Arrow lubrication

[ishoot4thrills]

Originally posted by Boom Stick:
It's illegal to "add chemicals" to arrows in some states.  Ky for one.

That law is meant to prevent people from using chemical "pods" to aid in killing an animal faster by the use of toxins applied to the broadhead of an arrow, not to prevent hunters from lubricating their arrows to aid in penetration.

[Don Stokes]

I'll stick with blood. One point to consider- one of my hunting buddies lubricates his, and complains that the blood from the hit doesn't stick to his arrows, making it harder to tell the nature of the hit by the blood evidence.

I use fat arrows without lubricant, and none of the deer have noticed. My Superceders were made up to 25/64 in the untapered center section, but passthroughs are the norm when the arrow is properly tuned and the broadhead is truly sharp. When Tom Jeffrey (Owen's son) was using them, he killed more than a dozen deer and hogs from the first dozen Dan sent him, and he still had 6 left when I talked to him later. He said he only lost an arrow if it stayed in the animal and it got rolled on. The majority were passthroughs. I never had a single complaint on penetration from a few thousand customers. Good enough for me!

[Jeff Sample]

I'll post some pics of my lubricated arrows later after they have gone through deer and African game - they are all very covered in blood!

[SlowBowinMO]

That Sailkote stuff is very intriguing...

[Kingwouldbe]

I agree, the Sailkote sounds like the stuff, you could use it on your shaft, arrow rest, your tab or glove.

I bet that's what O.L has been using to set all those world records, the cat's out of the bag now

[George D. Stout]

Arrow Lubrication.  It just sounds so wrong 8^).

But I can understand why the Wensels would do it.
Maybe try that German product....Vienerschleider.

[BRONZ]

Originally posted by Kingwouldbe:
I agree, the Sailkote sounds like the stuff, you could use it on your shaft, arrow rest, your tab or glove.

I think I'll look into this.  
Thanks for the replies everyone!

[Jeff Sample]

Here's a couple. As you can see, plenty of blood left on the shafts. And with complete pass throughs (warthog and nyala) and Woodsman BH, the blood trails were massive.

 

[Boom Stick]

Originally posted by ishoot4thrills:
     

Originally posted by Boom Stick:
It's illegal to "add chemicals" to arrows in some states.  Ky for one.

That law is meant to prevent people from using chemical "pods" to aid in killing an animal faster by the use of toxins applied to the broadhead of an arrow, not to prevent hunters from lubricating their arrows to aid in penetration. [/b]

To quote Ky Department of Fish and Wildlife


Illegal

"A deer hunter shall not use or possess while deer hunting:

• A broadhead smaller than 7/8” wide

• A barbed broadhead

• A chemically-treated arrow

•An arrow with a chemical
attachment"

I am no lawyer but if you treat an arrow with chemicals,  it's a chemically-treated arrow is it not?

[Walt Francis]

Brad,
If you take that literally, as you’re implying a game warden would, then anything except a raw, unsealed wooden arrow would be illegal.  That would include every carbon and aluminum arrow ever produced.  To my knowledge, no fish and Game department in any state has prosecuted anybody for sealing wooden arrows or using aluminum or carbon arrows: Don’t think any of them will start in the foreseeable future either.

[geno]

some one post when you find out more on the sailkote.Price, Good place to buy and Does it work. I imagine it does a lot of arras if it was meant for an entire boat.

 Tim , You might have to start carrying some in small bottles.