hey guys, has anyone out ther had any luck with shooting "chundoo" as an arrow wood??? I see it listed in the classified section of trad- bowhunter by "Twig archery" in Ohio, and a friend of mine told me he likes it better than port orford cedar or birch. He claims it's as tough as ash but as light as cedar....anyone else out there tried it??????

Lodgepole pine, works good. I wish I could get it in quantity again.

Jack, I've been shooting the chundoos from twig for the last 14yrs. I wouldn't shoot anything else. John is a great guy and bends over backwards to make ya happy. These shafts are tuff. They are very hard to break! I think that they are the strongest wood shafts out there. They don't always accept or stain up with true colors. I usually go with a leather dye or mahogany. Tell John, Shady sent ya.

It is not as tough as ash or any other hardwood. However, it shoots as well if not better than the cedar available today and is much tougher than cedar. It tends to be heavier than cedar on the average, is very easy to straighten and keep that way. If I had only one wood to choose from I think chundoo would be my choice.

Hey John,  hows the barrel business? Nice to see you here!  

Chundoo (lodgepole pine) makes a great arrow. Like Bill said, its way tougher that cedar and a little heavier. Nothing tougher than Ash or Hickory.

Eric

The last time I looked fsdiscountarchery.com had chundoo for a good price.

I have been using chundoo for the last several years and love it it is tougher than cedar and is easy to keep straight.  I got started with some I bought off of Bill Carlsen.  Twig is a great sourse but I hear now Bear Paw from Germany is selling some to Kustom king.

Bear Paw/Kustom King shafts are pine, but not Lodgepole.

Eric

My first, and best, set of woodies were Chundoo I bought from Kelly's Arrows. They are very durable and stay straight. They don't take a stain as well but I liked the colors just fine. I too am looking for a good source for some more.
Albert

Chundoo, Lodge pole, Pine......It's all good!

Get ya some!  

Thanks guys, that's the kind of response I was looking for....sounds like I need to give chundoo a try. Eric, the flintlock business is still booming...trad shooting is a great diversion from the day in, day out grind, and very much the same mindset....this is a great site....thanx again...john

Bill Carlsen sold me 3 dozen chundoo shafts. They made very good arrows. Very straight and very tough. I killed an elk with them last year. Gary

I'll take chundoo over PO cedar any day.  Much tougher and a little heavier as already mentioned.

I used to get chundoo from Kelly Peterson at Arrows by Kelly and Troy Breeding at Sticks and Feathers Arrowsmithing.
Kelly sold his shop and after a period of poor customer service the new owner seems to have quit altogether.
Troy moved to a new location and started selling more to wheel shooters than traditional. Now his website is gone.
I move that we find these two miscreants and pummel them until one or both agrees to get us chundoo again.

Guy

Guy, I nominate you. Let's get this going. We need traditional archers with talent and money to keep going. I know you have the talent. How's the money?
Always remember, little things don't make the difference.

Ha!
I'm an unemployed customer service supervisor living in an apartment in Anaheim, CA. I'm the last person to get this going    

Guy

Guy,
If you are looking for cheap rental property to get your business going, you couldn't have asked for a better helping hand.
26 acres, 30x60 steel building, set up for pex pipe floor heating, spring fed Munson Creek winding 3 times thru the property flowing to the Loup River.
Old as I am, I'd be willing to contract WROS.
I spent a year in Lakewood back in 70, just as soon be where I'm at now.
I'm going to send you 1 pic.

sounds like chundoo is the secret weapon everyone needs to know about.......you guys just convinced me a second time...LOL...I'm going to order some this week.....thanks for all the imput....john

Bill Carlsen made me a dozen Chundoo arrows back in the day! I still have two. One was lost in a North Dakota snow bank for 2 years! It is still remarkably straight. The only negative I can see is that chundoo seems a little more brittle than cedar.