Our northern, and I mean Far Norhern, bow brother(look up Ft. Simpson, NWT) what kind and weight wooden shafts and what bow are you shooting them out of?
Byron Ferguson in “Become the Arrow” is using 5 and3/4 banana on a 2219 shaft for quick stability in his dense area-I use 5 inch parabolic and/or shield cut on POC and 2018’s and they fly fine after making sure the shaft and BH/fieldpoint are bare-shaft tuned(re O.L.Adcock tuning advice).
Dr. Ed Ashby has an interesting essay on using 2 to 21/2 half inch high feathers with a “turbolator”- a 1/8 wrap of pinstripe 1/4 inch in front of the feathers. This for EFOC and ultraEFOC shafts- another benefit is they fly wet without water-proofing. I’m going to have to experiment with that set-up.
I’ve also had good luck using wraps on the 2018’s- no feather fall off and easy to replace without cutting or scraping the shaft finish when that inevitable moment comes.
StandingBear, how do you shoot in the snow up there- do you tie dental floss to your shafts so you can find them in the drifts or just put up a marker so you can come back in the melt!?
Stay warm! Bert
P.S. Check out pg 2 of the forum, 3rd post down- Butts-Going to switch to 4 fletch- give you some more ideas!
