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Title: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on July 07, 2011, 04:16:00 pm

These are a few arrows I've made in the last week. Two of them are black walnut shafts that Ken75 sent to me. (Thanks again Ken) I've never worked with BW for arrows and I can say they make very nice, heavy arrows. When I got the shafts from Ken they still had one end left square. I shortened that section a bit on one shaft, rounded it off and made a blunt fluflu for shooting at grouse. Note I said "shooting at"!  :D
  The other two are sourwood. All points are hafted with pitch glue, wrapped with sinew and sealed with super glue. The fletching are all tied on with sinew fore and aft only. all of these arrows have self nocke supported with a sinew wrap. One or the sourwood arrows has 3 smaller goose feathers tied on in a trangential 3 fletch, the other two are standard 3fletch and of course the orange fluflu.
  Two of the points are Abowyer heads that Charlie Jefferson(stringstretcher) sent me. These are pretty cool heads and take a good edge. The other head is one that Kenneth had made and sent me. It was big and heavy, weighing in at over 275 grs. I reduced the length and reshaped the head and this is going to be my #1 elk arrow just because it is so quiet and shoots so well from my 56#@26" osage static recurve. All the arrows except the fluflu weigh in at 700grs(mol)., heavy for a 56# bow but they all shoot well and are quite.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/primitive%20archer/BWandsourwoodarrowsfor2011elkhunt001.jpg)

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/primitive%20archer/BWandsourwoodarrowsfor2011elkhunt002.jpg)

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/primitive%20archer/BWandsourwoodarrowsfor2011elkhunt003.jpg)

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: bowtarist on July 07, 2011, 04:25:38 pm

Awesome job Pat!  Those points w/ the holes are cool.  Looks like they'll stay on thru all but a broken fore shaft.  Bet that's kinda tedious gettin' them wrapped on, though.  I make a lot of FluFlu w/ that fletching.  The blunt looks nice too w/ that wrapping. Fun stuff!! 

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on July 07, 2011, 04:51:17 pm

Thanks Bowtarist. The wrap on the blunt is sinew also like al other wrappings. Probably didn't need it but it is there anyway!  ;)

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: nclonghunter on July 07, 2011, 05:16:19 pm

Those look great..the blunt arrow will be perfect for the blue grouse..I started carrying a small slingshot for them. They will let you get close and they are bigger than eastern grouse.

I'm also heading to Colorado in September, but will not be traditional. I wish you the best hunt possible. What a great place to chase game and soak in the grand views of the mountains.

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: rover brewer on July 07, 2011, 08:58:19 pm

great job Pat!!!

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: Jtilley on July 07, 2011, 11:57:31 pm

what is the technique on the flu flu fletching??? Looks like a feather wrapped around the shaft. Is that a correct assumption?? I like it  ;D

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: beetlebailey1977 on July 08, 2011, 12:19:59 am

They look like killers to me.  I like.

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on July 08, 2011, 12:58:24 am

Yeah wanab, it's a full length fletch wrapped around the shaft. Works very well for a fluflu. Arrows go out about 25 yard and drop to the ground so I don't have to look all over for them.  ;D
  Long hunter I have a slingshot I may bring too.  ;)

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: Jtilley on July 08, 2011, 01:05:17 am

neat idea  ;) and a good looking bunch of arrows  :D

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: criveraville on July 08, 2011, 03:16:36 am

Those are sharp looking arrows.. I bet they will find their mark up in the timber  8)

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: sadiejane on July 08, 2011, 11:01:30 am

some mighty fine arrows there pat.

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: andy thomas on July 08, 2011, 01:39:58 pm

thanks for explaining the flu lu fletch i can see it now. :o
great lookin arrows

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: wvarcher on July 08, 2011, 10:23:53 pm

I don't think penetration will be a problem with such heavy arrows.  Bw sure makes a pretty arrow.  no need for stain .  Never seen a sourwood arrow b4.

Title: Re: Elk hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on July 09, 2011, 01:46:46 am

I learned about sourwood arrows from Art Butner, another WV archer/fletcher.  ;)