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Arrows / Re: Poplar arrows
« Last post by Pat B on Today at 01:58:18 am »
Nice poplar arrows Robert.
Poplar makes a very good arrow. A few years ago my friend and PA member, Charlie Jefferson(stringstretcher) started making poplar arrows. He was starting with full size trees, slabbing and cutting the slabs into billets to age. After 2 years he reduced it to 3/8" square shafts then made round dowels with a Veritas dowel makes. Charlie sent me a few dozen matched shafts for me to make arrows and try my best to break them. Poplar makes strong shafting. These shafts were made from sapwood and weighed about the same weight as POC of the same size.
 He sent me a few heartwood poplar shafts that made good shafting but was more brittle than the sapwood so not as tough.
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by bentstick54 on December 21, 2025, 11:28:29 pm »
Very nicely done. Full draw looks good to me. Sounds like it shoots great.
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Arrows / Re: Poplar arrows
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on December 21, 2025, 11:23:42 pm »
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Arrows / Poplar arrows
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on December 21, 2025, 11:22:59 pm »
I finished a set of poplar arrows that I like. I had heard they were used extensively and had always wanted to make some. There was some really straight grained hobby board with lots of color variants at the hardware so I thought I would see how they work out.  I used a skilsaw and a hand planer to make them. They shoot pretty sweet.

Specs are: Weight is 572gn average (560-585). FOC about 1 inch. Spine is unknown but i would guess 50-55#, I don't have a tester but they shot great out of a 45# flatbow and a 52# longbow neither of which are centershot. 28 inches long (with the brass tips). 5 inch turkey tail fletch. Horn nock reinforcements. Silk wrapping. Finish is tung oil, varnish, paste wax.

Thanks for looking!
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Arrows / Re: Best wood for 450-500 gr, FOC arrows?
« Last post by Pappy on December 21, 2025, 08:41:35 pm »
I use a lot of POC, I like 45/50 or 50/55 , if 50/55 I just leave a little longer to reduce the spine, I shoot 160 field points and broad heads and usually they come in 500/525, little more or a little less but close to that at finished weight.  :)
 Pappy
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Around the Campfire / Re: Wing bone calls
« Last post by Pappy on December 21, 2025, 08:14:32 pm »
That is very cool, I also make them and do about the same as JW, I have a die hard buddy that hunts them , I made him one and he said he only uses it on birds that won't respond to anything else and is amazed on how it will usually bring them in when nothing else will. :) Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 21, 2025, 08:03:15 pm »
Back strap for supper, the brush pile burned well into the night, me and the girls kept check on it until late and the wind laid, if fact it was still full of hot coils this morning and probably will be for a while. Hope yall had a good one also. Merry Christmas to all my buddies, remember the reason for the season. :) Life is Good.  :)
 Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 21, 2025, 07:58:39 pm »
Got about half the logs cut into fire wood, after 2 days hard work the place in looking better, I plan on sewing it down with something this spring, won't look the same but think it will look good just the same. :) Getting quite the collection of bone handle tool and such, people are always asking what do you do with all them bones you collect, this is what.  ;) :) :)
 Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 21, 2025, 07:53:39 pm »
Of course had to have lunch/back strap and inner loin, that stuff will give you strength.  :) cutting up logs for fire wood and burning, the burning went way better than I thought it would. ???
 Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 21, 2025, 07:50:59 pm »
Got the building ready for trusses and roof, Hope to get that done Monday and Tuesday. Jeffery in the club has a skid steer with jaws on it, it was a big help with the brush, we cut out the big stuff and drug it with my tractor to the camp ground where it will be cut up for fire wood and Jeffery hauled and stacked the brush to burn. :)
 Pappy
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