Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: PrimitiveTim on February 06, 2014, 01:07:44 am
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I think I finally got a solid method of mounting wooden field tips. I've been real pleased with how they performed. I went ahead and shot a video this morning on how to make them. The shorter the tip the less likely they are to break. You'll see that I did manage break some after serious abuse. I did a lot of shooting with them and I found that for targets it's better to have them a little bit pointier and for just shooting around at random things duller is better but I guess they'll get dull if you're shooting at leaves and sticks anyway.
(https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/0xkLt1amar4/mqdefault.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xkLt1amar4&feature=c4-overview&list=UU9l4lrfkOEV5iNSju5GxM_g)
Also I saw a couch on the side of the road and someone had mentioned shooting stone tipped arrows into couch cushions so I thought I'd give it a shot (: and see how it did so that experience was filmed and the link is below.
(https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/UYTpNfXVqGc/mqdefault.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYTpNfXVqGc&feature=c4-overview&list=UU9l4lrfkOEV5iNSju5GxM_g)
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Love the enthusiasm with which you are approaching this topic. Very creative. Just thought I might mention , however, the reason they call it stump shooting is ,you are should to be shooting at dead trees or stumps. Less likely to get your arrows stuck , but more importantly, poking holes in live trees will encourage insects and promote rot. Remember, we like trees ! That's where all the wood comes from. ;). If you ever did that with a steel field point and left it buried in the tree, you'd have some very upset people ( possibly injured) when the tree was cut, milled, planed .
Keep up the experiments, Dave
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Tim
I think you are getting somewhere now good job
Like Dave said it may not have been a wise choice to shoot at a live tree
Guy
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Yeah, I was using a softer wood than that oak so I didn't figure it could do much damage to it. That tree will be fine though. I didn't figure shooting it would be any worse than cutting a limb off, which happens every couple years.