So my son didn't make the team this year during tryouts. So we decided to get him a bow of his own that he could practice with and us in competition if he makes the team. but to go out and have some fun I've been thinking of getting him some slip on rubber blunts for both stumping and bunnies.
Does anyone know what size I would need to get him?
What arrows is he shooting?
I believe Easton XX75 size 1820.
Three Rivers has 9/32 blunts available... that would be the same size diameter of the 18/64's shafts...
You would probably have to take the point out... I think they are glue in points on those particular shafts...
Jonathan
It's a soldered in point. May have to grab some other shafts.
Bummer...
They must have changed the points... they used to be a simple target point that was hot melted/or epoxied in the shaft...
Jonathan
It may still be but I noticed all have two small scars about 1/2-3/4" back from the tip that looks like a weld spot.
I've been taking him out squirrel hunting with his single shot when season was open and every time he asks when he can get his deer tags. Then when he got his bow in January he was asking if he could use it for deer hunting. No son, needs to be a little bit heavier.
He doesn't have the strength for a 40lb bow just yet. Might rifle hunt this year but needs some time to develop those bow muscles.
This is getting exciting!
You can either get him some different arrows for stumping and rabbit hunting or grind the points flat on the arrows he has. You will not need to grind them all the way, a good flat spot will do.
That NASP® 1820 is 30" long.
Maybe it would be easiest to simply cut the shaft off behind the deepest part of the point. The portion of the point that is inside the shaft is 11/16 long (3/4th will get you just past it).
I will probably get some different arrows just so he doesn't mess up and take the wrong ones to a competition if he makes the team next year. They had 58 kids trying out for 18 slots! He came in around 25-35 scoring a 98. One young lady who was on the team last year shot a 208!
An 8th grader in Louisiana shot a perfect 300 this past weekend. Only the 6th kid in NASP® to do it in 15 years.
There are kids that have gone from mid-100's to state champ in just 2 years. Whatever the score, archery fun is the common result.
(I better cut it out...this is trad site.)
I believe that the rule is kids don't count for the restrictions, could be wrong.
I'm just glad he's enjoying it!
A kid has lots of fun with some cedars with blunts, they don't weigh nearly as much as those 1820s. My ten year old grandson is a total terror to most most critters with a quiver full of light weight cedars with bludgeons. His Prairie Predator and those cedars blunts stop bunnies in their tracks. He is tall and slim for his age, but he has been shooting since he was three and is a good shot.