Just started shooting tapered cedars out of my Mohawk this season. Man I really like the way they fly out of it and my other Longbows too.What wood arrows are you shooting out of your bows? Is there a better wood arrow than cedar in your opinion? Thanks bentpole
Birch & ash is what I'm using. Both give more weight.
I like cedars. Use them for 90% of my shooting and hunting. I buy the heaviest weight cedars I can find in my spine range and make them heavier by soaking them in Watco oil. Sometimes I also foot them. When I want a really heavy arrow though, I go to hickory, birch or ash in that order.
My favorite is Douglas Fir. Fairly heavy, tough, and the grain really "sticks out" when stained, making for a great looking arrow.
Cedar and Tamarack but there is nothing better than a quality cedar arrow. dino
Sitka Spruce.
I also like Doug Fir. Tough, straight, not too heavy and looks good.
Sitka Spruce
Sitka spruce...tough stuff!!
Orion, do you poly over the Watco after they have soaked and dried out?
Eric
I LOVE RAMIN IF YOU CAN FIND IT.
I love tapered ash out of my longbows, they fly sooo good and hit like a freight train!
Eric
Cedar !!! :thumbsup:
Bill
Poplar and Ramin.
I have tried sitka and cedar. I like the sitka better.
I am building a set of douglas fir arrows to see how they work with my set up, and still want to try out other woods
Sitka Spruce..
What about oak? Would that make a good arrow?
Last time I used oak, I was constantly straightening it. Drove me nuts. But, it did make a very tough shaft. Really heavy, too...
POC
Maple when I can find it, if not then Yellow Birch and Hickory. Joseph
Been shooting cedar for years, and they are still my main arrows, but I got some spruce this summer, and with the exception of the lack of fragrance, they are much like cedar and seem to be tougher.
Good old cedar, I taper the nock end 10". I did try some laminated birch shafts and am impressed with them, pretty easy to straighten and plenty heavy.
I like cedar as my main source. Chundoo is a good one too.
Sitka spruce and POC. I found some old ACME cedar shafts that I are the best wood shafts I have owned.
I like tapered Chundoo 11/32 down to 5/16. They have good weight and can take a beating.
POC was always my go to shaft. I did try ash but had to keep straightening it. Now I use and prefer either sourwood shoots or cane for arrows. Pat
Cedar is my favorite, but I'm hunting this year with laminated birch. Seems pretty tough and its quite heavy, 31" arrow 125gr broadhead 725grs.
I like Ash, Hickory, and laminated Birch
Douglas Fir is my favorite. I end up with about a 650gr. arrow with my 160gr STOS. The grain in Doug fir stands out really nice, and that also allows you to tell whether the grain is parallel or not ( which translates to straight shafts) I have been getting them from Raptor Archery, and they are always top notch quality.
I have tried alot of other woods over the years and I find Doug fir hard stuff to beat.
Cedar and Doug fir. Love the grain on the fir shafts.
Shot cedar at first. Then tried ash for a couple years. Went back to cedar this year and am wondering why I ever left. Love cedars
I've heard alot of good things about Sitka Spruce who has the best prices on tapered shafts? I also heard alot of good things about Chundoo too. Where do you good folks get your shafts/finished arrows from? Thanks!
Doug fir for me as well. Cedar snaps off behind the head of my blunts when I am stump shooting far to often for my liking so a number of years ago I switched to Doug fir only. I haven't ever tried the Sitka Spruce so I have no comparison for it and Doug Fir to offer.
ttt for Tracy
The only place I've seen Chundoo is from John at Twig archery. Sitka spruce I'm sure is available from several sponsors here.
Hildebrand's Sitka Spruce.
Making up a fresh batch now.
Thanks Thomas....