best wooden arrows

[Bjorn]

Yes, the Morrison will be worse for spine needs. But you could do like Howard and bend your elbow more!      
PM me your address and I'll send you the tape.

[PAPA BEAR]

i have tried bending my elbow but its just not comfortable at all and i am not nearly as accurate as i am when i lock my arm fully extended.i even tried this when i shot wheelies with the same results.maybe its me maybe not,not really sure about that one but i think i'll stay with what works best for me.

[DesertDude]

Larry,  Bob at Whispering Wind Arrows may be able to help. He may be able to foot some shafts to give you the lenght and spine needed. I'll give you a call tonight. Give him a call and tell him your needs. I just bought some Footed shafts from the Sponsers classified. Kye at the GBFS, shoot him a PM and ask if her can help also.

Mark

[michaelschwister]

IMHO the best currently are surewood douglas fir tapered by Dave Doran at archery past.  My bow is 74# at 28" and I use 190 grain BHs for a 800 grain arrow. I use 110-115# spine.  They shoot flatter than 2219s with 125 head. I buy the shafts, wipe on 3 coats of helmsman spar urathane and fletch with 5 1/2" high back shields in yellow. Nocks are 5/16 classic index.  Taper mine on my combo sander with a taper block I bought from appalachian archery at coudersport. Use a bitzenburger dial o fletch. Use a propane torch to heat the hot melt. Thats about it.

[Steve O]

If I were ever going to buy wood arrows, I would get them from "Fletcher" here.  I've had a booth next to his at a couple shows and his wood arrows are straighter than any carbon or aluminum shaft.  Every time he would throw one on his spinner, I was amazed.

[Dave Bulla]

Is Rogue River still in business?  They always had the best POC I've ever used.

I agree with Bjorn on the spine.  My bow is 60# @ 30" and I pull about 31-32" and I needed 100-105# spine.  I had footed my arrows to 34" then tapered to 33" BOP and I couldn't shoot anything heavier than 125 grain points or they were too weak.  Sounds like your arrows will be too weak but you want a heavier head so it'll be about a wash.

Last year I started out trying carbons and have used the CE Heritage 350's (I think... whatever their stiffest one is) and with brass 100 grain inserts, I can't go over 125 gr points on them either.

[Arrow4Christ]

Dave,
Rouge River was sold to Wapiti Archery in Grants Pass, Oregon. Google "Wapiti Archery" and you'll get their website. Only reason I didn't get some when looking at wood arrows was that based on their website it doesn't look like they have spines over 75#.
Craig

[Fletcher]

You can get by with some pretty simple tools if you keep your arrows simple.  The shaft is the heart of the arrow.  There is nothing you can do to a crappy shaft to make it a good arrow.  Start with good matched shafts and the rest will be pretty easy.  Michael S. above has it figured out.

True and accurate nock and point tapers are important and I would recommend the disk sander/guide approach.  You can get by with the pencil sharpener tools, but be prepared to mess with your points and nocks to get them on straight.  Minwax stains and polyurethane work great for a finish and can be found most anywhere.  Dalys Profin is a very good finish as well.  You can wipe the finish on or make a quickie dip tube from a golf club tube and a couple rubber stoppers.  A fletching jig and some Duco glue will get the feathers on and good hot melt with a propane torch works fine for points.  Piece of cake, man.

[PAPA BEAR]

thanks to all of you for the valuable input.i'll wait for the tape that bjorn has offered to loan me and see if i want to pursue this further.dave i really dont want to shoot less than 145gr's on the broadheads so i may end up staying with my 2613's aka (patriot missles)by wannabe1... lol...patriots...  :D

[2treks]

I second steveo's vote for Fletcher. His arrows are pretty doggone nice looking and STRAIGHT.
Heck of a nice guy also.
Chuck

[Fletcher]

Steve and Chuck, thanks for the kind words.  I really do work at it.

Steve, I have some stiff shafts coming for test arrows.  Bring your bow to Nashville and we'll get you shooting some wood.