Second try at woodies

[fish n chicks]

I tried my hand at some woodies again for this year's hunting season. Sorry for the cell phone pics, but I gave these away pretty soon after they were done. Some are POC, and some are Doug Fir.

I made two sets of these. One set for myself (home) and one set for my buddy (away) with our collegiate colors (Univ. of Detroit Mercy). His came out way sweeter, but of course, I didn't get a pic of those. Still trying to find a thread I like for the fletch wraps, hence the two white, and one blue (blue failed). These were tipped with 150 gn simmons tree sharks.

   


  Good friend Mike Vines passed along some copperhead (I think? Snake guys can help me on that one) scrap, that I turned into two arrows for a friend who mounted my first deer for me.

   


Some flu-flu's I tipped with 125gn Zwickey's. Don't ask me why. I gifted em to my buddy's dad, who graciously gives me a home in the woods every fall.

   


These were all 60-65#'s, and shot so dang sweet, these guys think they can place orders!

[dmikeyj]

Very nice.  

And them thinking they can (wanting to)place orders is a GOOD thing.

[Dmaxshawn]

looks good Kris

Shawn

[Roy from Pa]

Nice Fish.

[D]

Hum never thought about putting skin scraps as arrow crest.  Pretty cool idea.  I like the feathers on those too.  Very good job.

[KellyG]

Very Nice.

[Mike Vines]

You are doing a sweet job Jon.  How is the season going for you so far?

[Boise Bear]

Fish n Chicks:

I'd say you're right about the copperhead skins.  Young Cottonmouth's are almost indistinguishable from copperheads, except when you're too close to get away safely!  I grew up in south Texas and was studying to be a Herpetologist and had captured many snakes of both species.  But they do look like copperhead skins to me.  You did a great job on the arrows.  Do you ever use shoots from trees for shafting material?  I live in Idaho now and I make all of my arrows exclusively from dogwood rose, black locust, maple, plum and syringa.  I use handcut nocks also.  Keep up the great work brother!

[fish n chicks]

Originally posted by Mike Vines:
You are doing a sweet job Jon.  How is the season going for you so far?

Sorry I missed this Mike. The season has been lame so far. The weekends I could hunt I wasn't allowed to and the weekends I cant go I'm welcome. It's nobody's fault or nothing, just the way the cookie has crumbled. We are about a month away from the bunny shoot tho! I've been getting arrows and stuff together for that too. Maybe some for that competition you told me about...

[fish n chicks]

Originally posted by Boise Bear:
Fish n Chicks:

I'd say you're right about the copperhead skins.  Young Cottonmouth's are almost indistinguishable from copperheads, except when you're too close to get away safely!  I grew up in south Texas and was studying to be a Herpetologist and had captured many snakes of both species.  But they do look like copperhead skins to me.  You did a great job on the arrows.  Do you ever use shoots from trees for shafting material?  I live in Idaho now and I make all of my arrows exclusively from dogwood rose, black locust, maple, plum and syringa.  I use handcut nocks also.  Keep up the great work brother!

Thanks for the insight Boise. I would love some more of those scraps too. I gotta make some of those for myself. I haven't made arrows from shoots before. But I'm not saying I wouldn't! Just gotta learn how.

[George Tsoukalas]

Beautiful arrows! Jawge

[Boise Bear]

You'd be great at it I think.  Just remember to "train" the shafts by straightening them by hand every couple of days and as the moisture comes out of them, the less you'll have to straighten them.  After a while they stay straight.  Then scrape them clean, spine them and cut them and then just nock 'em, fletch 'em, point 'em and shoot 'em!  In our climate up here I restraighten (just tweak 'em a little bit) them just occassionally (no more than once a year) but no heat is required and they perform beautifully as several elk and deer could attest to!  Dog Rose and Black Locust are at the top of my list but I've located some maple with an explosion of shoots along the Boise River and I have about 2 dozen of those that are ready to  be made into arrows over this winter.  I'm curious to see how they'll come out as I've never used wild maple shoots before, but they should do fine if I do my job right.  I also have about 2 dozen wild plum, 2 dozen syringa and another 2 dozen dog-rose that are ready too.  I'll be busy this winter for sure!

[Roy from Pa]

Hey fish dude, ya gonna shoot them purty arrahs son?      I made up some cedar woodies yesterday for my latest BBO bow. Was bare shaft tuning them yesterday, I think I got them tuned in. Group of 5 arrows here, 2 fletched, 3 bare shafts. Will right down the specs and finish them up today.

   

[PEARL DRUMS]

I wouldnt give ya' dollar for John's or your batch Roybert...................John get ahold of me if you need some skin scraps man.

[Roy from Pa]

Yer just jealous pearly boy..........

[Roy from Pa]

Jon, I sent you a PM for the serving string I use on arrows.

 

 

[red hill]

Showin' off again, Roy.
Nice arrows, Fish.

[fish n chicks]

Actually, Roy used the pics from my photobucket account in his post. Thanks for the link btw Roy, just what I was looking for.

P.D., PM.

Thanks again gang...

[Roy from Pa]

Ya I stole fishy pictures:)