Wood Preference

[lpcjon2]

I want to get a dozen wood arrows fletched and uncut 80-90#(around a $100.00 or less) what type of wood is the best for strength and straightness and who do you guy's prefer?

[vtmtnman]

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[Fletcher]

Ash, hickory and maple are super tough and heavy, but their straightness, or lack of, can be a real issue.  Douglas Fir is pretty tough, straightens well and stays that way, has decent mass and makes a great flying arrow.  It is what I have in my quiver these days.

[Tsalagi]

Fot target shooting into a bale, I use Port Orford Cedar. But for stump-shooting, I use ash with steel glue-on blunts. I have some ash arrows I have had and been using for eleven years. They're not the straightest arrows in the quiver, but they hit the stumps and don't break. I made these jokers with a 5-1/2" banana fletch and they just rock-n-roll for stump shooting. I discovered that steel blunts are better than rubber for stump shooting.