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mullet:
Like Mr. Flintwalker was hinting at, ::) do your arrows have real feathers or plastic Vanes? if it's the latter, that's probably part of your problem.

BOWMAN53:
I would like wood arrows instead of carbon but these were cheaper and I didn't have to pay for shipping lol.

Flint- I can't really afford to do that just yet, atlease not until I get a fletching jig. And no they are not real feathers.

Adam:
Bowman, I have gone to my local hardware store and bought plain old wooden dowel rods and used those as shafts.  They were only about 50 cents apiece.  You do have to sort through them to find some with parallel grain so you don't have runout.  I'm sure it's not the best shaft material, but I think they're plenty good for practice, at least for me.  As for fletching, I've picked up lots of goose feathers off the ground at a park.  Free is good!  For fletching, this link http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,24583.0.html is a good thread on how to make a super "jig" out of a scrap of leather.  Other than a point, I've been able to make completed arrows for under a dollar.  They might not have been the prettiest in the world, but they work.

Fred Arnold:
Bowman, send me your address. I'm going to pass a little bit of it on.  >:D You are now officially indicted.

BOWMAN53:
Fred- what??

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