Hardwood Arrows

[Red Beard]

#5971

Trying to decide wood or griz sticks. I like the thought of using wood, but it sounds like there a pain. Wondering how they would work here in Oregon, where im wet most of the time im in the woods. Any body know a good fletchers web site that makes tapered footed hardwood or lam. birtch arrows?

[karrhollow]

#46759

Try allegheny mountain arrow woods. Bill is an excellent craftsman and an all around great guy to work with. Hes got almost every hardwood available (i get my ash shafts from him) including laminated birtch. Arrowwoods.com is his site.

[Patrick]

#46852

I was afraid of switching to wood arrows for the same reason. Now that I’ve switched, I’m not going back. I love using wood arrows. They’re not a pain at all, and are actually VERY forgiving.
This doesn’t make sense to me, but it’s true: If aluminum arrows are bent in the slightest, they are worthless. Yet, not a single one of my wood arrows are perfectly straight (I bought some 2nds VERY cheap), yet they fly great.

BTW, I had used Grizzly Stiks for a while as well.

[strait-aero]

#48198

I agree with Patrick about the forgiving nature of wooden shafts. Even if they aren’t perfectly straight they fly well.But I believe there was concern over whether or not they could be maintained in a wet climate…I believe that wood does well if properly sealed. I’m sure that some of the guys from the Pacific northwest that use wooden shafts couldn’t give some input here. As far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing like shooting wood. 😆 JMHO

[SteveMcD]

#13320

Not Hardwood but ditto in Laminated Birch Shafts from Allegheny Mountain Arrow Woods.

Comment on “forgiving” wood shafts. There are plenty of IBO Shooters shooting wood shafts.

[Ripforce]

#14043

I have some Chondoo pine and some Poc wood arrows, I love the way they shoot and the are more durable than you think! Took a shot at a doe at dark smacked about a 3in pine tree,that I didn’t see unforunatly,never even hurt the shaft just dulled my broadhead! I use 75/80 shafts which are quite heavy! I havn’t broke one yet!

[Fletcher]

#17947

A couple of the best arrow woods, Port Orford Cedar and Douglas Fir, come from Oregon. They will be right at home there. Both make great arrows altho Fir is tougher, heavier and is my personal favorite.

[shdwhwk]

#22819

Surewood Shafts are less than a hour from you in Jefferson. They make excellant fir shafts.

http://www.surewoodshafts.com/

[rayborbon]

#45198

I’ve experimented with the following woods over the past two years:

Tonkin Cane Bamboo, Port Orford Cedar, Hex Shafts, Sitka Spruce

All seemed to fly just fine out of all my bows when properly matched for spine. In fact they fly just as straight as any carbon I have ever shot.

[SteveMcD]

#45496

rayborbon wrote:
Tonkin Cane Bamboo, Port Orford Cedar, Hex Shafts, Sitka Spruce

All seemed to fly just fine out of all my bows when properly matched for spine. In fact they fly just as straight as any carbon I have ever shot.

Ray, I totally agree with you. Why people abandon wood for aluminum and carbon. I don’t know. I guess like all else, it is personal preference. But, if you go over to Paul Jalon’s Elite Arrows website, you will find a list of many IBO & Longbow champions – all who shoot wood!

[Stephen Graf]

#45995

It’s not how they fly, it’s how they penetrate. I would like to use wood, just because. But I am a meat hunter, and carbon arrows bring home the meat.

Target shooters can use them because their score isn’t dependent on target penetration.

Just so’s nobody takes these for fighting words… I know wooden arrows in the hands of the right people will be just as deadly as carbon arrows in my hands. It’s just that I can’t count on making a perfect shot every time….

[SteveMcD]

#46346

Steve Graf wrote:
Just so’s nobody takes these for fighting words… I know wooden arrows in the hands of the right people will be just as deadly as carbon arrows in my hands. It’s just that I can’t count on making a perfect shot every time….

Steve G… that is exactly why I love and make my own wood arrows. God made the wood. But I picked the spine/weight, and everything else that went into it.

If I miss.. I only have myself to blame.

[rayborbon]

#46349

Carbon arrows seem to penetrate quite well. I am convinced they have a slight advantage over cedar and spruce for example. I am not sure if they are any better than something like Tonkin Cane bamboo. Arrows being as equal as possible in weight when considering…

[Frank H V]

#47413

Red Beard wrote: Trying to decide wood or griz sticks. I like the thought of using wood, but it sounds like there a pain. Wondering how they would work here in Oregon, where im wet most of the time im in the woods. Any body know a good fletchers web site that makes tapered footed hardwood or lam. birtch arrows?

I use Whispering Wind Arrows. Bob Burton is a great arrowsmith & very knowledgable. http://www.whisperingwindarrows.com
He sells supplies too.
Frank

[Fletcher]

#47840

As long as they are well sealed, wet weather shouldn’t bother wood arrows. Footing is normally used to add weight and/or strength to the front end of the arrow, neither of which applies much to hardwoods. Footing is also used to add length if needed. There are plenty of us fletchers who will build with the laminated birch.

[rbbhunt]

#54166

I got some tapered ash shafts from the nocking point. I like them for hunting, I don’t have a problem keeping them straight and my bow is whisper quiet.

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