stumping alluminums

[ericmerg]

is there a way to make sure the allum arrows wont bend if say i miss and it goes under leaves or such i understand hitting a tree will bend them but what about small nicks from rocks

[Night Wing]

If you go roving in rocky terrain, aluminum arrows will get nicked by small rocks.

Where I live, we don't have rocky terrain. We have sandy type soil so my aluminum arrows never get nicked because there are no rocks.

[tradlongbow]

X2. What night wing said.
Darren

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

XX75's will take much more than most give them credit for.. If cut right they resist points being jambed inside and splitting.. What they won't take is a sideways blow such as glancing off a hard tree.

Other than that,, pick your targets, with a good backstop, and go fling sum.

[cbCrow]

I have used aluminum for years as stumping arrows along with hard rubber bludgeons and found that this combo does the job with minimum damage to shaft. I agree also with Earl E about sideways banging on trees or rocks, but sometimes can't be helped.

[David Mitchell]

Yep, what cbCrow said works great--rubber blunts absorb a lot of punishment that does not get passed to the shaft.

[Scott357]

What about aluminum arrows and judos? Would it help to stack some rubber washers between the point and the arrow to absorb some shock? I want to start stumping but I am afraid of losing arrows that I cant afford to replace right now

[PeteA]

Ericmerg,
There are a few threads here and on another site about footing aluminum with aluminum for stumping. Sounds like you can cut a 2" alum shaft and slide it over your regular shaft and expox it in place. Same as you do with carbons. I shoot 2016 and an think about trying out a few. I have a few 2217 that seem to fit but I think there are some better sizes. I shoot judos and some homemade judo. I'm in Sothern Zone NY and as you know there are a ton of rocks out there that just love to jump in front of my arrows. Send me a PM and I might be able to help more.

[boog21]

If you stump with aluminum arrows, be selective.  Shoot only mature stumps - let the young ones walk!

[BOWMARKS]

Cow pasture and a rag.  

[Bowtie]

I stump shoot with a longbow using aluminum 1916's with 125 gr. Judo's. Poundage out of my bow/draw lenght is 43 lbs. I have very little bends.  Might lose a nock or an insert might come out partially, if I hit something really hard.  Otherwise, my arrows really hold up well.  With that said, my shooting buddy shoots a recurve, aluminum 2016's at 55 lbs.  He is apt to bend an arrow more than me.  Nicks and scrapes on the shafts happen to both of us.

[David Mitchell]

Originally posted by boog21:
If you stump with aluminum arrows, be selective.  Shoot only mature stumps - let the young ones walk!

Love it!  

[Covey]

I've sacrificed alot of arrows to mature stumps.      The ol boy that owns the property I hunt on put it in a forestry management program. So he cut alot of cedars off of it and believe me cedar stumps are hard. Have to be perty selective when stumping there. I'm gonna try to foot some of my 2117's with 2312's and see how that works. Wish me luck!

Jason