i have settled on using 4 fletch 5 inch red barred feathers and perhaps white cresting and nocks. would love to se some pic's of red barred feathers and cresting combos!
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4-5" fletches would give you a heck of a lot of stabilization and drag. What are you stabilizing?
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160 snuffers, birch shafts and a #68 pound bow. thank you both for the pic's!!!! will put my arra maker (Bowspirit) to work real soon!!!
Ken, Great pick on BHs those 160gn snuffers are deadly,and coming off that 68# bow they will blow thru anything on hoof or paw!! You'll have to wait till fall for my natural barred feathers to get died blood red and then i'll post some pics for ya ;) How was your turkey season this past spring?? Jim
Hey Ken,
Been awhile! No cresting to show off, but here's a 4 fletched, red barred bunch resting in one of Shell's sweet Bison Hide quivers waiting to be launched!
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Good luck with those logs of yours this Fall! :thumbsup:
>>--Ron--<>
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Here ya go.......Stu Miller made them for me.
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Winterhawk1960
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Oh, and Happy Birthday Ken!
Wow! Those arrows are all spectacular!
Here are some that I made.
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Here are some that I made.
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MAY THE SPIRIT OF FRED BEAR GUIDE OUR ARROWS.
60-65 Lam birch,collected,dyed,ground and chopped the fletching myself,from all local wild birds from this past turkey season.125gr field points and Bear razorheads.I love building woodies. :thumbsup:
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Here are some older ones on my PSAX Osage...
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ak.
QuoteOriginally posted by adkmountainken:
160 snuffers, birch shafts and a #68 pound bow. thank you both for the pic's!!!! will put my arra maker (Bowspirit) to work real soon!!!
Would you people quit showing him your arrows?!?! Next thing you know, Ken's gonna be expecting that same kind of talent when I make his...
:knothead: :knothead:
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Ya made me do it, Chris! :readit: :D :knothead:
Killdeer~ no pressure!
You evil, evil woman you...
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I think is long over due that Adk ken starts make'n his own arras,I know for a fact that he's not all thumbs...lol.....
I've tried Ron...maybe if we both keep pushing...
I would certainly respect him more if he made his own arrows. :knothead: :rolleyes: ;) :p :D
Maybe he just wants some of Chris' luck to carry with him in his quiver. 5" four-fletch...that IS a whole lot of feather!
Killdeer
I was putzing around this winter with 5.5" four fletch. Dropped a bit after 30 yards, but worked just fine with what I asked of it. Course, the arrows were 800-grains, so that may have had something to do with it too...
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Killy,
IF i had feelings that would hurt!!! i know i know i should and sometime SOON i will, PROMISE!
Ron,
you back in town yet man???? my wife made a couple dozen cookies for ya but i told her you were on vacation for a couple weeks, DAAAAAAM they were goopd!!!!!!!!!!
Two tracks, very nice arrows. :thumbsup:
You ate my cookies,you son of a gun!!! Yea I'm back from the south. If Chris's arras have luck built in Maybe I should have him make me some...lol.
Thank you Doctari. I hope Ken has some ideas about red barred feathers now. He has had a look at some great arrows from you all. good job.
I should say that the arrows shown are not of my makeing, but from some talented friends. Pluck yew being one. I will build my own but they always turn out the same. some stain(maybe) and three white feathers.
WOW, sure are some sweet looking arrows in here!
I *like* those self-nocked arrows Two Tracks with the silk wrappings! Those are sswweeeeettttttt!
What kind of wood shafts did you use for those? Did you make your own jig for the self-nocks or a commercially available one?
AND tell us about the self-bow in the background!
Shoot straight, Shinken
Dang, Kenny, I would have traded feathers for cookies.
Killdeer :wavey:
The self nocked arrows are from a good friend in Canada.3/8" poplar shaft,34" long. All done by hand. The bow is from another friend in Canada that has been making bows for a long time. it is an English Longbow 79" 80#@30". The wood is osage that has some "curl" to it, Tip to tip. Thanks, Chuck.
P.S. GOOD MORNING ALL.
Thanks for the feedback Chuck!
That curled osage looks *good*, but 80# is closin' in on a test of manhood!
Keep the wind in your face, David Camp
I've always felt red feathers made reading sign a little more difficult on the arrow...not a huge deal... but enough to make me NOT use red fletching.
I might agree with you Ray. I made some nice arrows ten or so years ago and they had some red stain on the shaft(full length). I never got a pass thru so the white fletch mattered not. Feathers will be one thing. a red shaft is out for me.
I will try to get a full draw pic on the 80lb'r It is an awesome looking hunk a wood. Hits hard.
Sorry Ken, It went off beat a bit. hope you enjoyed All the photos.
Chuck
Ray, that's when the tracers come into play. I'm tell'n folks! Try em you'll like em!
Bona
'bout like a lighted nock eh Bona?
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Here's some Forgewoods.
Here's some on some Microflites
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Trap
Trap
Your arrows are beautiful
Thats some good lookin arrow's fella's
Thanks Kurt,
I love the Microflites matched with Turkey feathers. Just seems right.
Trap
great looking feathers, you all have me drooling!
Sweet looking arrows!
These selfnock arrows were made by Bounty Hunter Arrows for me.
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