New Hunting Arrows

[4est Trekker]

Just finished this matched dozen for this season.  (Also just finished the boo-backed ipe/osage bow in the first picture.)  Arrows are poplar with a black and tobacco sunburst dye job.  They're spine matched to +/- 1 lb and weight matched to +/- 10 grains.  Thanks for looking!

[Pat B]

Nice hunting set up, 4est. Looking forward to seeing blood stains on them before too long! 

[4est Trekker]

Thanks, Pat.   Those white fletchings do get dirty in a hurry...like you say, hopefully for the right reasons 

[Pat B]

I have no problem using bright fletching. I like to watch my arrow fly and the bright fletching helps do that. If you are concerned about spooking your quarry a simple cloth bag over the fletching will conceal them. I personally don't think the color matters as much as movement does.

[elk country rp]

super clean looking arrows! i'm a big fan of white feathers, too- especially when they have bright red frothy blood stains!

[sonny]

nice arrows.

where'd you get the poplar shafts ?? (you may have to PM that info, if the vendor is not a PA advertiser.) 
I hand planed some poplar into arrow shafts a few years back and was very pleased with the results.

 

[Tsalagi]

Excellent work! The colors are stunning!

[George Tsoukalas]

Very nicely done. Jawge

[cowboy]

Beautiful!

[Josh]

Great set of arrows, man!   

[Pat B]

4est, what's going on the business end of your hunting arrows. My main hunting arrows for this year are hill cane from my driveway that Art Butner made up for me and WW up front. I also have stone tipped arrows to shoot with my main hunting bow and my back up bow.

[4est Trekker]

Pat: I've been using MA-2's and like them a lot.  Someday I'd like to use stone-tipped cane with my osage selfbow.  Just haven't had the time to get those together. 

Sonny: I buy the shafts at Menard's.  I think the franchise is localized in the Midwest, but I've seen them from time to time at the major home improvement retailers (i.e. The Home Depot, Lowes, etc.).  Each time I go, I sort through all the 5/16" dowels in the rack for ones that are clear and straight grained.  I bundle them up and store them until I get about 20 or 30.  Then I cut them to 30 inches, sand them, straighten them, spine and weigh them, and then group them in bundles by spine weight.  Heck, for $0.28 a piece, you can't hardly go wrong!   

[chasing crow]

Very nice set. I do like the dye, came out pretty. go dirty them up!

[andy thomas]

nice job love the white fletch with the red string wrap

[Scott D]

4est, I noticed in your other post that you finished these with lacquer and tru oil.   One of the moderators warned that if lacquer and tu oil were mixed that it would make a gummy sticky mess. Did you have any compatibility issues with these two finishes? Thanks, the arrows look great!