douglas fir arrows

[ozy clint]

i use douglas fir for my stone pointed arrows. i'm yet to take something with them but i'm sure they'll work.

[snag]

Fletcher, I guess I just haven't seen that in their shafts before.

[awishanew]

Some of us in our area were making Douglas Fir shafts and found shafts made from reclaimed fir lumber from old buildings were quite brittle and would not stand up. Shafts made from old growth fir as opposed to second growth fir were far superior.

[snag]

I've been shooting Surewood doug fir shafts for some time now. I shoot everyday. I have not had one break on me.

[Paul WA]

Well you are lucky snag, I have broken shafts of every wood type. I like the surewoods and also like spruce from the Hildebrands...PR

[Hopewell Tom]

No problem, Ben. Those were beautiful looking arrows and you beat me fair and square. I hope they work out well for you. I saw the post on sending them to you,

[helo]

Hey I have a question for you guys that shoot surewoods my question is I shoot 46-50 spine p.o.c. out of my longbow and they perform great so I purchased a dozen 46-50spine surewoods and they fly weak spine. Why is this ? Same length same tip weight. Just curious.

[Arrow4Christ]

helo,

Have you checked both types of arrows on a spine tester?

Craig

[Tree Killer]

Been shooting and hunting with Doug Fir for 20 years. tarted out making my own with an arrow plane I got from John Strunk. Built arrows out of other woods, but always come back to fir.

 

Originally posted by snag:
I've been shooting Surewood doug fir shafts for some time now. I shoot everyday. I have not had one break on me.

You must shoot foam and foam alone! I break some now and then on stumps and pine cones while roving, and one now and then on a creature.

 

[StanM]

That's a nice trade right there, Ron, a four point for an arrow  

[snag]

Thanks for reminding me Ron! haha I've been shooting wood for 3 yrs now. Not had a chance to try one on an elk or deer yet. I did hit a tree at a 3D shoot once that ended that arrows life!

[kbetts]

I bought some tapered shafts from arrows4Christ and they seem tough.  I'm just finishing them up but seem much better than cedar.  I haven't had to straighten any.

[trashwood]

i sure like the DF weight for hunting arrows

rusty