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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: 3Feathers on May 25, 2010, 06:49:00 PM

Title: hunting arrows
Post by: 3Feathers on May 25, 2010, 06:49:00 PM
Does anybody hunt with poplar arrows??Just getting in the wood scene.Wondering how they compare to other wood sources???
Title: Re: hunting arrows
Post by: daniel reynolds on May 25, 2010, 08:16:00 PM
I hunt with gold tips they're very poplar
Title: Re: hunting arrows
Post by: rastaman on May 25, 2010, 08:32:00 PM
A few years back when i still shot wood, Troy Breeding (when he still lived in Alabama), made me up a bunch of "heavy" poplar shafts.  They were pretty durable...i think my finished weight with a 125 grain snuffer was around 700 grains.  i've since made the switch to carbon. i also use gold tips so Daniel i guess that makes them sort of popUlar!  lol!   :)
Title: Re: hunting arrows
Post by: Bowferd on May 25, 2010, 10:02:00 PM
I use magnolia which was described to me as yellow poplar. Not as heavy as rastman describes, but very tough and durable.
The shafts I've been using are 23/64 barrell tapered to 11/32 and 5/16.
Title: Re: hunting arrows
Post by: Ben Maher on May 25, 2010, 10:13:00 PM
I've used them before and they were a good hunting weight durable shaft .