poplar shoot shafting

[aao321]

Anybody tried the little poplar shoots?  I thought I read before they are not strong enough.  All this talk in the other thread has me wondering if anybody has had any luck with the shoots of the tree.

[George Tsoukalas]

Try it. I love poplar for shafts but I don't recall using the shoots. Jawge

[DarkeGreen]

I got mine finnished yesterday and shot them today. So far I like them. I just had some issues with the shafts I got. I ended up with 9 that shoot pretty good out of the dozen shafts I purchased.

[Shakes.602]

How many Shafts did you Purchase at once D.G?

[DarkeGreen]

I purchased 12 shafts and they were in pretty bad shape. I broke two right off trying to get them straight. For awhile I thought I was only going to get 6 good arrows out of the batch.

[aao321]

Jawge, Just a little follow up.  
I cut 5 shafts out of little trees (shoots) on the 26 of feb this year.  out of the 5 only 3 produced acceptable shafting.  I cut these shafts at over 1/2 inch at the fat end and then took the bark off.  dried and straightened by wood stove til last week. The 3 shafts that made the cut come out as follows: 1) 31 " weight 395 grains and spine of 41 lbs 2) 30 " weight 365 grains and spine 42 3) 32 " weight 460 grains spine of 50 lbs.  these shafts have only been drying for a month but seem ready to go.  they are a  little too light for me but will work out of my wifes bow.  shaft diameter is 3/8 on point end and 5/16 to 7/16 on nock end.  They are straight as shoot shafts go.