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Title: Wood arrows
Post by: edward.penny2022 on October 29, 2022, 06:56:18 AM
Who here uses wood arrows for hunting? I'm thinking of hunting with a set I have. Post pics of some of your kills and I will do the same when I get a deer! 
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: GCook on October 29, 2022, 08:25:06 AM
I've only killed two deer with woods and that was up at KennyM's place in Sept.
I use carbon and wood.

This thread will get a ton of replies and pics.  Lots of hunters here do.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: George Tsoukalas on October 29, 2022, 09:46:56 AM
I killed a deer with a self bow, trade point, and hand planed, white pine shaft. All of the above I made.
Jawge
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: durp on October 29, 2022, 01:34:30 PM
Been using em for 60 years come december...tried aluminum and carbon once in awhile but always go back to wood  :archer2:
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Captain*Kirk on October 29, 2022, 07:41:06 PM
Since ditching the wheels I've only hunted with cedars, some that I purchased a while back and others that I made myself once I bought all the fixin's to build my own, which I really enjoy.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: dnovo on October 29, 2022, 08:44:17 PM
Wood arrows are the best.  I've been making my own for many years and it is addicting.  It's not hard to make a quality matched set but does take time and commitment.  It is a part of my enjoyment of shooting a longbow.  I truly enjoy the process.  And they will shoot every bit as well as the carbons. 
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Pine on October 29, 2022, 10:02:18 PM
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70-75 Douglas Fur, Ace 125gr 2 blade broadhead.
All I use is wood.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: MnFn on October 29, 2022, 10:23:12 PM
Mostly use Douglass Fir, but have used and like Sitka Spruce also.
I love shooting wood arrows. Just something about them.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Michael Guran on October 30, 2022, 08:38:53 AM
I started shooting trad in 2015, and all but 1 of my kills have been with wood arrows.  I agree with what has been said above, there is just something about them that seems right with longbows.  I just started making my own this year and shot a deer in early October with them, and to me it adds to the enjoyment.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: WESTBROOK on October 30, 2022, 12:24:18 PM
Wood arra's have got it done for a loooong time...

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Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: keng on October 30, 2022, 04:25:19 PM
I was shooting wood when they were cheap. All I've ever used for hunting.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: A Lex on October 30, 2022, 07:48:24 PM
Ha, none of my bows have ever been "polluted" (tongue in cheek guys, tongue in cheek) with a carbon or an aluminium arrow  :biglaugh:

Those other type of shafts are extremely good shafts, no doubt about it, but for me, it's wood all the way.

Hunting, stumping, any and all general mucking around, I reckon wood makes a fantastic arrow  :thumbsup:

And I really like making them too.....

Best
Lex
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: JBrown on October 30, 2022, 09:51:43 PM
I used wood arrows when I first got into traditional archery back in the 80's and killed several animals with them but quit using them for some reason. I just got back into them this year and I am loving them!! There is just something about the smell of cedar arrows when you are working on them in your shop.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Wheels2 on October 31, 2022, 07:02:08 AM
I don't shoot them currently simply because they are hard to pull from layered target butts.  The finish heats during friction of penetration and seems to stick to the target material.
However, I always found them more forgiving and easier to tune than even aluminum.
I keep hoping that a compressed cedar shaft will return... every so often a rumor surfaces about someone making them again, but so far that has not been the case.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: gordydog on October 31, 2022, 08:54:32 AM
Just set up two bows again with wood arrows after filling buck tag. I practice with broadheads all season and I find I have my favorite wood arrows. Each arrow sometimes has it's own personality. A matched dozen may have one or two arrows that require some tweaking, like a different weight broadhead....or sometimes they become a practice arrow.However, it's rewarding to get those "perfect" fliers that end up in your hunting quiver.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: GCook on October 31, 2022, 09:56:39 AM
I waited a long time to get wood arrows but I just enjoy them.  I'm not sure why but the way they look in flight is just mesmerizing to me.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: fmscan on October 31, 2022, 10:11:30 AM
Killed Bear, Elk and deer with wood and Im not a good shot - wood and trad go together, not knocking carbon, they have some great pluses...
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Badlands on October 31, 2022, 02:37:18 PM
Wood is all I've really ever used.
all of the critters that I have been lucky enough to harvest have been with woodies.[attachment=1]
Love the feel and nostalgia.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Sam McMichael on October 31, 2022, 09:08:53 PM
I have been using wood for many years now. I prefer them over the other materials.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: the rifleman on November 01, 2022, 04:46:07 PM
This is my one and only wood arrow kill.  Bow was a 40#@29" Toelke Pika which I drewaybe 26" at the time.  Arrow was a 5/16 tapered cedar Wapiti w a Grizzly single bevel.  Total weight was just under 400grs.  Quartering away and walking.  Arrow penetrated into offside shoulder.  He dropped within 80yards.  I was very pleased w the performance.  This was also the only deer I recall shooting using a fixed crawl.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Wudstix on November 01, 2022, 10:25:55 PM
Tapered and footed Cedars, are the flavor I like!!!

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Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Gordon Jabben on November 01, 2022, 10:44:42 PM
I have always used wood arrows and taken a lot of game with them.  They'll work great. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: IndaTimber on November 04, 2022, 08:26:41 PM
Since diving in 100% trad in 2012, I shot carbon one year and have shot wood all others. I love making them and it's something my kids can help with the cresting! They are literally one of a kind custom arrows!  Got several kills with them and they just feel right to me.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Sam Spade on November 04, 2022, 09:16:16 PM
Me
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: BAK on November 05, 2022, 12:51:07 PM
Like these?   :bigsmyl:


Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: TSP on November 07, 2022, 08:30:02 AM
If you're going into the woods there's nothing better than woods.   
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Terry Lightle on November 14, 2022, 08:07:10 PM
Killed one deer with aluminum,rest with wood including moose,bear and whitetail.Yes they work,always have and always will.
Title: Re: Wood arrows
Post by: Walt Francis on November 14, 2022, 08:10:26 PM
Wood arrows have been killing critters for over 10,000 years, no reason they won't keep killing them.