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kybowhunter2
Trad Bowhunter
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Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 08:06:00 PM »
In your all's opinion what is the best wood shafts to hunt with. I have used cedar could not get them straight for some reason. What is the best?
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Huntingnut
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 08:09:00 PM »
Don't know if there is a "best", but I'm pretty much sold on Douglas Fir.
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jsweka
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 08:10:00 PM »
I like douglas fir for straightness and ash for durability and weight.
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briarjumper12
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 08:13:00 PM »
I have used poplar, ash, hickory, sugar maple, and basswood. Any of the hardwoods are hard to straiten. The basswood I've used is really nice. Easy to straiten and shoots good.
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meathead
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 08:16:00 PM »
My 2 favorites are doug. fir and laminated birch.
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Terry Lightle
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 08:25:00 PM »
Doug fir for me
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 08:49:00 PM »
Douglas Fir but have been using poplar more in the last while. Hard to beat it for value, durable and good weight.
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Jake Fr
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 08:56:00 PM »
I ave been playing with hackberry shafts I hve been turning down my self and way tougher than ash or hickory with alot more weight. But I also think ya cant go wrong with sitka spruce I have not tryed Douglas fir so cant compare their
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LongStick64
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August 06, 2012, 08:56:00 PM »
Not sure if it can be technically called wood but I am having a blast with natures carbon....Bamboo
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cahaba
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 09:01:00 PM »
I got 3 dozen Surewoods(Douglas Fir) from Tim at Braveheart Archery and didn't have to straighted any of them. Also they were all within 4 grains of each other in weight. I have shot them for six months and have only had to straighten two.
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Eric Sprick
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Re: Wood Shafts
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August 06, 2012, 09:04:00 PM »
Used POC for awhile but got some DougFir in a trade a while back. Really impressed with the weight and straightness of the Fir.
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Orion
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August 06, 2012, 09:45:00 PM »
Good POC is about as straight as wood gets and is quite easy to straighten as well. I also like Doug fir for a little physically heavier shaft. In hardwoods, birch or hickory, the latter being quite heavy.
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