The Expected Lifespan of 1 Dozen Arrows

BWallace10327 · March 25, 2016, 10:00:00 PM

How long will 12 arrows last YOU? Please round up to the nearest measurement I've provided and include your most frequently used bow information in the text, including make, length, string material, draw weight and design (longbow or recurve).

CRM_95 · March 25, 2016, 10:21:00 PM

I voted over a year now...hopefully they'll last that long since I don't miss the entire target anymore. When I first started shooting back in December I broke or lost at least an arrow or 2 per week!!

Bvas · March 25, 2016, 10:25:00 PM

Voted over a year.
I don't think I've ever bought more than one dozen in a years time(unless I was trying new setups). I'm not one to save kill arrows. If it's not bent or broke, I'll fix damaged fletching and it goes back in the quiver.
Matter of fact, it's probably been about 4 years since I've had to buy any arrows.

March 25, 2016, 10:26:00 PM

Easily over a year.

64" Sarrels Blueridge R/D longbow, 50#@29.5", 14 strand D97 string.

29" Easton Axis FMJ, .500 spine, 75gr brass HIT insert, 3-4" parabolic feathers.

Bisch

BWallace10327 · March 25, 2016, 10:30:00 PM

I appreciate the responses already, but please include make, length, string material, draw weight and design (longbow or recurve). Thanks again.

monterey · March 25, 2016, 11:24:00 PM

Hmmmm. Is this how long the entire dozen lasts?

Right now I'm shooting four different sets. In the case of two sets, it's actually the remains of them.

So, always over a year, one set is on four years.

All four sets are shot out of four different bows and occasionally out of several others.

So, it's kinda hard to answer the survey but I did go with over one year.

Stump73 · March 25, 2016, 11:31:00 PM

Thunderchild 54" 52@28
20 strand fast flight Flemish string
26 1/2" 1535 gt tradional
50gr insert 250gr point or 250gr 2blade VPA
3x4" feathers
I draw 25"

3arrows · March 26, 2016, 12:32:00 AM

I think poll should be in years not months.Bob Lee longbow and recure utra cam string,

Wudstix · March 26, 2016, 12:49:00 AM

MOAB 63# @27" and Big River 21st Century 66# @27". Tapered Ash and tapered Maple are stout and sturdy shafts.

pinky · March 26, 2016, 04:09:00 AM

I voted for 6 months. I like to stump shoot in the spring and summer and my dog likes to help me recover the arrows which doesn't always help.

most of my stumping is with a Wes Wallace "Royal" 64" longbow 50# @ 26" DL 29" and D97 FF string, Or Aspen "Elite" 64" LB 61# @ 29" with D97 string. Both are mild D/R longbows.
Most of my Carbon shafts are footed and they tend to last longer that way.

Keith Zimmerman · March 26, 2016, 05:32:00 AM

Years. I have dozens Ive never shot yet. Cedars and carbons. And too many bows to mention.

T-Bowhunter · March 26, 2016, 06:55:00 AM

Big Jim Thunderchild 50@28' draw 28.50' Gold Tips, 500, 30" regular inserts, 175 tips.

longbow fanatic 1 · March 26, 2016, 06:57:00 AM

A&H CX 3PC- 66" 45@28" longbow
12 strands D97 w/padded loops
30.5" 35/55 Gold Tip XT Hunters w/145 grain tip w/ (3) 5" right helical parabolic feathers.
My draw length is 27.5

slowbowjoe · March 26, 2016, 08:11:00 AM

I chose 6 months, but maybe a year. Hard to say, since I do a lot of stump roving in pretty rough woods, year round.
Shooting my target at home, I break, maybe, one a year, or two. Roving, I'll probably break or lose near a dozen a year; so I entered the 6 months.

Thunderstick Mag, 58", 45@28", hybrid longbow, 8 strand D-97 (I think).
Premium Doug Fir's with judo's.

Gdpolk · March 26, 2016, 08:29:00 AM

Setup is in the signature. Shooting cedars, they lasted between 3-12 weeks depending on how much stumping I did. Aluminum arrows seemed to last me 2-6 months. Then I went to aluminum footed carbons with brass inserts. I've had this batch coming on 2 years now, maybe a bit longer, and I've broken ONE by pulling a shot and driving it through a steel pipe target stand. I could have likely chopped the tip off and rebuilt it but I didn't. I've also lost one arrow from that batch, despite flo pink fletching. For what it's worth I shoot 4-5 days a week.

Sam McMichael · March 26, 2016, 08:44:00 AM

I usually have at least some of them last much longer than a year, but not an entire dozen. Most of my shooting is done in the back yard, and I seldom miss the entire target. It is not quite the same at the 3D course. Its still a celebratory event if I don't lose or break any arrows. But its like Dan Quillian once told me, "Don't fall in love with your arrows, because you ain't gonna have them that long." That is especially true when shooting in the field.

ESP · March 26, 2016, 08:54:00 AM

I guess I am in the minority again. 3 months. I like to try tough shots, to see if I can make them. Most of the time I do not. Then they are broke or the grass monster has eaten them :} This is why I do not like to own pretty arrows. They do not stay pretty a long time.

katman · March 26, 2016, 08:57:00 AM

Over a year. I don't shoot just one.

Bows most frequently used Das with Dryad acs longbow limbs 64" hybrid, Bigfoot static recurve 60", Heartland hybrid 60", JD Berry duoflex 66" all 50-55#, String material all 18 strand bcy-x. I will shoot them all depending on mood and whats in season.

Interesting you don't want to know shaft information.

hawkeye n pa · March 26, 2016, 09:14:00 AM

3+ years before the dozen is gone. Usually ruin one in the first month. They will be refletched many times. I also stump shoot alot and 3D shoots. Beamen center shots, 55# Bear T/D DF97 string.

jackdaw · March 26, 2016, 09:55:00 AM

Brent......thisis a seriously subjective thread..?? I have an arrow or two from 6-7 years ago. And I watched a capable Archer buddy destroy 6 at Pennsylvania's Sawmill event 3 years ago on one course!!! Sooooooo....average life expectancy of a complete dozen to me is 3 days to 7 years..?? Toooo subjective. BTW...we both shoot Ed Holcomb 59' Kodiak repros. Mine 51#..his 49#. SBD skinny strings....bot shooting tapered ash with 3 Rivers brass self attaching points. 5" shield cut Tru-flights.