Looking for the most economical wood stumpin shafts.   I tend to lose quite a bit.

Check out Twig Archery.  He has some poplar and chundoo seconds that are very reasonable.

Ok thanks.

Dowels from Lowes or Home Depot! Shawn

Allegheny Archery also has poplars that are very inexpensive, and excellent service.

Cool. Never used dowels. Have any of y'all?

I like using the same arrows for everything so my shooting stays the same no matter what I'm doing, hunting, 3D, target or stumping. I do use different points for different applications though.

Brighter feathers, new optics and less Hail Marys saved alot of my stumping arrows.

YEP, I've used dowels. American woodcrafters has birch for $20.00 or so for 50. Check them over carefully, though, they are dowels, after all, and not shafting. The 5/16 run about 45# in spine on average, and the 3/8 are 80# and up.

I have gotten 3/8ths from Lowes and you can find them down to around 65#s up to 100#s. I find that I can just hand pick them and flex and get fairly close on spine with 10#s of 75#s either way, which for mybows cut way past center fly well. I leave them long and if they show weak I cut a bit off til I get good flight. Shawn

What do you use for a point? Are you losing them to breaking s or not being able to find them?

I use carbon blems $40-$50 doz and I foot the tip and nock with aluminum sleeves. Never broken one yet!!   I never loose any but used to brake them. Not anymore.

QuoteOriginally posted by SuperK:
Check out Twig Archery.  He has some poplar and chundoo seconds that are very reasonable.

  Love twigs stuff. Ain't none better for the price.

I used to shoot 3/8" dowels from my selfbows.  I hand sorted them, checked for grain runoff (sight down the arrow and you can see a grain pattern), straightness, if they will hand straighten.  I was paying 40 cents each-$5 a dozen.  I killed quite a few deer and loads of small game with them. I didn't have a spine tester, so I just used big feathers.

Been using ace hex heads. Just loosening them under turf and leaves

5/16 dowels with field points & masking tape fletches were fine at 47# & 30 yds last summer

Dustin, I just asked because I've been doing a lot of stumping myself lately snow and now none and haven't lost any arrows. I'm using judos that way I can pratice with my hunting setup. I'll send you one in the mail tomorrow to try and see if that solves things for you. My white elephant sent me some so no problem an I still have your address.

Thanks converml. You are very generous

Home Depot bamboo garden stakes with left over fletching scraps from the feather chopper and a nail and synthetic sinew wraps up front. I have no idea what they spine out to, but I haven't broken one yet out of my 45# Sage.

Ed that sounds like a neat project.