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billy:
HEy Donnie,

Try shooting longer arrows, maybe 28 or 30 inches even.  I have a very short 36" Hupa replica bow that I made a few years back and I found that a 34" rivercane arrow flew the best off of it.  It didn't have any bow slap and I was surprisingly accurate with it at 15 yards. Those shorter bows just seem to work better with longer arrows. 

I saw a short Pitt River bow in the Smithsonian a few years ago, and the accompanying arrows were about 33-34 inches long, so the natives also knew that long arrows work better on short bows.   

donnieonetrack:
Thanks for the responses,  I  took a cane shaft spined at 95# and bare shafted it this weekend.  I scraped the shaft between shots and when the shaft flew straight it spined 40#.  That's a 25" arrow drawn 22" with a 55# bow.  Changing the point from 160 grain to 100 grain didn't make much difference.

thanks,

Donnie

JackCrafty:
Donnie, when you spined the arrow, what was the span?  Was the span 22" (draw length) or 25" (arrow length)?  Also, what was the deflection?  I assume you used a 2lb weight? Thanks.

knightd:
Dang I got one right for a change! :o

donnieonetrack:
Patirck, I added a longer point to the shaft so I could spine at 26" with a 2# weight.  I don't remember the deflection but can check when I get home.  The same arrow shot very well out of 5 of my short bows ranging from 35# to 55#.

The bow you made really liked the arrow.

I'm not sure but your bow seems to shoot a lot harder than before and I'm thinking about hunting with it this year.

From now on I will ask Knightd for spine advise!!!!! ;D

take care,

Donnie

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