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Glunt
Trad Bowhunter
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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Reply #20 on:
June 06, 2012, 02:57:00 PM »
POC 'cause it smells the best when you nick a branch the arrow explodes.
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iohkus
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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June 06, 2012, 10:42:00 PM »
No one hardly ever mentions bamboo, why is this? Just curious.
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iohkus
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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Reply #22 on:
June 06, 2012, 10:45:00 PM »
I know, bamboo isn't wood, but usually is considered as such, generically.
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Grey Taylor
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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Reply #23 on:
June 06, 2012, 11:07:00 PM »
Bamboo makes a fantastic arrow, but it takes a real affecianado to make a bamboo arrow due to the amount of work. Plus, some parts of bamboo arrow making don't correspond well to what people are used to doing with a milled shaft.
Guyo
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tuscarawasbowman
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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June 07, 2012, 01:08:00 PM »
Raw Chundoo pine from Twig Archery. Had some ash once REALLY wish I had more.
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bigbadjon
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Posts: 1472
Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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June 07, 2012, 01:19:00 PM »
I still use POC as I can get it in perfectly matched spine weights. As douglas fir becomes more readily available to match in that fashion I may make the switch to those.
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Tron
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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June 07, 2012, 02:14:00 PM »
Normally Sitka Spruce that I get from Neil Hildebrand. Gentleman and great shafts plus hes local up here. I have a couple dozen old ACME cedars that are footed from Custom Footed Shafts up here in WA too. Boy those are shooters, just not quite worth the price
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TomBow
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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Reply #27 on:
June 08, 2012, 05:30:00 PM »
Well my experiment with wood arrows has almost reached the shooting stage. Received the Tru-Center Taper tool yesterday from Lost Nation, along with some ferrule-tite, some Duco and some 125 gr. blunts. Mounted 4 shafts with nocks, 3 of them with blunts and one with 125 grain tip after receiving said shipment. Overnight, fletched the 4, 3 with 3-fletch and 1 with 4-fletch. Will shoot this afternoon. AGain, used generously donated POC shafts. So far so good.
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ArkyBob
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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Reply #28 on:
June 08, 2012, 10:37:00 PM »
Poplar from Magnus also. Nice weight, straighten easily, and seem to be really tough. I've been shooting them for a couple of months now, target and stumping with no broken arrows yet. Great guy to deal with also.
BOB
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TomBow
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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Reply #29 on:
June 08, 2012, 11:06:00 PM »
Oh Baby! Shot those four in the basement, then in the yard out to 40. Must o' done OK building because they are flying well. They are hitting a bit right ( i'm a rightee) but no surprise as my previous carbons are (actual measure) stiff for my bow but I've been shooting them (MFX 500's measure in the 400's!) for a while so I think muscle memory has adjusted a bit. I'll have to shoot them a bunch ! (Awwww, too bad!! ;-() Durn Wood is QUIET!
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Brock
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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July 05, 2012, 09:15:00 PM »
tried cedar, aluminum, fiberglass, ash, maple, laminated birch, chundoo, sitka spruce, douglas fir...
i prefer douglas fir...but have had best overall results with quality, straightness and performance with sitka spruce... a lot stronger than cedar without noticeable difference in avg weight. take stain better than fir...easier to straighten...fly great.
That being said I just got me 12 new doug fir shafts to play with this Spring...now to make time.
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Knawbone
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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July 05, 2012, 11:00:00 PM »
Cedar just shoots good.
POC/3R DF/hildabrant I havent found DF to be any tougher than POC. Cedar is my go to wood,it just responds and shoots good I don't have a ton of knowage on the subject, Jut know what works for me thus far.
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Knawbone
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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July 05, 2012, 11:20:00 PM »
Yes wood is quiet, and I find it doesn't spook the Deer when you bounce one off a tree. At least not as bad as unnatural arrow materials.
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HHA 5 lam Cheetah 65" 48@26
HHA W Special 66" 52@26
HHA W Special 68" 56@28
GN Bushbow 64" 56@29
21st Street Chinook 64" 58@28
Kota Prarie Nomad 60" 47@24
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Ben Maher
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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July 05, 2012, 11:46:00 PM »
the shafts I have purchased from Ted Fry at Raptor were fantastic ... straight and stayed straight [ spruce and POC ...
I also got some great doug fir shafts from Tim at Braveheart ... tough, straight and pack a whallop !
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Mike Gerardi
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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July 06, 2012, 05:50:00 AM »
POC and I get my shafts from Magnus.
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Owlmagnet
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Re: Wood arrows--favorite shaft material and sources
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July 07, 2012, 03:04:00 AM »
I've tried Sitka spruce, Port Orford cedar, Norway Pine, Chundoo, Hex-pine, ramin, and laminated birch. All have their advantages and disadvantages. Lately, I have been shooting ash. While it may be a far from perfect wooden shaft, my Howard Hill longbows like the weight and they seem to be difficult to break. I believe I'll hunt with ash, this year.
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