The weather here is surprisingly nice for January in Michigan .
59° and calm .
So , let's do up some woodies for stumpin' . ( The better half don't like me using polyurethane in the house . )
I had some Sitca Spruce that I got at the Kalamazoo trad archery show two years ago .
Checked for straight , good .
Cut and tapered .
The natural color is slightly darker than Doug Fur and cedar , so I'm going to just finish them with no stain .
First coat of wipe on poly and.... Oh my...That wood is beautiful and the grain is very tight and straight with no runouts at all .
Why hadn't I tried these before ?
The only bad thing about it if it's a bad thing , thers no wonderful smell when you cut them .
No noticeable smell at all .
My German Pine smells the best but they usually need straightening .

Sounds like a great idea. I dipped some arrows this morning before I headed up to trufant for some stump shooting. such a nice day to be out.

Last coat of wipe on poly .

Sounds fun. I've always wanted to try wooden arrows, but never have.

Sounds like your idea of nice January weather and mine are two different things  

I hear ya graps..I had my recurve out yesterday..Had 6 flu flus with me...I was slinging arrows at every bird that flew by me on the field edge...Darn riot man!!!

i agree- i really like sitka spruce- its lighter and super tough- so you can up the point weight-get a good foc, but not be way overboard on the weight.

it is recognized as the strongest wood for its weight in the world!!!

I didn't know that about the Sitca Spruce , but I'm very impressed with the grain structure .