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Cane arrows better than dowel?

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n2everythg:
I dont think there is any cheating. Use what works for ya and makes you happy and what you have the time and want to do.

Rest of it has been said pretty well already in my book.

I like the look and toughness of cane. I do spine and weigh my shafts as I make them and I think it totally depends on where you gather them as to how close they will match. I tend to gather 25-30 in order to get a doz good matched shafts if I am lucky and picky. sometimes not that good. Now dont get me wrong all the shafts will shoot. and many here dont bother spining and matching cane. just when I shoot for distance or during a club competition weight changes things a lot. close in or for stump shooting who cares.

I have bought shafts and used em especially when pinched for time and arrows. and have no issue with going this route. dont think it is cheating. sometimes its the only thing keeping me shooting when I dont have the time to gather and make cane.

Use what ya like and makes ya happy and keeps ya shooting in my book.

but, dana is right.. I have bounced cane off brick walls in my basement and all that happened is that the cinderblock now has a nick in it.... HA..
later
wade

DanaM:

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Boy that just came natural didn't it.  ;) ;D ;D ;D

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 ;) :D

cracker:
I think everyone ought to go out and buy a wheelie bow and a bunch of carboaluminum something or others 2 or 3 thousand dollars worth of gadgets and dispose of your primitive stuff. Soooo send it all to me and I will see to it that it gets done properly.  ;D 8)

Hillbilly:
Cane. Is. The. Best. Arrow. Material. Out. There. Period. I wouldn't trade a dozen good cane shafted arrows for a hundred matched cedar shafted ones, and I'm entirely serious about that. Not too hard to make good arrow shafts once you get the hang of it. Nothing wrong with buying them, either, if that's what you like.

Arthur Herrmann:
This far into archery, my dowel arrows have performed poorly. Keep in mind I am a new shooter. Now, with bad form, no skills, and little cash- try and make good dowel arrows. They have done nothing but frustrate me. I may get one last order of matched set orders, but after that, I want the whole nine yards.

You guys are right, they look pretty sweet. Did someone suggest that I buy "garden stakes"? Where do i get a hold of them.

And also, how does the weight turn out? I am not currently hunting, so if they are light it is not a big deal to me.

Beaver Falls is just north of PA, am I correct in saying that we do not have river cane? I have found a relative that is super light and has a real pithy center. I don't think I could use the stuff for arrows.

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