Sharpening broadheads .

Bodkins of any metal flying at 100mph can be wicked bad, such as what they used against armored cavalry.
 
Coldwood said:
I certainly understand the importance of good arrows and good sharp broadheads. I personally make my arrows out of hardware store dowels, although I do know that Port Orford Cedar is the preferred arrow stock.
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One of the best Long bow shooters I've ever knew(now hunting in Heaven)shot Ramin wood from the hardware store. We teased the heck out of him too.:D Shot a Cherry wood self bow that he made @45lbs.
I never did beat him. Not a damn thing thing wrong with your arrows:thumbup:
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Cherrywood selfbow ? I would love to see it . The best bowmakers I know make their own selfbows . One has over 300,000 shots out of it . Some of the nicesr guys I know .


I have some pics of ash arrows I scraped from square to a taper on both ends . I have another made from Kempas that will end up being pretty as well .
 
I don,t think of people as gone if they leave a legacy behind them .

I helped install an alarm in a veneer making mill . They had 2x10s of cherry that were very ,very nice . The knotted character wood made the life of it jump out at you . The plainer wood with pinkish waves in it looked like good bow wood .

They guy supervising us at the mill was a bit of a dic . He didn,t want us looking at much and when I approached him about buying a cherry board he would just say not for sale . I think the next time I drive by I will go in as a consumer and see what I can do . I think my buddies would love to work with cherry wood .
 
I've made two bows, the first was red oak with cherry facing. Snapped it. The next time I went down to the local hardwood dealer and picked out a nice piece of white ash (no jokes, please) good straight grain alignment. Shot that about 10 times and snapped it. Now I've got a used laminated recurve Ben Pearson #40 Cougar, and a couple of POS solid glass bows that I bought on the bay. No problem, they work every time. I no longer care what the bow is, as long as it gets the arrow flying down range, the arrow will take care of itself. Regarding arrows, something another shooter told me, "Don't fall in love with your ammunition. An arrow is just an arrow." Regarding those funny colored fiberglass bows, you can dye them with brown or black shoe leather dye. Works like a charm and your friends won't stare at you.
 
Coldwood I have white ash as well . (I guess I need more sun . L:O:L )

This is the best goldurndest straightest ash you can find . Its already cut into the blank shape of a large bow . I,ll keep one of them till summer . Then You can,t blame the wood . L:O:L
 
Regarding arrows, something another shooter told me, "Don't fall in love with your ammunition. An arrow is just an arrow."
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Boy aint that the truth. I know some guys that spend all winter makin arrows with glitter cresting, spliced fletch and such, you should see them scratch like chickens when one goes silent passed the target.:D
 
You guys go shoot your five dollar P:O:S: arrows . I have some that take twelve hours each to make .

I had one beautiful medeval style arrow . 516ths tapered ash . Hand tied wild turkey feathers . Hand made whistling head . A thing of beauty .

I took my daughters small thirty pound hickory self bow . I said no way will this arrow fly too far using a light bow . I aimed at the thirty yard target so I could hear that nice whistle loud and clear .

Dang arrow overshot the target by five feet whistling merrily the whole time . It whistled merrily right over the fifty yard backstop . I could hear that dangblasted arrow whistle merrily as it disappeared into the distance .

I sure do miss that arrow . Sniff , sniff ............
 
$5 arrow? Kevin that's way too much money to invest in an arrow ;) I've seen some guys shoot some really nice arrows, watched them go snaking through the grass like a snake, bounce off rocks and end up in the brush. After a half hour search (when we could have been doing better things, like shooting some more) they'd come back with them all scarred and beat up. I admire artwork in an arrow...take them to exhibitions and such...but leave it hanging on the wall. ;)
 
One thing I will spend money on is a good served string, with a nock stop...one handmade Flemish, one factory. I have an old work glove with all but two fingers cut off for my right shooting hand. I have a homemade gauntlet for my left arm. The guys I shoot with abuse the hell out of our equipment. We shoot at cardboard appliance boxes, plywood cutouts, and high angle long distance "clout" shoots. Fletching gets ripped off, shafts shatter, points get lost. I guess we're kind of into siege archery ;)
 
About 200-300 yards. Usually we just set a large cardboard box out. We try to lay a circle around it about 30 yards wide with some kind of markers. Most people shoot horizontally at it and spend time looking for their arrows in the woods. I like to lob mine up into the air like a mortar shell, try to "bracket" the target. They come straight down, easy to find. I'm no more successful at hitting the target than anybody else, but it's fun to watch an arrow make a high slow arc. I hear some experts can put as many as a dozen arrows in the air like that before the first one lands (that may be an urban legend). Of course we're using field points, not broadheads.
 
200-300 yards ? My poor old 45 pounder would have a hard time getting out that far . Due to the size of the field we limited ourselves to about 80 yards .

I too prefer lobbing them though the angle must be pretty acute to land them so close . I agree there is just something ethereal about the flight of an arrow reaching for the heavens . In Howard Hills Tembo he shoots at a lion about 200 yards away . You can just see those big white feathers flying through the air like a falcon before it strikes its prey .

I also like shooting at foam disks . Gotta have lotsa feathers on to do that . I have two out there that just kept going and going and...........there is a farmers corn field about 200 yards out I hope they didn,t make it that far .

I still enjoy making my own arrows . I,ll get about two dozen great arrows a year from a buddy who makes them cheaper than I can buy the parts . The rest are hand crafted . My goal is to be able to take a tree down . Split it into lengths , round and taper the lengths , spine it and make a dozen matched arrows . I only want to do this once in my life so I am in no hurry .
Right now I am at the point where I can round the square lengths bought from a local woodshop .
I feel that way I will know arrows best . I also abhor theory without practice so I try to get out 3 to 4 times a week in summer and 2 times a week in winter . Gasoline and range fees hold me back . tournaments can be as much as 3 hours away though the average is just over 1 hour .
 
Headin out for primitive camp, will talk about archery golf when I return.;)
 
It's a small rendevous we have in the fall, didn't need stoves fer heat this year tho. Ate a ton of good food like deer, pheasant,pork, wild rice(the real stuff)apple crisp made in a Dutch oven, MMMMM
One guy got his fall Turkey yesterday morn.:thumbup: with his muzzle loader double barrel.Good times.
 
I like wild rice mixed in with brown . If its just wild rice I find it a tough chew . It must be good for you .

It sounds like a great time . Were you in tents . Any handicrafts going on ?
Wet buckskin contest ? (women only)
 
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