum, but I have some wood for when it's required.  I usually buy a dozen or less (shafts, not arrows), since I have dozens at home already made up.  I won't even consider plastic fletch.  Yeah, the feathers wear out.  So what?  Now I can strip them and rebuild the arrows.  Making them is almost as much fun as shooting them.  I guess I don't know how to make them better, but I'm not really sure we need to.  The aluminums are certainly straight enough and tough enough.  The woodies bend and break, but then they're supposed to, aren't they?  If I really wanted technological improvements, I'd guess I'd put the bow away and get a gun.

[hvyhitter]

1. Aluminum 99%

2.Have bought 10 to 12 dozen in the past 6 months...hoarding older easton shafts like gold...I hate the UNI nock.

3. Dip and crest for more better purdy.

4.5 1/2 inch shield cut feathers

[tim roberts]

By the survey one would guess that you are looking at starting a small business?  With out going back and looking at the question, and going off a slow dial-up memory, it seemed that all the answers were limited to yes and no.  It woulde have been better if my response would have been more choices on the answers.  It seems to me that market research would spreading out the possibilites a little greater than yes or no.  If your intent is to start a small business, best of luck!

[DEAN]

1. carbons
2.every 6 months 2 doz @ a time
3. no need
4.  any type 5 in feather right wing

[David in Hickory]

1. Carbon or wood(ash, hex pine, cedar)
2. At least a dozen a year, normaly a dozen at a time
3. Arrows don't need improvment but could do away with the shaft tax and get the prices back down
4. Feathers all the way

[Brian Krebs]

I have tried many different shaft materials; but I really like to shoot wood arrows. So; I shoot wood arrows. So I cannot answer question 1.
 I have not bought finished arrows in 30 years. I make my own; I do buy shafts; and sure would like to see a dozen that don't have run offs; or are so twisted it takes half the winters dull time to straighten out.
  I couldn't answer all the questions; as I have never shot tapered shafts so I don't know if I would prefer them to the paralell I do shoot.
   I shoot feathers only.

[backwater]

All of the above  but mostly wood.
Every couple of months  about 4-5 dozen a year.
My arrows are capble of better performance than i am.
Feather.

[dnovo]

Wood 98%  aluminum 2%
I don't buy arrows, I make them so I am very satisfied with my current arrowmaker. I make 2-6 dozen/ year
I taper all my wood shafts and prefer it.
Feathers only.