favorite type of arrow

[Kingoftheflock]

recently, ive had alot of trouble with carbon steel arrows. i got about 8 of them 3 weeks ago, and now im down to 2. for some reason the shock of the arrows hitting something harder than the ground is cracking the back of them, where you insert the knock, and not the front. im saying screw it. 5 bucks an arrow that breaks in less than an hour of target practice is not worth my time. im going to switch over to wooden arrows, probably homemade, but i gotta ask, whats you favorite type/brand of arrow, primitive or non?

[coon4492]

Do you mean carbon fiber arrows ? I use the ones dan neebee sells. Ive shot those arrows into rocks and concrete and they dont break. Aluminum breaks and warps easy and wood snaps i would stick with carbon fiber especially the ones dan neebee sells.

[LDS]

There are rules to field target archery.

Rule #1.
Don't shoot at anything harder than the ground. It will break your arrows. Shoot at soft stuff.

Rule #2. If you can not find soft stuff do not shoot.


My son makes most of my arrows for me. Sitka spruce with natural turkey feathers. No plastic nocks and standard screw in tips. He gives me a dozen each year for Christmas. I am careful with them and they last me the year.

[Kingoftheflock]

no joe im done with carbon fiber for now, its too expensive, im gonna make my own, give it a shot. LDS, ill think ill try that, if i can find everything. what does he use to hold the arrowhead in place? anything in particular? i have some lavender bushes around my area i know about, that should be good enough for the shaft, i havent gotten a chance to try and make arrows many times, and im getting an urge to do something, so im going for that.

[coon4492]

wood isnt going to be stronger than carbon fiber listen to LDS dont hit anything hard with your arrows although sometimes its unavoidable. Also keep in mind making wooden arrows is a skill they have to be nice and straight there not as easy as you think.

[Kingoftheflock]

no kidding, its hard, but im gonna do it. the arrows broke when they hit the ground, only one went way off course and hit a rock. i made a backdrop made of the old bag i had that got too filled with holes. so it worked pretty will, but i put that up only recently...so i m gonna do 2 things whn i make arrows, im gonna save money, and im gonna improve my skills in making them.

[LDS]

There's more to it that finding a good straight weed and putting a tip on it! Even the Indians were peculiar about the woods they used.

You are at a disadvantage in PA, you do not have the two best arrow woods in the nation, which are river cane and vibernium.

You do have some second choices.

dogwood is always a favorite. wild rose is good too. There is actually a shrub called arrow wood, and for good reason.

Some os us have the advantage of owning our own homes, so we can plant what we need and call it "landscaping". I have cane, vibernium and arrow wood growing in the yard.

Stay away from dowels like you buy at the hardware, walmart or ome depot. They are poplar, very brittle and not cut properly with the grain.

All the supplies and instructions you need are available from

http://www.threeriversarchery.com

You use ferrel glue on the nocks and tips.

[Kingoftheflock]

some of us have the advantage of owning our own homes, so we can plant what we need and call it "landscaping". I have cane, vibernium and arrow wood growing in the yard.

funny you should mention it, we're doing a major landscaping project, replacing all of the dead an ugly stuff and putting other plants in, i should get my dad to plant some river cane or vibernium,is there a difference in how workable they are? it would be suspicious if i asked him to get both in there.

[coon4492]

three rivers archery is awsome I wanna get a long bow off of their site ncie find LDS

[Kingoftheflock]

did you buy one? how did you afford a 500 dollar bow when youre scrapping for gas money?

[coon4492]

I got the fred bear montana longbow from Cabelas for my birthday. It's a 50lb bow the limbs are very thin but I love the thing. So to answer your question it was a gift would you seriously think I'd spend my precious gas money? I ordered flu flu feathers off of three rivers archery I need them for an atlatl experiment

[Kingoftheflock]

flu flu...that sounds like a vietnamese prostitute name. herrow joe joe boy, me flu flu, me love you long time.

im saving my money...i was about to get a job but the place that wanted to hire me lost my application for the second time. im hoping on getting a left handed bow, considering im left handed and shooting righty really feels awkward. thats one of the things on my list, a lefty compound bow, then a recurve. i want to shoot your bow now. next time you come over, bring it ive got that crappy backdrop up again.

[coon4492]

my dad shoots a left handed jennings bow the thing is insanely heavy its practically an antique compound bow now. He was looking into buying a fred bear left handed compound bow those are nice you should consider fred bears lefty bows. Yea I can let you shoot my montana long bow just don't mess it up. Its a 50 lb bow so you will have no problem pulling that at all. Its accurate as long as you use feather arrows instead of thos plastic feather ones. oh by the way I can bring the block and the deer target to if you want to add to the backstop. I went to rices farmers market and picked up a 2 dollar burlap sack I stuffed hay into the sack and it works as a target so theres a cheap idea for a target.

[Kingoftheflock]

? a 500 dollar bow breaking after a few weeks means you got ripped off massively, i wont break it. yea bring the targets next time.

the biggest problem with a bag full of hay as a target is that bees tend to nest in them. then again if the bees do infiltrate them, then light it on fire with a fire arrow!!!