Why do you shoot wooden arrows

October 07, 2015, 02:47:00 PM

I don't shoot wood arrows. never have been able to figure out how to get them to tune well, or shoot well for me.

I will shoot bamboo arrows off of primitive bows. Bamboo is grass, and not wood!

Bisch

Terry Green · October 07, 2015, 02:57:00 PM

I shoot them at times because they go with the bow that I'm toning such as a Howard Hill or selfbow

sweeney3 · October 07, 2015, 03:03:00 PM

Mainly because the arrow pass is typically the widest part of my bow and carbon just about can't be made to work well with it. You'd need a brick tied up front to make it flex.

Oh, and the vibe is all wrong shooting carbon from a selfbow.

On the occasion I shoot a glass bow?... Sure, carbon works. But I like wood.

longbowman · October 07, 2015, 03:09:00 PM

I shoot cedars and do it because they fly perfect and are quieter out of the bow than any metal or plastic arrow.

Featherman · October 07, 2015, 06:30:00 PM

I prefer to shoot cedar because that's the way its supposed to be....isn't it???

JEFF B · October 07, 2015, 07:19:00 PM

i have shot carbons aluminium but i always go back to my woods as it just feels right and any how i can't see the point in spending all that money any how i shoot a horse bow
and carbons don't seem right. but i use natures carbons (aka ) river cane best damn arrow and boy is it cheap as in FREE

Carcajou · October 07, 2015, 07:25:00 PM

The allure of the Longbow and Selfbow go hand in hand with wooden arrows..they ARE alive, and its a great feeling running one thru an animal with a sharp, 2 blade head on the pointy end.

Ishi, Howard Hill, The Wilhelms, to name a few, cant be wrong... :D

JEFF B · October 07, 2015, 07:27:00 PM

y'all got that right Bro

Kelly · October 07, 2015, 08:29:00 PM

Because aluminum and carbon don't shoot any better and cost way more.

Yewbender · October 07, 2015, 10:17:00 PM

I enjoy building wood arrows. So far this year 16 or 17 doz, 6 doz. for me and the rest for a little traditional archery shop and friends. I started with carbons and after a year or so made the switch and not looking back. Woods are way better looking, tuned to the bow are just as accurate,quite a bow down and build a heavy arrow with out putting a ton of weight up front to mention a few. For the most part i shoot ASL's and the woodies just look and feel right shooting off them bows and my other longbows and recurves. Shoot what you like but and enjoy but only wood arrows for me.

Todd Cook · October 07, 2015, 10:48:00 PM

Because wood bows and wood arrows just go together. For me anyway.

Sockrsblur · October 08, 2015, 03:02:00 PM

For me making primitive wood arrows from shafting I collect during the winter, age a year, then work into an arrow for a specific bow is a labor of learning and love. There is a beauty in natural material that begs to be reviled...

The deep purplish red bark on this wild rose shaft is scattered along its length combined with dark and light browns revealed by sanding to weaken the shaft and allow it to flex the right amount it flight. Persistent scraping and sanding produces a white creamy base layer. A self knock carved and sanded to perfectly fit your bow string.

Dark areas from heat straightening a stubborn spot to much...Little oval spots scattered about randomly from limbs that were cut and their protruding bumps planed and sanded smooth...

Using sinew you attach stripped turkey feathers from a spring kill and molted Canadian Goose primaries, then a carp gill bone plate hunting head. This will be my first hunting shaft this year.

The possibilities are only limited by your time and patience... the more time I spend trying to accomplish something the more I appreciate achieving it... but it all starts with some wood

DDawg · October 08, 2015, 03:38:00 PM

The Reason I shoot wooden arrows is; When I made the shift to traditional archery, I bought a wooden bow. It only seemed rite to use wooden arrows..

dnovo · October 08, 2015, 08:56:00 PM

All the reasons above plus the fact that I like to.

stik&string · October 09, 2015, 09:04:00 AM

Plus when you miss or hit something and break one you can enjoy the smell