Dry fire?

[BowEd]

Hello ya'll.I have a liking for cane arrows.Made some up here lately.They came out a bit too light for my liking in grain weight that is.450.The spine on them is good.Does anyone ever experience any harm to the bow shooting them from a 55-60 pound bow?I mean hundreds or thousands of shots.I'm shooting mostly self bows or a few bamboo backed bows that are very well tillered.

[Pat B]

You shouldn't have any adverse effects shooting a 450gr arrow from a 55#-60# bow, a 200gr arrow maybe.
  What type of cane are you using?  My hill cane arrows and switch cane arrows come in anywhere between 550gr+ to almost 700gr with a 125 point added.

[BowEd]

That's kind of what I thought too,but just threw that out there to see what people might know.I bought my said cane at MoJam from a fellow from Texas.Some of them do come in at a nicer 550 grain or more but these did'nt.Did'nt check the the wall thickness well enough I guess.I have a coon hunting friend in Missouri just south of Jefferson City that says there are thousands of the shoots there.Don't know how good it is.He is'nt into bow hunting himself.It's about a 3 to 4 hour drive for me to check it out.Do you have some locally around you?That's nice if you do.

[Pat B]

I live in the mountains of Western NC where Hill cane(Arundinaria appalachiana) is indiginous. It grows along my driveway and the creek that runs through our property. I am very fortunate to have such a resource at my disposal.