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lost arrows
jhmonaghan:
I'm a stump shooter, although I've bagged my fair share of dirt, next to stumps...
I've lost arrows. I look around a bit, and then say "Gosh Darn It, I lost another arrow"... or something like that.
I'm wondering, given the time and effort to make an arrow... shaft selection and straightening, fletching, knapping the arrowhead and attaching same ...
How much time would a subsistence hunter spend to recover a lost arrow?
How much time do readers spend trying to recover a lost arrow?
zeNBowyer:
In practise it's all about having a good target set up that doesn't damage your arrows, and with a good backstop, or like me, shooting like Howard Hill....
Hunting is another matter, you just have to, well, let go-
hawkbow:
I can tell you that in the wilderness on a long hunt.. 30 days or more.. every arrow is valuable. I often live off the land and hunt what I eat on these trips.. points are easy to make for small game in the wilderness but shafting is hard to come by if you lose too many.. I look for lost arrows until I find them in these situations..when close to home and hunting birds on the wing ..say ducks.. I have been known to lose a dozen in one day.. :o all in good fun.. Hawk
Cromm:
If I kind of know where the line is I will remove my shoes and walk across the line taking little steps up and down. That way you can feel the arrows under the grass/soil.
If you kind of just lose it, then walk back and forth not looking at any real thing and if you are lucky you will pick up the colour of the feathers or shaft.
Thanks for your time.
Wolf Watcher:
The Indians of this area coveted the shaft much more than the points. You will always find the broken nocks of an arrowhead in a chipping ground. The point of that arrowhead could be miles away where the arrow was shot . I hunt for them and usually one of the Hustons will find it for me. Hawk can spot them! Joe
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