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Author Topic: sitka spruce or douglas fir?  (Read 743 times)

Offline 21st century 1

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sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« on: March 13, 2009, 06:56:00 PM »
what do you guys gals prefer douglas fir or sitka spruce? i wanna try something differant but need some input. lets pretend we already broke all the cedar,so ya can"t pick that.[gonna miss that sweet smell!]
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Offline Benny Nganabbarru

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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2009, 07:22:00 PM »
I don't have an objective opinion, as I have never seen or used Sitka spruce. I have enjoyed shooting Douglas fir arrows, and have been blessed with a number of good animals falling to them since starting to shoot them last year (one brumby, three pigs, one camel). I'm no expert, but they seem very straight to me, and very strong. Mine come from Doug Knight at  www.surewoodshafts.com  .
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Offline The Ursus

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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2009, 08:00:00 PM »
Another fan of fir here.  All the shafts I've made from fir have come out nearly "shooting straight" right out of the jig.  They straighten easy like cedar and hold up just as good, maybe better.

No opinion of spruce though, sorry.
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Offline Oregon Okie

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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2009, 08:11:00 PM »
same here. Love the surewoods but no spruce experience.
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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2009, 08:20:00 PM »
I'll take spruce, it takes a good beatin' ,stays straight, getting a 600+g arrow is no problem. When the goin' gets really tough I get out the Ash.

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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2009, 09:43:00 PM »
Fir IMO is the nicest shooting arrow wood.  It seems to be a little "snappier" to me and recovers quickly from the release.  Generally heavier than cedar, stronger and very attractive either plain or stained.  Sitka spruce is has the highest strength to weight ratio of any wood, which is why it is used to build airplanes.  Pretty consistent weight and slightly lighter than cedar on average.  Shoots as nicely as cedar IMO.  TG Sponsor Braveheart Archery sells Surewood Fir.  These shafts remind me of the Acme Premiums of old.
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Offline zwickeyman

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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2009, 10:06:00 PM »
I prefer Sitka Spruce from Hildebrand Shafts.
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Offline Brently

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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2009, 11:05:00 PM »
Spruce for me.
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Offline Plumber

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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2009, 11:42:00 PM »
I also shoot HILDEBRAN SHAFTS they are a real nice arrow. I was shooting 11-32 x 5-16 nock end tapper. they weight out real close....
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Offline Paul WA

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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2009, 12:51:00 PM »
I never had much luck with fir, shoot either spruce or cedar...PR
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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2009, 02:10:00 PM »
I've made and shot POC, spruce, and douglas fir shafts. The weight, durability and straightness of Surewood Shafts are my choice today. I have some old ACME POC shafts that I am hoarding though.
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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2009, 02:45:00 PM »
After all, Howard Hughes built the largest flying airplane in the world out of Sitka Spruce, the Spruce Goose.
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Re: sitka spruce or douglas fir?
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2009, 04:10:00 PM »
It wasn't made out of spruce...it was made out of birch. Guess they thought it would sound catchy...
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