Bloody Arrows & Broadheads - Re-use them?

[Running Buck]

Clean, resharpen, shoot again, repeat.....

[longbowray]

I put my kill arrows in old backquiver  and write the date and were at , on a tape place on arrow .

[SS Snuffer]

I have over 40 arrows that have completed their job on bigame and are in the antlers of my 1st deer. They tell a story of archery history- wood to alum and now carbon. Bear heads, alot of Snuffers and now mostly Stingers. Been a long and intersting ride. Wouldn't throw them away for nothin!

[Friend]

Have taken four deer with the the same arrow and head... finally broke it...

Arrowed a skunk last night and it wasn't to pleasant... may not be re-using that arrow again ... haven't gotten the nerve yet to retrieve it...even this morning the area was a quarentined zone.

[Zbearclaw]

I do write the date and animal taken in sharpie on the wrap.  That becomes the "go to" arrow since it has passed it's flight training...

[Shawn Leonard]

If usuable, than I re-use them. I once killed 7 deer with the same arrow and 3 different broadheads. Shawn

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

I have retired a few arrows over the years, usually from the first one of a certain species I've shot. But for the most part, I clean and reuse them.

[Red4arm]

Use im till they break

[Jon Stewart]

My son killed a deer, bear and turkey with the same arrow and broadhead in the same year. trifecta at its best.

My dad passed away last month and I am fortunate enough to have all of his archery equipment. He had three arrow boxes of arrows that had killed deer, bear and turkeys.  Dad was not much of a numbers guy and never really told us how many animals he had taken over the years.

I did not want three boxes of arrows with blood and guts in the basement so I removed all the broadheads, tossed the bent and broken arrows and cleaned up the straight ones.

I counted his kills and he had 98. I ordered special arrow wraps from Onestringer to honor my father and I am refletching the good arrows with his feathers, nocks and broadheads ( that he used to kill deer with already)and  am going to pass them out to family and friends Sept 30.

I have to say the Onestringer did an OUSTANDING job helping me design the arrowraps to honor my dad.

[Bel007]

Nice idea Jon.  Sorry about your father's passing.

[ishoot4thrills]

I definitely reuse them. Arrows cost way too much to retire them if they're usable.

[L. E. Carroll]

Normally, I clean and re-sharpen the broad head, clean shaft, and feathers. Then I steam the feathers and put the arrow back in the quiver..

However, while hunting Black Bear with Homer Ocean Charters, I was made aware of their Custom.
H.O.C. displays the "Kill Arrows" with the year and archer's name on the arrow, in their charter office. [Strictly your option]

I donated a 1 1/4" 250 gn VPA on a Camo GT5575 [complete with blood and matted feathers]..        Hopefully some day I'll be able to go back and see it and re-live that hunt.        

Gene

[Tim Finley]

I have one arrow I retired, it killed 11 animals , it has a wensel woodsman on the front and the amazing thing is that it is wood,and it never broke! I wrote a name on it Kills-plenty and put it in my arrow box.Maybe Ill bring it out of retirement when I retire...Tim

[Tree Killer]

I retire them after they've fulfilled their obligation.

[joe skipp]

Unless damaged, clean them up and glue them back on.

[Coiloil37]

I saved the arrow on my first elk, WT, mulie, bear, wolf, moose and coyote. Now I want to see how many kills I can make with one before I lose/damage it. I'm at six kills with one arrow and a 150 grain silver flame. It'll be leading my first shot this fall.