My arrows for the 2016-2017 season

dhaverstick · August 11, 2016, 07:44:00 AM

Each year I make a set of arrows for the upcoming season and I finally got these finished yesterday. I tried a new wood that I really like the looks of; golden mahogany that I got from Forrester Wood Shafts. I was able to go down in diameter from 11/32" to 5/16" but still keep my weight up. Another thing I did differently this year was use permanent markers to decorate my arrows. I usually do them in two colors and flame crest them but this year I went for the "totem pole" look. I'm pretty happy with the result. I chose blue and natural barred turkey feathers for the fletching. Blue is not a color normally found in the woods during fall and winter so, hopefully, it will make my arrows easier to find if the need arises.

The back-of-point length of these is 28.5" and the average weight is 720 grains. I think they spined around 63 pounds. After my moose hunt last year, I am sold on single bevel broadheads and this year I'm trying out Vintage Archery's 190 grain Meathead. I love the looks of the 3 to 1 taper!

Darren

SC Bowhunter · August 11, 2016, 07:49:00 AM

Nice set of arrows Darrren!
Very unique!
I like the totem pole idea.

EWill · August 11, 2016, 07:57:00 AM

Very nice arrows and I like the looks of those heads also. I like single bevels too.

Roy from Pa · August 11, 2016, 08:05:00 AM

Very nice.

jamesh76 · August 11, 2016, 08:07:00 AM

Nice!

ranger 3 · August 11, 2016, 08:56:00 AM

Very nice, I see you put some time in those.

bruinman · August 11, 2016, 09:06:00 AM

Cool!!

dbd870 · August 11, 2016, 09:12:00 AM

Works for me!

August 11, 2016, 09:25:00 AM

They look great!

Good luck this season.

Bisch

Captain*Kirk · August 11, 2016, 09:30:00 AM

Looking good, Darren!

Pine · August 11, 2016, 09:46:00 AM

Thems perdy .

wooddamon1 · August 11, 2016, 09:49:00 AM

Nice!

maxwell · August 11, 2016, 09:50:00 AM

Lots of detail, very nice.

eidsvolling · August 11, 2016, 10:08:00 AM

Those are great looking arrows, Darren!

QuoteOriginally posted by dhaverstick:
After my moose hunt last year, I am sold on single bevel broadheads and this year I'm trying out Vintage Archery's 190 grain Meathead. I love the looks of the 3 to 1 taper!

Hmmm, seems to be something of an echo going on here.

This broadhead and Surewood shaft are headed for a NH moose hunt later this year.

typical2 · August 11, 2016, 10:43:00 PM

Those look sweet!

mark Willoughby · August 12, 2016, 05:42:00 AM

Those look great

Possum Head · August 12, 2016, 10:30:00 PM