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Offline yazoo

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photos of hunting arrows
« on: August 17, 2009, 09:44:09 pm »
If season opened tomorrow show us a picture of you lucky arrow, the one you would use first
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Offline Timo

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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2009, 10:51:34 pm »
Ain't got one made up yet Mike! >:(
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Offline yazoo

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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2009, 11:12:22 pm »
me either,we need to get to work
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Offline knap_123

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« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2009, 12:31:40 am »
 the white tipped one feels like a winner for me. but i'm going to put them all to the test
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Offline Cromm

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« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2009, 05:54:22 am »
WoW they are some feathers you have there on the end of your arrows!!!
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Offline aaron

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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 11:08:51 am »
still working on mine, will post soon... please everyone give some point or arrow weights with your posts-I'm curious.
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Offline yazoo

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« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2009, 11:31:22 am »
very nice arrows, I am working on mine today, post pics soon
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2009, 11:29:37 pm »
These are the arrows I made last year. Points were between 100gr and 130gr I think and total arrow weight around 550gr to 600gr. Hill cane arrows.







and my set up last year.
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Offline Outbackbob48

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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2009, 09:32:51 pm »
Pat B , do you plug your hill cane with dowels on the point or the nock end or both, an do you do anything special to get the wt.up? Mine seem kinda light. Thanks Bob
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Offline Hillbilly

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« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2009, 03:45:12 pm »
Here's one set of my stone-tipped arrows. Weigh about 600 grains. Mixture of river cane and hill cane, wild feathers. Points are rhyolite, hornstone, and a mixture of other stuff.
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2009, 06:04:34 pm »
Bob, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't plug the center hole. It is not necessary. As long as you wrap behind the point and in front of the nock, they are plenty strong.
   These arrows are 550gr to 600 gr. You must be using immature cane(first year growth) for your cane arrows if you aren't getting good weight.
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Offline Outbackbob48

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« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2009, 07:52:04 pm »
Pat, I didn't harvest this cane, I bought a doz. or so somewhere. Is there any way to tell the differences from 1 yr to 2nd yr after it,s been cut.  I just went an  weighted some an I,m all over the place these are about 40" an I'm 650 to350 raw, alot of my points seem to be only 100 to 125 total, guess i,d better do some sorting. Sure wish we had cane here in Pa. Thanks for you Help. Later Bob
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Offline aaron

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« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2009, 12:55:17 pm »
I appologise if this comes through multiple times... I am having issues...finally got mine done. Sitka spruce shafts, obsidian heads (yup obsidian comes in green, thanks Emory. I also have one "clear black in the photo and the 3rd is Riley Dacite). contact cement and sinew on the store-bought feathers. epoxy (JB Weld) and sinew/TB III on the heads. each shaft  has 4 hide glue based paints: yellow ochre, charcoal, burnt sienna, and green earths . they're finished with bear grease which I traded an atl atl for . heads were about 125 grains, arrow weight about 425 grains. heads measure 1 inch wide, and are pretty thick- around 5/16 (1:4). i dont shoot these, but made 3 like them with field tips for practice. Havent seen a deer at "my spot" in a while...
good luck everyone!
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« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2009, 12:56:13 pm »
photo togo with previous post:

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