Author Topic: Ash Arrows? (Read 28703 times)

Bob S. · « **on:** April 24, 2007, 03:16:37 pm »

How do you guys feel about ash arrows? I'm thinking about cutting a couple logs to split arrow blanks from. Be nice to have some primitive arrows to go with my bow.

Hillbilly · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2007, 03:36:48 pm »

Ash makes great arrows.

Coo-wah-chobee · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2007, 03:44:00 pm »

...............Yup, like Hillbilly said............bob

ratty · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2007, 03:53:36 pm »

ash make heavy arrows

but thats not to say there bad.

i have some 3/8 ash shafts compared to pine 1/2 pine shafts and there still heavier

DanaM · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:05:31 pm »

Heavy but hard hittin, they pack a wallop

DanaM

Bob S. · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:27:37 pm »

I tend to go a little on the heavy side with arrows anyway, so the ash sounds good. I'll experiment though. Thank's guys.

Pat B · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2007, 12:37:59 am »

Bob, One thing I noticed about ash arrows is you have to keep an eye on their straightness. They tend to go out of straight but that is easily remedied with hand straightening. They are good shafts and in my experience were 100 grs heavier than cedar.
My first trad hit was with an ash arrow. Just at dark the buck walked out at about 14 yards and turned to his right to tend a scrape. The wind was from him to me. He was broadside. I drew and released and heard a solid hit. The buck ran with his tail down...I was ecstatics!
After 5 hours that night and 5 hours the next morning I found where he cleared a fence nearly 1000 yards from where I shot him. We found the back half of the arrow with a pin drop of blood on it and it was broken across the grain. My guess is that the Grizzly head lodged in the shoulder and the arrow broke on a tree. This deer was tending his scrapes 2 weeks later. He had a definite splay to one of his hooves. Please excuse the diversion. Pat

Bob S. · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2007, 12:06:31 pm »

Thank's Pat, I'll keep that in mind. Sorry to hear you didn't get the deer, but glad to hear he was back tending a scrape. I had the same experience with my "modern" long bow. I hit high, right in the shoulder. Somebody shot the buck opening day of gun season. 8 point-19" inside. I hated to loose that deer, but at least he didn't rot somewhere.

Bob S. · « **Reply #8 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:36:48 am »

Now I'm curious as to what your favorites are. Anybody?

Coo-wah-chobee · « **Reply #9 on:** April 26, 2007, 03:01:15 am »

Favorite arras ?.Cane ,of course

.....bob

ratty · « **Reply #10 on:** April 26, 2007, 03:40:48 am »

Quote from: Bob S. on April 26, 2007, 02:36:48 am

Now I'm curious as to what your favorites are. Anybody?

my favorite at the moment is 1/2" pine as im shooting a 100# english warbow and a 110# hungarian wabow.

Hillbilly · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2007, 08:52:12 am »

Cane; sourwood, buffalo nut, and viburnum shoots. I've made split arrows from ash, pine, and tulip poplar. They stay straight easier than shoot shafts, but also break easier.

Pappy · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2007, 10:42:31 am »

Hillbilly I would think a buffalo nut would be to short,do you splice them.

Pappy

Pat B · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2007, 11:22:19 am »

Like Hillbilly, I like sourwood, cane, buffalo nut, and viburnum and other hardwood shoots. I haven't done many split out shafts though.
Pappy, Not if you use both of them!

Pat

Hillbilly · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2007, 11:42:44 am »

Pappy, actually obtaining the buffalo nut is a more intensive process than making an arrow from it

It's Pat's fault, anyway-he's the one who got me started out using buffalo nuts

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