Anybody use this shafting for hunting arrows?If so what spine and weight are you using?How do you like these?

i have some in 55-60 and liked them...I think some call it Chundoo as well...though there is some slight controversy on that as well...but are of same genus of pine with very minimal differences if any.  I think it is more durable than cedar without increasing weight significantly as some others but is still little heavier.  They are easy to straighten and remain so after being done....might say benefits of cedar with slightly better durability.

I still prefer Doug Fir or Sitka Spruce but it is a fine arrow wood...  I would do a search for chundoo and lodgepole on google and read to your hearts content as there are many threads here and other forums concerning this as arrow wood.

As long as they are good shafts, lodgepole makes a fine arrow.

They make a great arrow.

I've been using them for years. Good, tough shafts with good weight.

Work fine for me.  Similar to workable spruce.

60-65 full lenght with 125 up front.....I'm almost out of them, been shooting them on and off for 15 years!

I really had bad luck with them wanting to break right behind the point.  Lost a nice bear in Canada when the shaft snapped behind the BH on impact with a rib.  I don't think I'll use them again.

Mike

If I'm not mistaken chundoo is northwest native for lodgepole in British Columbia. Same as Tamarack vs. Larch.

I like em'. They are pretty tough. Straight. And just right in the weight area. Of course it depends on if you are talking high quality shafts or mediocre quality. Gary

"Chundoo" was a name given to lodgepole pine shafts by John Christainer at Twig Archery from what I understand. The reason for this was that when folks heard the word "Pine" and "Arrow" in the same sentence they lost interest in the shafts. I have a set from Twig for my Hill Crocodile and love them. I believe John at Twig has the largest stockpile of these shafts left in existence. The biggest difference I have noticed between  these and Cedar is you don't get that wonderful smell if you do happen to break one.

Been shooting some for the last few months. Tough, straight, and similar weight as cedar. As noted above, they don't smell good when you break them, however.

Very tough shaft. I have had them break behind the point like Wingnut, but I think that may be just that the rest of the shaft is so tough and that happens to be the weakest spot. My target arrows that have broken there have been shot a lot and have taken a lot of abuse. That might be the area that breaks first but still tougher than cedar or spruce would have been with similar hits IMO.  I've had trouble trying to break them intentionally shooting a novelty steel coyote.

I have found them to be of good quality for a arrow. In my experience most of the wood arrows no matter the type, they break behind the point. Be it doug fir,lodgepole, spruce,poc. The only wood I have yet to break is poplar that I got from magnus.

Lodgepole pine snagging originated-initially manufactured by a company in British Columbia. the owner of that company, Wolverine Products, named the shafts Chundoo because that is the word local Indians used for lodgepole pine.

That said, Chundoo was one of my all time favorite shaft materials.

Lodgepole pine shafting originated-initially manufactured by a company in British Columbia. The owner of that company, Wolverine Products, named the shafts Chundoo because that is the word local Indians used for lodgepole pine.

That said, Chundoo was one of my all time favorite shaft materials.