Practice with Flint

[FerretWYO]

How do those of you who shoot flint heads practice with your setup?

[Ted Fry]

Shoot into a foam block such as dock float or another large block of foam that will not grip the point as ethafoam does

[lpcjon2]

Maybe old couch cushions would work for ya.

[FerretWYO]

Thanks Ted.

[Mike Yancey]

What are you doing shooting flint heads Randy? I heard that it might be legal there soon. I hope so because I have an antelope hunt that would be the thing for.

[NoCams]

Some shoot into a pile of sand as well....

[FerretWYO]

Originally posted by Mike Yancey:
What are you doing shooting flint heads Randy? I heard that it might be legal there soon. I hope so because I have an antelope hunt that would be the thing for.

It will be this fall if it goes through.

[dingas]

I have wondered too. How much do they dull? Just flake some off the edge to resharpen?

[Shinken]

Stone pics Randy !  Stone pics!

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken

 

[bornagainbowhunter]

I have found that the best way, for me, is to weigh your rock, and tune with a field point of the same or close to the same weight.  I then take the field point off and cut the shaft (using the taper) for hafting.  I then place the point into the shaft, spin test it and adjust if needed, then apply some pine pitch to make it solid.  I wrap it and only take 1 test shot with it to ensure good flight into a WORE OUT bag target.  Then touch it up if needed and its ready to hunt.  I ONLY practice with the field points.

Ill post a pic of the hafted shafts in a bit.

[bornagainbowhunter]

Originally posted by bornagainbowhunter:
I have found that the best way, for me, is to weigh your rock, and tune with a field point of the same or close to the same weight.  I then take the field point off and cut the shaft (using the taper) for hafting.  I then place the point into the shaft, spin test it and adjust if needed, then apply some pine pitch to make it solid.  I wrap it and only take 1 test shot with it to ensure good flight into a WORE OUT bag target.  Then touch it up if needed and its ready to hunt.  I ONLY practice with the field points.

Ill post a pic of the hafted shafts in a bit.

By the way, a 8" slim taper file is perfect for hafting...

[bornagainbowhunter]

 

 

Those are AWESOME looking, Nathan!

Bisch

[BDann]

That is some fine work Nathan.  You have some talent there, lurking under that beard.  

[ozy clint]

i have some big cold room styrofoam panels.

[Jon Stewart]

Tractor supply uses a looser (for the lack of a better word) foam block to hold the trailer tongues up off the ground.  They give them away and they work good for test shots.

I still touch up the edges after shooting the arrow.

[Knapper]

I make stone points and have tried several things.  Styrofoam or beadboard is fine but gets little beads every where.  The foam block works very well as Ted suggested especially if a solid type foam.  Another option is blue board, it is used when insulationing concrete walls and craw space areas.  Any home Depot or Lowes carry it.  A good place to get it for free many times is a construction site where they have scraps that they are discarding.  You can glue together thin pieces to get say 6 inches thick.  A glue to use is Three M spray adhesive.

[Shinken]

B-A-B!  Wow!

Those are some *awesome* stone points!  Looks like you have those well-mounted to the shafts.

Like to see some red coloring on those....

Shoot straight, Shinken