Time to Regress.....

[joe skipp]

Spent an hour shooting today then did an arrow inventory. I have 2 dz swagged aluminum fletched and ready to go, 6 AD Trad Lites and then....the woodies.

I have 1 dz barrel tapered ash that I held on to. All fletched and ready, 6 Sitka Spruce for my spring Turkey hunting and this year I made up 1 dz SuperCeeders for my Fedora.

The more I look at the woodies, the more I seem to miss making them up and using them full time. I'll use the aluminum now for my travel hunts but the wood will be my primary arrow for whitetails, small game and Birds.

Just something about working with wood and their shooting qualities that have me regressing back to '69 when I first started. This should be an interesting winter....   :eek:    

[Orion]

Hey Joe, it's called Pro gressing.

I know what you mean though.  I've been shooting wood for more than 50 years.  Shot an Easton Axis carbon this year for the first time hunting.  Sure was efficient. But i still have a lot of good wood that I've been accumulating for many years, including a fair number of Sweetland forgewoods, so I think I'll be shooting wood again come next fall.

[jeff mccray]

Awesome!!!!!!  I only shoot wood.

[Blaino]

I got a test kit of woods from our classifieds for the first time. Wow! The ones that shoot straight feel sooo good. I'm hooked for sure. Time to start buying woody building equipment ASAP so I can have a set for the hill hog hunt at the end of Feb.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

LOL Joe, I know what you mean.

When I break a wood arrow I get a bid bummed but deep down I am gleaming because it is one step closer to my next batch.  In Fact I get irritated when I lose an arrow, would rather break it, that way "you get more out of it"  

[D]

Hard to beat the smell from a fresh broken cedar.

[2Blade]

Im with ya Joe I like a good wood arrow.

[DamselflyFarm]

Shooting wood arrows is like using a bamboo flyrod--just feels right.

[tradhunter]

I got lucky and now have a whip in rout to me....thinkin that this bow will be a wood only run. Time to get back to what started me in to traditional archery in the first place!

[cahaba]

I love wooden arrows. They shoot better than any other material in my opinion. They may not be as tough as carbon but thier shooting qualities more than make up for that.

[Knawbone]

Wood is good! Can't see myself shooting anything else. Aluminum is too noisy and carbon just does;t feel right.  

[gringol]

trad is regression by definition!  might as well shoot pointed sticks as well!

[LA Trapper]

Nice reflection Joe.  How is that new Fedora working for you?

Billy

[joe skipp]

Billy....Fedora is one of the fastest bows I own. I'm shooting 610 grain SuperCeeders off it and they fly like darts out to 35 yds. Aluminum even faster.

Not sure what wood I'll be buying...either Sitka or Doug fir and I want them tapered down to 5/16 on the nock end. I asked Don Stokes if he had any 310 Superceeders left over...no luck. Silent Pond ruined me...his barrel tapered ash were the best shaft I ever shot, next to the Superceeders.

[ron w]

Silent Pond had good stuff and was great guy to deal with. I shoot Alum, Carbon and wood , but wood just seems to work well out of everything I shoot.....Wood is good!

[Kris]

I always felt like "gods of the hunt" smiled upon me when I shot an animal with cedar.  It seems right and good.  

I have been shooting carbon and I am not as romanced by it, even though they are perfect in many ways.  

It may be time for me to regress as well      

Kris