How straight do wood arows need to be to shoot straight. I am shooting a bow from one of David Miller's students.

just sight down the shaft and if it looks straight it'll fly just fine.  You can also roll the shaft along a granite countertop to check for straightness.

If the point and the,nock are in alignment they are pretty much good to,go.
More important is that the spine,of the,arrow match the bow design and weight.

Yes I know about the right spine and nock alinment is critical but was concerened about the amount of straightness a shaft had to be to still fly true. I am new here but not new to longbows. Am now shooting a Hill bow(s) but just receieved two bows from one of David Miller's students. Looks fantastic. Have always shot alum. now carbon. But want to go to wood on all bows. The thing is i am not a tinkeir and am a little shy of wood and having to always fool with them. Your opinon?

If they're straight when they're sealed, they should stay straight. I have cedars and Douglas fir shafts that are still good to go a decade after making them.

I'm kind of partial to surewood shafts, raw shafts hardly even need to be straighten, even after shooting with judo points and bouncing around seem pretty straight.

From the little experience I have, they fly ok when they are out of true.  You may see a little wiggle when they are really bad, but they still go where you are looking.

Look at the flight when you shooth them.The bigger the distance, the better you see it. Your arrow should fly straight. If you see it wobbling, you should straiten it. It is very easy with the "screwdriver" method. Don't be afraid if wood, its a joy to shooth them!

When I shot ceders I had broken arrows and had to straighten them every now and then.

Switched to Surewood doug fir's years ago and have never broken one stump shooting or ever had to straighten one. Never!    

Tracy

For broadheads flight, they need t be pretty straight.  A field tip it doesn't really matter with wood within reason.

The best thing you could do is buy you some surewood fir as they all come steaight enough.  Just check them before you start to stain and seal and corrct any slight bend.  And when I say slight that is exactly what I mean.  99% will roll perfectly from them without any straightening needed.  When you do find that odd ball just rub with your hand to warm it up and flex it straight, then seal it and forgetabout it.  Good luck and God Bless

Thanks everyone I will order some surewood shafts tomarrow. Think I was being to critical, used to the trueness of modern shafts.

Well molongbowman if making the switch to woodies your starting off great with surewoods!!!!!!!!!!                                            

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Tracy

With surewoods you will have to do minimal straightening.  That being said I am pretty picky about keeping arrows straight. I weed out arrows that don't like to stay straight before I get to far along in the building process.  Ones that I don't care for go into the flu flu pile.