It depends of the wood used. I have lost POC arrows and found them later with feathers rotted off and metal target point almost rusted off. I brought it in the house and laid if flat on my work bench and gave it a few weeks to dry. Once dry I sanded and resealed, fletched and added a new point and it shot as well as before. Other woods would have rotted but POC is very rot resistant. Now, finding lost arrows is another thing.